Betye Saar inspects her roots by looking at popular representations of the black female in America and incorporates her own ideas by turning the woman (Aunt Jamaima) into a warrior with modern western weapons in her hands. ... 1.7) Goal Statement The aim of this research paper is to determine the role of ethnic identity in the respective works of Postmodern artists' Betye Saar and Amadou Makhtar Mbaye which will be analysed to find elements that support or symbolize ethnic identity. 1.8) Central Theoretical Statement The colonial setting had considerable influence on both artists' ...

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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. ... As he waits, he looks at the house and visualizes his wife pruning prize-winning roses in the garden that is in front of the house, and his two boys playing in the sprinkler in the front yard on a hot summer day. ...

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Perhaps more than any lingering interest in Asian martial arts, however, the fact that Western television screens were blasted by news coverage of the demonstrations in Tian'anmen Square in May and June of 1989 put China and the Chinese at the center of a year of dramatic political events worldwide. ...

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Canada is a place full of cultural wealth. Many different kinds of people, cultures, and races live in Canada and call it their home. One race that had a significant role in the construction, molding and forming of Canada is the Black people and they really are not ever shown any gratitude for what they have done. This country owes them for what they have done and it is sad that we do not learn about Black history, not even in our high school Canadian history courses do we lean about black people in Canada. They did so much for their country even when life was not fair to them. ...

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