... is political denial. One example is a speech by one of our nations leaders, former Vice President Bob Dole "Let me now forgive us Slavery was before we were born must future generations continue to pay the price for ancient wrongs?" (R. Wilkins, p. 344:19). This kind of rhetoric demonstrates that some white Americans deny that there is still a racial problem in this country ... structural forces that impede a fair assessment of their capabilities (Matthew 348). However, its failure highlights the potential for an atmosphere of racism in this country, which may cause for many generations...

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... yo' red silk stockings, gal/An' tomorrow's chile'll/Be a high yaller, " Hughes implies that if this woman sleeps with a white man, her future child will have a lighter skin. By having a lighter skin, that child will have a better future and will not have to resort to promiscuity such as this woman, since she does not have the ability to do anything else ... as a pleasant and enjoyable experience, or it can be manipulative (Vogel 409). By advising the woman to use her sexuality and seduce white men in order to bring about a better future for that child is using sex for all the wrong reas...

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... defective genes. Galton later coined the term "eugenics" and its definition emerged as "the study of the agencies under social control that may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations either physically or mentally" (Reilly 3; 4). It was under these notions of racial degeneration that were later developed by proceeding eugenicists, that eugenic sterilization was aimed at men in prisons and ... passing on her bad values to her offspring" (79). In addition to living off hard-earned tax dollars, "welfare queens" pass on their lazy work ethic to their children, creating ...

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... raised our parents whom, although another generation has passed, were raised in the aftermath of segregation. Now, two generations forward, we still face the same problems that our grandparents faced in the 1960s. Perhaps it is up to us, the young adults of the future to change the course of inherent racism. The perpetual nature of racism persists because as a whole, Americans ... ...

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... the wrong doers in this country and that is a result of the slave trade because, as mentioned earlier, the mental illness of racism has managed to trickle down over the generations. Neo-Racism When I walk around my campus, specifically when I wonder around the HUB (a common area for us college kids to eat, relax, study), it is hard for me to not ... being educated, students need to also be engineered to function in a democracy by learning the democratic values that will keep our nation together and allow us to strive for a better future and live in harmony. In order to cure racism as a ...

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... of material insecurity on this issue openly. These hostilities often boil over into overt racism. As the Chronicle reported: "The descendants of Mexicans, Chinese and Japanese who came to California generations ago say they hear slurs and insults on the street. Some have been threatened. A few have been beaten." No doubt responding to a careful reading of public-opinion polls, California Governor ... and health care. According to the same survey, most Americans believed that the quality of life had gotten worse over the previous five years and most were pessimistic about the future. A m...

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... male is not. It is just as unfair and suppressive to hold many white males responsible for pat persecution now, as it was to discriminate against African Americans in the generations before. Why should an honest, hard working, open minded, white male be suppressed today for past injustice? Affirmative action accepts the idea of an eye for an eye and a tooth ... to reduce minority poverty than the current, narrowly based, poorly supported policies that single out minority groups. However, if this, or another remedy is not taken sometime in the near future, and affirmative action continue...

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... sandwiches in the railroad cars and upon arriving in New York; he would explore the big city life. He meet gangsters and hustlers who would be key players in the future for him. Eventually he moved to Harlem away from his sister in Boston. At first Malcom worked a steady job in a restaurant, everyone liked him and he was soon given the ... the next 20 to 25 years--until we are able to produce and supply our own needs." I do not want a divided nation such as this. I firmly believe that the younger generations of this country are leaving behind the racial prejudices of the past. Allowing ...

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