As Emma Lou faces multiple hardships on her search for happiness, her inner spirit begins to break and her self-hatred stands as a barrier between her and the world that isolates her. ... She still sees the levels of color and feels she does not belong. ... Emma Lou is blinded by color and her prejudice turns on herself and becomes the real cause of her pain. ... The problem is that this character cannot expect to find suitable people who will accept her when she is unwilling to acknowledge the barriers she has built around herself. ... The teachers are reaching out to her, but the deeply...

• Word Count: 1573
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A sad truth, only cause of the color of a mans skin. ... Simply their skin color? ... "(3) With a hint of sarcasm in this line our character has always known that just because of the color of his skin isn't the reason for the racial barriers, but because of ignorance in the world around him (united States) controlled by the white man, it does make all the difference, so no matter his beliefs or thoughts he will be held down by society merely because of his skin tone. ... will I be plagued by my skin color for life? ... at every corner in life will I be reminded of my color and will b...

• Word Count: 1440
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• Grade Level: High School

While during the 1960s and 70s affirmative action was critical to overcome racial barriers, since that time period the positive effects of affirmative action have lessened. ... In essence, this proposition ultimately leads to true racial equality by creating a color-blind process. ... Because racial barriers are mostly broken down in today's society, students with the best GPA and most impressive high school resume are eligible to gain admission to the colleges of their dreams, regardless of the color of their skin. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The walls of race and the barriers from so-calledtraditions? ... It came as a shock to me when I learned that the reason for all of this was because of the color of his skin. ... Hopefully in the very near future we can look past the color of skin. Using something so petty as skin color to separate people is only holding us back. Those who still use skin color as a way to judge a person are living a life of ignorance. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Although people of color commit most crimes at the same rate as Whites, the unequal targeting and treatment of people of color throughout the criminal justice system – from arrest to sentencing – results in the disproportionate imprisonment of people of color. ... In New York City, where people of color make up about half of the population, 80% of the NYPD stops were of blacks and Latinos. ... Identification of Barriers and Supports Having to completely stop racial disparity will be an ongoing process. ... It is difficult for our faith in the American judicial system not to be chal...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

By the way, Margarite continues to think about her appearance and decide that this is the main barrier in her life. ... Sometimes world is cruel and Maya can not do anything to defend herself and her racial just because of her color. ... Edward Donleavy makes Margarite feels like a wight without any rights in this world because the main reason is she is black "brutal to be young and already trained to sit quietly and listen to charges brought against my color with no chance of defense" (153). ... She is in blind alley because of her age and color. ... Only Henry Reed brings the light beam to b...

• Word Count: 1584
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Douglass held many prestigious titles in government and business, his social status helped break the barrier for other blacks to enter into the government and gain similar positions. ... A header in Douglass" newspaper once read, "Right is of no Sex - Truth is of no Color."7 Frederick Douglass broke free from the shackles of slavery, and with his relatively small amount of Freedom achieved great things. ... Frederick Douglass broke the barriers placed around the black man's social status and weakened their inferior stereotype. ...

• Word Count: 1350
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Six days before the scheduled march, on June 25, 1941, the President signed Executive Order 8802 that banned work discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, or national origin for defense contractors and appointed the Committee on Fair Employment Practice to monitor compliance with the order. ... The Civil Rights Act of 1964, was a watershed piece of legislation that "outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin" (History). ... " The truth is that even as some racial barriers have tumbled, economic disparities separating the African Ame...

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For example, from Alice Walker's book, The Color Purple, Alice writes about the pain and experiences that she has faced or has witnessed. ... When reading from the book The Color Purple, what one gains from the text can be different then what many others may gain from this kind of text. ...

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It is not at all uncommon today in 21st century America to see sports teams with members of different races and cultures. In fact, one would think it strange to see a team that was not multiracial. As common as interracial athletics is today, things have not always been this way. Obviously, in th...

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Her career began in the mid 1920s only into the mid-1940s, ending; just as many racial barriers in American sports began to crumble. After World War 2, a hopeful black public focused much of its attention on a new generation of racial pioneers, barrier breakers such as Jackie Robinson, Althea Gibson, and Wilma Rudolph. ...

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Paul was highly regarded in the town of mostly whites, it was as if the towns" people actually had forgotten the color of his skin and just accepted him for him. ... Paul, even at age 20, had overcome barriers that many of his people at that time were not going to be able to overcome themselves. ... Paul treated everyone as if they were all the same color nobody had preference. ...

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They did not let their skin color stop them form advancing and continued on to make changes in the world. ... Blacks were breaking barriers in areas from flight to photography. ... The most famous attempt of African Americans to unite and break color boundaries was the March on Washington in 1941. ...

• Word Count: 1622
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While I tend to think Blacks are resilient kings and queens, I thoroughly understand that the media constantly force feeds us negative representations and perpetuates disheartening stereotypes of people of color. ... Has anyone stopped to think of the past 500 years where Blacks were on the receiving end of oppression, hate, brutal crimes, and degradation simply because of the color of their skin? ... One of their many objectives was "To encourage State and local leagues in their efforts to break down color barriers, and in obtaining for the African-American an equal chance with others in...

• Word Count: 1964
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In 1923, two brothers from Chicago, Illinois, founded the Disney Brother's Cartoon Studio. Over the course of nine decades, this studio, founded by Walt Disney and older brother Roy, has evolved into one of the world's largest multinational mass media corporations. Disney's animated films are renown...

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Coming of Age in Mississippi How would you like it if you were walking down the street and people, white people, started throwing rocks at your head? And to find out that the only reason is because you are a different color. Our history is a contradiction; a nation based on freedom once d...

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Langston Hughes was a man ahead of his time with views that saw beyond color barriers, and while his writings did appeal to interracial groups who were into "serious" modern literature he was still viewed as a Revolutionary and a voice for the African American. ...

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My American dream has been influenced by the problems, and circumstances that I have gone through in my life. Moving to the United States was one of the biggest circumstances that influenced my American dream because I came with the idea that this was the land of opportunities but when we arrived to...

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God Almighty drew the color line and it cannot be obliterated" (America 853). ... In the late 1800's a journalist wrote a newspaper pamphlet in order to divulge social barriers that African Americans were facing. ...

• Word Count: 1894
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However, with his works, he encouraged the people to break all the barriers, and fight for the equality they deserved. ... In this poem it is the color of the dreamers" skin that interferes and casts a shadow on his dream. ...

• Word Count: 1984
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Executive Order 8802 stated that federal government hiring practices would not be affected pr determined by race, color, creed, or national origin. ... The changes in labor demands and roles were forcing social changes in other races as well, because by disrupting traditional patterns of racial behavior the war broke down many barriers to equality. ...

• Word Count: 1898
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• Grade Level: High School