... years. They were essentially mute in terms of cultivating the greater portion of traditional literature regarding the topic. However, with the development of women's studies as an accredited academic exploration as well as the emergence of minority histories endorsed by democratically-minded historians throughout the 70's, we have witnessed "the flourishing of almost a cult of pluralism in matters ... . However, motherhood did not mean that slave women were deprived of other strategies to resist their masters. As White points out, a woman's gender endowed her with the exclusive opportuni...

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... with historical examples of the positive influence similarly constructed coalitions have exerted at the local level. Having identified the primary obstacles to multiracial coalition building, the second part of the book is devoted to an examination of potential remedies. The author exhorts black leaders to expand their vision and address race neutral issues that significantly affect the African-American community with the ... same degree of fervor they accord race specific issues. He encourages the rejection of group specific political mobilization promoted by those pessimistic of coali...

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... that do not involve force- (Hooks , 1995). She claims that "white supremacy" is a better phrase than "internalized racism" in describing the absorption by black people of negative attitudes typically held by white people about blackness. "White supremacy" is also useful when referring to how black ... people are able to exercise "white supremacist control" over one another. Hooks views the emphasis of the struggle against "white supremacy" as helping to form coalitions among peoples of color as a catalyst of dismantling white supremacy, where peoples ... While it is important that indi...

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... to discriminate against anyone on the basis of race, whether they be members of the minority or majority? Most opponents of affirmative action would agree that, just because discrimination against non-White minorities occurred in the past, reverse discrimination should not be implemented against the White majority - a majority which had nothing to do with the discrimination of the past -- as a means ... of undoing past injustices and narrowing racial gaps. Proponents of affirmative action policies, on the other hand, would probably respond to the notion that affirmative action is unfair ...

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... Pearce, a 45-year-old woman who stood up to rioters and thereby earned the media soubriquet the Heroine of Hackney. The opposition of female, matriarchal and maternal peacekeeping with masculine, youthful aggression and violence is one which the media in Britain employed in its coverage of Pauline Pearce. This gendering of the riots emphasised feminine domesticity – the protecting of homes and places of work – in ... surrounded them. This kind of discourse demonstrated the central opposition in both the London and the Ferguson cases: namely, that between the forces of the establishm...

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... even, harmonically, Louis Armstrong always supported his classic way of playing the instruments as he used to play in his hometown, the fact that allowed its dynamic rhythms and his fantastic vocal sound became popular with the great contribution of ''scat'' (where the voice starts dropping words into conventional syllables, reproducing the nuances of instrumental improvisation). In addition, Armstrong was not only ... considered a jazz musician, also caught a lot of attention because in the period in which he lived, the racism against black people was common among American society ... 1...

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... "nigger" which is used as additional evidence of his racism. It is true that at least one of Lincoln's speeches is replete with the word "nigger" to which his constituents would not find that offensive in that period of time. However this idea can be contradicted by his stance that slavery was a ... tends rather to increase than to abate it evils. They believe that the Congress of the United States has no power, under the constitution, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the different states." (Gienapp, 8). This ties into his belief in the Constitution that the lawmaking sh...

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