We hear people call themselves African American, German American, Asian American, and any number of other country slash American. ... In America we see a culture that has a focus on materialism. ... Many colored people call themselves African American. ... He was "American born and bred" to use his words exactly. ... We have the term in America called the Great Melting Pot, it's meaning that race and ethnicity in America all runs together. ...

• Word Count: 3593
• Approx Pages: 14
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• Grade Level: High School

African-American women had been under the racism and sexism of their environment for centuries. ... Even during slavery, African-Americans did indeed still manage to stand tall in the public eye. ... CHAPTER 3 Chapter 3 discusses the prejudice that African-American women faced. ... CHAPTER 5 In discussing prominent African-American icons, the topic once again turned to Ida B. ... The second stanza represents the attitudes to African-Americans over the course of the past few decades, when African-Americans have experienced a relatively significant rise in status. ...

• Word Count: 4173
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• Grade Level: High School

These people, many of whom were American citizens, were suspected because of their race or nationality. ... Before September 11th, the bombing of the Murrah Building was the worst terrorist act in American history. ... Davis of the American University Washington College of Law, the capture of John Walker Lindh provides further evidence of the ineffectiveness of racial profiling of Arab-Americans. Lindh is a white American male from an upper middle class family. ... Nearly all of the passengers were of Middle-Eastern or South Asian descent. ...

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He advocated for equal treatment for every American in the United States. ... Globalization has had an immense influence on the ethnic map of America. From the beginning of 1960, immigration has heightened in the American society. ... Asians and Whites follow the same pattern of being better off. ... The economic implications of Black Americans differ from that of other minority groups. ...

• Word Count: 2870
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

American music is extremely varied and diverse. ... Native Americans, immigrants from all over the world, women...they are all able to stand up and be counted, but one group especially has had a great impact on American music: African-Americans. ... England, particularly, had a profound impact on American culture and society. English was the language to be learned by thousands of new immigrants such as the Germans, Mediterraneans, Eastern Europeans, Asians, and Africans (although for hundreds of years, Africans were not really counted as citizens). ... American-born composers generally went to...

• Word Count: 4261
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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