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. ... Nothing can do that better than a good sound beating."" Unfortunately for Harpo, this is not an easy task: his wife is much bigger than he is and when he tries to hit her, she retaliates, teaching him the lesson of obedience. ... After a few days of mystery, it becomes apparent that Harpo is trying to grow larger than Sofia, so that he's able to beat her into submission. ...

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

Federalism is a concept that started many years ago during the times of the ratification of the document we live by called the Constitution. This concept basically states that there will be two levels of government, the national and the state. Federalism states that the national and state governments are separate entities and have formal authority over the same area and people. With its largest effect was during the Civil rights movement. Civil rights are freedoms and rights ...

• Word Count: 8719
• Approx Pages: 35
• Grade Level: High School

As a society, we have made so many improvements in so many different fields, yet the black man is arguably equally if not more oppressed than he was during the civil rights movement. ... This is when your social status depends on the color of your skin or where you come from, rather than who you are and what you could make of yourself. ... They called them savages and made eliminating them a moral duty, rather than a moral sin (Alexander, 23). ...

• Word Count: 6384
• Approx Pages: 26

Department of Justice report stated that in 1999, African Americans were 20% more likely to be stopped than white Americans, and police were more than twice as likely to search the car of an African American or Hispanic driver than a white driver. ... Increasingly the police are seen by people of color as an occupying army whose role is to protect property rights rather than people and to enforce order against oppressed groups. Statistics show that more than one-fourth of all black males and 16% of Latinos can expect to spend time in prison during their lifetime, while only 4% of white males w...

• Word Count: 3114
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In effect, he would not agree that a loyalty to anything less than the entire human race is dangerous because he believes that individuals must first be loyal and conscious of their particular identities in order to become valuable citizens. ... Being loyal to anything less than the entire human race is a danger to the value of natural rights for all mankind. ... These people are loyal to nothing less than the human race as a whole. ...

• Word Count: 2792
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This data was use in the Brown vs. ... The singer Jennifer Holiday is a well-known singer and actress on Broadway who suffered for ten years before she admitted publicly that she had more than a case of the blues. ... She then realizes she cannot do all things that have been put upon her to do. ...

• Word Count: 2505
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School