The perfect candidate that I chose for imagining myself in his shoes is my elementary school classmate named Adam. ... It could be hard to believe the racism around me and how I have to live differently each day with all the eyes looking down at me. ... By imagining my life in the African American shoes, I learned that my life would be as great-if not, better than my life as an Asian American. ... After my interview with Adam, nothing in particular surprised me except how he managed to live a very joyful life. ...

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This detail helps with understanding the irony when Phoenix stops an upper class "white" woman to lace up her shoe. This is symbolic in that she, being of such a low class, would ever ask a white woman to tie her shoe. ... To live on, even though he is not. ...

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From the color of a mans skin to the way that they lived their life. ... Atticus was not a prejudice man at all, he tried to help Tom Robbinson in his case, and always taught his children to never judge, until they walked a mile in their shoes. ...

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This story was about a little old black lady named Phoenix Jackson who lived way back in the piney woods with her grandson. ... Another is when she asks the woman in town to tie her shoes and the woman does. ...

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Save the Last Dance Ever have a rough day at school or a hard time at work? Wouldn't you just like to go home and relax? The next time you have a bad day, go home, make some popcorn, and put on the movie, Save the Last Dance. It's a good, wholesome movie that's great for most audiences. Save th...

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Growing up in the poor South as a black and yet triumphing despite that fact is her biggest achievement.At about eight, she and her brother are moved to St.Louis to live with their mother. ... When there is little she could do about her money situation and her children are coming to live with her, she makes sure there is some way of a secure stream of money coming in. ... He makes the children respect him, while no one else does. " In our society, where two- legged, two- armed, strong Black men were able at best to eke out only the necessities of life, Uncle Willie, with his starched shirts, s...

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If a white person was in the shoes of a black person, do you think the negative prejudices and racism still exist? ... If we do not change the way we think, towards other ethnic groups, racism will continue to live on. ...

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As she told the story she made a point to make sure her readers where right there in her shoes. ... In reflection, this shows how hard it was to live during this period of time for African Americans. ...

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If a white person was in the shoes of a black person, do you think the negative prejudices and racism still exist? ... If we do not change the way we think, towards other ethnic groups, racism will continue to live on. ...

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Ishi's story is a fascinating and controversial one. To some he embodies the tragic effects of Euro-American culture on the lives and cultures of Native Americans. Others question the motives of the scientists who befriended him. But there can be no question that the information he left us is invalu...

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