There will always be some sort of resentment in the hearts of some African-Americans. ... Even though there are still some KKK organizations some white people are just racist against them because of what they were taught by their parents. ... What goes on in the school is not as bad as what has been on the news lately. ... Then I notice her staring at the people on the other side and when I turn to look to see what it was I noticed that she was sitting next to African Americans. ...

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One night at the dinner table they discussed what he was reading in English and Derek told him Native Son. ... Hurting people and destroying property does not solve problems, but only makes them worse by causing more resentment and tension between people (Theriou). ... So what does it mean then? ... A person must be content with who they are, what they stand for, and where they are going with their lives. ... "What does our future hold?" ...

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These new generations began to have feelings of resentment for the North, although they had not themselves experienced Reconstruction, and began to secretly undermine it. These defiant natures began to show themselves when the governments of many states enacted what were termed the Jim Crow laws in the 1880's. ... (Smith, Part I, Ch. 3) The case caused the South to bring down upon itself the attention of the entire world, in which the south was told that what it was doing was wrong, and it needed to change. ... Many southern whites do feel guilty for what has happened, but see no o...

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He couldn't believe what he is seeing, especially when he once walked up to a ticket counter in a train station. ... His refusal to extend even this courtesy to passengers who had paid as much as any white for their tickets was so conspicuous it made me aware of the stirrings of resentment among the Negroes behind me"(129). ... He proves that what white people say and think about the black people is wrong because white people don't argue about the cultural and ethnic differences, because that's not what they care about. ... And that's what they argue about all the time. ......

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In order to understand that reification may be the cause of horrible atrocities towards mankind, we must first know exactly what reification is. ... The book also mentions that prejudice may come from the idea that it might promote self interest because people support what brings them pleasure and what does not. ... This gives us a brief understanding of what reification is and why it is the cause of many forms of hatred. ... In an example used in class, a man who lost his job to an Asian man feels resentment towards the entire Asian world. ...

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A December 8, 1997, edition of Sports Illustrated magazine, which I have in my bookshelf, was entitled "What Ever Happened to the White Athlete" in which it came to the conclusion that African-American athletes were dominating the sports industry because they had wider hips and other various physical differences. ... This sociological ascension has created a sense of resentment and indirect hate from certain groups who feel threatened by the success of minorities in general (for e...

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