Three essential behavioral factors are communication competence in the languages of both cultures, having a wide repertoire of social skills in both cultures, and social support from family/friends from both cultures. ... Discrimination from their institution include the schools lack of support for non-mainstream students, the disproportionate enrollment of African Americans in special education classes, and the disproportionate percentage of suspension or expulsion. This lack of support leads to low self esteem, low achievement, conduct behavior problems, high drop out rates, and...

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Schools in the North were supported by Protestant church organizations, so they sought to instill in their students the current ideals of Puritan morality. ... They acquired as a part of their family traditions the patterns of behavior which were associated with the idea of the southern lady and southern gentleman. As a rule, these families formed a closed circle from which excluded all who could not boast of similar ancestry and did not conform to the same standards of morals and manners. ... Whether "gentleman" or "peasant", we all want the same thing, to be treated fairl...

• Word Count: 959
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The immediate environment of the family is one that has crucial influence of the development of a child, because it can either facilitate or impede the process. ... This situation vastly contrasts to the notion of the traditional nuclear family, where you have a married mom and dad living with their biological children. ... As Essie Mae's mom worked to support her family, having to deal with the economic hardships required her to make daily accommodations in order to meet the needs of her family. ... The incidents in specific are centered on issues stemming from the relationship between t...

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At the same time, median family income was declining faster for the minority groups than for whites (The Huffington Post). ... In fact, the richest households garner much of their wealth from stock, while middle and lower class families gain their wealth from housing. ... With the 2012 elections coming up and the economy in a state of unrest, Obama is losing the support of many of these same voters (Kim)....

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Black students could not attend the University of Miami or any of Florida's other state-supported colleges except Florida A & M University in Tallahassee. ... The committee also said that it would press for better housing and support for a hospital to give private treatment to Negro patients. ... The socioeconomic status indicators, such as family income, employment, education, and housing are one way of demonstrating continued Black subordination in Miami. "African Americans had the lowest median family income, the largest percentage of families and persons living in poverty, the highe...

• Word Count: 1986
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Interstate 68 in 1992, returning from his grandfather's funeral, when a Maryland state trooper pulled the families rented Cadillac over for speeding. ... But the trooper set loose a drug-sniffing dog to comb the car's exterior, including the windshield, the hubcaps, and the taillights while Wilkins and his family stood in the rain. ... The Wilkins family was completely humiliated. ... Racial profiling should be ended even if the generalizations on which the technique is based are supported by empirical or factual evidence. ... It undercuts a good idea that needs more support from bot...

• Word Count: 1414
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These low income single household families which make up a vast number of this minority group may affect their political ambitions and views. Due to lack of finances and low support from single parents trying to make ends meet can lead to a lack of education which has long been proven to affect political participation. ...

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Thomas Jefferson's idea of "all men [being] created equal,"" has long resided in the beliefs of many Americans, yet ironically, even slave-owning Americans supported the idea. ... Peter Wilks, a fairly wealthy man whose nieces will inherit his large sum of money, in attempt to steal the family's riches. ... The con men have started yet another one of their conniving scams, their new target a family who has just suffered a painful loss, which, for any family, should pose as a very low and dark part of each member's lives. The suffering also reaches past the family; several local ...

• Word Count: 1798
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Affirmative action in theory is intended to help the welfare of this country's minorities by supporting the idea that individuals are equal and should not be judged by race or sex. ... If affirmative action is supposed to support the individual, why is it solely based on race and why doesn't it apply to every situation based on the potential of the individual involved? ... Education, more than anything decides the potential for success in a person's life, and if most minorities are poor and need help then they should get it but poor white families should also receive those ben...

• Word Count: 2152
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Therefore Northern politicians were exceedingly hesitant to support any efforts toward equalizing educational opportunities for black students. ... This decision incensed many white families and students and consequently resulted in the occurrence of a great deal of riots. ... The National Welfare Rights Organization barely received support from black churches in their endeavor to ensure that all citizens would be guaranteed an income from the national government that would allow them to live under decent conditions if their income level became too low. ...

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Today sexism is being supported and unknowingly encouraged by both men and women through benevolent sexism. ... For example I protect and support my mother by preventing her from carrying heavy packages to mowing the lawn. ... Another disturbing example is if I had been born into a family of African descent, in which my life would have definitely turned out completely different. ...

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Like most slaves of the day, Frederick Douglass did not have close ties to his family. ... Douglass also felt that woman did not gain full equality with regards to their rights in America and strongly supported the woman's rights movement, "In respect to political rights we hold a woman to be justly entitled to all we claim for man All the political rights which it is expedient for a man to exercise, it is equally so for a woman"6. ... Frederick Douglass practiced what he preached and during the civil war recruited two regiments and influenced many more African Americans to fight the Con...

• Word Count: 1350
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Quilting was something that kept Black women sane during their slavery (Cash 31), could provide and out from slavery by a way to pay for their freedom, (Cash 33), it was a way to support moral, political and reform issues, (Cash 32) and, finally, Cash also claims that it provided a sense of accomplishment and identity for black women and gave them the physical and, more importantly, psychological strength to survive (35). As Dee rejects her African American heritage and does not care much about the family history of the quilts, she basically rejects their real value as she rejects her name wit...

• Word Count: 1911
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Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," has been deemed one of the most controversial, yet influential autobiographical novels of all time. Although somewhat unappreciated by the general public, this work is held to be a classic work of literature despite its taboo themes and figurative la...

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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...

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Caretakers of the family, they also worked in the fields along with the black males. ... 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. ...

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Most times families were pulled apart and never saw each other again and this helped the Americans break or strip down these people in order to rebuild them the way they wanted. ... The importance of this is to understand that when reading a novel such as "A Raisin in the Sun" or "The Souls of Black Folks", you cannot immediately assume that this story represents every single African American family across the United States. ...

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If the percentage of blacks in the community exceeds 15 percent, a significant number of white families, especially those with children, are likely to move away in search of a more white community. In effect, if more black families move into the community and more white families move away, the community becomes more segregated than integrated. ...

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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. ...

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When these policies received executive branch and judicial support, vast numbers of people of color, white women and immigrants have gained access they would not otherwise have had. ... But with the ever-present changes in our society, it has been proven to still be a valuable source for helping those who are stuck for no other reason than lack of a strong family background. ... And while many minorities and women support affirmative action, a growing number say its benefits are no longer worth its side effect: the perception that their success is unearned. ...

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They usually come from lower income families and have less opportunity to go to private schools as white students. ... The last website I found to support the Affirmative Action was mcps.com. ... Justice Sandra Day O"Connor also supports this action by saying "The unhappy persistence of both the practice and the lingering effects of racial discrimination is an unfortunate reality and the government is not disqualified from acting in response to it." and finally Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says that "..The court [recognizes] the persistence of congress's authority to act affirmatively, not...

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These representations engrained the ideas of the happy servant, the stupid darkie, or the savage black that all support the notion that black Americans were better off as slaves. ... The Mammy was a house servant that was distinguished by her fierce independence and showed the role reversal of the male and female in a black family. ... Why was slavery abolished if clearly the slaves were happy and even supported it? ...

• Word Count: 1938
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The next instance where water appears in the narrative is when Julia sees Jim "standing beside the black waters" after they fail to find their families and to connect to the rest of the world" (Du Bois 9). ... Moreover, the visual effect of "black waters " as being oppressive and isolating further reflects the insurmountable gap between him and Julia as they are unable to reach out to, respect and support each other. ...

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Although for many individuals $13 was enough money to support themselves, Colonel Shaw suggested that no one should receive pay because a regiment should be treated as a whole, and a whole deals with equality within itself. ... 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. ...

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Owners of big businesses, such as Carnegie, thought that the increasing size and power was benefiting the entire society and economy because owners saw it as opportunities for unskilled workers to get jobs and make money for their families. ... The labor workers were not benefiting from the increase in working demand in any way at all, as a result of the dramatic increase in production the workers and their families were suffering financially. ... Such as Kracha and his friends in Out of this Furnace, the workers were being worked to death and they were forced to work an enormous amount of h...

• Word Count: 2825
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate