Her dream of being beautiful, understood, and accepted-all of which she has imagined in terms of being white-is shattered, and her mind is occupied with thoughts of persecution, impending death, and imperative self-restraint. ... Family life in the store included disciplined study of arithmetic; leisurely reading of novels, poetry, and Shakespeare; and lessons on deportment and avoidance of trouble with whites. ...

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• Approx Pages: 5
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Experiences of discrimination and hardship translated into rhythm and poetry became the widely renowned music genre that the world has come to know. ... With Hip-hop's increasing popularity, the reception of this culture has been widely interpreted by diverse audiences of different races and is highly relevant in terms of its cross-cultural appeal. ... In terms of white appropriation of Hip-hop, using the example of Eminem, it is another repetition of the racist past, where white appropriation eventually led to the domination of that cultural appeal. ... With all the rage about "blac...

• Word Count: 2033
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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...

• Word Count: 9463
• Approx Pages: 38
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate