He wanted to know what they looked like and where they were. ... He said, "I may not sound or look crazy, but if you ever wanted to get payback or need my help, don't hesitate to call me." ... Due to that, the media gives the listeners what they want to here no matter how it affects any race. ... It showed how illegal Mexicans took over a store because they would work for half the pay. ... If someone came up for a job and said I can do anything you want me to for half the price of anyone else, then no matter what race he is most people would hire him. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The freedom to live where they want, to own property, to take part in government, and to live and be treated like a human being. ... The Chinese were also discriminated against, and used for work that no one else wanted to do. ... Today and in Southern California, Mexicans suffer from discrimination, similar to what others have faced before. ... I think that this problem will not be solved unless, society as a whole works to accept one-another....

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• Grade Level: High School

At the time the story takes place Lorain is a small industrial town populated with immigrant: Europeans, Mexicans and Southern blacks who lived next to each other. ... The Breedlove appartment used to be a storefront the furniture was dilapidated no love and comfort (no good memories) cold (like the cold atmosphere) a brutal family life The MacTeers have their own small house is poor but "loving" (for instance when Claudia is ill) "So when I think of autumn, I think of somebody with hands who does not want me to die" (p. 7) The society The story implicates that Pecola li...

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• Grade Level: High School

PART I: In this week's lectures Dr. ... I took three different race bias tests and on all three I was scored to have strong bias against black people. ... I am Mexican and while I was growing up in the states I was discriminated against often and felt that I was less than white people at some point in my life. ... PART III: I don't consider myself to be a racist person and I really don't want to be one, because we are all the same. ... I am studying to become an Elementary teacher and seeing evidence that teachers educate students differently based on their race, makes me want ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I asked my granddad. ... Kind of like how people in California think of Mexican-Americans. ... Of course I said no but he said that if I did not want trouble that I need to find myself in better company. ... I asked. ... It started to get to the point that every black person I saw I wanted to kick the (you know what) out of. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

"I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend to the death your right to say it." (Voltaire) This is a quote that I strongly agree with. ... I am speaking about Hate Speech. ... A fine example of this takes place in Albuquerque, New Mexico. ... The right to say whatever you want is one of the many things that makes this country truly unique and free. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Andre did not want to acknowledge that racism in fact did play a part in his life. ... I remember this one time when my cousin and her black boyfriend went to a party. ... Later that night a black girl bumped into her on the dance floor and said to her boyfriend, "Why are you with this good for nothing Mexican girl, when you can have any black girl you want." ... I recall once that my cousin was laid off her job and she just did not expect this to happen to her. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I chose Kurt because of his strong knowledge of what race and gender mean to him personally in American culture and also for his strong German heritage and background. ... Kurt is from a small town called Mexico in New York and came to UB to experience a top class education and also to pursue his swimming. ... I also learnt that there are more than a number of races here in the United States. ... From what I learn most athletic programs look for an equal ration of men to women. ... After exhausting kurt of all the information and opinions he had on Race and class, he told me that if people ...

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• Grade Level: High School