What is the use? ... Whereas Bigger requires meaning and he wants options, not what is left over and designated for 'blacks only.' ... This distance is furthered by Gus accusing Bigger of being afraid to complete a job that results in a brawl between the two friends which seems harmless enough is in fact a perfect example of what Bigger does around his friends when proven wrong and intimated (29). ... Now he is all alone and coming to terms with his life and the meaning behind it. He now knows that he "[lives] and [acts] on the assumptions that he [is] alone, and now he [sees] th...

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Although Frederick Douglass's "Heroic Slave" is somewhat unique when looked at beside his other works, alone it acts a good argument for the validity of Henry Louis Gates Jr.'... In addition to relating what occurred aboard ship, the first officer, also goes an extra step by stating, "I dare say here what many men feel, but dare not speak, that this whole slave-trading business is a disgrace and scandal to Old Virginia". ... Douglass was not at all blunt in the meanings of all of these revolutionary references. ... He finally sights the actual question, "What is the black voice?".....

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In the south, Reconstruction meant rebuilding the economy, establishing new state and local governments and a new social structure between whites and newly freed African Americans. ... The name of the Ku Klux Klan originated from the Greek word "Kuklos" meaning a circle."... The Freedman were raised to be afraid of white men, but now the Klan's hooded disguises were meant to play tricks on the Negroes superstitions and fears. History has recorded violent acts as a direct result of racism. ... "The main purpose of Freedman's Bureau was to settle questions between them and thei...

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According to Kane, racism is playing a big role in today's society. What is racism? ... Now since that is less acceptable covert racism is used by committing less noticeable acts to minorities by giving them less pay rate or ignoring them. ... A well-meaning high school counselor, for instance, may learn the names of all her white students, but barely any of her Latino or African American pupils. ... Some believe that racism has deteriorated in the past years because African Americans have closed that gap between Caucasians graduating high school and going off to college to get their bach...

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