While in his first year of College he lived in the dormitory alone because of segregation laws that were still in effect but Paul used this to his advantage because living by himself he was able to focus more on his studies. ... Paul could get along with the upper class whites who often thought that they were superior to him (though Paul was often more educated than them) and he could also get along with the blacks on his level and the blacks that were below his social level. ...

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In the 1960's, affirmative action, also known as positive discrimination, was created in order to help benefit minority groups in several areas of society. Under this policy, colleges have been encouraged to take race and ethnicity into account for their admissions process. One idea behind affirmati...

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African American literature is an extremely dense and rich form of literature that contains many types of similar tropes. These tropes can be seen throughout many of African American works of literature. A few that will be discussed thoroughly in this paper, that are majorly common in these types of works are: the idea of double consciousness, the question and search for identity, the Sankofa experience, the Great Migration, and lastly the return to the South. These tropes may seem very different but they all tie into the question of identity and the struggle that African Americans faced and ...

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Originally conceived as a vehicle for martial arts adept Bruce Lee, the series went to an actor with little physical ability, but with a knack for embodying a Hippie pacifism along with a reluctant, but devastating aggression On the lam from the law, Caine picked up where The Fugitive (1963-67) left off and added a topical resonance with the televised resistance to the war in Vietnam by living like a pacifist, draft-dodger as well as fighting guerilla-style like a Viet Cong, and, in all respects, getting the better of his Anglo-American opponents, while being white himself. ...

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