This was a free-response questionnaire that was written by Gutierrez himself to assess the participant's engagement in dangerous and self-harmful activities (Gutierrez et al 1999). ... The completion rate of suicide for Blacks is almost half that of Whites (Gutierrez et al 1999). ... In this study, Burr et al used standard metropolitan statistical areas (SMSAs) as the unit for analysis. ... The information is based on a three year average of event counts (Burr et al 1999). ... The largest being the size of the black male population (Burr et al 1999). ...

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Drug related homocide is the number one cause of death among African Americans between 15-24 years of age (Haynes et al.... Haynes et al. state that children from non-mainstream, poor, or culturally different backgrounds can experience difficulty in schools were mainstream is valued. ... Haynes et al. states that an atmosphere of trust and bonding amongst students and between students and staff is needed in order for a healthy school environment to promote resistance to substance abuse. ... The drug culture however, can offer an escape route into peer acceptance, power that offers prestige, ...

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One of my favorite childhood memories was going to the carnival with my grandma whenever it was in town. My grandma and I would spend a whole Saturday riding all of the rides and eating as much junk food as our stomachs would allow. Then one year we came across a booth where an artist was drawing caricatures. I didn't know what a caricature was at first so I decided to look it up. The Merriam Webster Dictionary Online defines caricature as, "An exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion or parts or characteristics" ("Caricature"). ...

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So, where Washington tells us a straightforward Horatio-Alger-like story, DuBois becomes more psychoanalytical and chooses to investigate at more length (and with more artistic and personal freedom in his writing) what it means to be black, what it means to be white, what it means to be free, et al, rather than adopting one stance very early on and hammering it home over and over, as Washington does. ...

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