As we know, these groups of people tend to have a darker complexion and so the association with monsters and deformities became synonymous with dark skin. ... Most, if not all the people from the Middle and Far East, are of dark skin complexion and here we can see the connection between religion and the development of racial thinking. ... Eighteenth century "European science and philosophy regarding non-European/non-white peoples put processes in motion which to this day remain influential and which directly contributed to the death or oppression of tens of millions of non-whites through...

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For example, many people of a fair complexion stereotype all people of a dark complexion due to the actions of a single individual. ... Yet, this stereotypical nametag is farfetched because the death rate due to poverty in America is equal to some third world countries. ... Discrimination is the cause of an extensive amount of deaths, poverty, and slavery. ...

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Between 1845 and 1850, over 1 million Irish starved to death, 500,000 were evicted and 500,000 emigrated to America, Britain, or Australia on rotting, overcrowded "Coffin Ships" (VOG). ... Approximately 1 in 4 people died during the famine; the death toll was so high that you could line the gravestones across the Atlantic Ocean from one shore to the other (IHW). ... With the amount of turmoil the Irish were faced with, there were inevitably two ways of escaping the pain: emigration or death. Emigration before, during and after the Famine brought a better life to those few lucky Irish people, b...

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They have distinct visual qualities; usually set in large, crowded cities in the secret world of the criminal: dark nightclubs, bootleg liquor factories, bars in back streets lit by lurid neon signs, and flashy, expensive clothes and cars. ... Although they are doomed to failure and inevitable death, gangsters are portrayed as the victims of circumstance - all other "normal- avenues to the top are unavailable to them. ... Romanticised scenes of the domestic home life of members of the family - a family wedding, shopping, a baptism, cooking in the kitchen, etc. - are intertwined with scenes o...

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Naturally, it is only fitting that Democrats speak up for those that have been disadvantaged by the darker side of gun regulation. ... Additionally, over 11,000 gun relate homicides were committed in the United States in 2010, and I'm absolutely certain that several of those needless deaths could have been prevented if guns were harder for the average person to access. ...

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Seamus Heaney's poem, Mid-Term Break, is a great example of how society's expectations can impact identity because the poem is about a young man who is away at school to obtain an education and establish his identity when he is called back home to deal with the death of his younger brother. ... The young man is very matter-of-fact about his brother's death, almost sarcastic one could say, because he despises being called away from his life and opportunities at school. ... Even with his strong spirit, the reader can see the beginning of racial inequality in the next line, "I am t...

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In 1927, Earl joined General Motors as chief stylist, but with the depression and subsequently the war, Earl's creativity "was temporarily stifled" as automakers, reflecting the mood of the nation, "painted most cars in drab colors: black, brown, dark green, and occasionally navy blue. ...

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