... slave labor, they would be, on the most part, resentful and angry. Various forms of expression, clandestine yet lucent, developed out of these feelings. One such form was music. Native African music consisted mainly of wind and string melodies punctuated by hand clapping, xylophones, and drum beats. Along those lines, an early type of slave music was the spiritual, which ... , and the ideas of good and evil. They also practiced "ancestor worship", believing that dead family members could influence aspects of their lives. A main difference between African and Christian religions, however,...

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No two humans are exactly alike. People have different skin colors, hair colors, religions, favorite foods, parents. Nature provided the variety, people made the initial separations. Cultures were created by those similar to each other grouping together. Some people identify with their own culture, ... has shed light on the relationship between white men and there superiority complex in regard to other ethnic groups. Sherman Alexie paints a realistic picture of the life of the modern American Indian. He shows the inability to forget one's ancestry. He allows the reader who is ignorant to th...

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