America is still facing uncovering problems within the 20th century. ... There where problems in the society; women, African-Americans, and families faced through a lot of difficulties getting where there striving to be at, which became apart of history. ... While other women finding ways to be heard, African-Americans women are forced but no choice to be the housemaids. ... Children African-Americans played an important part in American history. ... " The whites are the victims of murdering unarmed African-Americans. ...

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Alice Walker's, "Everyday Use," explores an African-American family exploring their heritage. ... During this time period, many African-Americans are struggling to find their identities and cultural roots. ... Baker describes Dee saying, "Dee is not an example of the indigenous rapping and styling out of Afro-American. ... To Dee, taking on this new name is for the better: "Names are extremely important in African and African American culture as a means of indicating a person's spirit," (Christian 454). ... "The patchwork quilt appealed not only to black...

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Even with the changes taking place within the African-American family, African-Americans still possess numerous strengths, which keep us going from day to day. African-Americans have a strong work ethic within our families. ... The church is used as an escape for African-Americans. ... Church is an emotional release for African-Americans. ... The African-American community is a smart people. ...

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The American Dream The American Dream has traditionally meant the chance at a better life in a new land. ... To me, the American dream means having the freedom of speech, to listen to whatever music I want to, to publicly disagree with our nation's leader and live to see the next day, and in many ways, my definition of the American Dream is similar to the traditional one. ... Not everyone in America is able to live out the Dream. ... The African-American tells himself that he is going to college and he completes his American Dream. The European-American tries to break the stereotype ...

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Yes, America has become a nation that lives in the grip of mass hysteria. Due to the increasing amount of terrorist attacks and hostile racial differences across the globe, and even hear on the home front, America has become cautious and wary to these kinds of incidents. Whether it is shutting down schools because of terroristic threats, refusing to allow Muslims to travel on an airplane, or some of the American populous harassing Syrian refugees, America has become more fearful than it has been in quite some time. ... One case puts the citizens, more than the government, into a mass hysteria ...

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Looking back, I cannot recall seeing or interacting with many African-Americans in school, in the grocery store, or anywhere around town. ... I have gone to an all-African-American Baptist church a few years ago and can remember being the only white person in the congregation. ...

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My family and I could relate to The Cosby Show because we weren't the stereotypical African American family. ... There were other shows on television that captured the love that African Americans had for their family members such as The Jefferson's or Good Times, however both sitcoms portrayed African Americans in stereotypical roles. ... The Cosby Show broke many stereotypes around the African American community, and made many African Americans realize that they can have successful careers, and that being a part of the upper-middle class doesn't make you any less "African ...

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My dad came from Ghana, to America, in 2001, with my mother and I. ... In Ghana, we lived in a very nice house, even though most people think that African houses are all made of mud. ... First, he had to quit his job, and we had to pack for the trip to America. My parents thought that they would come back to Africa, but then, they thought, let's just start afresh. ... We boarded the plane, and we set out to America. 14 hours later, we finally got to America, and we didn't know what to do, or where to go. ...

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Back when slavery was around in America a patriarchal family wasn't as common as today, especially in a African American slave family. The dominant family structure in a African American slave family was a matriarchal family. ... In most cases in a African American slave family men were hardly present. ... African American slave women had a very special and intact relationship with their children. White goes into great detail explaining the relationship between a African American slave mother and her children, "West African women both respected and enjoyed their status as mothers. ...

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As in this case, portraying a black Bart Simpson could possibly help African Americans relate to the show itself. ... The Cosby Show is about an African-American family who reside in a brownstone apartment in the upscale district of the city. ... They feel that by making Bart, a black boy instead of his "normal" yellowish color that more African-Americans will be drawn into watching the Simpsons. ... Some white Americans were amazed that an African-American family could act and behave just like them. ... Yet in the end, I will argue, the Black Bart T-shirt makes a significant comment upo...

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This story illustrates the economic ways that Walker's African American family is seeking fame and higher forms of living. ... Everyday Use is set in the late sixties, a time when African-Americans were struggling to define their personal identities in cultural terms. ... Many African-Americans yearned to rid themselves of American heritages, which were filled with pain and injustice, by embracing African culture. ... The sixties brought about cultural respect for African-Americans in American culture, as it was the height of the Civil Rights Movement. ... Walker's argument in this s...

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Beloved The setting, time, and main characters of the film Beloved all point to struggling aspects of African Americans and African American women in particular. ... It was because of women like her that African Americans have more control over their own freedom today. ... In Beloved, African Americans were basically understanding their freedom and struggling to make due with what little they did have. ... Her decision to focus only on her two daughters makes her more of an outcast with the community of African Americans. ... I've come to the conclusion the whole ghost aspec...

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Therefore, the theme in "The Piano Lesson" shows the complexity of African-American attitudes toward the past and black heritage compared to plans for the future. ... This way of thinking for Berniece further proves my point in my theme that there is a sense of complexity of African-American attitudes towards the past, present and future. ... The attitudes presented by the two main characters of this play (Berniece and Boy Willie) demonstrate the complex thinking of African-Americans depicted in this dramatic play. ... Further, "The Piano Lesson" is both unique to the plight of African-America...

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Malcolm X Malcolm X was one of the black African Americans who helps with the civil rights. ... He also thought that African Americans should reject integration or cooperation with whites. In conclusion, I learn that Malcolm X was one of the greatest black African Americans, I did not know that much about him but now I do. ...

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Growing up African American in a segregated American society force one to question many aspects of their very existence. Beneatha Younger is a young woman growing up during a difficult era in American history. Although the situation for African Americans had improved, the Civil Rights Movement had not yet hit its peak. ... About Africa. ... By straightening their hair, or changing something about their appearance, personality, or way of life, some African Americans have begun assimilating into American culture. ...

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The author also shows a unique heritage of African-Americans. The central theme of the story is the way in which family members of the same African American family honor their heritage. ... Maggie represents the old and traditional African-American heritage. ...

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Dee wants to take on the heritage of African decent. ... "(175) She takes a new African name. She is beginning to claim the heritage of an African from Africa. ... Her name change is a symbol of her giving up her traditions of an African American for one of a Native African. ... Dee cannot understand that she comes from an African American family. ...

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For example in African American families mutuality, sharing and equivalence are more common than in any other families. ... In Mexican American families children become more elaborate as they exhibit their love to the parents. ... In contrast, with the white and the African American children, the Mexican American are taught to value cooperation, family unity, togetherness, and individual achievement (Journal of the Marriage and the Family). Asian American children have many differences in they way they think and behave since the values that they are taught are not the same ones with the Af...

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This story is about an African American family who are living in the rural south during the late 1960's or 1970's. ... Dee's character is struggling to create an identity for herself and has chosen to embrace African tradition by changing her name to Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo. ... We now know that while "Dee" may not be an African name, it is a familial, ancestral name, an African-American one that is personally connected to Dee. "Wangero", although African, is not directly related to her culture or personal heritage. ...

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The racial makeup of the county is 55.58% White, 13.48% African American, 0.42% Native American, 9.35% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 15.48% from other races, and 5.63% from two or more races. 39.76% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. ... The racial makeup of the city is 34.01% White, 28.32% African American, 0.45% Native American, 16.20% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 15.11% from other races, and 5.84% from two or more races. 28.31% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. ... The racial makeup of the city is 80.82% White, 4.26% African American, 0.16% Nati...

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One example of this was during the human rights revolution; more specifically with African-Americans. Some started to change their name to one that resembles their African heritage. It was a liberating experience to those who wanted to get rid of their "slave given names" and reclaim the African names. ... As African-Americans were given more freedom and opportunities, their self-image changed. ...

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American History X is the film that got a lot of people talking. ... In the movie, American History X, Derek and Danny Vineyard, were brought up in a normal happy, loving household but were bitten with the racism/hate bug at a young age. ... Sweeny is the one who comes to help him through it, while another inmate (who is African American) makes it possible for Derek to make it out alive when he turns his back on the very same gang. ... It just so happened that the boy was African American and had ties to others that Derek had angered in the past. ... Danny Vinyard" (American History X)....

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Barbara Kingsolver develops Leah by following her from the naive teenager she was to the mother of four, married to an African man and still living in Africa. ... By the end of the novel, she was assimilated into the African culture and practically became one of the people. ... At the start, she was proud of being American and acted as a white woman should. ... Leah Price changed the most out of the entire family because of the experiences she has in Africa. ...

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Americans today tend to take life for granted, anything can happen and we could be gone tomorrow. ... In conclusion, Sonia is important because she is the American dream. ... It doesn't matter if you're white, African American, Hispanic, Asian, or Indian. ...

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In Battle Royal by Ralph Ellison, the author Ralph is an African American guy who has an excellent command over his speech. ... His grandfather was a fighter for the equal rights of African Americans'. ... During the period Ralph lived, the life of African Americans' was very miserable. ...

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