In the short story "Child by Tiger," there are many different treatments of racial differences such as the treatment of the children, the car wreck, and the actions of the "mob." ... The next treatment of racial differences was made after the car wreck. ... Lon Everett, the drunken white man, got out of his car and went racing to Dick and started beating on him. ... The car wreck, the mob scene, and the treatment of the children were all actions of the racial differences that man had created for each other. ...

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In the short story "Child by Tiger," there are many different treatments of racial differences such as the treatment of the children, the car wreck, and the actions of the "mob." ... The next treatment of racial differences was made after the car wreck. ... Lon Everett, the drunken white man, got out of his car and went racing to Dick and started beating on him. ... The car wreck, the mob scene, and the treatment of the children were all actions of the racial differences that man had created for each other. ...

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They were pulled from their car, cuffed, and separated into two patrol cars while their vehicle was searched. ... He was pulled from his car, thrown to the ground, pepper sprayed and arrested. ... Items such as nervousness, out of state plates, rental cars, inability to make eye contact, lack of drivers license or insurance information, fast food wrappers, plates from key border states like Arizona and New Mexico, conflicting answers to questions involving origin and destination and maps. ...

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In this case, a 30-year-old black man named Homer Plessy was jailed for sitting in the white car of the East Louisiana Railroad. Plessy was only 1/8th black and 7/8th white, but under Louisiana law, he was considered black and therefore required to sit in the colored car. ... The State of Louisiana, that the Separate Car Act violated the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution. ... The judge at the trial, John Howard Ferguson, had previously declared the Separate Car Act "unconstitutional on trains that traveled through several states." ... He found Plessy guilty of refusing t...

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Rabinowitz believed that because of these actions, separate schools for blacks were created, poorhouse facilities were provided, and the Nashville Street Railway even started running a separate car for them. ... Rabinowitz stated that when blacks wanted to ride the train, they were forced into the dirty smoking cars with a rough class of whites. Rabinowitz felt that the law that provided separate cars and equal accommodations was right. ... "In their homes and in ordinary employment," as one observer noted, "they meet as master and servant; but in the street cars the...

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The mayor's wife, Miss Millie, lived a different lifestyle than Celie which did not require her to work and allowed her to have maids and fancy cars, yet she was still controlled by her husband who refused to teach her how to drive. ... "Mayor _______ bought Miz Millie a new car cause she said if colored [people] could have cars then one for her was passed due. So he bought her a car, only he refused to teach her how to drive it" (Walker 102). ...

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The state trooper ordered Wilkens, his aunt, uncle and a cousin out of their vehicle and into the rain, for the purpose of searching the car for drugs. Wilkens recalls seeing a young white boy, about six years old, in a passing car with his face pressed against the window and he couldn't help but to think what image will forever be in this little boys head? ... Ford was a member of Congress and that he was driving such a nice car. ... Kweisi Mfume, the president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was pulled over while driving the interstate at ni...

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Everyone has a hero or someone that inspires and look up to. As history passes many people have become heroes by changing the lives of others. They voiced their opinions and made a difference by taking action for what they believed in. Day by day, lives are being changed by heroes that are making sa...

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It seems at times that every16 year old drives a brand new car, and that every family can afford a 300,000 dollar house, but this is not the case. ... A person living in relative poverty has the things needed for survival but might not be able to afford the same car or house as the rest of their "average" neighbors. ...

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They went into pursuit of the speeding car which was up to speeds of 117 miles per hour. ... Within seconds Los Angeles police cars and a helicopter arrived at the scene. ... Rodney remained in the car. Officers shouted for King to get out of the car, and he finally did. ...

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In the 1980's, American cars were marked with a distinction of poor quality. Since then, our cars have vastly improved, but the distinction is still planted in many people's minds. If we lower our standards in the white collar force, we may develop the same distinction in our corporate businesses as we have in our cars. ...

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"Attaining the street-car conductor's job becomes not only a victory for civil rights, as a result, but also a personal victory for Maya's sense of self" (Walker). ... Anyone can have the cars, the big house with the white picket fence but all of that means nothing if you are not at good terms with yourself. ...

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Courtney and his friends " people of mixed European and African blood" were riding on a train to a wedding, when they were approached by twelve white men with revolvers, One told Courtnet: "Say, you look like an intelligent nigger, Don't you know any better than to ride in a first class car?" For the rest of the trip Courtney's group had to ride in the "Jim Crow's car reserved for people of colors. ...

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The people in the community look at the car in good natured envy, but they don't think of Macon as using the car as a car should be used. He walks to work every day and only drives the car on Sundays. He never stops to chat with anyone, he never gives anyone a lift, it never breaks down so the kids can help push it, in short, the car is only a show piece. ...

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They are seen driving nice cars, in expensive watch commercials, or living in mansion all these examples are portraying whites as having more money/status then minority groups. In car commercials, women are usually tall, skinny and blonde and are shown sitting on top of the car showing off their body. This is giving off the message that white women are better looking and deserve a car similar the one she is sitting on top of. ...

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A man named James Earl Ray was in his car. ... He got out of his car and stroll across the street, where he rented a room at the Bessie Brewer's Rooming House. ... He got into his car and sped away. ... The investigation cooled down a little bit after the discovery of Galt's car in Atlanta, and the FBI turned to its extensive records division for assistance. ...

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Although some saw stupidity in the situation and mocked it, "If there must be Jim Crow cars on the railroads, there should be Jim Crow cars on the street railways. ... If there are to be Jim Crow cars, moreover, there should be Jim Crow waiting saloons at all stations, and Jim Crow eating houses," (Woodward, 67), the divided South soon became a reality. ...

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Early in the century, only city dwellers could afford cars. c. Ransom Olds had introduced a less expensive car, the Oldsmobile in 1901. d. ... The boom in the automotive industry simulated growth in other industries related to car manufacture or use. b. ...

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Johnson, she is not an attractive girl: Have you ever seen a lame animal, perhaps a dog run over by some careless person rich enough to own a car, sidle up to someone who is ignorant enough to be kind to him? ...

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Homer Plessy was a "passenger [on a train] between two stations within the states of Louisiana. " however he was "seven-eighths Caucasian and one-eighth black " --the amount of African American in his blood was hardly visible on his complexion-- and was arrested and put on trial for sitting in the "White " section of the train and violating Louisiana's Separate Car Act. Plessy went to court and argued that the Separate Car Act violated the "equal " protection of the law clause Fourteenth Amendment. ...

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Affirmative Action: A Necessity for All Albert Einstein said, "Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized." In his time, it was an issue between the rich and the poor, but today, it is between the minority and the majority. Racial inequality today is an enormous issue. There...

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The string instrument gradually increases in rhythm and volume and is accompanied in its climax by the screeching and honking of her mother's car crash, followed by her crying and signifying the reaction of Sara in her changing personality and life. To portray the psychical living conditions that change from Sara's moving to Chicago, lots of cacophonic city sounds of car honks, police sirens, and rattling trains tracks are contrasted to the peaceful diagetic ambient sounds of birds chirping in her hometown. ...

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It's all about titles and not hurting someone's feelings! I can remember a time when having a job of a housewife was a noble thing. I think I am dating myself a little but a wife and mother staying home to take care of the house and the kids was not just common it was also expected and respected...

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Her mother describe her physics like this: "Have you ever seen a lame animal, perhaps a dog run over by some careless person rich enough to own a car, sidle up to someone who is ignorant enough to be kind to him? ... "you just don't understand," she said, as Maggie and I came out to the car. ...

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Racism Towards African Americans Racism has been around for so long it has slowly become a tolerance for many African Americans. For many years after the Civil War, when blacks were set free, the black population was almost never treated equal until around the late nineteenth century. Tom Robins...

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