Men were looked to as the superior being, the one who women were supposed to look up to and serve. ... "Whut Ah seen just now is plenty for me, honey, Ah don't want no trashy negro, no breath-and-britches, lak Johnny Taylor usin" yo" body to wipe his foots on. ... She didn't want to be there, where there was no warmth. ... "She must look on herself as the bell-cow, the other women were the gang." ... "No matter what Jody did, she said nothing. ...

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During that time from 1954 to 1991 there were many influential civil rights leaders who have lessened discrimination in the United States. ... There were two periods in his life in which he made this impact. ... Malcolm then pursued a life of crime alongside his friend "Shorty" in Harlem, New York. ... "My black brothers and sisters - no one will know who we are ... until we know who we are! ... He now realized the true Islam and that a man's colour has no bearing on the man himself. ...

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There were only a handful of major revolts and most of them ended in a massacre of the revolting black slaves. ... In addition, these early Jamestown codes also addressed the baptism of slaves, and how it would no longer allow for their freedom There were laws passed that prohibited slaves to travel from Jamestown without a license. ... Turner unlike Vessey or Prosser had no prearranged plans. ... There is more protection there for a horse or a donkey or anything rather then a colored man- This law made the oppression of the black slave complete and no major revolts occurred after this t...

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Were he alive, he would be turning ninety. ... Then he returned, to his own surprise, for two more winters. ... There were a few glances at the hotel when I was checking in, and in the fine restaurant just up the road, but there are always glances. ... There were, in fact, no bands of children on the street, and few children anywhere at all. ... Perhaps some of the older folks I saw in the streets were once the very children who had been so surprised by the sight of Baldwin, and about whom, in the essay, he struggles to take a reasonable tone: "In all of this, in which it must be conceded...

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Colonialism was greatest during discovery trips time (1400s), because Europeans traveled around the world to take control of areas, and sometimes there were people even in those places. Then they became colonies and had no power to resist the richer countries' power and weapons, the only way was to obey. ... British imperialism had two effects on India: first, it ended India's development, then underdeveloped that country against their will. ... Before the colonial times all cotton were woven in the country, there were a lot of people lived on at the time. ... There was absolutely n...

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Then there are your level 1's, first time offenders. ... There are guards high up on the walls, but if I were to be stabbed right now there is no way they could tell who did it, and we are just a group of sixty. ... It worked for the time being but there were problems still ahead for me. ... Then it goes even deeper and these rules were established just in case there was a riot so you would know who was on your side. ... Then there are the others, those who do not fit into any of the above categories and who in case a riot broke out were on their own. ...

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So poor in fact, that there wasn't any. There was no school bus, so pupils had to walk miles, just to get to school. ... Then white people were taken back considerably, but what did they expect? ... ""It was then when I bumped into Lillian Jean Simms." ... White people, in theory, had no opportunity to be kind to Negro people. ...

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When asked if their interracial marriage had effected their primary focus friends the majority said no. ... They were then asked, if theses kinds of reactions from people weakened or strengthened there marriage. ... Some reasons they gave of how it strengthened their marriage was that it motivated them to be even happier then they were when they first met or that fact that people want to see their marriage fail is what keeps them going. ... However, when asked if they might one day be in a relationship with someone of a different race, all but 1 said no. There was a tendency for those whos...

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Miss Watson has no remorse when it comes to Jim being separated from his family. ... This just goes to show that back then people viewed white people as superior to blacks, which allowed whites to act out and then walk away free. They looked down upon the opposing race when in reality; there were white people who were a bigger disgrace to society than most of the black population. ... Including this friendship in the story represents the idea that race plays no factor in determining who a person really is. ... He takes a humorous approach as he clearly portrays how blacks were treated back t...

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African slaves were brought in to fill there space. ... Thus there was no need to create segregation or apartheid because Afro Brazilians were easily integrated into society. ... There was no civil war or Boer war. These wars had already taken place and there was no reason for Brazil to repeat the mistakes of histories past. ... The Dutch were integrated with the native population at first but then began to fear that they would lose control of there power once diamonds and gold were found. ...

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Today, racism is a problem that everyone must face no matter what race a person is. ... In the 1950's there was segregation in the schools upheld by the Supreme Court decision, Plessy vs. ... Then in 1953, Marshall and the teacher appealed to the U.S. ... In the movie, Separate But Equal, a black chauffeur was forced to sleep in the car because there was no hotel for him to stay in within a twenty mile radius of his bosses hotel. ... I do not believe that there are inferior races in the world but I do believe that there are inferior people. ...

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There where problems in the society; women, African-Americans, and families faced through a lot of difficulties getting where there striving to be at, which became apart of history. ... So, the had no choice but to struggle. ... The little children in the families, they had no choice but to work, then be educated for their family to survive. ... Blacks were being treated unequal. ... They were being cheated by the whites because; if they could not read or write, then they could not vote. ...

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He knew there was virtually no chance that white Southerners would return to the Union just because he had threatened to free their slaves. ... If ignorance was the bases on which they used to disenfranchised African-Americans, then the laws were based upon discrimination against color. ... "Although the freedmen were no longer considered the property of the individual master, they were considered the slaves of society. ... They were merely imitators and had "no pride in their race and no aspiration or ideals in common with Whites." ... There were various plans for Reconstruction, but they ...

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There were two black men not doing their job. ... These types of scenarios were appalling. Then we started to see how the judicial system was no different than being out there in the communities with lynch mobs. ... Although some inequality still exists, it is not as bad as it was back then. Somewhere on the America's timetable there was a turning point and I think professor Kreus expressed that quite well with a song from Billy Holiday about lynchings....

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During the novel there are various points showing that racism was very accepted, and common in that era. ... Then there was the incident where Mr. ... If he was really such a threat to the community, then why did they all shrug it off? It was a though they knew he wasn't able to hurt anyone, and there was no point in shooting him, but even if he was shot, it wouldn't have mattered. ... There was fact after fact saying that he couldn't have done the crime, and that her father did it, but everyone knew that there was no chance for Tom Robinson. ...

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His encounters prove that there is no difference in humans based on skin color. ... There were certain states that he went that many whites were friendlier than others. ... There were contrasts when he described what he saw as a white man and then as to what he saw when he was black. ... It encourages me not to be fearful because then I will not be able to see the good points in life. ... This showed that everyone was living in a fear, causing no one to see the sunlight. ...

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Black people think they've had it bad with racism from whites, and then there are those of both races. ... If there were an all white college or school, black people would raise hell, and say that's segregation. ... There's black history month, but what if there were white history month? ... Quite frankly, there may never be a solution. ... No one will be able to stop racism. ...

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You get through the first round of worthy applicants, but you then are denied admittance because the politically correct system determines that you are more expendable then that of a minority. Although ideally affirmative action seems quite ethical, there are many reasons why it's unjust. ... There was a time when minorities were discriminated against more so then they are now and during that time it may have been a good idea to have an affirmative action policy. ... But today, affirmative action is not really fair to use because it's no longer necessary. ... In American cul...

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Rosa Parks looked straight at him and said: "No." Blake then said: "Well, I'm going to have you arrested." ... There were estimate that roughly 17,000 blacks took part then later Dr. King Jr. claimed there were 42,000 blacks that took part. ... They were armed with the "Brown " decision less than two years ago which said "separate but equal " doctrine had no place in public education. ...

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There were many pressures placed on the Muslims and Arabs in this country. ... I"m not saying they all were; of course there were those Muslims and Arabs who said that the US deserved what they got, and if the US paid more attention to its foreign policies then there wouldn't be such hatred. ... Then does he still want people judged by the color of their skin? ... Although there is still discrimination against African-Americans today, they are no longer seen as much as the minority. ... No one is ever right; there are way too many other people in the world to let that be true. ...

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Africans in America Many people believe that the first inhabitants of America were the pilgrims, but they are wrong. Indians and Africans were here long before pilgrims. ... I think stories like this were told to keep the idea of becoming free in the slaves minds, to keep hope alive so no one would give up. ... Slaves had none of this, they were often split from there families, there was no learning except for learning how to do work for their masters, and they were a long way from what they considered home which was Africa. ... For example, in How Buck Won His Freedom, Buck outsma...

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Most live in urban, violent and cracked infested areas with no daddy and live in a single parent household with a lot of bothers and sisters, to many for the mom to support. They don't have a chance to grow up in a nice neighborhood where there is no crime, no drugs and have successful black people to look up to. ... But a child that grew up in the ghetto and then put in suburban neighborhood will bring there ghetto heritage to the urban life. ... They don't want to get an education, then go through college, then law school, to finally become a lawyer then start making the money at 3...

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There was much to be done before the country was considered as a whole. ... Reconstruction was lenient towards the South because it wasn't necessary for the South to pay any money for losing the war, the Southerners easily avoided the 14th and 15th amendments, and no ex-confederates were put on trial for treason. ... Because they didn't have to pay any money, it saved the South from even greater financial problems then they already were in. ... No republicans were put on trial for treason was merciful to the South. ... Reasons for this is because the South didn't have to pay...

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For weeks, he struggles to save his clients life and then his own. ... Any father would want them dead with no questions asked. ... There were people not getting the rites they deserve. ... If you were white you would be getting a different trial then if you were black. ... In my eyes there is no difference from a black father killing murders or a white father killing murders. ...

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Working class white people were into it too. ... When white people wanted to join, there was no prejudice and every one got along pretty good. ... No other place had a bigger spotlight on black entertainment. ... There is another African American Theater place by the name of the Freedom Theater in Pennsylvania. ... Some of these things I had no idea about. ...

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