The Functionalist views the family as having to fill specific societal needs; the family is responsible for taking care of the hierarchy of needs of each individual in the family. ... The Feminist views the family by focusing on the experiences the women goes through in the family. ... The Symbolic Interaction theory of the family studies how different people define and comprehend the meaning of family, the experiences people go through in their families, and the sorts of relationships families have. ... The social support system within the African-American community extends to family membe...

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Eat your eggs they gonna get cold " (1.1.993) his point of why he thinks she is not supporting him proves itself with her comment. ... The eggs she makes everyday symbolize her mechanical approach to supporting him. ... Walter doesn't realize that she isn't supporting him. ... When they begin to put the family and it's wishes before their own, they merge their individual dreams with the family's major dream. ... Every member of the Younger family had an individual dream. ...

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This theme is supported by the mood created by the setting, characters, and their barriers throughout the play. ... Character also supports the theme of "Raisin.... Her dream was to own a house, with her family. ... Which was to own a home with a white picket fence, and a happy family. ... This led to larger sized families, jobs. ...

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Black women worked in the fields if they were asked, they cared for the children of the family, and they cared for the field slaves and their families. ... Within the family, the female took care of the day-to-day house keeping, and her role was to be a housewife. ... Black men cannot get over the image of the matriarch, and keep producing babies with black women who have very little economic and social support. ... Othermothers offer the child another form of support besides their bloodmothers. ... This is different for black males because they are still looked at as the breadwinner, and ...

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The truth about black men, gays, and homophobia There's nothing easy about being black, but the struggle for a positive African American Identity is filled with support for fighting it. However, when that same African American Male is Gay there is no support team. With the African American struggle you have your families and community support. ... African American males have be brought up to have a love for their families and strength in their community and the source of history which to build a foundation on. However, the fear of losing their family and facing the wrath ...

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Three essential behavioral factors are communication competence in the languages of both cultures, having a wide repertoire of social skills in both cultures, and social support from family/friends from both cultures. ... Discrimination from their institution include the schools lack of support for non-mainstream students, the disproportionate enrollment of African Americans in special education classes, and the disproportionate percentage of suspension or expulsion. This lack of support leads to low self esteem, low achievement, conduct behavior problems, high drop out rates, and...

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In the way the main character Troy impacts his family, August Wilson provides an Insightful look into the culture and history of 1950's black America. ... What should we expect, he was abandoned by his mother at age eight, fled in a brutal, lustful father at age fourteen, began steeling for a living and served fifteen years on a murder charge He holds a steady but disagreeable job as a garbage collector, supports a wife and son, stays sober six days a week, wins his own private civil right battle to become a driver and remains faithful to his wife Rose for eighteen years before ...

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In order to support the story's theme of domestic struggle, Walker employs rural and urban equality, heritage, and the symbolism and importance of quilts. ... These are things that a family provides. ... Because Dee has different views than her family, she has created a wedge in her family relationship (Hoel 2 of 6). ... Family tradition is passed down through the art of the quilts made by the women in a family. ... The quilts are considered a family legacy. ...

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Many black families related to them. ... It was about a black family making it to the top in New York City. ... Many other shows had a few episodes with interracial relationships, yet, The Jeffersons had a interracial couple as supporting actors on the show. ... Family Matters showed focus on a middle-class black family living in Alba 6 Chicago. ... They were portraying the average black family. ...

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Huck Finn perfectly captures the intense emotional agony Jim faces running away from his family, exposing the oppressive realities of the time period. ... This idea strongly supported by Huck's words strips any sense of humanity from African-Americans because it implies that blacks are unable to perform basic human functions such as love and feel, simply based on their skin color. However, Jim's deep sorrow over losing the family he appreciates and loves becomes clearly evident as he spends his night mourning, breaking the stereotype that African-Americans are not worthy of family an...

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Carrie Hughes came from a family that had been prominent in the abolitionist movement. ... Though he periodically sent money, he never lived with his family again. ... When Langston was twelve years old his grandmother died, and he went to live with some family and friends. When he was thirteen, his mother finally sent for him to join her in Lincoln, Missouri, where he found he had a new family. ... His support for left-wing politics and his sympathy for repressed people made him a popular figure worldwide, and sometimes a controversial one. ...

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In his childhood, Malcolm X experienced blatant racism towards his family. ... Malcolm Little was a victim to racist actions, which destabilized his family. A white supremacists group murdered Malcolm Little's father as a result of his support for civil rights. ... Malcolm Little and his siblings were quickly separated between family friends and foster homes leaving Malcolm to temporarily live at a foster home. ... The bulk of Malcolm X's widespread support came from his firm belief that all black people were just as important if not superior to their white counterparts as interpre...

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Black students could not attend the University of Miami or any of Florida's other state-supported colleges except Florida A & M University in Tallahassee. ... The committee also said that it would press for better housing and support for a hospital to give private treatment to Negro patients. ... The socioeconomic status indicators, such as family income, employment, education, and housing are one way of demonstrating continued Black subordination in Miami. "African Americans had the lowest median family income, the largest percentage of families and persons living in poverty, the highe...

• Word Count: 1986
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The book follows the story of a mean and ignorant white man who falsely accuses an innocent black man of raping his daughter, purely to uphold his own family's values in the community as racists. ... Bob Ewell, who fought for racism until the very end, and many of the supporting characters throughout the book, who stand by Atticus, and do what they can to help him and Tom. ... The supporting characters in To Kill a Mockingbird stand up for what they believe in, through multiple subtle, but meaningful acts of friendship, integrity, and morality. ... Some of the supporting characters, such...

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The United States vowed to support any peoples anywhere if they were fighting communism, this was established in the Truman Doctrine... Johnson thought that he could fund the Great Society at home, as well as support the war against communism in Vietnam; later he regretted leaving the "lady he loved" for the war in Vietnam. ... " (16) The two main arguments advanced by the Moynihan Report is that the root of black poverty, unemployment, and ghetto life is in the breakdown of the family. ... (17) The African American leaders were insulted because they said the Report saw black families as un...

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After a visit from her deceased grandmother, Denver comes to grip with what she must do to help her family. ... A man, I believe his name was Paul, came in and out of the picture to lend some support. ... They even had scenes where ladies gathered around to gossip to the point of looking down at Sethe and her family. ... Beloved focuses too much on inner-family and then throws the loop with the haunting aspect. ... We all family situations that affect our decisions and participation. ...

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Nevertheless, their lives are still somewhat alike because of the way that their families treat them and what they expect and demand from other people, which is respect. ... Their family conditions evidently shows that there is love and support, in both of the girls" cases. ... Nonetheless, families also have to have discipline. Squeaky's family is probably tougher on her than Hazel's is, because of the way she is made to look after her brother. ... She establishes herself, and decides from then on she will give up her own career as a runner, to help her brother, who she sees potenti...

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Slavery was not only about broken families and tragic break ups, but brutal work conditions. ... They didn't have families to cheer them up when they were depressed. ... These were uneducated men trying to make an honest living to support their families. ... Families would starve to death on the account of insufficient money. ... Many men were disgraced because they were unable to supply a sufficient life for their family. ...

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Beneatha is speaking in the family apartment with Joseph Asagai, an intellectual from Nigeria. ... Theoretically, George Murchison offers the best opportunities for Beneatha and her family. ... I"m telling you to be the head of this family now like you supposed to be" (Hansberry 107). ... Walter must make a conscientious choice about his future, as well as that of his entire family. ... The Youngers are poor, yet they are proud of their family, what they have acc...

• Word Count: 1948
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Malcolm grew up during the Jim Crow laws, his family was also not in a well economic state. ... "In 1937, Malcolm's family was broken up and his mother was confined to a state mental hospital, due to hardships of his family" ("Malcolm X.... Money conflicts start to arise, the family eventually has to go on welfare. Malcolm's family falls apart and he is sent to a foster home due to the government. ... After his trip to Africa, Malcolm visits African cities and wants African citizens to support a move for the United states, violating African American rights. ...

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King grew up in a family that loved him and supported him financially, while Malcolm did not grow up in a particular family, instead, he was raised by several foster parents. ... " It was this devil who had burned his home, killed his father, institutionalized his mother, separated his family, encouraged him to abandon his dreams, and ultimately thrown him in prison. ... While he accepted the support of the whites for his new organization, membership was limited to African Americans. ...

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Birth date and family members. ... She was a devoted wife and mother and cared very much for her family. ... At that young age she began to raise her remaining brothers and sisters and supported them by changing her appearance to look 18 and received a teaching job. ... She became married to a, Fredrick Barnett she also raised a very healthy family. ...

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His father, born in Stockbridge, Georgia, had worked very hard to get an education so that he would not have to partake in the family business of sharecropping. ... The King family viewed education, like many black people, as the key to getting ahead. ... Although love and a relative financial ease allowed Martin Jr. a certain shelter and comfort, his family could not fully protect him from the cruelty of racism. ... Because of his hard work and determination, along with the support and help of the black community, the bus boycott ended on November 13th, 1956, nearly a year after it began. ...

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From reading the poem, it's clear that the narrator left his family to pursue an identity of his own, and the first line of the poem suggests that he isn't happy about having to return home out of obligation as the oldest child. ... These lines suggest that the narrator is embarrassed by his position of eldest in the family and feels a sense of patronization from the older men rather than condolence. ... Further supporting the idea that society's expectations and social stigmas complicate a person's search for identity, the poem by Mary Oliver, Morning, talks about a woman ...

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His parents could barely make enough money to support their nine children and themselves. ... He felt as though he was discriminated against more often than the rest of his family because of his much darker complexion. ... In 1957, the Civil Rights Movement had begun, and it needed support. ... However, he did preach hope to the masses and he supported those who did participate in sit-ins and boycotts (Als 145). ... Similar to Baldwin, John feels the only was to escape his family problems and his racial conflicts is to runaway. ...

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