Psychedelic music was and is looked at as a heavily drug influenced genre and the demographic of people listening to the music were a very drug based group. ... Heavily drug and sex influenced rock, was hard and heavy to the culture. ... Popular among kids, the lyrics were anti drug and anti authority. ... But what made the generation of kids growing up with this music is that it was heavily anti drug. ... Kurt Cobain's grunge movement was pissed off, unapologetic and harshly truth giving kids an outlet for anger. ...

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Americans Have embraced African American influence on American culture, but many Americans still segregated our culture. African- American Culture that has been "segregated," but has greatly influence American society in many aspects including style, entertainment, language and much more. ... Take a look into suburban Neighborhoods and look at what the kids are wearing. ... The entertainment industry has been influenced greatly by African American movies, film and music; from Sydney Poitier to Denzel Washington the demand for black in Hollywood has grown. ... Slang is greatly used in today&#...

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Children are easily influenced by the actions and conversations of those around them. This is especially the case when one considers the influence that parents have over their children. ... This goes to show that people are influenced by positions of authority. ... Children are influenced by the actions and dialogue of their parents. ... It's the only time when a black kid can wave a stick around a white kid and not start a riot." ...

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An example of this is when Atticus" sister Alexandria tells him he needs to get rid of Calpurnia, the black maid, because Alexandria thinks she is showing a bad influence on the children and she doesn't want the around her. ... Another instance is when Calpurnia takes the kids to her church. ...

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Now Tom will never be able to see his wife Helen and his kids. ... Boo Radley has been locked up in his house since he was a kid, "Mr. ... When he was hanging around bad influences, his father decided to keep him in the house as a punishment. ... Boo was filled with despair looking out of the window, seeing kids playing and having fun. ...

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This paper will discuss the roots of the Civil Rights Movement, leaders that affected the Civil Rights Movement, and laws that influenced the Civil Rights Movement.  ... Board Education was about Oliver Brown who wanted his third grade daughter, Linda Brown, to attend the good school where the white kids went. There were only four schools for black kids, while there were 18 for white students. ...

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Stereotypes are creating problems in kids. ... These problem is creating confusion in kids because they are growing up thinking that they should be one way because society thinks that's the ideal. ... We live in a culture where discrimination and mockery is influenced through media, people, and environments. ...

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The twentieth century society was influenced by the "white supremacist capitalist patriarchy"2 of the white men. ... From being sexually molested by the white colonizer to serving as a maid in a white man's family, nurturing their kids while her own kids were starving and were being neglected, a black woman would be constantly socially manipulated and physically ravished. ... The black men in the novel are portrayed as bitter and sullen, influenced by the "white supremacist capitalist patriarchy" of the white men, besides the color of their skin, they are both abusers....

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By making a scene about this in front of his kids he was teaching them that they will be discriminated against because of their race. ... Since our society now is strongly influenced by competition, this is going to be a hard thing to do. ...

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Atticus Finch was a man who fought for what he believed in. He was always the one who stood up for what was right, not what the more popular thing to do was. Atticus has a lot of courage to do what he did for Tom Robinson. Atticus looked past the racism that was in the courtroom where Tom was being ...

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Cecil, a school mate of Scout and Jem, tells Scout, "My folks said your daddy was a disgrace," (76) When Cecil says this, he is implying that not only does he not agree with Atticus defending Tom, but his parents do not agree with it either, and may be influencing the bullying and name calling. ... " (13) This is unjust because the kids are assuming that Boo is scary and mean without knowing the circumstances. ...

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Atticus Finch Scout's father is a lawyer in Maycomb and is descended from a well-respected local family. He has had to raise his children alone and has instilled in them a strong sense of morality and fair play. During the 1930's there were great problems between the races, and he was one of the f...

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In many schools across the southern and mid-western United States white kids were exhibiting behaviors which we would call outrageous today. ... Martin Luther King Jr.. he was a huge influence and benefactor of the civil rights movement. ...

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Racism In today's world, the number of racist's people has dropped dramatically, but it will still be an issue in the future for a very long time. Most people think that we have come very far on the issue of racism. In reality, we have actually gone too far in some areas. Jobs are being tak...

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Beginning around 1905, there was an upward spike in Black schooled children which is credited to the efforts and influence from Washington and Du Bois. ... Du Bois fought for of course education for black kids, and money opportunities just as Washington. ...

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It's hard to believe, but this little old lady has such a big influence on our culture. ... She raised not only her kids, but my sister and I with so much respect and discipline. ... I must admit, I've changed a lot since I've gotten older, but I couldn't imagine seeing some of these kids now days growing up in my childhood. ... In an attempt to understand and help others understand different cultures, I interviewed a kid named Damion Anderson. ...

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Whites were growing afraid that blacks were going to have too much influence in the political world. ... The court defended themselves by saying they are only preparing black kids for a segregated nation by putting them in segregated schools. ...

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(Cooper, 569-573) Therefore, it follows that the music in America was greatly influenced by her European contemporaries, namely England and Germany. ... One of the greatest musical forms to come from and be influenced by Black Nationalism is hip-hop (rap) music. ...

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Sam's journey, however, provides a paternal influence where there is none, and clearly it succeeds much better when Hally is a little boy than it does when Hally grows up and realizes that in his cultural milieu, a middle-class white boy cannot have a black man for a father. ... I wished there were hundreds of kids around to watch us- (Fugard, 30). ...

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Throughout the years one can see that the construction of black identity has changed due to white political and social conditions. It is true that white racism has had great influence on the identity of blacks through especially through segregation. Blacks have used this development of identity to...

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My American dream has been influenced by the problems, and circumstances that I have gone through in my life. Moving to the United States was one of the biggest circumstances that influenced my American dream because I came with the idea that this was the land of opportunities but when we arrived to this country my family and I lacked so many resources; like money, clothes, and a stable home. ... I want to have a family, kids, and a husband. ...

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The Native Americans and Africans Slaves are two prominent groups seen in the Colonial Era with great influence, difficult challenges, and cultures that shaped the colonies into how we see them today. ...

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Many high schools are either all black or all white and influence the way that teens think. ... The students and parents protested, saying that the kids had the right to take whoever they wanted to prom. ...

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