Living a routine life within the borders of a small town was enough for some, and an example would be Alice Walker's "Everyday Use;" a tale about the interpretation of the word heritage and the vast differences of new and old generation's way of living. ... She passed this old-fashioned way of thinking to her daughter, teaching her how to tend to household responsibilities, like churning butter and quilting to pass on their way of life to future generations. ... Maggie, who was brought up in a tunnel-vision home and had no enthusiasm to venture outside of her mother's...

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The words of these hymns express the oppression of the Black slave and carry on the spirit and courage to the future generations of African Americans. ... This generation of talented individuals used Black English as a way of expressing the trials and tribulations that the Blacks in their day faced. ... Finally, the usage of Ebonics in the future is highly important to the existence of the African heritage of Black America. ... The future of the black community relies on how well its individuals can relate to their past and how it will help them in their futures. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

It details the present state of racial issues in America and also provides a hint into the future that these issues will help form. Written when the Civil Rights movement was in full swing, it is possible to read it as a looking back piece that lets us see how accurate the future Baldwin saw coming turned out to be. ... This quotation can be combined which another that says, "Generations do not cease to be born." Generations are born, and they do not have control over the time and place into which they were born. ... The problem of racial issues is such that it will not be resolved i...

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Today, I will talk to you about the generational effects of inequitable wages, lack of voting rights for Aborigines prior to the 1960s, and also the effects of miscegenation and assimilation policies, racial prejudice and discrimination against the Aborigines. ... The effects of this on the future generations were similar to wage inequity. ... It will take time, hopefully not in the too distant future, for Aboriginal people to have a substantial influence over the political decisions of Australia. ...

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This is important because African Americans believed that separate schools would not necessarily support equal education and development of skills for the future, unless blacks coexisted with whites. ... " I believe that the current generation is supportive of integration and they are not as concerned with race differences. ... This generation co-exists with past generations who have grown up with the idea of segregation and inequality for blacks and many races. ... I am hopeful that in the future, King's dream will live out to its full potential....

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He wants his son to take over his business, in the future, but this is not in Milkman's plans. ... And each time they succeed, they get rid of five of seven generations." ... He learned from his mistakes and made life altering changes so as not to repeat them in the future. ...

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Interracial dating causes problems with the older generation because a lot of families want to keep their bloodline "Pure." This tends to occur a lot in the older generations, as the whole bi & multiracial way is very new for them. ... Race comes into a big part of most politics because of our older generation themselves. ... Now for the newer generation, racism in politics should not be a problem. ... It definitely will be just a figure of history in the future, because of the diversity the younger generation is experiencing. ...

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Cash argues that the real history, the real story of quilting is about kinship across generations between African American women as well as mutual cooperation with the aim of being self-reliant and capable of self-help. ... He explains that tradition depends on identification and the transmission of that tradition by the given person to later generations, (6). ... " (171-172) He points out that the quilts connect the present generation to prior ones and as such represent the African American past. ... To Maggie and Mama, heritage is something that remains forever subordinate to living tra...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The poem "Mother to Son" uses an extended metaphor comparing a stairway to the mother's life; this troubled yet courageous view of her life gives inspiration to her son and to future generations of all races. ... The poem uses the stairway metaphor as a means to be inspirational as well as a warning to the future to continue, that which is started, and "we shall overcome". ... These powerful words leave a strong legacy behind for the generations of Black Americans to come. ...

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The story illustrates Troy, his father, and briefly his son, in an examination of how these men serve to symbolize the struggle of men and how those struggles are often passed down from generation to generation. ... First there is hope for a better future of African Americans and by extension, for all human kind. ... The song is a cultural legacy that bridges the generations, a legacy created by Troy's father and passed on through Troy to Cory and Raynell. ...

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The author also goes into depth about past generations of the Bosket family dating all the way back to 1896 discussing the harsh realities that each generation Bosket had to go through and what turned them into the monster that soon developed Willie Bosket. ... He would bring about the new generation of trouble making called "The New Negro". ...

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In saying that, there is no doubt that past actions directly impact on the future. ... When trying to conceive how generations of American scholars and politicians were able to allow something as evil as slavery to take place, it is important to understand this simple fact. ... When trying to conceive how generations of American scholars and politicians were able to allow something as evil as slavery to take place, it is important to understand this fact. ...

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Well, this was the goal of the Bantu educational system, they were getting that kind of education which was designed to bring blacks under the control of whites in the future, namely working for them. ...

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There are ground breakers such as Frederick Douglass, Samuel Gompers, Anthony Comstock, etc. in every generation that give new ideals and forms of thinking; they challenge norms and unjust laws. Though they might not be huge steps at first, little by little they definitely created huge movements for better treatment in the future. ...

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In the essay "People Like Us,"" David Brooks, maintains that although America is diverse, it's not diverse enough. He said there is a brick wall of segmentation standing between people. "What I've seen all around the country, is people making strenuous efforts to group themselves with people who are...

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The most proper thing we can do as white Americans is to apologize for what has happened, but more importantly we need to educate future generations and current ones of the terrible thing that occurred so nothing like this ever occurs again. ...

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Furthermore, Phoenix's unshakable determination to travel the "worn path" for the sake of her grandson alludes to the determination of black people to overcome adversity in attaining a more meaningful future for their younger generations. ...

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After Walter Younger's business "partner" skipped town with a portion of the family's $10,000 inheritance money, the news is broken infront of his family that their hopes for the future have been stolen and their dreams for a better life were destroyed. ... Destitute and guilt-ridden, Walter faces his family and reports the destruction of their future goals. ... But the fact is-that we called you over here to tell you that-this is my son, and he makes like the sixth generation of folks in this country, and we have all though about your offer and I have decided that we are goin...

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Basketball is an ageless game thought and learned from generation to generation, from father to son, father to daughter, etc. ... Not knowing what the future holds, she went on to become one of the greatest women ball players of all time. ... After World War 2, a hopeful black public focused much of its attention on a new generation of racial pioneers, barrier breakers such as Jackie Robinson, Althea Gibson, and Wilma Rudolph. ...

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The United States was founded upon diversity. Racism in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to aid in the production of such lucrative crops as tobacco. These slaves were not brought by will, but by force, and they fa...

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They consisted of the fifth generation. ... Gaines education had a big impact on his career as well as his future. ( Bourque 29) Gaines first six years of school were in the plantation church, where a visiting teacher taught five to six months a year, depending on when the children were needed to work in the fields/Schools for black children didn't continue past the eighth grade. ... Gaines matured as he was getting his future together. ( Callahan 90) Gaines graduated from high school in 1951. ...

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The struggle that American women endured from the Seneca Falls Convention to the passing of the nineteenth Amendment spanned two generations. ... Child labor condemned an enormous amount of children to a future of illiteracy, poverty, and prolonged agony. ... The transformation in society between 1880 and 1920 change the entire future of the United States. ...

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Looking at the Spaniard race, Jake realizes that he is representing a lost generation. ... The historical American literature of the past and of the future all in a way, whether they realize it or not, in some shape or form are going to have a central idea upon race. ...

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Although both of them would collide when it came to their ideologies, and suggestions on what the African American communities should do to overcome the tyranny of oppression that came about from the racial resentment in America and an unjust system; they both aimed for the same ambitions: Racial integration, equality, and building a sustainable, and accepting society were future generations of African Americans can live in peace without discrimination and contribute to society, where they can fully function and operate as equals to those of light skin, both financially and socially. ...

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Slaves were promised a mule and 40 acres and they didn't live to receive it nor did generations following; because the American government has yet to live up to its word. ... Past and future African American will continue to profit huge corporations and continue remain to be manipulated by Fortune 500 Corporations. ...

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