... United States Sentencing Commissions released a report saying that African Americans sentences are 20% longer than white Americans even though they both were convicted with the same crime. A government study on discipline in public schools states that black students are three times more likely to be suspended than white students. Since it is harder for Hispanics and African Americans to get jobs ... ...

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... the heirs of Confucius, stand against Western immorality represented by selfish individualism, disregard for the extended family, lack of respect for order in human relations, sexual excess, deficiency in self-discipline, and lack of moderation. Going against Confucian principles, Western capitalism exists for individual gain rather than the greater familial or social good. In fact, this neo-Confucian rise in "Asian ... ...

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... due to their race, class, and gender, society continues to misunderstand the various difficulties they undergo on a daily basis just to survive. Unjustly, "Black mothers [are] accused of failing to discipline their children, of emasculating their sons, of defeminizing their daughters, and of retarding their children's academic achievement. Citing high rates of divorce, female-headed households, and out-of-wedlock births ... ...

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... in The Substance of Things Hoped For, "[Garvey] emphasized the beauty and promise of blackness, but most blacks knew that blackness without intellect, blackness without money, blackness without character or discipline, was just blackness without content- (Proctor 25). Proctor was an American of African decent like the rest of Black America. Why should they abandon a struggle that had carried on for ... ...

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... not seek to satisfy our thirst from freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must ever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence"(7). According to this quote, it may be understood that King is inviting his people to act in a peaceful ... ...

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... (ibid). For some, though, these "positive" portrayals are themselves problematic. Successful Blacks on primetime television are depicted as unique and attractive individuals who accomplish their goals through hard work, talent, discipline, and determination The successful images of African Americans are increasingly visible in the entertainment context,43 but many assert that values and beliefs expressed by African American characters (e.g., individual accomplishment ... ...

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