In addition, affirmative action helps colleges obtain a diverse student body, which supposedly has many educational benefits. ... Intended to promote a diverse student body, Davis had sixteen out of their one-hundred seats reserved for those of Negro, Asian, or Chicano descent. ... The Law School, however, apparently believes that only a racially mixed student body can lead to the educational benefits it seeks"" (Grutter 355). ... Using skin color to determine one's possible contribution to the diversity of a student body is discriminatory, because everyone has different experiences in li...

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Japanese women are rapidly adopting western fashion standards even though these may not necessarily suit their bodies or looks. ... Soon after the show started to air, fan clubs sprang up throughout the country and members wrote letters to travel companies, asking them to design a tour around the show(Webb B.4). ...

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The boy was physically taken from his uncle's home, and three days later his lifeless body was found brutally beaten in the Tallahachie River. ... The success of the boycott was a sign that it was time for African Americans to start a new chapter in the battle for equality. ...

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When Americans traveled to Africa to buy its people they did so because African's had strong bodies that will provide the labor plantation owners needed to sustain the American economy. ... When we start to believe in a hierarchy of races and decide to set ourselves at the top of that pyramid we are only strengthening the color lines that separate us and hinder our ability to function together in a democracy that values all people of different backgrounds. ...

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Dubois explains this perfectly when he stated: "One ever feels his two-ness, -am American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strengths alone keeps it from being torn asunder......

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In car commercials, women are usually tall, skinny and blonde and are shown sitting on top of the car showing off their body. ... For example, McDonald's started creating ads in Spanish and showing them on Spanish Television, trying to appeal to the young demographic of Latinos. ...

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Toni Morrison, one of the most remarkable African American authors and her novels remind readers that there is a past to remember. African American literature, has its origins in the 18th century, has helped African Americans to find their voice in a country where laws were set against them. The pos...

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Although Asians and Asian Americans have been present on American television screens for decades, [1] few television series have featured Asian or Asian Americans in starring roles. Kung Fu (Warner Bros, ABC, 1972-1975), starring David Carradine as Kwai-Chang Caine, featured a white American actor as a bi-racial Shaolin priest in the Old West. Originally conceived as a vehicle for martial arts adept Bruce Lee, the series went to an actor with little physical ability, but with a knack for embodying a Hippie pacifism along with a reluctant, but devastating aggression On the lam from the la...

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"One ever feels his two-ness,--an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unrecognized strivings, two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder. ...

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