In this paper I will focus on the most important concepts discussed throughout the Theology. ... From my understanding and readings, the meaning of Dubois's concept toward double consciousness is that the current religion isn't the same teaching as White's during the slave period and the same teachings from African Traditions before the slave period. ... After identifying one of the main questions that identified with me and that question is "Is god black', I came up with the conclusion is that the current image we relate to god right now is most likely false. ...

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However, this theory is broader by not only focusing on fear but also the interplay of emotions and cognitions that facilitate the persistence of segregation. ... These are interrelated consequences that deserve focus in the current context. ... People-based solutions focus on enabling blacks to access homes in the neighborhood of their choice. ... Indirect solutions focus on the consequences instead of the causes of racial residential segregation. ...

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It not only focuses on the arrangement and functioning of personality but also points to the possibilities of its unlimited expansion/interaction on a social level. ... (Pg. 445) The next school is the reformist school; it represents a period of historical evolution as well as current bearing. ... This school originated to encourage an Afro-centric psychology but still combines it with traditional focus on appeal for change that ostensibly benefits Blacks, whites, and society overall. ... He emphasizes that social scientist have a responsibility for changing Black conditions, also he argu...

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Malcolm's thoughts in his autobiography can be applied to our current society. ... Finally, when examining current social and economic injustices towards African Americans, it is possible to apply these prejudices to Anne Moody's Coming of Age in Mississippi in order to fashion a modern day version of her autobiography. ... Covertly and in modern-day fashion, institutionalized racism would be exemplified through such methods as social studies curriculums which focus only on European American history and not the history ethnic groups. ...

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The Great Awakening of the 1740's proved to be an instrumental event of the new African-American spirituality with its focal point on a "personal relationship" with God and conversion of the masses, rather than the liturgical and theological focus prior to the awakening.3 This development enabled lay preachers with no theological background to attempt mass conversion using emotional strategies rather than ideology to persuade non-believers, and created a more accessible Christianity that the slaves could grasp and integrate into their own spirituality. ... Ironically, the same story the...

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Firstly, it is important to provide a contextual background of the current state of European powers, and the several aspects that led the Colonial powers to "develop" Africa. ... Similarly, the schools were connected to the missionaries and focused on teaching Africans to ensure that the production class was semiskilled workers in colonial states. ...

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According to Als, Angelou's writings were focused on self-revelation compared to politics, which played a significant role in freeing other female writers to be more flexible and write without any shame to how they would be viewed in the world (1). ... Currently, many writers have embraced Angelou's writing styles, and she is highly respected and viewed as the representative of the African Americans and women. ...

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With years of change and constant focus, we as a people continue to find ways to bridge the gap and level the playing field in a much larger vineyard. ... With no end in sight to the causes of the current influx, and with the difficulty of withdrawing benefits once they have been granted, the real test of the affirmative-action state may be yet to come. ...

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For years experts have argued over the topic of how evils we have committed in the past affect us currently. ... The first reason focuses on the idea that most of these arguers were in fear of the unknown. ...

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He stands in line for nearly a week hoping for the chance to work a masculine road building job, "real work" as he calls it, instead of the waiter position he currently holds (81). ... Instead she focuses her narrative on the black community where the white is the Other and contact between the two races has little effect on daily life. ...

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The Declaration of Independence states, "All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights". But how much of this is true? Since the very beginning of the legal system in the United States, there has been inequality. Appearance has held such precedence...

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Although several commentators have voiced criticisms with the ideas of Professor Butler, most of these criticisms focus on what is best for the American legal system, what legal precedents dictate, or as is most often the case, on what is "right." It is, however, negligent to simply focus on these issues when examining the proposal of Professor Butler. ...

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Dubois and is defined in the focus of African American literature and the African American experience as "an individual whose identity is divided into several facets.... The people who believe that Americans should no longer divide themselves up into subgroups believe that it is no longer important to differentiate between the original nationality of the people and their current citizenship. ...

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