Malcolm X and King no matter how American society depicts them are more than just figures of hate and love respectively. ... Rowan, the director of the United States Information Agency, could not understand why Asian and African countries paid tribute to an "ex dope dealer" and "ex con." ... While the Asian and African countries, who paid tribute agree with Cone that Malcolm X was worthy of praise and helped the black cause for equality. Citing Rowan, Asian, and African countries Cone uses oral history and historical analysis as his methodology. As Martin Luther King became recognized he...

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It affects higher education, the workforce, and every American's civil rights. I believe that affirmative action violates the norms of achievement and has increased racial tension in America. ... Part of our American tradition is that with hard work and a little sweat we can prevail. ... UCLA School of Medicine accepted twenty-seven blacks while admitting no whites or Asians with GPA's of 3.24 or below and Medical College Admissions Test scores of 93.4 and below. ... Another problem with affirmative action in America's law enforcement field is work performance and incompet...

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Prison Literature in America. ... The Black Power Movement and American Culture, 1965-1975. ... One could argue that African Americans as a result of they"re historically subordinate and oppressed position, have encompassed a unique sub-cultural position within American society. ... A specific African-American subculture that has played a significant role in the American cultural landscape through its intensified position of racial subordination in black prisoners. ... The struggle against the use of sweatshop labor in south east Asia or the Caribbean should connect us to a struggle agains...

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Du Bois says that "the problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color-line, the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men in Asia and Africa, in American and the islands of the sea,"" (Du Bois 45) . ... This uncertainty that Du Bois describes existed because black Americans identified themselves through the judgment of white Americans. ... But through this uncertainty, black Americans could see what was being denied from them, and through this they can identify the truths of U.S society that white Americans are unable to identify. ... Black Americans possess the grea...

• Word Count: 2792
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Appearance has held such precedence for Americans. ... In one case, which happened on March 3, 1991, four Los Angeles police officers brutally beat African American Rodney King. ... By casting a negative light towards Arabs, Africans, Mexicans, Asians or any other races, the justice system clearly demonstrates a great deal of ignorance and disrespect for that individual; just because someone is a member of a certain race does not mean that he or she represents the negative insinuations associated with that race. ... Department of Justice report stated that in 1999, African Americans were 20% m...

• Word Count: 3114
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the 1800's everyone's feelings about slavery, good or bad, culminated in one big war, the American Civil War. ... Even though education was instituted for African Americans, which was a step in the right direction, it was a very small step and still didn't give blacks the education they deserved. ... There are many groups of students going to the same school, ranging from whites to blacks to Asians and different religions such as Catholics, Jews, Muslims, etc. ...

• Word Count: 2609
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• Grade Level: High School

Over the past century, significant efforts have been made to understand the effects of race on criminal justice processing and sentencing. As a result of this research, sentencing policies have undergone numerous periods of reform. Yet, racial disparities in sentencing outcomes and incarceration rat...

• Word Count: 2620
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate