My Antonia is a heartwarming story about Jim Burden and Antonia Shimerda's experiences that they shared together throughout their lives. ... Antone Cuzak is the better suited husband for Antonia, compared to Jim Burden. ... On the other hand, Jim Burden is an excellent childhood friend to Antonia, but is not best suited as her husband. ... Jim is more into city life, where Antonia is a country woman. ... However, Jim Burden will always be there for Antonia as a best friend would be. ...

• Word Count: 282
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

Starting with slavery, moving to Jim Crow and culminating with hate crimes and racial profiling, there has been a continuous stream of factors preventing the realization of an equal American society. ... In the long run, the sins of our fathers has left us all with a burden to bear, one that cannot be erased, and refuses to be ignored. ...

• Word Count: 884
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Lack of health care coverage and affordability has kept African Americans at a disadvantage, being that blacks bear a disproportionate burden of disease, injury, disability, and death. ... During the Jim Crow era, discrimination came somewhat of a division; with the "separate but equal" laws in place. ...

• Word Count: 533
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" Segregation laws and policies were part of the Jim Crow laws. ... I believe it is interesting that he insisting that unjust laws must be broken is that it puts the burden on each individual to follow his or her conscience. ...

• Word Count: 700
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The financial burden endured by both sides was astronomical for the time period. ... Even after the 14th amendment, which legally made people of color American citizens, there were strong racial and prejudicial feelings, which ran rampant in the south, for example the KKK, and Jim Crow Laws, and literacy tests for the right to vote. ...

• Word Count: 677
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MODEST PROPOSAL FOR PREVENTING THE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS OF MEXICO FROM BEING A BURDEN TO THE LEGAL INHABITANTS OF AMERICA, AND FOR MAKING THEM BENEFICIAL TO PUBLIC It is a sad scene for those walking around down a residential street seeking for luscious visuals full of blue and green pastels, when they see bush trimmers and lawn mowers populate every front yard acquainted by a couple house cleaners. ... It is a fact to me that the average immigrant in age and stature would be in fair shape with very lean meat, that would taste very much like a "Slim Jim" snack. ...

• Word Count: 982
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

(O.C Ferrell, 2011) The nation as a whole can also feel the burden of a declining GDP. ... Jim Clifton states, "So unless small and medium-sized businesses miraculously start up and grow like never before, the local, county, state, and federal government tax-base tanks and all the entitlements and government programs all will be drastically cut if they continue at all....

• Word Count: 1079
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School