They feel that this law is unfair, taking away more gifts that I can give to myself or my family. ... The true idea of affirmative action is giving the lesser people of the world what our country promotes. ... These books give examples of officials not believing in what affirmative action promotes. ... Stephan Thernsrom sees affirmative action as a right that is reversed in the actions that it gives. ... Joanne Barkan admits that affirmative action has its flows but would hesitate to give it up. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In the world of hip hop, Tupac Shakur's name is laid among the most infamous to have ever lay their hands on a microphone. Tupac lived a life that was covered in controversy and overshadowed in the gangster lifestyle. Simply, Tupac was the epitome of a gangster rapper. He lived by the gun and he died by the gun. Tupac was a "ladies man" despite being accused of abuse and promiscuity. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

After asking my peers at UC Berkeley, what they learned in public school about X, they only referred to hate and evil but never his love, his transformation, or the role he played in achieving black self-determination, giving black's hope, or empowering blacks. ...

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Also, I"ll give my insight on what book and movie I feel can help someone understand the culture of the United States. ... Why, because this book gives a reader an understanding of the birth, positive and negative aspects, just a complete history of the "Black Power Years". ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Cry Freedom is propaganda thinly disguised as a documentary. Attenborough intended to sway people's view against apartheid. The film contains substantial evidence of bias and many different view points were ignored. The structure of the film was done in such a way to influence people's thinking towards black consciousness and to make the viewer feel offended with the events happening. The film techniques are used in a biased and prejudiced way. ...

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• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

I think these factors connected to apartheid was enough to give rise to the Soweto protest. ... But students refused to give up and turn back because they were determined to go with the protest until they get what they wanted. ... However, whites were thinking exactly the opposite of that, well this is why the government was refusing to give equal rights to white and black race groups. ... But as it carried on they start to give shots straight into the majority of protesters. ...

• Word Count: 2834
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These slaves were not brought by will, but by force, and they faced great oppression while giving the dominant white race the blue collar resource that they so essentially needed in order to stake their claim in the new and soon to flourish United States of America. ... (New York Times) The depiction of Michael Brown and Officer Wilson highlights, and gives strong significance to, their racial differences in this description of the occurrence by the New York Times. ... Now, multiply that by 50 and you're giving the combat against racism some serious numbers. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Even the Black males do make it out of the criminal justice system; they have a hard time re-entering society because society does not like to give them a second chance. ... In order to give the nation's African American males the opportunity to be successful, the government and communities must give priority to pursuing an equality agenda that allows this population to thrive and reach their full potential. ...

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• Has Bibliography

1.0 Introduction Malcolm X was a passionate and gifted black orator that was born in 1925. Malcolm, who was born in Nebraska, was an influential African-American nationalist leader. He was also a Muslim minister, and acted as the Islam's spokesperson. As a result of his influence, the number of Mus...

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The theme of religion and community is not foreign to Toni Morrison. In several of her novels, she has treated themes of God and humanity. Indeed, spirituality is a common thread woven through many of her characters. Morrison has a sharp insight into people as they relate to their Maker and each ...

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• Grade Level: High School

America which is regarded as the land of the "free" but still does not give women the equal rights they deserve. ... Her efforts in giving social awareness regarding sexism, equality, the power of sisterhood and the empowerment of women is part of the reason why women in today's society have a platform to express their issues regarding lack of equality. ... In the song Keep Ya Head Up by Tupac Shakur he raps "And since we all came from a woman, Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman I wonder why we take from our women, Why we rape our women, do we hate our women&q...

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• Has Bibliography

A study by the California Judicial Council Advisory Committee on Racial and Ethnic Bias in the Courts found that the justice system gives little attention or resources to investigating crimes against minorities and that minority defendants receive harsh treatment compared to white defendants in similar circumstances. ... Our current state of affairs should focus on police brutality and to what extent their power should give them. ...

• Word Count: 3114
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The theme of religion and community is not foreign to Toni Morrison. In several of her novels, she has treated themes of God and humanity. Indeed, spirituality is a common thread woven through many of her characters. Morrison has a sharp insight into people as they relate to their Maker and each ...

• Word Count: 3712
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

Urging Anglo-Saxons to continue as generations before them had done in promulgating segregation as a social phenomenon in order to continue to give authoritative power to the Jim Crow laws. Wallace also implied that without the authoritative power those laws would cease to be laws and the change in social acceptance would give way to more integration. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Before King and his movement, a tired and thoroughly respectable Negro seamstress like Rosa Parks could be thrown into jail and fined simply because she refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus so a white man could sit down. ... Many white bus drivers treated blacks rudely, often cursing them and humiliating them by enforcing the city's segregation laws, which forced black riders to sit in the back of buses and give up their seats to white passengers on corded buses. ... Wherever the freedom movement reached, King was there to give his people courage and spiritual guidance. ...

• Word Count: 3558
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

With the way the story is interpreted, it gives the idea that the sons are individuals and not nations of people. Although the one thing that is agreed upon is that these three nations or individuals gives us insight of where the race idea originated. This story not only gives insight on other races but of the African race the one in which we are more concerned. ... "# This sin by Ham, for Noah, was worthy of a punishment that would give him a dark complexion. ... The idea of Ham's succeeding generations being cursed is an important factor because it gives an explanation of the Africa...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The summaries in this paper examine several unique and sometimes conflicting perspectives that, taken together, give the reader of Native Son a deeper understanding of the novels purpose. ... In this last book Bigger takes emotional responsibility for his actions, but acknowledges that his oppressive society is somewhat responsible for giving him no other option but to kill the woman. ... The two books also share common ground in that both give a view of the emotional experience of a killer as he commits his crime and stands trial. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I will fortify my opinion first of all by giving explanations on Mark Twain's attitude towards slaves and his experiences with them, and then by introducing his novel "Puddn'head Wilson-. ... Pettit gives a good overview on Mark Twain's life and his views on slavery. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Trial Jury, William Hall, pressured by society and its radical ideas over slavery, gives Celia a guilty verdict. ... Much information was needed to clear our doubts and give a complex understanding of the situation. ... In such a case, only judicial recognition would valuate the magnitude of the situation to give a final sentence. ...

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Some people may argue that the role affirmative action plays in school admissions helps bring students of all races and financial backgrounds together and gives them all equal opportunity to succeed. If we can give minorities a chance and they react to it, it can even help our government by decreasing welfare payments and handouts to those who feel left out and secondary to the white male. ...

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Some people are born to be certain things in life. Some are born to be doctors, some are born to be lawyers, some perhaps engineers or teachers. Some altogether different like Martin Luther King Jr. are born to be revolutionary leaders. Destined to fill the void of support for a race of people, who ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The United States of America has a relatively short-lived history in comparison to the majority of the vast societies of the world. As Americans, we pride ourselves on the concept that our ancestors fought tooth and nail for our freedom and we should never forget that concept. We pride ourselves on looking back through our history books and reading about how our forefathers have continuously stood up to the most powerful, unjust, and tyrannical nations so that the world may be able to experience the fore granted notion of freedom. When the grip on the throat of the new Americans became too muc...

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Meetings, exhibitions, lectures and symposia were organized to climax the scientific study of the African experience throughout the year in order to give a more objective and scholarly balance in American and World history. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Janice Wilkinson is a 30-year-old African American female, born on May 18, 1982 in Los Angeles, California. Janice and I have been friends for about 5 years and had the pleasure of meeting each other during an internship program in Pasadena. Janice feels like she has had to deal with her race and t...

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Critic David Kasner agrees that Harris and Molesworth have done a tremendous service with this biography, they have put Locke in perspective, giving him his rightful due without falsely exaggerating his importance. ... All in all, his collection of essays will give his readers another chance to see Locke as writer and thinker where he belongs, moving about the issues brought to light when we think hard about race, culture, and value. ...

• Word Count: 2542
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School