The book is a real life report of the experiences of a white author, John Howard Griffin, who temporarily transforms himself into an African American for six long and forceful weeks. ... The book then develops into an autobiographical diary, recounting almost on a everyday basis the author's numerous experiences as an African American; the good, the bad and the ugly that he personally encounters. ... But the book also describes other men and situations. ... The main theme of the book is the white author's experience of white racism, when he temporarily transforms himself into an Afri...

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They can enjoy the fact that the novel is about real life situations, and they read the book for its contents. ... Monteiro reported that it "contains repeated use of the profane, insulting, and racially derogatory term 'nigger.' " She argued that there were no books that referred to Caucasians in this awful language that were part of the curriculum. ... In one newspaper review from the late 1800s, the book was reviewed as a good book, and that person viewed the book as one that involuntarily taught lessons to all on truth, honest simplicity and directness. ... Presently, many peopl...

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• Grade Level: High School

Throughout the book there are many racist remarks made. ... John Corey: "Well, the Muslims don't drink, I can't spell their f-ing names on my reports, and the women can't be seduced... Throughout the book racism and sexist remarks are made quite frequently. ... John changed the course of the book by attempting to be one step ahead of Asad's moves. ... Without these three factors this book would have been effected greatly....

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Take the New York Post for example, Ruth Shalit wrote a report on the Washington Post's handling of integration in the workforce, stating that "there were no black assignment editors, no black foreign correspondents, no black reporters on the National staff." (111) And while the Post was lacking racial diversity in the office, William McGowen of the Manhattan Institute wrote "Coloring the News", where "his eagerness to accuse the media of attacking racism where it does not exist." (112) The book, which used sources from men and women who were also strictly conservatives, made outrageous a...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

You can always report these events to the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission). One major problem when reporting to the EEOC is that it takes a long period of time to resolve matters. ... This topic relates to our class and our book in many ways. ...

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The largest demonstration of this in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird is Tom Robinson, he was guilty the moment that Bob Ewell reported him to the Sheriff Heck Tate. ... Racism, as seen in this book, cost many people their lives, brought communities to their knees with poverty. ...

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They gave him the worst dormitory and a job on the newspaper reporting about the white fraternity parties. ... When Hughes returned to New York City in 1926, he became involved in the Harlem Renaissance, and published his first poetry book, "The Weary Blues." ...

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Throughout this report, I will describe the difficulties encountered and what the school could of done to help Pharoah, Lafayette and others who were struggling. ... The book didn't tell us much about what the school did, but they should provide activities and motivation for kids in school so that they won't drop out, and have some type of mentor or someone that helps out people....

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Feagin, author of the book, White Racism, "This account suggests that any African-American, regardless of economic status, can be the victim of discrimination in public accommodations" (81). ... Feagin reports that "Psychological studies have found that some whites in interracial contexts avoid acting in what they feel to be blatantly racist ways" (195). ...

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