"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."" What is prejudice? ... Racism is just another form of prejudice. ... A "flamer- is a person who is positively bursting with gay pride, they go to the marches, they are not afraid of public displays of affection. ... A person should be remembered for the content of their character and not the color of the skin, or their ethnic background. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Many could also say that reification is caused by extreme pride. When pride makes one feel that he or she is better than another and a feeling of contempt is directed at others this is no longer pride but vanity. ... The main character Ishmael is a World War II veteran who lost his arm in combat while serving on the Pacific war front. ... In other cases, the white people may have felt extreme pride at one time and then this pride turned into vanity which is an origin of reification. ... Sometimes this prejudice and racism can become extreme. ...

• Word Count: 1942
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• Grade Level: High School

Walker's story is filled with very powerful and emotional experiences such as rape, physical abuse and verbal abuse, prejudice, the oppression of women, and hatred. ... Celie is the main character of the novel and endures a great deal of pain. ... Her central character triumphs over adversity and forgives those who oppressed her. ... The female characters make the transition from page to screen largely unscathed, but by sacrificing the complexities of the male characters, the film makes them seem less human and robs the story of some of its depth. ... She added: "Black women should not be...

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The emergence of the Harlem Renaissance symbolized black liberation and the shaking off of the remains of slavery in mind, spirit and character The Renaissance became a mecca for streams of black writers. ... Some common themes did exist however, such as an interest in the roots of the African American experience in Africa and in the South, and a strong sense of racial pride and a desire for social and political equality. ... The black philosopher Alian Locke published his most talked about essay "The New Negro", in his essay he urged that "Art must discover and reveal the beauty which prejudi...

• Word Count: 1369
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

I hope most people don't mean to be prejudice or racist but it seems that is how they were brought up. ... For liberal peoples have a certain moral character Rawls states "Like citizens in domestic society, liberal peoples are both reasonable and rational, and their national conduct, as organized expressed in their electing and votes, and the laws and policies of their government, is similarity constrained by their sense of what is reasonable". ... Nationalism creates pride in the people almost thinking they are better than the other nations. ... Nothing has happened yet so, no history...

• Word Count: 2007
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The APA was said to have a limited vision and an unconscious cooperation of the racially prejudiced character of American society. ... Finally, Alvin Poussaint investigated the topics of Black suicide, Black sexuality, Black Power, and the proposition to white parents on how to raise their children free of prejudice. ... He emphasizes that social scientist have a responsibility for changing Black conditions, also he argues the significance of the ethnocentrism factor (the focus and pride in a persons bio-social identity). ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the novel, "Invisible Man," by Ralph Ellison, the main character, "Invisible Man" (IM), is nameless, invisible, and is thrown into many challenging social situations as a result of his race. ... Although black is said to have good and positive attributes, rust represents the negative perception of their character and is reinforced numerous times throughout the book. ... Clifton ends up controlling the Sambo doll, in hopes of escaping the lack of freedom that has been adversely effecting his character. ... Ellison describes the coin bank as being a "piece of early Americana,&q...

• Word Count: 1967
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