As a result of this stigma, there are many people who have missed out on the possibilities of finding a soulmate, blended families and, most importantly, finding love. ... As a young adult, she fell in love with her then boyfriend who was Cuban, and they conceived a child together. ... " Since her deceased boyfriend's family isolated themselves from her and her child he doesn't know the other half of his family, and never will. Her child will grow up not knowing the other side of his family. Moreover, at the end of the day, she didn't care whether or not his family objected...

• Word Count: 1895
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Thurman explains Emma Lou's segregation from society as a result of the prejudices caused by her own family. ... This thought is chiseled into her brain by the people she loves (and the only people she believes have ever loved her). ... Thurman proves this by allowing the reader exposure to Emma Lou's thoughts: "there could only be one reason for his not having loved her as she had loved him. ... This idea is clearly represented at the end of the novel when Emma Lou returns to the man she thinks she loves and believes will love her in return. ... s black mammy" (206) and finds no...

• Word Count: 1573
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Pieter, an Afrikaner and the son of a fiercely conservative Afrikaner father, brings disgrace and destruction on both himself and on his family. ... Sophie is an excellent narrator in many respects, she is a good observer, a good judge of character, and she has insight into the Vlaanderen family, especially the stressed relationship between Pieter and his father. ... It is difficult to be unbiased, especially when it is a loved one. She herself acknowledges that she loves Pieter "perhaps beyond all wisdom" (12). ... Sophie grieves in her heart for the man Smith "that did such evil because he w...

• Word Count: 1438
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Moreover, Angelou lists a variety of examples that display how the town and her family were elated for the graduation. ... Because Henry Reed gave an emotional and inspirational speech; Angelou discovered love for herself and her heritage. ... Angelou concludes her personal story by describing the love she has for her ancestry. Although Donleavy delivered a demoralizing speech to the graduating classes, Angelou's perseverance and self-love left her with pride. ... In conclusion, Angelou's message in "Graduation" is to cultivate love and respect for one's self. ...

• Word Count: 1074
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Flannery O"Connor's "Everything that Rises Must Converge" tells the story of a middle-aged white lady, the descendant of an aristocratic slave-holding family in the deep south, that is on a journey to the YWCA to attend a "reducing class" that was recommended to lower her blood pressure. ... O"Connor suggests to us, not only in the title but, throughout this short story that people often resist to growing away from egoism towards self-awareness and love for all humankind that is so necessary for life to converge in equality. ... Chardin stated and O"Connor reinforces that if man "remain...

• Word Count: 806
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As the soldiers became ready for the next day of war, many of the man said some words to their former soldiers, "You'se the only family I got, I love the 54th!" These words given by Trip demonstrated how the 54th regiment finally became a whole and served themselves as equals, being a family who loved and protected one another. ... They went from laughing at one another and calling each other names, to praying for one another showing their feelings of love and care. ...

• Word Count: 1546
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

His quest for freedom did not come from, as per usual, the loss of a loved one (though this did advance his escape attempts) or because of a painful isolated incident. Brown always felt in his heart that he should be free and vowed to "not die a slave" even before being separated from his family. ...

• Word Count: 541
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Louis were relatively well-off black families, featuring strong and influential women. ... Her family attended the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. ... Family life in the store included disciplined study of arithmetic; leisurely reading of novels, poetry, and Shakespeare; and lessons on deportment and avoidance of trouble with whites. ... Then Momma introduced her to Bertha Flowers, a beautiful and educated black woman who brought Maya out of her cocoon by giving her special attention that focused on love of the human voice in the recitation of literature. ...

• Word Count: 1226
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

DuBois was born on February 23, 1968 to a prominent black family. ... Washington was born on April 5, 1856 in a slave hut, but after emancipation he moved with his family to Malden, West Virginia. ... White leaders loved Washington's speech in which all of his ideas were presented. ... Ranging from inferior sidewalks to inferior police protection, Washington recognized that such conditions created by Jim Crow made established neighborhoods in which raising a family in decency was quite difficult. ... DuBois on the other hand was born into a well-off family and was not accustomed to th...

• Word Count: 1561
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Due to the philanthropic deposition of his master he had gained all the benefits and privileges of an affiliated family member. ... "Oh when shall America be consistantly Engaged in the Cause of Liberty if you have any Love to yourselves, or any Love to this Land, if you have any Love to your fellow-men, Break these intollerable yoaks, and Let their names Be remembered no more, Least they Be retorted on your own necks, and you Sink under them: for god will not hold you guiltless." ...

• Word Count: 1913
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Armand rejects the baby because he feels hurt or betrayed by the baby, which he put his faith and love in the baby, and the baby, through no fault of its own, hurt him and humiliated him. He also put his faith into Desiree, this may sound like it is unemotional but its not, by marrying lower down the relative hierarchy and then, in his mind, she brought unclean blood into the family. ... Armand is the real loser in this because he loses his love and loses his soul because of the pressure of society, and has no sympathy, is that fair? ...

• Word Count: 1075
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

When all else failed she could always depend on the family she had within her community for support. ... To go as far as ambition impels us, in work, in play, and religion and even in love"(forbes). ...

• Word Count: 673
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In so many families, even in 2013, there are students graduating from high school this year and heading to college as the first member in their family to continue their education and strive for a degree. ... Students growing up in poverty often don't do as well in school because they are forced to work to help provide for their family or discouraged from achieving higher goals set for themselves. ... They need to work to support themselves or their family, care for loved ones, or simply can't afford to attend school anymore. ... Even though 38.8 percent of people on welfare are whit...

• Word Count: 1872
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

According to statisticsbrain.com the average American spends 35 hours a week watching TV", then spending it with their family members. ... The depiction insinuates that she raised and loved the master's children even more than her own. ... She was known to have a temper and take it out on the family especially her husband, which was mostly represented as a Sambo. ...

• Word Count: 1272
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Caretakers of the family, they also worked in the fields along with the black males. ... They have been caregivers and breadwinners, showing incredible strength and resilience, unflinching loyalty, boundless love and affection. They have risen above centuries of oppression so that, today, after years of dealing with society's racist and sexist misconceptions, with its brutal hostilities and unthinkable mistreatment, not only are they supporting families, they"re leading corporations, major media organizations, the military, our state and federal governments. ...

• Word Count: 1267
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

They feel that the general consuming public will be indifferent to the love story of a Negro woman or Jewish woman and since they are in the publishing business to make money, they shy away from such works. ... They are moved by beauty, discover things and love just like anybody else. It seems that the whites believe that the only way to enjoy black entertainment is to make them devoid of any emotion so you see sitcoms with boring black families or take the 1971 movie "Shaft" where the man is an action hero but also a man who slept with every woman he came in contact with. ...

• Word Count: 1560
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Paul never strove to be a hero to his people and purposefully accomplish all the goals he had so far, but that was the most admirable quality about him, he was never cocky about his accomplishments he was just doing things in life that he loved and he just happened to be good at all those things! ... After a brief career working as a law clerk on Wall Street Paul became rather interested in giving back to the society that had shown him so much love while he was growing up. ... He came from the struggles of a poor family and overcame that stigma that had often been set on black people; the s...

• Word Count: 1652
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Black college personnel sought to complement and continue the work of family by imparting character, and teaching community responsibility. ... Coaches' efforts to encourage a strong sense of self worth, respectability, and self-confidence in young people they mentored on the court extended the educational missions of institutions and the work of parents and families, despite the negativity and racism that surrounded and shaped the lives of African Americans-or possibly because of it- families, communities, and educational institutions strove to constantly remind young people of their pot...

• Word Count: 2290
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Old Racism Old racism originated in the 16th century with the beginning of chattel slavery. When Americans traveled to Africa to buy its people they did so because African's had strong bodies that will provide the labor plantation owners needed to sustain the American economy. In essence, chattel slavery was a business. They buying and selling of humans were seen as mere transactions in the eyes of those with power. Africans were seen as sole commodities. ...

• Word Count: 2862
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although Birdie's standpoint is one the boundary lines of both races, it seems like blending into the world of Caucasia is the significant and safer choice and explains why Birdie disappears when becoming Jesse Goldman, a Jewish white girl who loves her new Caucasian atmosphere of New Hampshire. ... Sandy packed up her stuff separated her family in terms of who she believed would pass where and forced a new way of life on Birdie, transforming her into a Jewish girl who soon forgets that she is part of the African American race, but with that reminder erased from her mind it allowed her t...

• Word Count: 1531
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A previously established view by many historians was that slaves embraced Christianity by the millions and were moved by its messages of love, hope, and salvation.14 Lawrence W. ... The blacks felt encumbered by what the whites thought of as religious norms, and were discouraged to fully adopt Christianity when they couldn't even speak in church, a common give-and-take characteristic among traditional African worship.18 The inability for most blacks to disassociate the messenger with the message, like blacks such as Frederick Douglas were able to do, prevented them from fully accepting ...

• Word Count: 1954
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Hip-Hop is the love child of the Civil Rights Movement, an innovative, provocative and candid voice reminiscent of " power to the people. ... This cohort embraces the beliefs of American society concerning individualism personal expression and material well being, yet also sees how social issues such as incarceration, poor schooling, no jobs, drugs and erosion of family structures arise not just from individual failures, but from racially disparate group based treatment (Collins, 2006). ...

• Word Count: 1971
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate