The Puritans believed it was their job to "fix" them and transform them into civilized people. ... More than seventy thousand Indians were forced to abandon their homes and make room for more white settlers. ... When rumors started to get out about the discovery of gold, most people thought it was just that- a rumor. ... Once the people heard about how easy it was to make money, people would mortgage their homes, borrow money from friends and family and leave their families in order to go search for gold in California. People from all over America began to hear about the gold epidemi...

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White Americans of the slavery period specifically held this view. ... The problem that comes about, however, is that it begins to enter people's minds that it is better to be black than it is to be white. ... A white man could not claim this because no jurors would believe that an African-American would frame a white man out of racial hatred. ... There are not many people who look at white supremacy groups, such as the KKK, in a good light. Black and white people alike tend to not support, and possibly even rally against these groups. ...

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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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To invent something new or just the feeling of being part of something special makes the lives of people like Aaron Douglas or Langston Hughes so interesting and creative. Some people conceptualize the Harlem Renaissance as a group of young writers "orbiting around" an older group of black intellectuals who were established in the NAACP, Urban League or black journals. ... Nigger Heaven, published in 1926, for example was an attraction to whites as well to black people in America, who wanted to know something about life in the ghetto. ... Another point we should consider is the fact that ther...

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The declaration of war with Japan affected many people in America in a number of ways. ... She lived in a predominately white neighborhood and went to a white school. ... Ira was also praised by another group of people, his tribe in Arizona. ... America celebrated the people who helped win the war, while not forgetting who fought against U.S. soldiers. ... Japanese Americans were able to return home, but were still considered a lesser people. ...

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The Chinese with their yellow skin, almond shaped eyes, and dark hair would target them for racial segregation and prejudice from white dominance. ... Competition for labor with white workers would eventually lead up to the 1871 Chinese Massacre. ... Not only did white laborers complain of "unfair" competition, they also stated that the Chinese were lowering their standard of living. ... Back in Los Angeles County, the Chinese population increased and so did the resentment within the white working class. ... The history of the Chinese people has been long and strenuous. ...

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The idea here is that people are poor because they arent working to improve their life conditions. ... Specifically white individuals fair much than black individuals regarding this issue. ... While more and more people are making it to the top, the same is true for the bottom. It is my perception that in fact more people are falling out than climbing up. ... It seems that the businesses will do all they can not to hire these kinds of people. ...

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However, a quick check into the demographics that make up these two groups of people will prove this to be very untrue. ... All the while, white drivers receive far less police attention, affording the drug dealers among this group of people to go free. ... The unfortunate result is the innocent people are often persecuted based on their skin color alone. ... According to our own governmental reports 80 percent of the country's cocaine users are white, and the "typical" cocaine user is a white middle class suburbanite. ... White people wearin...

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In America, the status affixed to race as a defining feature suggests a degree of inter-correctness among black people who have inhabited varying subordinate subcultures with respect to the pervasive white mainstream. ... Malcolm's transformation at Norfolk prison resulted in a constricting white American society. ... Fredrick Douglass claimed that many white criminals escaped punishment by blacking their faces during a robbery or a murder. ... Douglass claim sounds like a case about a year ago in which a white Boston man claimed a black man had killed his wife and children. A black m...

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Federalism states that the national and state governments are separate entities and have formal authority over the same area and people. ... When the constitution was first written, many Americans understood the meaning of the famous inscripture "all men are created equal" to mean that all white males were created equal, likewise with other civil rights guarantees as well. ... W.E.B Du Bois, founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), was ...

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Shortly after he made that comment, I came to the understanding that the people of today are living in a "bed of roses", including myself. ... Damion told me that most houses are solar dependants and some people depend on the sun to complete various outdoors and indoors chores. ... People today are using energy like never before. ... This time came when "Black Power" was the main focus in the eyes of the white government. ... Last, it helped answer the questions of race that people are concerned dealing with "Black Power". ...

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We scrambled, garbing ourselves in whatever red, white, and blue we could find. ... By seeking to understand the views of others, even people who act in ways we find abhorrent, we create the opportunity to deal with cultural conflict in a more productive way than the endless cycle of attack and retaliation that is the "war on terror....

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The first being as to how this event quickly turned from cop versus man to white cop versus black man. ... The Michael Brown case was almost immediately taken from the context of cop versus suspect to black suspect versus white cop because that was the way that media distributed it to the populous of America. ... The delivery of this description almost immediately infers that the reason that Michael Brown was killed was because he was a black man being pursued by a white man. ... Media is historically known as the peoples informant, and historically media has been known to portray things in a ...

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Despite deep prejudices and harsh criticisms from the white society, these men were true champions of patriotism. ... It also provided that when the people of each territory o! ... When the Civil War began, about 22 million people lived in the North. About 9 million people, including 3.5 million slaves, lived in the South. ... The South had only about 1 million white men from 15 through 40. ...

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Turner goes through this thorough description of the founding of West African Islam to communicate to the reader that the Islam of African People was different from the Islam of the Middle East and Indian subcontinent. ... Turner goes on to say that Blyden's " experience in West Africa led him to believe that what he perceived as Islam's lack of racial prejudice and doctrine of brotherhood made it a more appropriate religion for people of African descent that Christianity."(p.52) Turner argues that Blyden's work influenced Pan-Africanist to adopt Islam as a means of uniting t...

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People say it helps them identify with their roots and their culture. ... So why do people identify themselves as one thing or another and American? ... The question is: can people overcome these cultural drivers and find their own way? ... However if these culture industries convince people that what they are offering is what culture is supposed to be, than it will become the culture people accept. ... Many colored people call themselves African American. ...

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However some people find it difficult to distinguish between socialist policies and liberal policies. ... The Kensington Society didn't however, because the feminist movement was soon taken up by many more people and for the first time in British history changes started to occur. ...

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" a lot of people looked confused and said "as per the bible god is a man". ... Just like the character Dinah in Naomi Wolf's "The makings of a slut" Kim is being considered a slut and ostracized by many people especially by other females. ... Many people in today's society have argued that women do have equality in America but if this was completely true there would be more of a representation political efficacy from Women. ...

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Statistically comparable, in South Africa there is an estimated 4.8 million people infected with HIV. ... For some, it is easier to claim that something would not have happened if the particular people had not come together. ... He states people who see themselves inferior and expendable will not challenge the status quo that affirms their position of oppression. ... Because the people in power and wealth tend to promote people who agree with them or have some other common bond is no conspiracy, but human nature (www.acts17-11.com/conspire.html). ...

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And what kills me, what people don't know, is that breakin' died in 78' in the Bronx. ... Late 78' early 79', I remember going to a Cold Crush jam on the block, jumping in the crowd, and people looking like, who is that Puerto Rican doing that old sh*t? ... It was a weird time, because the management would only pick five people to do a lot of stuff." ... It was a weird thing, so I can't down it, even though I say it was watered down when they put the white girl down, it was the same thing in Beat Street when they had the white dude playing the Puerto Rican graffit...

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The term race, meaning any distinct group of people#, becomes a word of prejudice in the seventeenth century, during colonization. ... You were either considered a black person (among other names) or a white person, which is an unconscious prejudice that continues to this day. ... Many people have linked race and racism to the beginning of time, using the stories of the Bible to explain this racial confusion. ... For these people, the Bible provides an answer to the question about race as well as slavery. ... With the way the story is interpreted, it gives the idea that the sons are indiv...

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They affected many people emotionally and physically. ... Alexander Butterfield, a former White House official, testified in July 1973 that Nixon had taped conversations in his office. ... The White House said that two subpoenaed conversations had never been taped. ... White House officials and Nixon's secretary, Rose Mary Woods, gave confusing testimony on how the gap might have occurred. ... It opened many doors for other people to follow. ...

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Many experts refer to this group of people as an endangered species because America is losing our young, black men at an alarming rate to violence, the criminal justice system and murder. . ... The crimes these men commit not only affect them and their victims but people from all walks of life. ...

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