As I read this story I remembered my teenage days and how girls would get certain repetitions simply off of sexual behavior. There is a clear double standard between young men and young women especially when it refers to sex. ... What is ironic is that everyone (almost everyone) has sex its apart of nature. ... Kim Kardashian is a very prominent female in the media whose claim to fame by many is due to her infamous sex tape.  ... But Janice Dickinson and these other women who choose to slut shame Kim most likely have the same type of sex Kim had in her sex tape or they are just envious becaus...

• Word Count: 2997
• Approx Pages: 12
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For some, they choose to celebrate sex and sexuality and embrace the empowerment they believe it provides through their writings, while others are still in the mindset that it is a negative thing brought onto them through their unjust slavery, such as the earlier author, Harriet Jacobs. ... Unlike Bennett, Jacobs sees no beauty in sex. ... Unlike Bennett and McKay, she not only is blind to the beauty aspect of sex, in fact she considers it to be evil. ... To Jacobs, sex is malicious. Sex is evil. ...

• Word Count: 2535
• Approx Pages: 10
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You hear stories about how bad racism is and the rich history the South has. ... Throughout most of O'Connor's writing there is a racism factor in each novel or short story. ... As I read on in O'Connor's short stories I came across a short story called "The Barber.... According to Teaching with Documents: The Civil Rights Acts of 1964, "The provisions of this Civil Rights Act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race in hiring, promoting, and firing" (The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission). ... " ...

• Word Count: 2519
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Her stepfather, Alfonso, is portrayed as the villain of the narrative, first demanding sex from Celie's sick mother and then demanding it from young Celie herself. ... Celie writes her story in the form of letters addressed to God. ... She admits to Shug that sex with him is without passion. ...

• Word Count: 4341
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

Black women were viewed as sex symbols; they were believed to promote promiscuity and were forced to sexually please their owners. ... If I got mad over a story and was disgusted by our government's fictional actions I can definitely understand how racism is still evident in today's society and why African Americans feel the need to fight the "white power". ...

• Word Count: 2862
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Jean Toomer's Cane was published in 1923, a miscellany composed of fifteen poems, seven stories, six prose vignettes and a play that all focus on Negro life during the 1920's. ... Toomer was angered by Frank's choice of marketing as he thought that by mixing elements to create a story it would work as symbolism of the racial mixtures present in America. ... Toomer makes his position clear by contrasting the two locales, asserting that the black American roots are founded in the agrarian south since the story starts and finishes there. ...

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In the past twelve months alone, front-page stories and editorials have 4 appeared not only in the major national newspapers, but many local papers as well. ... 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. ... Police officials constantly argue that stories of racist police stops are "simply anecdotal evidence," and do not prove th...

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

Celia: A Slave At the time slavery took place in the US, a devastating situation placed society to an intense debate and a fight between morality and tradition. Celia as the victim of this scenario will be the figure of sexual exploitation of owner and slave that will qu...

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Abstract Beliefs in conspiracy theories are widespread throughout the world, in every culture and community. They range from a world take over by secret societies to rigged Olympic games. Many are short lived, however, others seem to become self-perpetuating animals preying particularly on the Black community. The most common theories are that which circle HIV/AIDS. These theories have a devastating impact that effects the African American and Black South African population. ...

• Word Count: 9660
• Approx Pages: 39
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Divided We Fall John Davis, a 28 year old African-American software engineer who has an annual income of $110,000, waits for a real estate agent in front of a beautiful two-story house in Kirkwood. ...

• Word Count: 2726
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School