There is a clear double standard between young men and young women especially when it refers to sex. For young men having sex even with multiple women is not seen as a serious act that defines that young mans character. ... What is ironic is that everyone (almost everyone) has sex its apart of nature. ... Kim Kardashian is a very prominent female in the media whose claim to fame by many is due to her infamous sex tape.  ... But Janice Dickinson and these other women who choose to slut shame Kim most likely have the same type of sex Kim had in her sex tape or they are just envious because thei...

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For some, they choose to celebrate sex and sexuality and embrace the empowerment they believe it provides through their writings, while others are still in the mindset that it is a negative thing brought onto them through their unjust slavery, such as the earlier author, Harriet Jacobs. ... Unlike Bennett, Jacobs sees no beauty in sex. ... Unlike Bennett and McKay, she not only is blind to the beauty aspect of sex, in fact she considers it to be evil. ... To Jacobs, sex is malicious. Sex is evil. ...

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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 s...

• Word Count: 2862
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Her stepfather, Alfonso, is portrayed as the villain of the narrative, first demanding sex from Celie's sick mother and then demanding it from young Celie herself. ... She admits to Shug that sex with him is without passion. ...

• Word Count: 4341
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• Grade Level: High School

Abstract Beliefs in conspiracy theories are widespread throughout the world, in every culture and community. They range from a world take over by secret societies to rigged Olympic games. Many are short lived, however, others seem to become self-perpetuating animals preying particularly on the Black community. The most common theories are that which circle HIV/AIDS. These theories have a devastating impact that effects the African American and Black South African population. ...

• Word Count: 9660
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• Grade Level: High School

According to Teaching with Documents: The Civil Rights Acts of 1964, "The provisions of this Civil Rights Act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race in hiring, promoting, and firing" (The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Political opposition to the practice of racial profiling is mounting, President Clinton has it "morally indefensible" and has ordered federal law enforcement officials to collect 8 information on the race and sex of people they stop. ...

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In the late 1850's women were still held to be the inferior sex, dependant on their fathers and then their husbands in both Britain and America. ... The marital and property laws supported the idea that women were the inferior sex. ...

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The Slaves" and the Slave owners" Views of Slavery The slavery in the United States is no doubt a shameful history of our country. White people transferred the slaves living in Africa to the New Land and treated them as their property, not as human beings. The living and working conditions of sla...

• Word Count: 3121
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Jean Toomer's Cane was published in 1923, a miscellany composed of fifteen poems, seven stories, six prose vignettes and a play that all focus on Negro life during the 1920's. The book was focused on the primitive modern sense of what it meant to be an African-American during the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance spanned the 1920's and 'it was the period when the Negro was in vogue'.1 New York had become 'the capital of the black world'2 and Harlem was the site of black economic power and consciousness. What is now considered to be the Harlem Renai...

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Celia: A Slave At the time slavery took place in the US, a devastating situation placed society to an intense debate and a fight between morality and tradition. Celia as the victim of this scenario will be the figure of sexual exploitation of owner and slave that will qu...

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1.0 Introduction Malcolm X was a passionate and gifted black orator that was born in 1925. Malcolm, who was born in Nebraska, was an influential African-American nationalist leader. He was also a Muslim minister, and acted as the Islam's spokesperson. As a result of his influence, the number of Mus...

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Federalism is a concept that started many years ago during the times of the ratification of the document we live by called the Constitution. This concept basically states that there will be two levels of government, the national and the state. Federalism states that the national and state governments are separate entities and have formal authority over the same area and people. With its largest effect was during the Civil rights movement. Civil rights are freedoms and rights ...

• Word Count: 8719
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• Grade Level: High School

The Slaves" and the Slave owners" Views of Slavery The slavery in the United States is no doubt a shameful history of our country. White people transferred the slaves living in Africa to the New Land and treated them as their property, not as human beings. The living and working conditions of sla...

• Word Count: 3121
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Divided We Fall John Davis, a 28 year old African-American software engineer who has an annual income of $110,000, waits for a real estate agent in front of a beautiful two-story house in Kirkwood. He owns a small software company called Hi-Tex that is located only a couple of blocks from his present North County home. His ten month old business has grown very rapidly and he is ready to buy a more substantial home. As he waits, he looks at the house and visualizes his wife pruning prize-winning roses in the garden that is in front of the house, and his two boys playing in the sprinkle...

• Word Count: 2726
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• Grade Level: High School

Many kinds of music have come out on the American stage within the last 100 or so and have had a great impact on it. American music is extremely varied and diverse. Instead of being dominated by the cultures and traditions of any one particular country (i.e. England or Germany), it is the proverbial "melting pot" and it has become a force with which to be reckoned. Today, American music represents people who would have never dreamed of being heard or taken seriously even as little fifty or sixty years ago. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Hundreds of fellow creatures of all ages and sexes, some children, some adults, some old men and women, all in a state of total nudity, would scramble out together to taste the luxury of a little fresh air and water. ...

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If one is to discuss and problem solve an issue, he or she must first know what the issue is truly about. Affirmative action is defined as the equal opportunities given to women, minorities, and small groups so they will have the same tools, education, and allotment to achieve their goals in life. Since affirmative action came about, debate arises daily about if it is truly equal and fair. Was it a word made as a cushion to the people so they will feel equal? Another interpretation is did this word actually make the white male group less important and unequal to the minority group, doing more ...

• Word Count: 4281
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• Grade Level: High School