Angelou is a very respected individual despite the fact that she was a black woman growing up when prejudice towards blacks was a major issue and women had little or no rights. ... Angelou's parents were more fortunate than most black families. ... "In 1977, she had a part in the television adaption of Alex Haley's Roots, and received an Emmy Award nomination for best supporting actress" (Andrews 19). Angelou was an autobiographer, poet, playwright, director, producer, performance artist, educator, prolific author with a successful career as a singer, actress, and dancer. ....

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Is the White population subconsciously trying to imitate the black race? ... Blacks have the genetic inability to produce the skin pigment of melanin. ... However, this is the reason why White's imitate the Black race. ... If you look at different actresses who change their look by trying to enhance their lip size and tan their bodies to have some color. ... If you look at the different actresses that desire to be close to black males and even have sex with them (Jane Goodall, Diane Fossey, and Birute Galdikas Brindamour). ...

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"Black Star Power,'' is it a phrase, is it a quote, or is it a way of life? ... BET the formally black owned cable company and channel has helped African American Entertainers by creating a forum for black artist and entertainers for the past twenty years. ... BET proves this with shows such as BET START, 106 and Park, BET.COM Countdown, and for the black actors and actresses The BET Movie of the Week. ... The late "Queen of the Damned" star is nominated for Best Actress and Best Female R&B Artist. ... BET truly means Black Star Power. ...

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Her hand is strategically placed upon her shoulder revealing her black bra strap. ... The first piece of text provocatively sits upon the shoulder of actress. ... As opposed to black, white usually has a positive connotation. ... Very frequently, the color black appears in the one page ad, the black of Sofia Vergara's bra strap, but it has a tremendous effect. ... The black color only appears on the bra strap of Sofia, which is not very noticeable. ...

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The actress played the role of Madame Curie. ... The characteristic that impressed me the most was the fact that the actress spoke with a Polish accent. ... Using very bland and boring black clothing also made her fit the part. ... The actress had obviously done her research on the role and it showed. ... Overall the actress had taught a great deal of information in a short amount of time. ...

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Title: Weep No More My Lady Author: Mary Higgins Clark When Elizabeth Lange was younger, she lived with her mother, her older sister Leila and he mothers fiancé Matt. Her mother and Matt were alcoholics. After drinking they would fight and make up. Sometimes these fights would get physica...

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Famous Black Americans During the month of February we focus our attention on famous black Americans as we celebrate black history month. ... He did not want to be known as a slave owner so Scott tried to bring his suit in federal court, out the Supreme Court decided against Scott because he was black and definitely not a citizen of Missouri. ... Halle Berry lives this freedom so well as she strives to become one of the most famous actresses today of any nationality. ...

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Famous Black Americans During the month of February we focus our attention on famous black Americans as we celebrate black history month. ... He did not want to be known as a slave owner so Scott tried to bring his suit in federal court, out the Supreme Court decided against Scott because he was black and definitely not a citizen of Missouri. ... Halle Berry lives this freedom so well as she strives to become one of the most famous actresses today of any nationality. ...

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This worked well and centering my attention solely on the performance of the actress currently on stage. ... The setup was in having a bright red light pointed directly at the audience and the actress sitting directly in front of the light. ... The costumes were not bright or flamboyant, but rather down to earth and fitting of the character that each actress was portraying. ... In the last piece a single girl recited a monologue and the rest of the dozen or so actresses we out on sprawled out across the stage, sitting or laying, and just listening to the final actress. The three actress&#x...

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At this point, the film is in black and white and as soon as they start filming the movie is suddenly in color. ... Then, the actress playing the mother strokes the star actress's hair and this reminds her of her actual mother which invokes a rush of emotion. ... Up to this point, the film is in color but when the time comes for that days shooting the movie is now in black and white. ... Now, black and white symbolizes what is not reality. ... Dameon tells Nick how he cannot act any further with the actress and goes on to say how he thinks she is a terrible actress. ...

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Othello was immediately performed, with a surprising change: a female actress was now in the role of Desdemona, for the first time. ... Until this time, the actor in this role either was black, or was a white playing in blackface, and there seemed to be no doubt as to the fact that Othello was indeed supposed to be a black man. ... (Barnet 221) Kean set the precedent for the next hundred years, and after that the color shifted back to a darker black, in part because more and more American black actors were assuming the role of Othello. ... It was performed on Broadway more than any other ...

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This form of dance was "originated by the White man's characterization of plantation slaves and free blacks during the era of minstrel shows"2. ... ", in total there are eight recurring racial black stereotypes: Jim Crow, Zip Coon, Mammy, Uncle Tom, Buck, Wench/Jezebel, Mulatto, and Pickaninny. ... However through Topsy we see, this disheveled, wild character, through a white actress in blackface. ... But if Topsy was a black slave, why not just have a young black actress play her role? ... Hence, his decision to have an actress in blackface play Topsy enables the film to...

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The media stereotype of bad guys wearing black or that anything that is black is evil has been encouraged for over a hundred years. ... Birth of a Nation suggested Black men were vicious vile beast that sought out White women and Black women were sex slaves. ... While Hollywood would demean Black actor's or actresses "race movies"" allowed Blacks to depict themselves in honorable roles. ... The mother, Florida Evans," played by actress Esther Rolle appearance represented the typical "Mammy " that had been depicted since the early 20's. In 1980's, the movie Color Purple portraye...

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The actress built the home in hopes that her and her lover, Roman Polanski, could raise their unborn child there; she was eight months pregnant. ... A young and built groundskeeper stayed alone in the actress's guesthouse. ... Then the black man would assume the white man's karma. ... They forecasted that they the black man would win the war, but by the time the war was over the Manson Family would grow to an estimate of 144,000 people, and would be able to overcome the black man. Manson's dream included his family inhibiting the world with black servants to take care of them....

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The sexualization of Latin women plays into the stereotypical roles actresses are casted for. ... Of the Latinos represented on film, thirty-eight percent of female actresses were filmed partially or fully naked, in comparison to the amount of white, black and asian actresses that appeared half naked on screen. ... " These stereotypes are an increasing issue because female Latin actresses are no longer being considered for roles by the talent they uphold. ... The explosively popular sitcom, "Modern Family," features Colombian native actress, Sofia Vergara in the role of Gloria Delgado-Pri...

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In actuality she is an actress from Wisconsin who plays the role of Madeline playing the role of Carlotta. ... The twirl of time in Madeline's hair and the black hole between the legs of the given body. ...

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The rate of depression African American women is 50% higher among white women although, 25% of blacks account for mental health needs, blacks make up only 11-12 % of national populations. ... (Wesley 2) There have been several well-known black women in past history that have suffered from depression, actress Dorothy Dandridge, singer Phyllis Hyman are two who committed suicide due to silent suffering of depression (Starling 3). The singer Jennifer Holiday is a well-known singer and actress on Broadway who suffered for ten years before she admitted publicly that she had more than a case of...

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Hattie McDaniel as Mammy makes us laugh and cry, though she is just the "supporting" actress. ... Hattie McDaniel has been noted as the first black person to win an Oscar, and she does a fine job of transcending what could have been a gross stereotype. ... They-with perhaps the exception of Leslie Howard as Ashley-brought new life to the characters, giving more depth to them than any modern actor or actress ever could, especially in the given timeframe. ... The film's saving grace is in the abilities of Leigh, as she managed to give life and depth to Scarlett that I cannot imagine any ot...

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" Shirley Temple Black, 70, Actress/diplomat. The former child actress with the signature mop of blonde curls was 44 and special assistant to the President's Council on Environmental Quality when she found a lump on her left breast in 1972. ... Black, who could not bring herself to inform her husband of her impending surgery, left articles relating to breast cancer around the house."" Pinkribbon.com) Also The young actress from the hit TV shoe " Threes Company- Is also beating cancer, but is a role model to all breast cancer patients everywhere instead of going through radiation or any...

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During the 1960s black playwright, LeRoi Jones, founded the Black Arts Movement to inspire art that was by, for, and about black people. ... Looking back to American history Whites has treated Blacks very brutally. ... So they come up with a big lie: racism, that blacks are not as good as whites, that blacks are screwed up, that blacks are born bad. ... He kept asking her if she was an actress, and now he sees that she is serious. ... This flaw mainly refers to the white man's tyranny against black. ...

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Crooks is a black man that isn't treated equally from the other workers because he is black. ... Crooks is always alone because he is black. ... The victims of discrimination in this novel are: Crooks, a black stable buck; Curly's Wife, the farm owner's neglected daughter-in-law; and Candy, an old, disabled housekeeper.  ... "They play cards in there, but I can't play because I'm black. ... "(pg. 34) This quote illustrates how the boys on the farm won't allow Crooks to play cards because he's black. ...

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But what does the absence of a black female character convey to the black females in the audience? ... It is through the minor or absent representation that black women learn to read between the lines of what is being presented to them and attempt to substantiate the black female gaze. What pleasure is available for the black female audience member when viewing Imitation of Life? ... She lashes out at anything that reminds her of her blackness; one of the first hysterical outbursts Sarah Jane has occurs when Susie gives Sarah Jane a black baby doll to play with. ... The only time Sarah Jane a...

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Sadly, although there are many visible racial discriminations for Asians, American history courses do not address Asian racism as profoundly as Black racism. ... In American media, Asian actresses seem to be more prominent in roles, demanding an interracial love interest with a Caucasian actor because it may be less controversial than, say, an African American actress and a Caucasian actor. Asian actresses are very type-caste, and suffer because they are portrayed as more than willing to date Caucasian men, whereas Asian actors are used in films where they can be rejected by Caucasian women(D....

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Angelina began her career as an actress at the age of five, although her first official screen appearance wasn't until she was seven years old. ... However she caught the public's eye with "George Wallce" (in which she won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress). Follwing this she was awarded another Golden Globe, this time for Best Actress in the made for television film "Gia." ... All of these courses and her past experiences in films have made her into the actress she is now. ... For her wedding to Johnny Lee Miller she wore black leather pants and a white t-shirt wi...

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