Jobs like city maintenance or cleaning services, which has less income than that which is desirable are usually what you find most minorities migrating to. ... Just to give you an idea of exactly what blacks own, only 2% of all American businesses are owned by blacks, mainly because blacks our under represented. Also, the gross receipts of black owned corporations only equal to 1%. Purposively, blacks make up 13% of the population, and only 1% of the population spends their money on black owned corporations. ... It also surprises me that an Asian American or even those of Irish decent, tha...

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This tour will grant me different perspectives of college living. ... Much like my older sister for example. ... From then on I've been a sponge, soaking up anything that interests me in that field of study. ... People like Katie B. Hall, the first Black congresswoman in Indiana, Manyard Jackson Atlanta's first Black Mayor, and Mary Jane Patterson the first Black woman to receive a bachelor's degree, paved the way for many African Americans like myself to elevate their minds and press on to be better in today's world. ...

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She asked how I was doing and if I liked going to school. Not wanting to admit to my prejudices, I replied I was doing ok and I liked it well enough. She laughed and said it was funny that I did like it because it didn't seem like my sort of scene. When I went home that night I realized that in some ways I was molding everyone in the same category, black, ghetto, hip-hoppers who were in college because it is a trend. ... Being teased and harassed on the campus of an all black school made me wonder about what the rest of the world would think about my experiences there. ...

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Three mean looking guys stopped me. ... They wore baggy clothes just like I did, but the odd thing was they all had on black and red and that was it. ... Which I found out quickly they didn't like. ... When I didn't reply he punched me in the side. ... I even described what they looked like. ...

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You know the kind slick, black hair; long side burns, driving a sports car. ... However, I remembered a saying my dad would quote to me when things were going wrong and the future looked black. ... In the future, I would like to become a Lawyer. What I like the most about University of Phoenix is the teacher. ... I would like to thank all University of Phoenix staff who helped me to continue my education and set myself up to achieve my goals. ...

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Numerous theorists believe that academic letter grades are as close to a measurement of a person's mental capacity as white is to black. ... I felt like a struggling zebra fighting to remain at the equivalent of my other classmates that created my herd. ... Initially, the assessment caused me to investigate my past academic devotion. ... Like a bottle filling a baby that understanding fed my mind with the needed knowledge. ... Through my methods I truly believe that I embraced the change and shaped it in a way that would benefit me in my future. ...

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I moved to Edgewood around that time, and that made me sad; it made me eat. ... Eighth grade hit me. ... It was then that I realized just what had happened to me. ... Nice white shirt, grey pants, a bowtie, and shiny new black dress shoes. ... I still feel like I should be skinnier, like I haven't made it far enough yet. ...

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Tom was a solemnly silent person with a curly black hair and he also wore a pair of hearing aids therefore he always got teased by some classmate. ... The sooner I finish my primary school, my parents decided to sent me to Seremban. ... However High school was a though time for me, I was not like everybody else in the school. English was not my first language and I was like a fish out of the water. ... Which makes me extremely looking forward to visit a new place. ...

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There are some days where the teacher will have me help her with stuff she wasn't able to get to like putting together packets, but I usually help with a group of students or a few individual kids. ... The first thing I noticed about the population I was working with was that most of the students were black whereas in my daily life and growing up I was mostly with white students. ... Watching how the girls and boys interact with each other is very cute and reminds me of my childhood. They usually sit separated; boys on one side and girls on the other, and the girls like to do more "girly ...

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Boys in the Hood basically had nothing but black people in their society. ... The Koreans were looked down at and disrespected because they did the same to the black community. ... As a result of that Nicholson and his fellow commanding officers were caged up like animals while their troops constructed the bridge. ... This movie showed me to stay proud and things will turn out the way they need to. In Sishos case this movie showed me that you must sometimes swallow your pride to get what you want. ...

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The conditions at my elementary, middle, and high school has made me the well-rounded individual that I am today. For instance the neighborhood that I grew up in everybody looked like me. ... There were times when teachers did not expect me to know certain things they called upon me to answers very simple questions, while my classmates were challenged with thought provoking questions. Luckily for me, I always pay attention to see if the other student knew the answers. ... Finally what was really different is when I chose to attend a predominately black high school. ...

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Short black hair, I'm a big boned chick but hey I'm fine with that now. ... Back in my high school days it seemed like everyone had someone but me. ... It just seemed like this year was the year he finally started to notice me. ... The very same day my now ex-boyfriend texted me saying "Sorry you had to find out like this you weren't going to give it to me so I had to get it from somewhere". ... Some may not like me but they will always respect me. ...

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My parents gave us the best of everything so I'd like to assure the same for them and make them and my own family one-day proud of what I did in life. ... On that day, I joined the elite group of Central Alumni sealing my fait as a shining example of Black exceptionalism. ... In retrospect, those conversations gave me much of the wisdom I have today. ... " The internalization of this has permitted me to gain considerable sagacity from social interaction. ... Ultimately though I'd like to see the world shift from the destructive paradigm of profit over people and the planet to...

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Rui is white and Marc is black. ... Marcus is black and tall and lives with his aunt. ... Rui felt like he was going to pass out but his team still won. ... The next morning they sent me to see a judge. ... She asked me where my best friend was now. ...

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I hesitantly wake up to the sound of the same repetitive beep of my little black alarm, and prepare myself for a long day of uninteresting classes, and hours of work at a mall full of impolite costumers. ... Overwhelmed by your inexhaustible pressures on me to succeed, I feel this results in me becoming a failure rather than successful. ... After all, you did give me the opportunity to attend a nice, private school like ***, didn't you? ... The ones that both of you force upon me and that I enjoy? ... Like William Zinsser stated in his book, "Long gone are the days of the gentleman&...

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A black teen from Mississippi, Anne Moody, wrote, "I was fifteen years old when I began to hate people. ... Holden's lack of responsibility is the reason why "The whole team ostracized me on the way back" (Salinger 6). ... You give me a royal pain in the ass, if you want to know the truth" (Salinger 148). ... He has failed out of four different schools, and writes a letter to his teacher saying, "It is all right with me if you flunk me though as I am flunking everything else except English anyway" (Salinger 15). ... " Holden is anxious to know where all...

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Being a black female myself, I believe that students should be accepted based on merit of their performance and not their sex or race. I am sure that minorities, like myself, would rather be accepted because of our own academic accomplishments. ... When racism was still predominating and it was next to impossible to get a job or attend colleges for blacks, Affirmative Action was needed. ... I would like to see some type of Affirmative Action but without the lower standards and special requirements. ... Don't get me wrong, I do realize that in higher education there are racist people ho...

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I have never had many, but the ones I do have mean the world to me. ... The page is made to look like lavender satin, lavender being my favorite color. Across the top "About Me" is scribbled in pink paint. ... It is a black and white picture of Jim Morrison, shirtless with arms outstretched; my favorite artist of all time and my biggest obsession. ... Weather it be an old trophy, some baseball cards, a stuffed animal you have had since childhood, or a photo album like me, we are all holding on to some special moments in life by having that one special object in our possession. ...

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There was no other player like him. Naturally, there was another thing that I liked a lot. ... They were the ones with the black-patented leather. ... My shoes started to fit me tight. ... They helped me rebound and run. ...

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Beals was among one of the nine black students who integrated Central High. ... Not all of the nine made it throughout the school year but one black student graduated. ... I think that this book was a very good resource because this source made me choose this topic. ... If it were not for them, then we may not have schools like how we have it now. ... A couple of years after the integration of Central High, black students started to attend there. ...

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The girl does not like the red dress, but does not express her sentiments to her mother. ... Another incident where the nameless character showed no self-confidence was when she had to go to the black board to write something down, she starting getting uncomfortable and scared. ... She started feeling ashamed as Manson, who was a popular boy was dancing with a 'nonentity' like herself. The quote to support this is "To have to dance with a nonentity like me was as offensive to him He steered me, stumbling, to the edge of the floor. ... But one thing I did not tell was about this...

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A black teen from Mississippi, Anne Moody, wrote, "I was fifteen years old when I began to hate people. ... Holden's lack of responsibility is the reason why "The whole team ostracized me on the way back" (Salinger 6). ... You give me a royal pain in the ass, if you want to know the truth" (Salinger 148). ... He has failed out of four different schools, and writes a letter to his teacher saying, "It is all right with me if you flunk me though as I am flunking everything else except English anyway" (Salinger 15). ... " Holden is anxious to know where all ...

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It kills me to still think about this, but older people in the 6th grade had already been introduced to smoking and drinking. ... Kids just thought that because he wears constant black and glum colors that he was scary and dumb. ... When I think of this it astonishes me. ... Things like this happen everyday but some times you don't realize how much it happens until you witness it. ... The guys at our school were very serious about playing basketball and if someone looked like they were not good enough to be able to play well in a good game they would not let that person participate. ...

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From the ALA 1996 Banned Books Resource Guide, reports were found that at the Venada Middle School in Irvine, California, students received copies of the book with the words "hell" and "damn" blacked out. ... Not everyone thinks or even cares that books like Fahrenheit 451 are banned or taken out of schools. ... Some of the responses given by average people about why they thought the book was banned, are "The reason it was banned was because some Democratic soccer mom decided that it might upset some kid reading it," "because it has government corruption in it, our government in general doesn&...

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