But now there is a new type of racism, one that is unusual, yet practical. Reverse racism is this type. ... The study concluded that African Americans with above average scores on law school admissions test were 730 times more likely to be accepted than an equally qualified Caucasian student at Virginias School of Law (Washington 3). ... It is almost like the universities have a quota and although the Caucasian students may have better grades and test scores, the schools must fill their quotas, and the school says acceptance is due to the Affirmative Action Law. ... But then I started to ...

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In the history of the U.S. there was little record of slave revolt or any type of organized slave body. ... The native population was too weak to do the type of hard labor that the settlers wanted them to do. ... The Dutch took advantage of the English's policy of appeasement and basically took over the government later voting to become free from the control of English Imperialism. ... Protesters like Mandela led the way for Black voting rights but were largely unsuccessful due to the Afrikaans fear of giving up any type of power especially to the larger black population. ... Slaves were ...

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The above stated came forth through an acute critique and rejection of white psychology in terms of its methodological conclusions and the ideological premises it tests. ... (Pg. 443) Black psychology has set forth new definitions, conceptual models, and test theories that come from the heart of the Black experience. ... Finally, Alvin Poussaint investigated the topics of Black suicide, Black sexuality, Black Power, and the proposition to white parents on how to raise their children free of prejudice. ... Poussaint believes there are four major reasons for this type of crime; "1) The Am...

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There are two different types of status in America; Achieved status which is a status that a person earns throughout their lifetime and ascribed status which is status that a person is born with. ... Three subsamples were chosen for testing. ... The next test given was the Self-Harmful Behavior Scale (SHB). 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). ...

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In order to get some type of benefit without compromising their idea of African-Americans being property, the south agreed to count each slave as 3/5ths. ... This is evident in a variety of areas including intelligence, performance on tasks or tests, and the possession of desirable characteristics or personality traits. Given that humans subconsciously have a flawed idea of superiority over their peers, it becomes easier to understand how one could put their race over another's without any type of justification. ... Jefferson, the genius of politics, could see no way for African-American...

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There were also extensive literacy tests that had to be passed. Again, many of these "free" blacks had ancestors that were slaves. ... We see how badly mistaken we were and how we never want to get back into that type of lifestyle. ...

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He had lived a life of debauchery and unwavering prejudice because of his skin color, the religion of the whites wasn't the type of religion he wanted. ... His mind opens up and he develops a sense of freedom, "In fact, up to then, I never had been so truly free in my life" (Haley 1992, 180). ... All of Malcolm's firm beliefs were tested and he began to believe that maybe the Nation wasn't correct. ...

• Word Count: 1903
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