It is the exact reason why the African American people have a hard time understanding who they are, because they have unarguable ties to two totally separate cultures. ... This forces Africans to lose a little of themselves, but also to gain a little of something equally good. ... Understanding representation is vital to understanding identity, with the Michael Brown trial still fresh on our memories, it is important to remember that the actions and words of a few do not represent the beliefs of a whole. ... Lastly others may choose to go on a psychological journey in which they gain self-...

• Word Count: 3543
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These new establishments and new found land created a more intelligent black community throughout the nation which brought forth a better understanding of religion. ... What made religion so noticeable about this certain scenario was that Malcom-X had the nation of Islam behind him which was a huge supporter in his ideological campaign to gain civil rights. ... 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 T...

• Word Count: 827
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The grandfather's last message is an interpretation of Washington's message calling for black conformity as a way of gaining social stature. ... Although it takes the narrator a long while before finally understanding what was meant, he comes to realize that it is treacherous because it is self-denying and self-effacing. ...

• Word Count: 567
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

That type of achievement does not just come from hard work it comes from understanding your environment and getting it to work to your advantage. ... Knowing your audience and understanding what they would want to hear is a skill that Washington learned to use very well. ... Letting those men know that he had same stance as them on different issues helped him gain their respect, even if they wanted the same thing for completely different reasons. In each of these literary works, we see black writers trying to find common ground and mutual understanding with their white audience. ...

• Word Count: 1541
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The boycott continued throughout 1956 and King inadvertently gained national prominence for his role in the bus boycott. ... In 1959, King toured India and further developed his understanding of Gandhian nonviolent strategies, and met with many followers of Gandhi"s teachings. ...

• Word Count: 862
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

DuBois combined his knowledge of literature from his educational background, his understanding of American Culture as a result of his numerous studies, and taking direct force by protesting for equality to represent what he believed would solve racial discrimination of blacks. ... Washington urged fellow blacks, most who were poor, illiterate farm laborers whom he could relate to based on his background, to abandon their efforts to gain full civil rights and political power as DuBois's plan of action called for. ... He modeled his teachings around the beliefs that blacks deserve the sam...

• Word Count: 1561
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

[T]here they gain a knowledge of how the white man lives and "earns his bread by the sweat of his brow (Stewart, 1905).... Although never enslaved in a manner like the African Americans, Native Americans did not gain legal status as Americans until 1924, where they became dual citizens of both the United States and of their tribal government (Mohan, 2012). ...

• Word Count: 2111
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After this introduction, Angelou turns to her arrival in Stamps at age three and proceeds by chronicling her emotional development, with reflection upon the implications of her experiences for understanding racism, sexism, and the general human condition. ... By age ten, Maya had gained sufficient self-esteem not only to converse normally but also to work in a white woman's home and, furthermore, to retaliate when that woman made a racist assault upon her name. ...

• Word Count: 1226
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Hate crimes can be considered an attempt to subjugate or gain hegemony over one racial group by another. ... Understanding what type of votes a politician is likely to make will let one know if they will vote in favor of or against minorities. ...

• Word Count: 1223
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She is expecting to cash in on her family treasures either monetarily or by showing them to her high society friends to gain acceptance, without acknowledging her family roots. ... By this, the quilts become the centerpiece for understanding how money and cultural climates influence the way that Dee appears to her economically emaciated family. ...

• Word Count: 973
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These brotherhoods, especially the Black Elks, and their Masonic lodges gave African American's a space where they were all equal, and were in turn, able to formulate action and plans to embark on the journey to gain equality, civil and political rights. ... This was a monumental step for Black Masons and fraternal societies, and helped them gain enormous momentum from those who were formerly enslaved in the South. ...

• Word Count: 3545
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Fundamental to the understanding of these differing stances is the reasoning behind the driving forces of these doctrines and how they may or may not have influenced each other. ... Key to the understanding of racial separation, as exemplified by segregation and Jim Crow laws in America and the system of apartheid in South Africa, is the understanding of race itself and the effects of categorizing people by skin color as to provide a benefit to one of the parties involved, usually the minority party. ... Along with the social construction of race as an tool to gain and maintain power, race ...

• Word Count: 3701
• Approx Pages: 15
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Introduction Many problems exist in the United States. They tend to prevent the economy from growing. These problems include gender inequality, poverty, and racial disparities. However, the most outstanding problem facing the United States encompasses on racial inequalities. Racism is a global issue that encompasses judging someone's character based on their race. ...

• Word Count: 2870
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The first is ethnic awareness which plays on the concious understanding of one's own as well as other groups on any given moment and the ability to understand differences among distinctive characteristics of various ethnic groups. ...

• Word Count: 3101
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Gains in economic prosperity, however, are not uniformly shared across society, with sections of American communities becoming marginalised. ... The American Bar Association, reviewed the US public defender system in 2004 and concluded "All too often, defendants plead guilty, even if they are innocent, without really understanding their legal rights or what is occurring...The fundamental right to a lawyer that America assumes applies to everyone accused of criminal conduct effectively does not exist in practice for countless people across the US." ...

• Word Count: 2307
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Toni Morrison, one of the most remarkable African American authors and her novels remind readers that there is a past to remember. African American literature, has its origins in the 18th century, has helped African Americans to find their voice in a country where laws were set against them. The pos...

• Word Count: 5084
• Approx Pages: 20
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Thus, Vanishing Son encourages cross-cultural understanding in its support of Chinese political dissent and romances between Jian-Wa and Euro-American women and, at the same time, points to the impossibility of assimilating the criminal, Asian alien into American society. ...

• Word Count: 9463
• Approx Pages: 38
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate