This can lead to pupils taking more of an interest in some lessons as they may be more familiar with things and will understand their topics better. On the other hand, many sociologists argue that ethnic differences in achievement can be best explained by factors outside the school (external factors). ... It could be that traditions are keeping children home instead of being in school, or traditions which mean that diet is inadequate which can also lead to health problems and hence missing out on school time. ... Another idea was that families who do not speak English at home were also seen ...

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These tropes can be seen throughout many of African American works of literature. ... African Americans are faced with the challenge of identifying themselves with not only their African home land and traditions but also with their American upbringing (Ndi and Ndeh 2013). ... Much like these other indigenous people, African American's culture was stripped away from them as they were stripped away from their home lands. ... The answer to this question is this: the works do not represent every single person's struggles; although, most of the works can speak towards everyone's expe...

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In this paper I will discuss how two different theories of state repression can be applied to the Apartheid regime in South Africa. ... The Group Areas Act also created "Colouredstans" and "Indianstans," so that all the racial groups would have separate home countries. ... Snellen discusses these home countries: In their "home counties" these groups will exercise rights of citizenship and enjoy certain political and economic liberties to the exclusion of all other racial groups which may happen to be there. Outside their "home countries" they will be migrants without rights of citizensh...

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The knowledge of past relationships between whites and African-Americans, including slavery, racial segregation, discrimination, and forced alienation of their home country, most definitely is a cause of racial conflict, and the repercussions of those events can be clearly seen in today's society. ... Though some things may never change, conflicts between racial and ethnic groups can be prevented if society learns to be more accepting and understanding of the differences between each group....

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He continuously finds temporary home after home, the reader sees his desire to want to feel as though he is "home.... Over-simplifying a complexity of systematic racial oppression in the United States, leaves young readers with the idea that race relations can be solved by one racial group learning about another and vice versa, or the idea that having a friend of another race means that person is working towards ending racism. ...

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Although both of them would collide when it came to their ideologies, and suggestions on what the African American communities should do to overcome the tyranny of oppression that came about from the racial resentment in America and an unjust system; they both aimed for the same ambitions: Racial integration, equality, and building a sustainable, and accepting society were future generations of African Americans can live in peace without discrimination and contribute to society, where they can fully function and operate as equals to those of light skin, both financially and socially. ... He b...

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Not necessarily only in the school system but at home, in their church, or in their co-curricular activities. ... Internalizing can be defined as simply seeing something as the way it is, and that there is no need for change. ... I think many of us know how obnoxious this attitude can be in men." ... What can oftentimes happen with this internalization, is that women can start to believe the negative stereotypes associated with being a female. ... Although education is crucial in our school systems, it needs to be enforced in the homes as well. ...

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Even if blacks can afford housing in these communities, they are not likely to choose these locations. ... Spatial assimilation can also explain the persistence of racial residential segregation. ... People-based solutions focus on enabling blacks to access homes in the neighborhood of their choice. An example is the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 as amended in 1995, which provided low income groups with access to loans for purchasing homes in whichever neighborhood they want. ... Place-based solutions can take two forms. ...

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In light of this very aspect, the film Smoke Signals can be portrayed as a plight of two Native American sons. ... The film introduces Victor as an embittered young chap who is filled with complicated emotions stemmed after learning the death of this father, the irony of the situation wherein his father (rather his ashes) is to be brought back home, and his relationship with his father (which is both love and hate), among others. ...

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He thinks not of how he can improve his situation, but only of how he can use his fellow black man to get back at his doting mother. Julian dreams of teaching his mother a lesson by "making friends with a distinguished Negro lawyer or professor" and then, bringing them home, procuring a Negro doctor in the case that his mother was ill, and the "ultimate horror" of dating a black woman. ...

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It is never made clear what the exact problem is or what the argument between the couple is about, but it can be inferred that the couple is discussing abortion and it is clear that the man, known as "the American", is for abortion and that the woman in the story, Jig, is against it. ... Through his creative portrayal of characters Hemingway points out the damaging way men tend to treat women which he also drives home through the use of symbolism. ... In society white elephants can be seen in different ways. To some cultures white elephants are considered sacred and valuable and in others t...

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In a manner corresponding to Peggy McIntosh, Associate Director of the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women, "white privilege is an invisible package of unearned assets which I can count on cashing in each day, but about which I was meant to remain oblivious.... Also, because the topic of women's rights is an impassioned concern for her and many other women, the statement can also be seen to go with pathos. ... Statements like ethos – "If I should need to move, I can pretty sure of renting or purchasing housing in an area I can afford and which I want to live,&qu...

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Because colors represent universal symbols, many color-related words "dark, yellow, nigger "stress main themes, so the poet can easily convey them to the reader. As the narrator walks home, he observes that he looks "not to bright for a nigger, and not to dark-; this quote illustrates the inferiority of "niggers- and clarifies that discrimination concentrates on the race and appearance of people, and disregards their personality. ...

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In 1948 Baldwin made his home primarily in France, and in 1961 he wrote, "The Discovery of What it means to be an American-. ... In one of his examples he describes how a friendship of a waiter and an actor can flourish in Europe because there is no envy from the waiter towards the actor because he is considered, in America, to be of higher standards than that of the waiter. ...

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The United States is home to a hodgepodge of races, cultures and ethnicities, and with this mixture comes issues of discrimination and racism. ... Discrimination can alter the state of one's mental health by changing an individual's perception of themselves and their environment (Gee, Spencer, Chen, Yip, & Takeuchi, 2007). ... As was previously stated, mental health can be influenced by social determinants of poverty, racism and discrimination. ... This can be achieved via the dissemination of services based on professional guidelines. ... These are two stressful factors which can ha...

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Furthermore, in episode nine of season one, Denise has a new boyfriend, David, but is at first reluctant to bring him home. ... Moreover, you can just identify with the characters, even if they are another race because they present common and relatable moments families of all race experience. ... Furthermore, we are able to recognize that stereotypical blackness is seen as a condition from which black people can be liberated. ... Huxtable are the embodiment of the successfulness on how merit can help achieve a greater American dream. ...

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Bonaventure, a state home for children. ... An analysis based on social cues, such as stereotypes, can expose implicit, or unconscious, racial prejudices that we are not able to explicitly express. ... On the other hand, her old roommate is fully aware of racial and social status, and we can see this in her rudeness and shunning demeanor directed at the narrator. ... Exposure of racial prejudices can elicit a realization at the presumptuousness of the entire process. ...

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What can be said of the ethnic minority groups as a whole is that they tend to be considerably younger than the population at large - the average age of whites is 37, that of Afro-Caribbean being 33, Indians 31 and Bangladeshis 18. ... In general it is likely that the majority of people have a fairly ambivalent / slightly positive attitude towards a multicultural society as they see the numerous cultural benefits it can bring, and Blair's government seems to be headstrong in it's projects both at home and on European level. ...

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I introduce myself this way because as I interact with a subculture that has to negotiate its way through the mainstream, I can now understand better the views Mary Louise Pratt explicates as she writes of diverse subcultures such as that of children. ... One anecdote which comes to mind on a personal level is my having dinner with my brother and his wife at their home along with my nephew (as well as my godson), Lee, when he was five. ... During my own primary education through high school there were no autistic children, no self-identified gay youth and none with obvious physical disabilitie...

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She is motivated both by her guilt for failing to prevent Pieter's tragedy and by the wish to show mercy, in contrast to the racially divisive laws that separate Pieter and the country The novel is set in the time following World War II, and Pieter and the other South African soldiers who volunteered to go abroad and fight with the British have returned home and resumed their lives. ... Stephanie can hardly be said to exhibit class consciousness or to voice any political position whatever. ... Despite Sophie's efforts to keep her silent, Stephanie's spirit of nonconformity can ...

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Although they are gross caricatures, these representations and images left lasting impressions which effects can be seen even in contemporary culture today. Furthermore, these particular representations have deep seated roots that can be traced back to slavery and even further to the first white European and African encounter. ... She made her film debut around 1914 with a comedy titled Coon Town Suffragettes, which "dealt with a group of bossy mammy washerwomen who organize a militant movement to keep their good-for-nothing husbands at home But the militancy of the washerwoman served as...

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As has probably already been a comparison in the past, America colonists always seems like a rebellious teenager who left home but was still completely reliant on their parents (and a complete bully to everyone else around them). ... When the missionaries show up, one can assume they may be kind, just doing their jobs, but the fact that they're using apples and other things to bait this little girl into wanting to go, instead of directly talking to her mother, just seems like a huge manipulation tactic. ... Native Americans slaughtered and then herded into reservations unless some were su...

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Paul often brought home straight A's, he was a member of his high schools debate team, often acted in plays and was the regarded as one of the best high school orators in the town. ... Although I"m not facing half the struggles that Paul Robeson continued to endure in his life I still feel that I can use him as a sort of inspiration for myself. If he can overcome the major struggles of race, getting an ivy league education, being admitted to Phi Beta Kappa and playing pro sports (just to name a few) and do it with such pride and dignity and never loosing his "cool" then that just gives me...

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There are numerous black reparation organizations, which could receive the money and distribute it evenly among African Americans, to incorporate black-owned businesses, home ownership and education for young and old blacks. ... America calls herself a fair nation, a civilized country which respects civil and human rights, encourages opportunity for and well-being of all her people, and can be trusted by other nations as a county whom honors her word. ...

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Research has shown a significant importance between the relationship of home and school as related to school achievement. ... One African American parent stated " students often remember a teacher who has made a difference for them, but many black kids cannot remember a single teacher who cared or pushed them and said, "I know you can do this." ... That is then their defense."6 Cultural differences between teachers and students are something that can be quite simple. ... Thomson, Words Can Hurt You (Menlo Park: Addison-Wesley, 1993) 9. ... It is this kind of classroom environment t...

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