If we reflect back on the history of the United States, we seem to have come a long way in the fight against racism; we even have our first African American president in office. It would appear that we are close to achieving the equality we have been striving for as a nation, if we have not already achieved it. ... It is important to note, though, that the problem of mass incarceration does not strike us all equally. ... Why is it that America has imprisoned so many people and how has it come to be that the minorities of our general population make up the majority of our prison population? ....

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In my previous paper, I mentioned how white Americans have this fascination with simultaneously breaking away from English monarchy while still have an unconscious obsession with it (the imperial use of measurements instead of the metric system, yet we still followed similar education, etiquette, and money rituals that the English had done for years). ... We hear the tales like "Trail of Tears" or "Massacre at Wounded Knee," and we hear about how some of the surviving tribes live in reservations, sometimes with casinos, but just like how Roosevelt had his blinders, so many ...

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Like most slaves of the day, Frederick Douglass did not have close ties to his family. ... At age thirteen Douglass bought his first book, The Columbian Orator, consisting of various essays and speeches having to do with democracy and liberty. ... I urge you to fly to arms and smite to death the power that would bury the Government and your liberty in the same hopeless grave. ... Nearly two hundred thousand African Americans were estimated to have served the United States Army and Navy by the end of the civil war. ... A header in Douglass" newspaper once read, "Right is of no Sex - Truth is...

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Although Asians and Asian Americans have been present on American television screens for decades, [1] few television series have featured Asian or Asian Americans in starring roles. ... As a syndicated series without an American network home, Vanishing Son needs to have the ability to travel across network, cable, satellite, as well as national, ethnic, and linguistic borders. ... Within the Chinese diaspora, the unpopularity of many of the People's Republic's domestic policies does not negate deep-seated suspicion of American immigration policies, cultural imperialism, neo-colonial...

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Although she accepts his help in saving her life, Julia does not emotionally credits Jim as her hero. ... The rude behaviors are intended to grab attention, since the Spacers do not have a settled life, and as suggested by Delany, do not have non-Spacer friends. ... Some might argue that the Spacers act rudely because they have a disregard for others. ... There are times when you must walk by yourself because it hurts so much to be alone " (Delany 127). ... By using imagery or plot, and by stressing emotional loneliness, Du Bois and Delany examine how racism or a skewed understanding of sexual...

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