Looking closer on the ways that media covers racial controversies, along with how some key political voices speak up on the issue, such as Reverend Al Sharpton. ... Al Sharpton has lacked integrity, and shows how a political figure can hold negative influence over a populous. Under the leadership of a political, national, figure in Sharpton whom leads the way in keeping racism relevant it seems that it spreads light on how a figure of the media can fuel the peoples fire on racism. Al Sharpton is dished millions of dollars a year to be a political figure whose full time job is to voice word on ...

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• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

Political opposition to the practice of racial profiling is mounting, President Clinton has it "morally indefensible" and has ordered federal law enforcement officials to collect 8 information on the race and sex of people they stop. ...

• Word Count: 2664
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

However, it is astonishing that people do not believe that the political and social dynamics that purport to color blindness would create a new caste system- the one all Americans live in today. ... The Voting Rights Act of 1965, an arguably more significant achievement, rendered illegal numerous discriminatory barriers to effective political participation by African-Americans and mandated federal review of all new voting regulations so that it would be possible to determine whether their use would perpetuate voting discrimination. ... A new race-neutral language was developed to appeal to old...

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Gerber in "Pudd'nhead Wilson as Fabulation,"" Mark Twain was not really a novelist - he was more of a "new journalist,"" who spun yarns that reflected American life as well or better than any "realistic- novel or overt political propaganda. ...

• Word Count: 3141
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate