It brings you to a small town, where you visit minds of young and old, see how everyday gossip rules those who let it, and watch young children grow up in a somewhat confused community. ... Also, the harassment that the black community undertook was harsh, but the fact is, if they were to report such vicious remarks, or beatings, the white community would do nothing for them. ... Also it was very apparent that everyone just brushed it off when hearing that it was a "nigger" and all went to bed. If he was really such a threat to the community, then why did they all shrug it off? ... Atticus was...

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" The classroom became very silent after hearing the commotion in our group, but no one said anything to defend me. ... However, the reality is that racism continues to survive in history and it has cause a lot of strife among different groups in every community. ...

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The police hearing the man saying such a thing like that with two little dead girls in his arms, them white and blonde, him black and as big as a house, automatically assumed that he was the killer indeed and did not bother to investigate the crime. ... However, the world would be dull and a monotonous place if everyone was all the same, so everyone must learn to appreciate one another's differences in order to live peacefully and rightfully as a global community. ...

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During the states of emergencies that with held on and off until 1989, anyone could be arrested without a hearing, and detained up to six months, thousands of black South Africans died in custody after being tortured many of the individuals imprisoned were children and women, even pregnant women were not spared, many of them had their babies in prison or lost the unborn baby after the stress of torture and imprisonment. ... A new constitute that took effect in 1984 still did not allow black and colored to take place in politics except through the homelands that led to more violence in the blac...

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During the states of emergency that continued intermittently until 1989, anyone could be detained without a hearing by a low-level police official for up to six months. ... In the mid-1980s the U.S. and the European Community (now European Union) imposed sanctions against South Africa. ...

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This period in Louisiana was not tolerant for mixed ancestry and one found to be non-white would be ostracized from the white community. ... She no doubt saw mixed ancestry in the black communities and realized the cause of it. ... Armand was quoted as hearing the baby crying from "as far away as La Blanch's cabin-(2), the reason he was at the cabin could be he was using La Blanch sexually. ...

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Book summary - Up From Slavery The book, Up From Slavery, written by Booker Taliaferro Washington, profoundly touched me when I read it. Washington accomplished many amazing obstacles throughout his life. He became perhaps the most prominent black leader of his time. Blacks could gain equality by im...

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