Today, it seems as though people acknowledge the fact that we cannot openly be racists but many keep their thoughts hidden deep within them. ... Now as white kid I dont think I can fully understand being black or a minorty but I can only imagine how much harder it must be. ... I thought to myself this could be true, But then again we are talking about a great quarterback here. So i did not know what to think. ... I can only be one person in this world. ...

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Benjamin Knock 3-1-01 Theology Murder in Mississippi Thought Paper 1. ... I think that he would not even be in a church that does not support equality for all. ... Also I think that they went down there because they wanted to be heroes and they actually thought that single handedly they could change the south and stop racism and promote equal rights. 4. ... Blacks in the south had almost no education most of them did not even know how to read and when they tried to build schools for the black people they were burned down by the KKK and other supremacist groups. ... I would be extremely ...

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Even though I do not agree and accept this fact. ... Why is it an issue of how dark or light you are. ... Sometimes people are racists because they are ignorant of change. ... If we do not change the way we think, towards other ethnic groups, racism will continue to live on. But if we move to a more civilized society, we can gradually decrease racism and prejudice. ...

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Even though I do not agree and accept this fact. ... Why is it an issue of how dark or light you are. ... Sometimes people are racists because they are ignorant of change. ... If we do not change the way we think, towards other ethnic groups, racism will continue to live on. But if we move to a more civilized society, we can gradually decrease racism and prejudice. ...

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Timhead then asks Ozzie "Can we keep it that way?... As Ozzie narrates, he describes how they both felt; "We didn't want to talk to anybody else. ... He knows how this is affecting his wife for the worst, but he uses humor as a way to assure her that things won't be as bad as she thinks. ... Thought you had forgotten to come to my going away party" when she arrives late (243). ... Joe wanted to make a statement that black men can do whatever the whites can, and that they all have a job to do. ...

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Pecola, a little black girl, who just wants to be pretty and fit into society thinks that blue eyes would change the way people looked at her, or didn't look at her, because of the white-society she lived in. ... We thought, at the time it was because Pecola was having her father's baby that the marigolds did not grow." ... I don't think I have read enough books or am old enough to appreciate the language she has used and how she used it, but I did notice that I have never read a book wrote quite the way she has done and I found it very intriguing. ... You can discuss and fig...

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Marlow is a metaphysical thinker. ... "People try to change the world differently. But I say they should try to change themselves first." ... I think no one deserves to be treated like blacks have been through and the only way is we all work together. ... People should think before they act. ...

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I can remember a time when having a job of a housewife was a noble thing. ... How's it going nigga! ... Kudos if you can. ... I always thought he was a pretty wise man as well. ... I ultimately think it is the feelings of the "Politically Correct" individual that we are trying to protect. ...

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Satire is a type of expression that ridicules the short-comings of people or institutions in an attempt to bring about change. ... We all know that everyone is equal in God's eyes. ... When Tom was telling Huck all his ideas about how they're gonna rescue Jim, Huck thought Tom's ideas are foolish, but then Tom said, "It don't make no difference how foolish it is, it's the right way, and it's the regular way. ... When she said people do get hurt, it's obvious that she was talking about a black person, and judging from her reaction, she seems like doesn't ...

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Sweeney and how he was black and how Mr. ... Derek's viewpoints changed between what his father tells him and how he responds to the media. ... When Derek tries to break away from the D.O.C his significant others thought he was crazy. ... On the other hand I like the overall theme of the movie, which people can change no matter how they were socialized. 18. ... I think that it's saying you should ask yourself if you've done anything good for anyone or even yourself. ...

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Richard's mother was his true example and taught him how to carry himself. ... He himself doesn't see the difference between white people and black people and doesn't change the way he acts around either When Richard is very young, the reader can already tell that he is unlike the majority of the other  Black boys of his time. ... Richard is the independent member of the party, the only one who is willing to share his real thoughts and says what he feels no matter who is around if he feels something is unjust even if he will be by himself in his own corner.   ... Wright tak...

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Most people think that we have come very far on the issue of racism. In reality, we have actually gone too far in some areas. ... It tells how a 17-year-old kid had his life changed by a bullet. He thought he saw a friend and threw up a gang sign and then realized it wasn't his friend. ... Most people make racial acts and don't even realize it. ...

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It is disrespectful and it was not what we where taught. ... It would make on sense. " Most everybody thought it at first. ... But before night they changed around and judged it was done by a run-away nigger named Jim." ... We need children and adults to know what happened. ... When Twain put his novel together, he want to show how people where treated and how a white boy could care for an African American and make the right decision even though that was not what he was taught. ...

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The Cost of Sin in Slavery For every decision we make and for every action that we partake in there is a consequence or multiple consequences that arise because of what we chose to do or think or say. ... I believe that the worst consequences that one can experience are those on an eternal level. ... Douglass shared stories of white slave owners whom he thought to be quite kind and gentle early on. ... Once again, we see how the affects of slavery changed the heart of a kind soul to that of a hardened sinner. ... So we see that slavery took its toll on the souls of the slaves as w...

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A songbird's melody can evoke happiness in anyone, as can the smiling face of a child. ... Aunt Alexandra wanted to change Scout's personality to conform to society's ideas of what was right for a girl in those times. ... There was no one to tell her that it would be okay, the rest of the world may judge people by their social class and place in society, but we don't. ... Dill emotionally pointed out how disrespectfully Mr. ... However, even he could not keep out the thought that Negroes weren't quite the same. ...

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As Angelou recounts her graduation experience in 1940 from an individual perspective and a crowd's reaction, she provides an in depth look into discrimination, self-evolution, and how perseverance can be one's most valuable trait. ... Furthermore, Angelou provides a simile to describe the change in feeling: "Like a river diminishing to a stream and then to a trickle" (27). ... " Next, when Donleavy expresses his racist thoughts, it makes Angelou contemplate her self-worth. ... She thinks, " It was awful to be a Negro and have no control over my life" (29)...

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Sal mentions how long he has had his business up and running in the neighborhood. ... Lee shows a foreshadow when Sal quotes "I think I'm going to kill somebody today" which he then did. ... When I think about this controversial topic I think the people in the community have their own voice and also these people have been paying Sal's pocket for what he mentions twenty something years. ... All Buggin Out wanted was respect for his people, and Sal couldn't even give him that. The famous scene during the end of this film when a cop murdered Radio Raheem shows that the o...

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Langston Hughes is not bitter towards race relationships in America, although many of the lines can be interpret as conveying feelings of hatred. ... Later, as he is explaining how he and his instructor are inevitably connected, he mentions that oftentimes, he does not appreciate this connection. ... When he says, "Sometimes perhaps you don't want to be a part of me./ Nor do I often want to be a part of you" (34-35), it is in the context of stating that he and his instructor (and perhaps black Americans and white Americans) are connected in ways that they cannot help, and that even though...

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