... as CRACK), feels it is their duty "to reduce the number of drug and alcohol related pregnancies to zero" through encouraging the sterilization of drug-addicted women and men (www.cashforbirthcontrol.com). With the history of forced sterilization on the poor and people of color still festering in their minds, it is not surprising communities of color and community activists strongly oppose ... 17, 2004, CRACK has successfully coerced 1181 drug-addicted people in to becoming permanently or semi-permanently sterilized through the use of Depo Provera, tubal ligation, IUD, Norplant, or Vasec...

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... , a section on marginalized police officers discusses the experiences of Native American, African American, and women police officers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Unique in its presentation of traditional police-related topics from a multicultural perspective, this illuminating work gives voice to the historically marginalized in order to shed a penetrating light on ... , a section on marginalized police officers discusses the experiences of Native American, African American, and women police officers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.co...

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... in 1948, King entered Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania, where he earned a Bachelor of Divinity degree, won a prestigious fellowship and was elected president of his predominantly white senior class (History.com). King then enrolled in a graduate program at Boston University, completing his coursework in 1953 and earning a doctorate in systematic theology two years later. While in Boston he met Coretta Scott ... Baptist Church. They had four children: Yolanda Denise King (1955-2007), Martin Luther King III (born 1957), Dexter Scott King (born 1961) and Bernice Albertine King (...

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... money by keeping them populated, and with disenfranchisement laws it makes it very easy to put African Americans in jail. Disenfranchisement, which according to dictionary.com is the term used for prohibiting voting based on the fact that they have been convicted of a felony, were laws that took away many rights ... of the people. According to Prisonsucks.com, there are 11,695 per 100,000 African American males ages 25-29 in jail, compared to 1,685 per 100,000 white men, clearly ... Americans, because their incarceration rates have gone through the roof, while that of whites has only ...

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... . In 29 states it is still legal to fire someone for being lesbian, gay, or bisexual, and in 34 states it is legal to fire someone solely for being transgender (www.hrc.org) Even republic candidate Mitt Romney even admitted to "liking" to be able to fire people for being gay (Signorile). These legislative injustices that parallel those portrayed ... , NCAVP saw the highest spike in reported incidents of violence in October 2009, coinciding with the passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act" (www.apv.org/ncapv.htm). In addition to this violence, in 2011 ...

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... social challenges. This created a new black urban culture that eventually had a huge impact on the advancement of treatment and equality of African Americans then and in the decades following (HISTORY.com, 2014). In the biographical novel "Pourin' Down Rain" written by Cheryl Foggo we see that she goes through all of these coming of age stages. Her family physically ... ...

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... . African-Americans, especially soldiers, noted the irony and hypocrisy of fighting for freedom and democracy in Europe when they could not enjoy those same privileges in their own country (History.com). Not long after such sediment, African American Union leader A. Philip Randolph pointed that the policies in place to supposedly protect blacks, allowed private employers, union and local officials to bar ... ...

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... 's the most powerful entity on earth because they control the minds of the masses."" Malcolm X. Television has become a viable affiliate in majority households in the United States. According to statisticsbrain.com the average American spends 35 hours a week watching TV", then spending it with their family members. Whether we understand the adverse effects of Television have on our brains or not ... ...

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