During the slave trade beginning in the 15th century, African people were forcefully torn from the continent of Africa and force to lose their culture, in turn to accept what ever the whites offered, for instance the names Negro, coon, jigaboo, pickaninny, nigger, and nigga. The Europeans or (whites) who controlled the slave trade realized that he had to strip the Africans or (black people) of all culture such as original names, languages, and religion. ... In order to accomplish that, they outlawed anything and everything belonging to or identified with African culture and forced them to acce...

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They would also use these songs to communicate information about escaping, because the slave owners could not understand the "slaves' language". ... "It was created in the days of slavery in America, when a black person was still an African in America, not an African-American. ... (African American music). ... As the popularity of African influenced music in the African American community erupted, the up-beat rhythm and unique tune interested the younger white community. ... Still today there are many African influenced music. ...

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"It is hatred of one person by another -- or the belief that another person is less than human -- because of skin color, language, customs, place of birth or any factor that supposedly reveals the basic nature of that person" (Perry 2). ... A story illustrating covert racism might sound like this; when a Teacher says to an African American student that she is shocked how articulate the African American student is. ... In recent news, an article came out involving three African Americans and the network ABC. ... The agency did a casting call for African American men are "nice loo...

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Abstract Hip-Hop has long been demonized for its militant language and outlawed narrative as a part of American society. ... " It is a nuanced soul of black folks, undoubtedly an essence of African-American culture and authenticity. ... But long before then African traditions established the use of spoken word. ... Imani Perry asserts that the spoken word of African-American music has its origins in Africa and survived the middle passage to the Western Hemisphere (Perry, 2004). ... Its primary language is African American Vernacular English 2. ...

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The only two European immigrant groups that remained isolated were the Germans and the Jews "the Germans being feared because their massive numbers and different language posed a threat to the dominance of the nascent pseudo-English culture, and the Jews being excluded because of their faith. ... The years from 1700-1750 saw a dramatic rise in the African slave population, with more than 250,000 being forcibly transplanted to the American continent. The demographic impact cannot be overstated: southern colonies that were almost completely devoid of Africans in 1680 were 30-40% slaves by 1...

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The Europeans also faced serious challenges because of land blockades by mountains and jungles, language barrier, native resistance and labor challenges. ... The higher cost of African slave discouraged many miners to use them as workers in silver mines. ... In colonial Portuguese, importing African slaves was more profitable for the miners because of the close proximity to Africa and also the value of gold extracted was higher than silver. ... This brought influx of African slaves into the Brazil. ... By the end of century, the province had over 150,000 African slaves. ...

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"The chancellor of the University of California at Berkley, Chang Lin-Tin, says that by the year 2050 most Americans will be able to trace their roots to Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the Pacific Islands. ... Chang's vision can come to pass, the United States will have at least 2 official languages. "1 America would have to have two official languages for the immigrants to be able to function in society. ... Still another problem with the idea of two official languages is that it is illogical. ... Having two official languages will completely ruin this system and the c...

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The conquistadors needed labor force in order to achieve their goal of colonizing the New World, so they went to Africa where the Royal African Monopoly controlled a vast majority of the community and forced them into slavery. ... The massive immigration of African slaves to America led to several sociological problems such as the segregation of races in America, and the matriarchal order in Africa. ... As some of them were brought from different parts of Africa, they also struggled because of language and left behind their families causing changes in sociological order. ...

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These people from Africa were mistreated very badly right from the start both mentally and physically. ... The Europeans who owned slaves also thought that the slaves were not smart enough because they could not speak English and they did not have a written language. This was proven not to be true either because the second generation of slaves learned the English language with no trouble at all. ... During the Revolutionary era, more than half of all African-Americans lived in Virginia and Maryland. ... The majority, but not all, of these African-Americans were slaves. ...

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Some of the aspects are all day kindergarten, beginners reading program which combine a phonic and whole language approach, reading groups which are constantly assessed by teachers, one-on-one tutoring, and co-operative projects in language arts and math. ... Magnet schools where started in America to make the schools in neighborhoods that are predominantly African American so good that white students would enroll by chose thus upping the moral of the socially disadvantaged African American, and giving them a greater chance for succeeding. ...

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Hentoff then continues on to say " The language on campus could become as pure as country water, but racist attitudes would still fester" (168). The supporters of speech codes say that speech codes are especially important in protecting minorities such as African American students. ... If an African American student would want to speak about racist issues on a campus that does not allow racist speech (which was originally enacted because minorities needed protection), this student has become in fact silenced by the very speech code that was supposed to protect him or her. ... Kors reports tha...

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(Out of Many, A-3) The first group to undergo major transformation were the African Americans. ... (Out of Many, 632) W.E.B DuBois, on the other hand, opposed Washington's views and believed that African Americans must fight for the right to vote, obtain civic equality, and achieve higher education. ... Anthony drafted a defining document of the women's movement, which was written in language parallel to the Declaration of Independence. ...

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I only knew the Japanese just five months ago, but now I have Scottish-American host mother, African-American friend, Arabian-American classmate, and Chinese-American teacher. ... They didn't have a common language, a common way of living, but they did have common feelings. ... Even if we can't communicate with language, or we can't understand each other's way of thinking, we can show our goodwill by a big smile or we can show our appreciation with tears since we all have the same feelings and know the feelings. ...

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His lyrics are full of vulgar language use, and slang. ... But for a congressman or radio executive that has lived a "pampered" life, and has not been exposed to such language and situations, it can be easy to see why they might find those lyrics offensive and inappropriate. ... Another example of how interpretation can differ is how Johnny Clegg, a white South African musician who experienced years of censorship during Apartheid for his politically-oriented music, chose to fight the system. ...

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Social political correctness is more aligned to reconstructing languages to boost social harmony while economic political correctness attempts to do the same through economic legislation. ... In a way, it represses languages, ideas, and belief systems. ... Social political correctness, on the other hand, is more aligned to fixing languages and beliefs in an attempt to bolster social harmony to minimize offenses towards certain groups rather then doing so by economic means (Lind, 2000, para. 1). ... Another example he gives is the drop off of Africa's living standard. ...

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Changes During the Fifties and Sixties When the fifties and sixties were talking shape the Second World War had just ended, America was going through a reconstruction process and many changes began to take place all over the world. Major issues were being faced and problems were in the works of be...

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Racial as in the apartheid policy that was enforced in South Africa from 1948 t0 1992; or sexual discrimination, as the laws of each country should be the means of combating discrimination but often these efforts to combat discriminatory practices. ... Frasier 4 One of the chapter's purposes is to encourage "Respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as the race, sex, language, or religion". ...

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Most high schools and colleges did not accept females or African Americans. ... German immigrants also opposed Mann's ideas as they feared that their children would forget German language and culture. ...

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