According to charts in the notes, a family of four needs an annual salary of $37,66l in order to get by without using welfare. ... In other words, there are more blacks living in poverty than not. ... When parents find out the sex of their newborn, they immediately associate the words "boy " and "girl " with society's perceptions of gender. ... They don't want their baby girl to live in a blue room with a sports theme or their baby boy to live in a pink room with Disney princesses everywhere. ... If a boy had a choice between a fire truck and a Barbie doll, our society, and his paren...

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Are we simply suggesting the difference between male and female is as black and white as initially assumed, or is there more to this notion than meets the eye? This is where I debate that it is not as clear cut as black and white as it seems but rather that there is more to the idea of being "male or female" than one realizes. ... Technoscience is the act, process, and culture of discovering as well as the objects, methods, and things we produce (Class notes, October 21, 2003). ... Some how it is socially accepted for a girl to like sports and simply be considered a "tomboy", but for a boy ...

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Schmidt Honors English II 17 September 2002 The Color Purple, by Alice Walker is a historical novel showing how an uneducated, fourteen-year-old black girl living in rural Georgia between 1910 through 1940 can overcome years of abuse and betrayal, and become an independent, confident woman. ... During this time period of time, it is considered right for Sofia, a black woman to be a maid. ... The consequences for a black person disobeying a white authority figure would be severe. ... A different example of racism is when Eleanor Jane brings her baby boy for Sofia to bless. ... During Nett...

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Their monitoring was as discreet as probable, and they intermingled modestly with the children, even though from time to time a child would ask what they were doing or "write " their own "notes " while sitting next to them. ... The boys were more prone to wear black, green, and orange, they never wore pink. ...

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