... identity, and dignity, while ironically preserving common African-American stereotypes of the antebellum period. The play does this through several characters, most importantly, through Zoe and the Household slave Pete. While the author attempts to evoke anti-slavery sentiments, the play is largely in ineffectual of being a true indictment of slavery by further perpetuating the African American stereotypes. ... stresses the problem of miscegenation above the problems pertinent to African-Americans; therefore allowing the author to avoid more serious social issues and omit more repres...

• Word Count: 1218
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... regarding racial profiling. At the same time, reactionary politicians and police officials both oppose any attempt to document which persons actually get stopped and why. For example, California's former Governor Pete Wilson vetoed a bill requiring police in his state to collect data on the nationality, gender and age of everyone they stop. Similar bills have failed to pass legislation in Texas ... ...

• Word Count: 2664
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... but it also includes the producers of hip-hop who have fused the best of the genre with more traditional elements of black music. These include Dr. Dre and funk, Pete Rock and jazz, the Bomb Squad and rock and R&B, and so on. The image of hip-hop has been transformed to include rap's super producers and promoters, rap movie and ... ...

• Word Count: 4261
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... 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 Pete Wilson, whose chances for re-election had been considered poor, miraculously rehabilitated his political career in 1994 by hammering away at the immigration issue. Defenders of immigrants counter that immigrants ... ...

• Word Count: 2626
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... two white men. The white men are found guilty, but even so, the girl's father, Carl Lee Hailey, kills them both. After the two white men, Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard, have been tried in court, they are walking out, handcuffed, and the angry father who seeks revenge runs from a janitor's closet and shoots them both. They die almost instantly ... ...

• Word Count: 1020
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

... tell whether these policies will be followed. There have been bills proposed to even make the slightest positive effect on racial profiling, yet many have been overlooked. Former California Governor Pete Wilson served as best he could to fight key civil rights issues such as affirmative action and immigrant rights, however Governor Gray Davis has had a disappointing civil rights record. Although ... ...

• Word Count: 3818
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

... us reach for hate, we would always remember the Titans and the captain of 1971, Gerry Bertier. As I stood there, I watched each one of them - Coach Boone, Coach Yoast, Sheryl, Pete, Lewis, Sunshine, Rev, Blue and other team members - say their goodbyes to a person they would always remember as a good friend and a great captain. As for me, I would always remember Gerry ... ...

• Word Count: 761
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School