The majority of the African-American population is located in the lower-middle class, and therefore has few resources that will help them move out of their close-to-poverty state. Many African-American women and teenagers are not provided with the resources to educate themselves on how having children out of wedlock will affect their lives, and as a result, they fall under the poverty line; many of them never come out of poverty. ...

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Although African Americans have gained many rights and come a long way since the Civil War, there are still issues in today's society when it comes to poverty and income. ... Although many Americans think that hard work will make them rich enough in order to live the American Dream, the sad fact is that most Americans are not rich and will never reach beyond the poverty line, regardless of hard they work. ...

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He was known for proposing anti-poverty legislation and misusing government funds allotted for his congressional department, education and labor. ... He was a key figure in the Civil Rights movement because he constantly fought for minority rights, an end to poverty, and an overall increase in social equality in the United States. ...

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DuBois once stated, "The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line." ... Washington grew up in poverty and therefore discontinued his schooling at age nine to work in a salt furnace and later in a coal mine. ... Born into slavery and poverty, he knew nothing other than submission to society to achieve goals. ...

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Americans held a wide variety of opinions about the capitalist system because each American had a different role in society and the system affected them in different ways. The people of society were classified in different ways and the differences between the classes defined the way that each saw ...

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The Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society"" (SullenToys, 2011) waiting to receive the benefit of the burdens they have carried for so long to promote the common good of our society. ... In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny...and I say...segregation today...segregation tomorrow...segregation forever" " (AlabamaArchives, 2013). The proverbial line in the dust implies a...

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In his text he states that wealth and poverty continued to be racialized as a result of chattel slavery, which ended over 150 years ago. The racist illness of the past has trickled down into our generation which is evident in poverty rates as well as conviction rates amongst African Americans in comparison with Caucasians for similar crimes. ... Neo-Racism When I walk around my campus, specifically when I wonder around the HUB (a common area for us college kids to eat, relax, study), it is hard for me to not notice the color line separating my peers. ...

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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
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate