The setting is an essential aspect of this book because it lays the groundwork for the entire plot. ... The book deals with major themes including, race, class, and gender. ... The book addresses gender and Charlotte challenges gender norms. ... Although Maniac Magee does have qualities that meet the criteria for being a distinguished book, Spinelli could have avoided over-simplifying the theme of race as well as reproducing racial stereotyped roles in the book. Spinelli does an excellent job of bringing race relations into his writing without preaching to the reader. ...

• Word Count: 1229
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The effects of the "glass ceiling" prevent woman from getting higher ranking jobs. Therefore when men receive higher ranking jobs, they are retaining the advantages from the glass ceiling without necessarily realizing it. This trend has affected me personally as I had received a job at an attorney's office over the summer. ... While the book "Understanding Prejudice and Discrimination" has brought this to my attention as well as many other people, the outlook of change in the future isn't too great. ... For example, without the presence of sexism I wouldn't have had a job...

• Word Count: 1146
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

(Lipsitz vii) " Lipsitz's book gives a substantial amount of evidence which shows that America's investment in whiteness with historical facts, stories, and statistics. ... In his book, Lipsitz states that "[w]hiteness is everywhere in U.S. culture, but it is very hard to see (Lipsitz 1)." A major factor as to why Lipsitz wrote this book was due to the events surrounding Bill Moore's death when Lipsitz was a youth. ... These things include but are not limited to a good education, fair housing, power, good jobs, and social status. ... In terms of criticism and in an ironic sense,...

• Word Count: 1644
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Of these African American leaders, Booker T. ... Booker T. ... He believes that, as African Americans, their job is to reject the work and ideas of Washington as a leader (Dubois 44). In 1903, Dubois published a collection of essays, The Souls of Black Folk, in which he strongly criticized Booker T. ... Booker T. ...

• Word Count: 1189
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Since the majority of the community worked menial jobs and could not read, they issued poll taxes and literacy tests to increase their prevention of freed slaves voting. ... The Wilmington (Wellington) Race Riot, the core of Charles Chesnutt's book, was surrounded by the controversial elements of the Jim Crow South and the growing hatred of the Black community. ... This is evident in the book immediately following the robbery and murder of Mrs. ... During this particular scene of the book, he was asked to end his conversation with Dr. ... All in all this book lead me to believe that no ma...

• Word Count: 1273
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Her book is a startling depiction of what it was like to grow up a poor, southern African American. ... Individually, racism during Anne Moody's book was undertaken in a violent manner such as the verbal ridicule, beating, and killing of African Americans. Today, individual racism would occur if Anne were to apply for a job at a White-owned, only to be told that there were no openings. ... So far, America is doing a marvelous job. ...

• Word Count: 1470
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the book that I chose to read, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven, by Sherman Alexie, this was the chief determinant of ethnicity. ... Lack of employment options forced the continuation of these jobs, which further escalated spitefulness. ...

• Word Count: 652
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Gabriel Kolko restates Progressivism by saying that it is conservatism in his book "The Triumph of Conservatism.... The African American women would try to obtain jobs for their husbands, brothers, and sons. While, the white women wanted to obtain jobs from their husbands, brothers, and sons. ...

• Word Count: 1026
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Could it possibly be due to the fact that when he was much younger his father always pointed out to them how well the whites were doing whenever he came back from his job of serving them? ... This is just one of the hurdles black artists that remained as black as they were faced with respect to their jobs and art. ... The author of Scarlet Sister Mary said her neighbor didn't take well to the book because she portrayed her characters falsely as "everyone knows niggas don't think....

• Word Count: 1560
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These were boom times for the United States, and jobs were abundant in cities, especially in the North. ... The literature appealed to the African American middle class and to the white book buying public. ...

• Word Count: 1369
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is obvious that significant improvements have been made in the way that the criminal justice system deals with Blacks during the history of the United States. Blacks have not always been afforded a right to trial, not to mention a fair one. Additionally, for years, Blacks were unable to serve on juries, clearly affecting the way both Blacks and whites were tried. Much of this improvement has been achieved through various court decisions, and other improvements have been made through federal and state legislatures. Despite these facts, the development of the legal system with regard to race ...

• Word Count: 3584
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate