Both texts show how the lack of understanding between two cultures creates a basic distrust between blacks and whites and often leads to a tragic outcome. ... It is through his experiences that the reader gains an understanding of the relationships and discrimination which exist. At first Blacky accepts the attitudes presented by the whites, but as his friendship develops with the Aborigine, Dumby Red, he gains a greater insight into the prejudices which have created incorrect assumptions about the Aborigines. ... This shows how stereotypes held by the whites creates fear and a lack of under...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

the main character, Blacky learns many things as well as gaining an understanding of many important issues such as courage, belonging, tolerance of Black people (especially Aborigines) and the importance of relationships and friendships. ... Gary's first step towards accepting understanding the Aboriginal people and culture was when Dumby saved him from being beaten up by Mad Dog, giving Gary Black a reason to stop "hating Dumby Red's guts". ... His friendship with Dumby helps him gain a greater understanding and appreciation of the Aborigines, and from then on Gary finds the rac...

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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. These gains have led to very real changes. ... Body It is necessary to get a full understanding of what affirmative action is. ... Discussion If we examine the findings of an article written in opposition to continuing the affirmative action we can get somewhat of a understanding of why anyone would deny others there right to progress. ... To get an understanding we must ask the question "What is affirm...

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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
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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...

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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. ...

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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. ...

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Drawing on Pieter's secret journals, to which she gains access after his disgrace is made public, Tante Sophie sets out to piece together the story of her nephew's self-destructive behavior. ... By comparison with her stern, unforgiving brother, she is more tolerant and compassionate; but, even with all these wonderful traits Sophie's understanding is limited in many respects. ... To understand her would require Sophie to revise her understanding of gender roles, ethnicity, and cultural pluralism as she knows them. ...

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Often in plays a dialectic approach is taken to help the audience rethink their attitudes and grasp a deeper understanding that wouldn't be possible without contrasts and opposing view points. ... As the whites have complete control of how the aboriginals live and their rations this strongly indicates the oppression being instilled by the white minority, portraying the view that the whites aim is to keep the aboriginals down, so they cannot rise up and gain their basic rights to equality. ...

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Originally born just outside of Johannesburg, Nadine began to gain a political identity at a young age as the daughter of two Jewish immigrant parents, who spent much of their own young adult lives under repression in Russia. ... The two works would set up the title short story in a profound way, gaining the audience of readers who found themselves as a part of the anti-apartheid movement but also eventually proving willing to meet half way and express an understanding of the people of the pro-apartheid mindset by writing a short story that did not show their views as completely ridiculous bu...

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• Has Bibliography
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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...

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"I have nothing but pity in my heart for the chief witness for the state...she has merely broken a rigid and time-honored code of our society. " This example reveals Atticus's sympathetic tone because his words show a sense of understanding and pity for her and her actions, no matter how horrid they may be. ... This appeal to experts enables Atticus to gain credibility, thus helping Atticus make his case. ...

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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. ...

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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. ...

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A privilege is a right or advantage gained by birth, social position, effort, or concession. ... McIntosh gives an outstanding understanding of this phenomenon, which guides the readers to think that they have learned everything that they would need to know to understand the conflict fully. ...

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Bible extracts, used alongside a primary source, give important understanding of the ideological pressures operating in the period. ... This could equally evidence the economic imperative of being able to gain slaves cheaply for lifelong servitude, or the racially motivated wish to enslave "inferior " Africans. ...

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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. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It proves to be relevant in understanding Moody's developmental process from a contextual perspective, where the main focus is on how it occurs in real world settings. ... In order to understand the main idea of developmental contextualism, one must have a firm understanding of the situation in which a relationship between an individual and their physical and social environment takes place. ...

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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 ...

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Early in life Sula and Nel discover their status as the Other, understanding that "they were neither white nor male, and that all freedom and triumph was forbidden them (52)." Sula and Nel create "something else to be" in light of their situation, just as Morrison does not attempt to portray the black community fighting to gain rights from dominant society (52). ...

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Section 1: Question 2 Slave narratives such as The Narrative life of Frederick Douglass and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl help readers try to experience and understand what life was like as a slave. These writings really get into specifics regarding the treatment of African-Americans in t...

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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. ...

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Not only did the colonial state provide a simpler way of understanding identity, the colonial state provided religion and schooling systems in order to conduct the behavior of the colonized subjects. ...

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