DuBois" essay, "The White World", he believes that cultural superiority consists of four major things. ... The first of Dubois" examples is beauty and health of body; in the white majority there are many people who fill this description. First of all, there are a lot of white athletes who would be considered very healthy. ... This is one of the fields that the white majority has not completely dominated for centuries. ... In the white majority, people are expected to make more of a difference in the society than a member of the minority. ...

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This book was written because a white man wanted to find out why black people were being oppressed and discriminated against. ... White people were discriminating against blacks without cause or just. ... Griffin explains to him, he would know the reason why blacks are more notoriously known for sex than white is because whites left sexuality to be one of the few forms black people had of expressing themselves. Most of every encounter between the whites and blacks, with the exception of a few, think similarly about black people and that's another one of the reasons why this book ...

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White privilege and its social consequences represent one of the main reasons why equality is unattainable. ... White privilege is a system that amasses to whites' greater wealth and resources. ... Being white constitutes a powerful asset in the United States and globally. ... If, as he sees it, individuals are all afforded the same rights with regard to "pursuing happiness," then it is inevitable that certain people, due to their individual intellect and skill, will be more successful at "attaining happiness". ... By contrast, the concentration of people of color in a geographic are...

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I do not think affirmative action has affected white males at all, because they are majority. ... I sampled twenty people varying in race, age, and gender. ... None of the people I asked refused to take the survey. ... While in contrast the majority or white male felt the opposite. ... One fabrication of minorities stealing all white men's jobs is false. ...

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DuBois" essay, "The White World", he believes that cultural superiority consists of four major things. ... The first of Dubois" examples is beauty and health of body; in the white majority there are many people who fill this description. First of all, there are a lot of white athletes who would be considered very healthy. ... This is one of the fields that the white majority has not completely dominated for centuries. ... In the white majority, people are expected to make more of a difference in the society than a member of the minority. ...

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For example, when the superintendent came to visit the school, the white people in that time thought that the blacks were unclean, and uneducated. ... Colored people as a whole were not the only things that were being discriminated against. ... The controlling white people say that the black people are not superior to them even though they are not given the same chances. The Black people work extremely hard and defiantly equally to the white people. ... The white man?" ...

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The author emphasized the opposing views of many white males used to discredit Affirmative Action. ... Another opposing argument to Affirmative Action is that promotions given to white males employees were based solely on merit and intelligence, reason being that white males score higher on standardized test. However, it is not mention that Asian Americans score higher than white males, but rarely receive the same benefits. ... Affirmative Action has opened the door for many people who would have never been able to go to a top school or get a managerial position. ... White America has limite...

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The person killed is a white, Cajun farmer, named Beau Boutan. ... Because of the ongoing conflict between Cajuns and blacks in South Louisiana, the fear of the black people is immediately felt. In South Louisiana, there is much bitterness between Cajuns, which are described as a white, French, traditionally poor, uneducated and an ethnic minority themselves, with a history of violence towards blacks, and the black people. ... Mapes, is a white sheriff who traditionally deals with the black people by the use of intimidation and force, finds himself in a frustrating situation of having to deal ...

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Aren't there both intelligent and witless people in all races? ... Today many people have a white dad and a black mom or a Chinese dad and a Spanish mom. Also, there are white people who live in the city and black people who live in the city; and there are white people who live in the suburbs and there are black people who live in the suburbs. Who would have more in common: a white boy and a black boy both from a nice suburban neighborhood, or two black boys, one from a nice suburban neighborhood and the other from a not-so-nice neighborhood in the city? ... So all people no matter w...

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IF you wasn't white certain places you couldn't work, walk or go to school. ... Kennedy understood the likeliness of a black person of not flourishing that he made a speech of it which was: "The Negro baby born in America today, regardless of the section of the nation in which he is born, has about one-half as much chance of completing high school as a white baby born in the same place on the same day; one third as much chance of completing college; one third as much chance of becoming a professional man; twice as much chance of becoming unemployed; about one-seventh as much chanc...

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Most people would imagine all minorities love affirmative action and strongly voted for it and that's why it passed. ... Yes, a group of white men! ... Well, we too are angry white males. ... They believe that the passage of this proposition will encourage a healthy competition for jobs, and that it will cause people to strive harder to do their best. ... Is it only the white man that su...

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By singling out minorities as the only people that affirmative action applies to, you are discriminating against them from the start. ... People should be considered as individuals and not members of a different race. ... Another counter argument to the abolition of affirmative action is that minorities for the most part are brought up in poor neighborhoods and therefore their education is not as good as most of the white people whose income level is higher and subsequently have better schools. ... The percentage of white students accepted by Berkeley totaled 36.8 percent. ... People thr...

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Although people that are of the minority benefit from the Affirmative Action program, people of the majority do nothing but suffer because of it. Innocent white males who have done nothing in the past to promote racial inequality are left unemployed. ... However, "programs to simply help backs win jobs or gain access to higher education have a much higher level of support- by roughly 70 percent of the white public" (Kleugel 797). ... This is not only unfair to employers and the white males who are not given deserved positions, but it also not beneficial to the economic status of the United ...

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After spending three years in prison for allegedly killing 3 black people one night, Derek is released and comes out as a new person. ... While in prison his brother Danny (Edward furlong), joins the white power movement in his hometown. ... The movie also shows how discrimination was done and the way white were treating the blacks. ... This can be seen when Derek's hate for ethnic minorities was not always existent, but was created by his father once when they were having lunch, where he (Derek's father) was explaining how he had two black guys working for him and that he would h...

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Even though there were white youths involved in the riots it seems that this crucial fact was ignored. ... Over a thousand people were stopped and less than a hundred were charged. ... However, regarding people those live in all white areas the medias presentation of ethnic minority's is crucial to how their viewpoints moulded. ... Dijks main findings were finding a positive representation of white British citizens and a negative presentation of non-white and potential British citizens. ... It seems that it is the white authorities-especially police and politicians-are the main speakers r...

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It might have been necessary in the beginning to make everything fair and equal for everyone, but now it has became a tool to "get even," especially against white males. ... By allowing this bill to be law, the government is saying that discriminating for everyone is ok except basically for white males. They are saying that it is alright to discriminate against qualified white males in the work force, promotions, and universities. The government is finally seeing that the people will have no more of this. ... What next - white males? ...

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Racism is a far less an issue then one many people may think. ... There are many reasons why people are starting to realize the downside of racial quotas, and beginning to appeal them more often. ... It is wrong for the government to favor blacks and other minorities because they are not white. ... "But the additional claim - that campuses will become "lily white" - is inaccurate. ... I believe that many people take advantage of schools and jobs, and are accepted to a certain school or for a certain job when someone with much higher credentials are turned down just because they are white. ...

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They addressed the needs that were ignored by white women and black men in the women's and liberation movement. ... The women's movement was preoccupied with white women's status and position in regards to white men. ... There were people with enough powerful influences in these groups to make the lives of these black revolutionaries unbearable. The inability of white women and black men to acknowledge, understand or incorporate these issues prompted the formation of the black feminist movement. ... Included with the images of lesbianism and man-hating, black women were told...

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Minorities today deserve such laws, mainly because the mainstream white America looks at such people with a lower expectation in the first place. ... If you look at reality, however, you will see that there are still many more white Americans in college than any other race. ... Affirmative action laws merely help underprivileged people gain the support and confidence that they need in order to pursue a better life. ... Not to mention that not only minorities drop out of school, but many white Americans do so as well. ...

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You"re sure you have the new job not because you are a white male, but that you know you've had more experience in this field and are more qualified for the job. ... So in conclusion, you couldn't get a job just because you are a white man and not a minority. ... Not only does it use race to decide who will get the better job, but it is based on an assumption that minorities cannot be as successful as white students and employees without government intervention. Imagine that two people have finished college, and each wants to go to the same medical school. ... Recall that Martin Lut...

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Discrimination in the workplace based on associating with people of a particular race is prohibited. For instance, if an employer fired a white employee because she had black friends, or was dating a black man, the white woman would have a discrimination suit, as to whether or not the employer is prejudiced against whites. ... Harassment occurs any time people are forced to endure a work environment that is hostile or intimidating or offensive to them because of their race or color. ... There was a case in 1989, involving two teachers, one black and the other white (Piscataway). ... More recen...

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When it comes to education, if people do not strive to win it for themselves with their own abilities they will most likely crash and burn (Ellis 1-2). The lack of representation of non-white ethnic groups can be traced back as early as in elementary school age children. ... The only thing going against Cheryl Hopwood was that she was white. ... Turning away people like Cheryl Hopwood to favor less qualified minorities is a true injustice to our society and contributes to racial disparities (Bolick 69-70). ... This means that the minority students perform less academically than the white s...

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Prior to these laws and the Title VII law, the U.S workforce was primarily dominated by white males. ... Quotas by comparison, "establishes a definite number of people who must be hired. ... A 1990 study by the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center found that the majority of white Americans still believe blacks to be inferior. ... The programs as they apply now are detrimental to the operation of the job market, to white males, and to the groups it is supposed to benefit. ... By "patronization" I mean the setting of a lower standard of expected accomplishment because of...

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Prior to these laws and the Title VII law, the U.S workforce was primarily dominated by white males. ... Quotas by comparison, establishes a definite number of people who must be hired. ... A 1990 study by the University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center found that the majority of white Americans still believe blacks to be inferior. ... The programs as they apply now are detrimental to the operation of the job market, to white males, and to the groups it is supposed to benefit. ... By patronization I mean the setting of a lower standard of expected accomplishment because of th...

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The argument that black people are the best basketball players is very strong for many reasons. ... In the movie, Wesley Snipes, a black athlete, says to Woody Harrelson, a white athlete having trouble completing a slam dunk, "White men can't jump!" ... People will always segregate athletes by their skin color on the basis of their skills. ... For example, people always refer to Tiger Woods as a "black golfer" or "the greatest black golfer". ... Rockers mind set is another example of all that is wrong with discriminating against people. ...

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