A) Introduction: Tom Brokaw's book, The Greatest Generation, was a book of moral reflection and great insight. ... Brokaw's 'greatest generation' covered both the despair of the war, and the glory of the returning Americans. ... All who have exemplified qualities of a great generation. ... C) Summary of the plot concept: The idea of Tom Brokaw's The Greatest Generation is to introduce the reader to a "generation almost forgotten." ... They had learned to accept the future that played out one day at a time. ...

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What Rushkroff believes is that shows like the ones I just mentioned are helping Generation X learn how to deal with such issues. ... However I also think that Rushkroff should have aimed it more at Generation X because we are the future. ...

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Today, I will talk to you about the generational effects of inequitable wages, lack of voting rights for Aborigines prior to the 1960s, and also the effects of miscegenation and assimilation policies, racial prejudice and discrimination against the Aborigines. ... The effects of this on the future generations were similar to wage inequity. ... It will take time, hopefully not in the too distant future, for Aboriginal people to have a substantial influence over the political decisions of Australia. ...

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The story illustrates Troy, his father and briefly his son, in an examination of how these men serve to symbolize the struggle of men and how those struggles are often passed down from generation to generation. ... First, there is hope for a better future of African Americans and by extension for all human kind. ... It's a story of four generations of Black Americans and how they passed on a legacy of morals, attitudes, and patterns of life. ...

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By raising children to be racist towards a particular race or ethnicity, racist groups further the prosperity of their groups by "passing the torch" so to speak, to the next generation, the youths of the racist movement, thus ensuring the future of the racist movement. ...

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It amazes me that discrimination and racism carries on today, especially among such younger generations such as college students. One would think that the younger generations would be more aware and more understanding of racial issues. After all it is these younger generations which were raised knowing that discrimination is wrong and everyone is equal no matter what their race or sex. ... Hopefully in the very near future we can look past the color of skin. ...

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The slave owners had complete control over the future of each slave. ... Working class and poor students launched the first militant campaigns to restructure the urban public universities in order to include ethnic studies instruction and research. (3) Culture is a group of people that is influential by past generation or an environment that have similar ways, beliefs and language by communicating with each other that they eventually leave for future generations. ...

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These past and present groups fought for equality of future generations and they have made life easier for many minority groups. ... The education gap between these two generations is a sign that progress has been made in the educational system to give minorities a better chance in life. ...

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Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech "I Have a Dream Today!" was given on August 28, 1963, when he shared his hopes and dreams for the unity of our nation. His speech was one of the most influential speeches of our time. King's speech "I Have a Dream Today!" clearly express's his various ideas of how he...

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We can be the first generation to see a nation and a world be without racial bigotry, gender bias, age discrimination and religious intolerance. ... The future is waiting for us to build an environment of peace, understanding, and acceptance. ...

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Often people believe that the young people who join hate groups are those with the least education and the least to hope for in the future in the way of jobs, but that does not follow anymore because hate has flourished on colleges and high school campuses. ... This is one reason why hate groups should not be allowed to exist because young people are the future of our society and these hate groups are trying to turn them into a bad element for the society. ... Many hate groups in the United States use the first amendment as a shield to protect themselves from the law, they are bad examples...

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The United States was founded upon diversity. Racism in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to aid in the production of such lucrative crops as tobacco. These slaves were not brought by will, but by force, and they fa...

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We know our government is looking for the simplest, fastest way out of this conflict, this being illustrated by the way they ban books impulsively, not even considering what impact our future generations might suffer. ...

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Although both of them would collide when it came to their ideologies, and suggestions on what the African American communities should do to overcome the tyranny of oppression that came about from the racial resentment in America and an unjust system; they both aimed for the same ambitions: Racial integration, equality, and building a sustainable, and accepting society were future generations of African Americans can live in peace without discrimination and contribute to society, where they can fully function and operate as equals to those of light skin, both financially and socially. ...

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Due to some of the laws, blacks couldn't get a position although they were wanted; the other reason that they couldn't work was they didn't have higher education. 2.Growing black movements in Soweto in 1976 showed that new a generation of blacks was emerging. ... (Forging South Africa future, Don Beck and Graham Linscott) II. ...

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While reading this poem, it's easy to see that this family is and has been in the farming business for generations, which is stressed in the line, "we planted corn one Spring at Acu/we planted several times/ but this time was different." ... In a further stanza, the line, "very gently, he scooped tiny pink animals/into the palm of his hand/and told me to touch them," suggests that the father is presenting new life and new opportunities to his son, opening his future and identity up to greater things. ... "We took them to the edge/of the field and put them in the shade/of a sand moist clod...

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Racism in all its horrific forms is transmitted across generations and is manifested in individual behaviors, institutional norms and practices, and cultural values and patterns. ... I also think that people should put all the racial differences behind us and move on into the future. ...

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Looking in the future optimistically, he combined protest, accommodation, and self-help, hoping that the black community could reach an end of segregation through non-violence and self-confidence. ...

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A book can be the window to a whole new world. Books can correct the slant that people see on certain things in their life. Books can correct misconceptions and ill conceived notions of other people, religions, and ideas. Books help people to understand something they have never understood before...

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