To know one's origin is to have not only a sense provance, but perhaps more importantly, a sense continuity in which one finds to some degree the personal and social meaning of human existence. ... Concern with origins is a concern with parentage. ... Chapter Two: Ethnic Identity Ethnic identity can best be understood through an examination of its etymological origins. "Ethnic" has Latin and Greek origins – ethnicus and ethnikas both meaning nation (Clark, 1947: 187). ... The second part of the construct, identity, has Latin origins and is derived from the word identitas; ...

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Among the authors who believe that black women reserve the right, and should be encouraged to embrace their sexual beauty, is Gwendolyn Bennett, who wrote the poem "To a Dark Girl. " Bennett believes that slavery is not what shapes the beauty of a black woman, but it is her origins, which do so. ... She realizes this and concludes that her slavery is not what makes her beautiful; it is her origin of "old forgotten queens " that do this. ... It is not slavery where this woman came from, but rather her royal origins. ... The royal origins and the blackness of her skin are the source of empowerme...

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Although the Anglo-Saxons were not the origin of prejudicial views, the culture contributed immensely to the growth of prejudices in a time when the ideas were still forming, and impact on cultures now is the result of the Anglo-Saxon's eminence; evidence of the growth of prejudice can be seen through the division amongst the people. ... The Anglo-Saxons, however, were not at the origin of these contributions. ...

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We hear almost everyday about ethnic groups, minority groups and racism on the news. We hear people call themselves African American, German American, Asian American, and any number of other country slash American. People say it helps them identify with their roots and their culture. I suppose I could call myself Irish or Norwegian American, but I doubt it would help me identify with a family culture that I know nothing about. So why do people identify themselves as one thing or another and American? ...

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His mother, a woman who could pass for white, stayed at home with the children while her husband, Earl, went around preaching the word of Marcus Garvey. ... A home were Malcom was the "mascot," a home were the word "nigger" was so common Malcom began to think it was his nickname. ... He began to copy the dictionary word for word in order to build his vocabulary. ...

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Apartheid, literally meaning separateness or setting apart , was the ideology of the South African National Party that made the segregation of and discrimination against non-whites government policy. In this paper I will discuss how two different theories of state repression can be applied to the Apartheid regime in South Africa. I will discuss how High Modernism, a theory constructed by James Scott, and Organic Nationalism, a theory put forth by Michael Mann, contributed to Apartheid ideology. High Modernism rationalized, regulated, structured, and reorganized South Africa into a society t...

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