Although Asians and Asian Americans have been present on American television screens for decades, [1] few television series have featured Asian or Asian Americans in starring roles. ... In the intervening twenty years, American action film and television, involving martial artists as heroes, tended to be dominated by narratives revolving around Euro-American protagonists played by actors as diverse as Tom Laughlin as Billy Jack, Ralph Macchio in The Karate Kid (1984), Steven Seagal in films like Above the Law (1988), Jean-Claude Van Damme in Bloodsport (1988) and Kickboxer (1989), Michael Dud...

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Popular opinion of Malcolm X and King is incorrect because they were about more than love and hate as can be seen through analyzing the roles that violence, gender, and class played in their lives. ... The Herald Tribune implies that X was not a leader and did not play a role in achieving black rights. ... King believed that women's role was in the house and men were to work. ... Cone uses oral history in order to analyze King's thoughts on gender. ... Malcolm began to designate important roles to women within his organization, OAAU. ...

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Old Racism Old racism originated in the 16th century with the beginning of chattel slavery. When Americans traveled to Africa to buy its people they did so because African's had strong bodies that will provide the labor plantation owners needed to sustain the American economy. In essence, chattel slavery was a business. They buying and selling of humans were seen as mere transactions in the eyes of those with power. Africans were seen as sole commodities. ...

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She had very few positive African American role models; therefore, she developed a sense of shame of being black. Negative stereotypes played a role in her self concept, bringing possible fear and anguish of being black. ...

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Toni Morrison, one of the most remarkable African American authors and her novels remind readers that there is a past to remember. African American literature, has its origins in the 18th century, has helped African Americans to find their voice in a country where laws were set against them. The pos...

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Esther is out of her comfort zone when she goes to confront Barlo about her romantic feelings for him, when someone remarks 'so that's how the dictie niggers does it'.6 A dictie is defined as a black person who behaves as though they are white, is educated, or a black person who moves out of their racial or gender boundaries. ...

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Introduction Many problems exist in the United States. They tend to prevent the economy from growing. These problems include gender inequality, poverty, and racial disparities. However, the most outstanding problem facing the United States encompasses on racial inequalities. Racism is a global issue...

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If gender relations are inseparable from questions of power, then the adoption of one masculine role over another signifies a precise relationship within a hierarchy of power, or else a point of resistance or contestation within that hierarchy, " (834). ...

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He sought to destroy commonly held myths through his writings and by identifying, selecting and promoting a talented group of well-educated African-Americans to become leaders and role models in their communities. ...

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In America women and African Americans have been the oppressed group. The lack of equality between men and women is based solely off of the difference in human anatomy. While the lack of equality for African Americans are solely based off being of African descent in other words being "black" or havi...

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Many kinds of music have come out on the American stage within the last 100 or so and have had a great impact on it. American music is extremely varied and diverse. Instead of being dominated by the cultures and traditions of any one particular country (i.e. England or Germany), it is the proverbial "melting pot" and it has become a force with which to be reckoned. Today, American music represents people who would have never dreamed of being heard or taken seriously even as little fifty or sixty years ago. ...

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• Grade Level: High School