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    Oliver Hall Observation

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    students I knew, because I did not want to assume their race/ethnicity based on looks. From observing this I noticed that students whose race/ethnicity fell under the category of a minority (Black/African American, Latino(a)/American) seem to have more meaningful conversations than other races/ethnicities. It was difficult to analyze each conversation because there was usually a long line waiting to get inside Oliver Hall, but the Sodexo workers either smiled or took extra time with students they knew/had a conversation before. Being Latina and actually knowing the Sodexo workers, I noticed that they did this for me…

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    extremely less, but so will the quality of the item. To Continue, Does Wal-Mart affect every societal group in the same way? No, the following paragraph I will examine two everyday products used by pretty much everyone. First product, Afro-American hair supplies vs. Caucasian hair supplies. When you walk into Wal-Mart there are literal isles filled with products that work very well with Caucasian hair. From Shampoos to styling gels. A variety of brands, sizes, and prices. You can literally buy…

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    In the 1930’s, there was a highly contagious disease that plagued the South. That disease is known as racism. Even today, in the year 2015, it still infects our nation. Is there a cure for this outbreak? If an African-American is in a disagreement with a Caucasian person, how is it possible to sway that white person’s views or beliefs while this disease is prevalent? Having the chance to change their point of view can be challenging and strenuous. On the contrary, when emotion is used to fuel…

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    into the general public’s mind, spreading the bigoted owner’s bigoted views. These views have so widely caught on in our society that children, women wearing hijabs, and people of Arabic descent in general have learned to expect to be treated with racism out in public, even right outside their own homes. The commercial, “Neighbors” from Honey-Maid challenges American hegemony by supporting acceptance and illustrating a neighborly relationship between a white family and an Arab family. Summary…

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    America was run by white males who constantly struggled between their own conscious on issues, and oneself advancement. This often left America struggling to make up in areas that were either equally or even more important than the self-benefits that the white males obtained. The white mans greed for self-advancement in America left minorities including other races and women at a standstill and not even a second thought. I do agree with the statement that the historian proposed after learning…

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    aspects of the current situation- The greater the resistance, the more extensively will acting out the (repetition) replace remembering" (151). Once addressing that, it led her to the next concept of James Baldwin's white guilt. Quoting from the PowerPoint, Baldwin said, "The inability of people of the white race "to face their history, to change their lives" (410). Thus, as a whole connecting trauma theory, and the concepts of repetition compulsion and white guilt drew attention to Dana and…

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    We Need New Names Summary

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    eleven. She enjoys playing with her friends. They all consider each of other as a family. Due to the poverty, a typical day of living in Paradise, was stealing guava because they were hungry. They also share a same dream: Bastard wanting to move to South Africa , Godknow wanting to go to Dubai, and Sbho wanting to join a theater group to travel around the world. During the story , Darling and Forgiveness attempt to make an abortion for Chipo, so that they can play together. No surprise that they…

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    Beauty In The Bluest Eye

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    They meet in a grocery store and Roberta invites her to have coffee, Roberta’s limo will take them. I think Morrison chose to include this description because once again she wants the reader to recognize stereotypes and try to decide the race of the characters. Stereotypically one might decide Roberta is white because she is being driven around in her limo. Once the local schools start integrating Twyla and Roberta’s friendship is no longer civil. They start protesting and making hateful signs…

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    Going into the movie I expected them to discuss the different cultures and races, but I was not expecting them to bring up homosexuals. I liked that they did include this in the movie though because it is a good reminder that people are not just prejudice between different races but also different sexualities as well. I know that this difference has become much more socially acceptable than it was in the past, but people are still prejudice against homosexuals today. I think that as the years go…

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    the caucasian people that were so foreign to them and their cultures. Okowonko’s has always been a very respectable man and one to put up a wall to everyone so he does not show weakness, but when the white man came to his village and wanted to build a church and invited everyone to it, Okowonko knew something bad had to come with him. Just thinking about the possibilities that the man and his church could bring made Okowonko feel, “A sudden fury rose within him and he felt a strong desire to to…

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