Her self-esteem has suffered from childhood thinking that either she was too dark or her nose was too broad which, would make her feel a sense of not being accepted as a beautiful person (Starling, 4). ... Dolls are made to resemble one's self from the color of its skin to the texture of ones hair. It was proven that it made a big impact on how a child looks at them self and their self-esteem. ... A black woman was socialized to think that she could take care of everybody and everything, which leads her to become over whelmed with guilt, fear, and low self-esteem. ...

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According to Erikson, a healthy ego identity evolves through a process of discovering the self within the various influences of a personal history, societal history, and social contexts. ... Negative stereotypes played a role in her self concept, bringing possible fear and anguish of being black. ...

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According to Patricia Hill Collins, mothers of the African American decent try to provide the most sacred and strongest protection for their daughters and try to teach their daughters to love themselves for who they truly are in order to survive in the patriarchal society: "African-American mothers try to protect their daughters from the dangers that lie ahead by offering them a sense of their own unique self-worth" (Collins 127). However, this sense of protection and sense of unique self-worth are missing within the mother/daughter relationships that are displayed in Sula. ... Nel W...

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Old Racism Old racism originated in the 16th century with the beginning of chattel slavery. When Americans traveled to Africa to buy its people they did so because African's had strong bodies that will provide the labor plantation owners needed to sustain the American economy. In essence, chattel slavery was a business. They buying and selling of humans were seen as mere transactions in the eyes of those with power. Africans were seen as sole commodities. ...

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They rejected their origin and built up feelings of shame and self-hatred. ... They became more radical and turned to organisations, which preached black pride, black self-esteem, and black nationalism, but also stressed the need for an internationalisation of the fight because of the interdepence of all nations in the modern world. go to top Martin Luther King, jr. ... Looking in the future optimistically, he combined protest, accommodation, and self-help, hoping that the black community could reach an end of segregation through non-violence and self-confidence. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In America women and African Americans have been the oppressed group. The lack of equality between men and women is based solely off of the difference in human anatomy. While the lack of equality for African Americans are solely based off being of African descent in other words being "black" or havi...

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Year 12 TEE English "Beneath a surface of entertainment, texts can present powerful social commentaries." Intertextuality plays an integral role in the understanding and perception of a text. The attitudes that the viewer's hold on the social commentaries are formed in part by the context that the author creates but also from their own context in the form of past experiences and knowledge of other texts. The feature documentary When We Were Kings directed by Leon Gast is set in 1974 and deals with the lead up to and actual fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, this is w...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate