I could be a desperate plea of understanding; why can't you see we hate and are as violent as you? ... Then he goes on to say "For thee to prove thyself of higher worth" meaning show them that you are not like them. ... I believe "thy little lamp" refers to showing pride that you are not like them, be proud that you are able to endure without being like them. ... Show them that you are proud that you are not like them and you can survive this without becoming like them. ... But on the other hand, he could be reiterating to African Americans that life is important and k...

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It was a heavy load to carry, discrimination, racial harassment and segregation every day of your life and it hurt because you have to humble yourself to a people who detested you because you look different from them, just because you were BLACK. ... We, Blacks are people just like the whites, we had families that we loved and wanted to best for them. ... I was anger because they treated us like we did not matter. We were not in the South but you still have to be careful of what you said or did ever here in the North. ... The Lincoln Way schools look like college campus while the Rich School...

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But I guess I'm what I feel and see and hear, Harlem, I hear you: hear you, hear me-we two-you, me, talk on this page. ... But it will be a part of you, instructor. You are white- yet a part of me, as I am a part of you. ... Nor do I often want to be a part of you. ... "Well son, I"ll tell you:" (Hughes 587) the author is like a narrator for the rest of the black community, which he consider as his. ...

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Or even, If it is being shown that somebody black doesn't like chicken, all of a sudden the other characters are shocked and began to say things like "You don't like chicken?!?! Oh, you must not be black". ... That's where the term "you can't take black people anywhere" comes from. ... If I like it, I'm downloading it onto my IPod and listening to everything thing I like on shuffle. ... Stereotypes do not define you or anybody else. ...

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The main character Calegero lived in a time where African-Americans and Italians, like himself despised each other. ... Just like in previous times, interracial relationships weren't excepted. ... Have you ever liked someone that who not your race? Were you afraid to tell the person you like, your friends, or even your family members because you were afraid that they would judge you? ... You can't help ...

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Asagai says, "You came up to me and you said . . . ... Beneatha would like to find that heritage once again. ... Ruth says to Beneatha, "You expect this boy to go out with you with your head all nappy like that?" ... I"m telling you to be the head of this family now like you supposed to be" (Hansberry 107). ... Like Willy Harris taught you. ...

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Dreams are the core of our achievements for without them, there'd be nothing to yearn for in life. In Loretta Hansberry play, "A Raisin in the Sun," the theme is that it is possible to live the American Dream by overcoming barriers that stand in the trajectory of that dream, and being persistent. Th...

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Black on black crime is all you see on the news and the newspaper. ... Ron Wilkins explains "the gangs made me feel like I had an identity, sense of family and a sense of acceptance". ... Todd Boyd, "The LAPD was run like a military at war and their enemies was blacks" (Crips and Bloods, 2008). ... You take away the leaders and the movement and destroy any hope of gaining equality, and then you have hopelessness and rebellion. ... You need to look at their history and the violence that was brought upon their people. ...

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But I guess I'm what I feel and see and hear, Harlem, I hear you: hear you, hear me--we two--you, me, talk on this page. ... Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love. I like to work, read, learn, and understand life. ... I guess being colored doesn't make me not like the same things other folks like who are other races. ... You are white-- yet a part of me, as I am a part of you. ...

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But I guess I'm what I feel and see and hear, Harlem, I hear you: hear you, hear me--we two--you, me, talk on this page. ... Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love. I like to work, read, learn, and understand life. ... I guess being colored doesn't make me not like the same things other folks like who are other races. ... You are white-- yet a part of me, as I am a part of you. ...

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Living in an area like that can have a serious impact on the way people think. ... So it does depend on the way you were raised and where you live. ... In settings like those, racism is nonexistent. ... Imagine if everyone was like that, then racism would only be a thing of the past. ... Everyone is just human, and color does not define who you are, or how you live your life....

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I know that it has been around for hundreds of years and when you are done reading this essay, I hope you have learned a lot. ... African American people that liked to perform could easily get into it. ... White people dressed up as plantation slaves and acted like black musical in the act of dance forms. ... This show was followed by many more like "In Abyssinia" in 1906 and "Bandanna Land" in 1908. ... If Harlem knew you and liked your talent, you were considered famous in that city but not world wide just yet. ...

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The word was spoken to you to hurt you. So I would like to never hear the word again." ... Like, Bunny Plaskett who remembers the pain of life in the United States before the civil rights. ... The Civil Rights Era in America was about Black people who struggling in all levels not to be called or treated like "niggas." ... No matter how you think of yourself, whether you are African-American, White, Hispanic, Asian or whatever national origin you identify with, you should never call anyone a "nigga." ...

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Ostrowski, my English teacher (in 8th grade).. .1 had gotten some of my best marks under him, and he had always made me feel that he liked me... ... I never have figured out why I told him, "Well, yes, sir, I've been thinking I'd like to be a lawyer.". ... We all here like you, you know that. ... You need to think about something you can be. ... People like you as a person-you'd get all kinds of work. ...

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"hear you, hear me---we two---you, me, talk on this page. ... "Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love. I like to work, read, learn, and understand life. ... "I guess being colored doesn't make me NOT like the same things other folks like who are other races.... "You are white--- yet a part of me, as I am a part of you. ...

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Is it the way you talk, the way you dress, the actions that go on in you house on daily basis? ... If you are an artistic person, then to you, page design might be the most important aspect to you. ... If you are the type of person who loves to write, like myself, then the articles are like art for your ears. ... If you like to shop, then the ads were made especially for your type. ... If you"re the type of person who never reads the articles, instead you flip through the magazine, then pictures were made just for you. ...

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"I promise you I wrote it. I can't tell you more, but read the book, and the piece in the last September's Reader's Digest and you"ll know who I really am" (Griffin, 37). ... I"m after you. There ain't no place you go I won't get you. ... Black Like Me. ...

• Word Count: 1860
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Afraid I was gonna be better than you, All you ever did was try to make me scared of you..." ... You scared I'm gonna be better than you, that's all." ... Rose: You just like him. You got him in you good. ... Cory's casual, "you go in the house and change shoes like mama told you so we can go to papa's funeral, " (Wison, 100) is the only indication that he has accepted and forgiven his father. ...

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WRT 205: Hip Hop America: A Critical Inquiry "A Tribe's Travels Through the Path's of Rhythm- "You on point Phife?... The track "Push it Along- begins in a dream-like music sequence. ... Furthermore they express the belief that they won't be influenced by outside forces like the media or the public. ... Songs like "Pubic Enemy- where the focus is defending the women who are victims of sexual harassment were replaced with songs like "Hot 4 U- that makes it difficult for the listener to see women as anything other than a target for sexual abuse. ... "Money gives a nud...

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The night sky which is like the backdrop of space is equivalent to the face of a Negro. ... I"m like that old mule- Black-and don't give a damn! You go to take me Like I am. ... When you read "Freedom's Plow", it's almost as if you can hear America's founding father's reciting these famous lines. ... You, me! ...

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Prejudice is when someone doesn't like someone for the way they look. ... If you think racist joke are harmless than you should take a reality check. ... No one deserves to be prejudged like that. ... The scenario could go many different ways, but the reality is, that it doesn't matter who you are or what color you are, its unsafe to be who you are. ... All because they didn't like types of people. ...

• Word Count: 1961
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Do you remember singing along with I'm a little tea pot as a child? Did the song define you? Did you really believe you were a little teapot? No, you didn't. ... She uses words like us, and we all throughout her article to express her point. ...

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For example, Hazels tells us, "Them teachers that don't like me cause I won't sing them Southern songs or back off when they tell me my questions are out of order." ... Nonetheless, if you take a closer look, and take a step towards to them, you will notice that they crucially need this attitude to get through life. ... In Hazel's case, her family odes care about her, but I don't think that she thinks they do, "And what I mean is you said you were going to marry me when I grew up." ... (These two are children her age, who she is not particulary friends with - infact, t...

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Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? ... And you still call him a loud mouth!" ... There you are. ... You can argue that Mama speaks these words not only to her daughter but to the reader and the audience. ... He wonders if they shrivel up like a "raisin in the sun". ...

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How much could you buy? ... Joanna cannot embrace both parts of her bring, like Joe cannot accept being both Black and White. ... McEachern and he is forced to realize how old Joanna really is, "You just got old and it happened to you and now you are not any good anymore. That's all that's wrong with you." ... You"ll have to do that. ...

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• Grade Level: High School