Lastly, Jendian introduced us to "Implicit Association Tests Bias " a test that showed hidden race biases in our unconscious mind. I took three different race bias tests and on all three I was scored to have strong bias against black people. The test was about relating words to black and white faces and my scores showed that I unconsciously associated blacks with being lazy, violent or aggressive. ... PART II: I was shocked to see my results on the Implicit Bias test, because I never considered myself to be racist whatsoever. ... To be totally honest I don't really associate myself with b...

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Some people have suggested that the employment system should work on a color-blind test (Plous). The color blind test is a method where race is not mentioned on applications. Employers determine how qualified an individual is by administering a test (Benoit). ... For instance, it is logical to hire people with higher test scores, but "members of socioeconomically disadvantaged groups tend to score less well than equally qualified members of other groups" (Benoit). The color-blind test ultimately favors Caucasian people, even though it is meant to be fair. ...

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What people mean when the say "war for freedom from other races" is that if white people do not discriminate, then in 70 years or so, they will be the minority in America, and they can not let that happen (CounterPunch). If people do not preserve racism, white people will lose their hold on the world and become the minority. ... People often refer to IQ tests to determine intelligence but according to the Atlantic, "[people who discriminate racially based off IQ tests] misunderstand the implications of what those tests indicate even when they are credible; and they fail to fin...

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On August 5, 1962, he was arrested again for provoking people to strike and for leaving South Africa without a passport. ... Police opened fire on the protesters and within minutes, 56 people were killed and nearly 200 were injured. ... If black citizens wanted to vote, they were required to take a literacy test and a Constitution test. ... However, white citizens were not required to pass any tests or pay any fees, also infringing upon the equality of all people. ... If it weren't for the works of everyday people, apartheid and segregation may have still existed today. ...

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Those are the people of Africa. ... A whole century passed and I see a little change for the African American people. ... I think it is a way of social structure to create low income housing so they can divide the rich people from the poor people. my definition of the unemployment of urban is poor people not having jobs that they can work and pay their rents buy food and other essence stuff. ... Another way is educating people; teach the skills they do to do the jobs. ... Most of the public schooling does not have books less teachers the class are so big and that the teachers can't teach ...

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One factor that has affected many entering college in the last 30 years is the idea of affirmative action, where a race or a particular group of people receive preferential treatment over others. ... This legislation, along with an executive order in 1965, helped blacks by forcing businesses receiving federal funds to stop using aptitude tests and other criteria that tended to discriminate against blacks ("affirmative action"). ... In colleges across the country, African-Americans and Hispanics are being admitted at the expense of Caucasians and Asians with higher standardized test scores and...

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Another opposing argument to Affirmative Action is that promotions given to white males employees were based solely on merit and intelligence, reason being that white males score higher on standardized test. ... Affirmative Action has opened the door for many people who would have never been able to go to a top school or get a managerial position. ...

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(pg.439) Bottom line, it is the way Black people think, act, and socialize. ... The above stated came forth through an acute critique and rejection of white psychology in terms of its methodological conclusions and the ideological premises it tests. ... (Pg. 443) Black psychology has set forth new definitions, conceptual models, and test theories that come from the heart of the Black experience. ... The Radical school is the last I will discuss; this school makes no appeal to whites and directs their attention to Black people in terms treatment and transformation. ... The members of this...

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These activities meant it was time for change, the world was changing its views and the way different people were treated, and America was the only country that was still holding on past customs. ... The 1965 voting rights act eliminated maneuvers such as literacy tests that prevented black people from voting in large numbers in Selma. ...

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"Black people have been experiencing oppression from other ethnic groups, particularity white people for centuries" (Avakian). Black people were slaves to white people; they were forced to serve them while suffering cruel and inhuman punishment. ... Black people are considered inferior to white people in America, but what about in other areas of the world? ... When Baldwin arrived at the village, he demonstrated the ideologies of how white people in Europe viewed black people. ... In his attempt to certify the success of their latest responsibility, white men have employed the long ...

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This statement of protecting and serving the community sometimes is tested to its utmost when police officers are put in what they consider to be a life or death situation. ... In 1857, the ruling in the Dred Scott case, the court ruled that black people could be property, not citizens. ... Police have been given the power to stop people of different ethnic groups, as long as they have a "hunch". ... Racial profiling against African Americans has been an ongoing battle for this group of people longer than most people may know. ... As of today, the Patriot Act permits wire taps, sei...

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the main character, Blacky learns many things as well as gaining an understanding of many important issues such as courage, belonging, tolerance of Black people (especially Aborigines) and the importance of relationships and friendships. ... One of these is Gary beginning to develop a tolerance of the Aboriginal people and their culture, and then further attempting to apply it to the intolerant town in which he lives. Gary's first step towards accepting understanding the Aboriginal people and culture was when Dumby saved him from being beaten up by Mad Dog, giving Gary Black a reason ...

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Grassroots is defined as "the ordinary people in an organization, rather than the leaders" by the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, 2001 edition. ... They also attempted to get private retailers like Sears, which was anti-union and resistant to grassroots pressure, to give credit to lower income people. ... We only want ONE[,] a SEARS credit card for all poor people"; and "Give us Credit for Being American." ... The aforementioned is mostly due to the fact that many Americans could not fathom the idea of welfare rights or the idea of allowing people to purchase things that are not wi...

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Instead, white people and black people were both the same neutral skin color.... For many decades now, our government has been treating people differently based on their skin color, causing no one to be or feel equal towards one another. ... " The so called, "minority slot," is a hiring practice that only allows people of color to compete against other people of color for a spot. ... Minorities being seen identified and tested on solely their group of skin color, rather than their individual contributions, causing much stigmatization among them (Wilkins.) ... Despite the extremi...

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The ones who were able to comprehend the fact that all people are born equal opposed abolition for one of two reasons. ... This is evident in a variety of areas including intelligence, performance on tasks or tests, and the possession of desirable characteristics or personality traits. ... Jefferson, the genius of politics, could see no way for African-Americans to live in society as free people. ... The abolition of slavery did not completely end the idea that white people were superior. ... In his article he quotes Annette Gordon-Reed as saying "African-American enslaved people were the...

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Interaction allows students to learn that persons of the opposite race are people too, more or less like themselves. ... Individuals who benefit from affirmative action must achieve academic excellence relative to other people with similar backgrounds. ... The constitution says we must treat all people equally but the affirmative action treats some people unequally, actually more equally. ... There are several factors that a college should take into account when considering applicants, such as grades, test scores, and extra-curricular achievements. ... Affirmative action provides an advantage ...

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Of course, this vocal minority is not challenging traditional forms of preference and discrimination that favor the rich, the educated, white people and men. ... With years of change and constant focus, we as a people continue to find ways to bridge the gap and level the playing field in a much larger vineyard. But there are still thousands of examples of situations where people of color, white women, and working class women and men of all races who were previously excluded from jobs or educational opportunities, or were denied opportunities once admitted, have gained access through affirmativ...

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The ideas of negritude and soul, the governmental issues of Black Power, the brain science of dark fury, are so well known to black people of the sixties that it comes as a stun to understand that Hughes was showing understandable and solid pictures of them in his poetry in the twenties and thirties. ... As alluded to earlier Langston Hughes was a voice for his people (African Americans). ... " During this period in his life Langston Hughes was a man who transcended what it was to be African American into what he thought that it should be through his writings according to Smethurst, &qu...

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Washington, an ex-slave himself, believed black people needed to focus on improving their vocational skills as industrial workers and farmers. ... Directly after the publishing of The Jungle, the Pure Food and Drug Act established the Food and Drug Administration, which tested and approved drugs before they went on the market for consumers. ...

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Some believe there are two justice systems: one for whites and one for people of color. ... Increasingly the police are seen by people of color as an occupying army whose role is to protect property rights rather than people and to enforce order against oppressed groups. ... The environment of their upbringing could be at the other end of the spectrum when compared to people of color. ... Eliminating police brutality against people of color should become a national priority. Many people should become aware of how serious of a threat racial profiling and police brutalities are. ...

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Ever since the Congress of the United States passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, the United States has achieved a significant progress on the subject of establishing equal treatment for all citizens under the law.3 Many laws and theories aim for fair and equal rights among people despite their race, gender or age and discrimination has been seemingly disappeared from society. ... Moreover, minorities were detained for longer periods of time per stop than whites, and were 80% of those whose cars were searched after being stopped.7 Showing the similar statistic to the previous two, a study of t...

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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 ...

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