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    someone in authority? Have they ever accused you of doing a felony because of your race? Have people around you made dreadful comments on your ethics? There are several cases in the United States that innocent people were sent to jail, been killed, and been accused of a crime. For instance, November 2001 (9/11) when the twin towers had fallen; many of the society viewed Muslimism in a different way. People judged and made critical remarks toward every Muslimism. “Since September 11, 2001,…

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    Beginning in the 1930s, many federal mortgages were barely available to residents who lived in minority, racially mixed, "transitional” neighborhoods. Lenders began to circle on a map the areas where people of color lived to state mortgage lending would not be available to residents of that neighborhood. Redlining encouraged Whites to purchase homes in stable White communities and discouraged any investment in those minority neighborhoods. It also trapped…

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    set of privileges that white people benefit from on a daily basis. It is as if doesn 't exist because it is camouflaged into society and is the sole reason why the United States is not a free country. It has long been a critical issue in our society and while many people have brought the topic to attention, only Peggy McIntosh and Tim Wise have been able to initiate it successfully. They present the image of white privilege in hopes of influencing other white people to open their eyes and take…

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    Racism is one of the most controversial problems in history. Imagine walking through a security line and getting pulled aside to be checked separately because you’re Muslim. Imagine getting shot just because you pulled out your I.D. People of color face problems every single day just because their skin is darker. Maybe you understand. Maybe you don’t. I’m about to tell you one of the greatest lessons you’ll ever learn. You are, who you are. Your skin doesn’t define you. You define you. Racism…

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    Seven Chakras and Seven Colors Interconnected The seven chakra and the seven colors have significant role in our life. Each colors are has a unique healing power and the so are they indicated in meditation’s seven chakra’s. What is Meditation? What is Seven Chakra? How are colors related to our life? What is Meditation? It is derived from two Latin words: mediatory (to exercise the mind, to think, to heal the nature), mederi means t to cure. Its Sanskrit derivation Medha means Wisdom. Watching…

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    Jonas had been living in a suppressed community all his entire life. Where the orderly commanded every single aspect of citizens lives. A society without liberty of choice, expression, thinking or feeling. Where the life without color, pain or past described the lack of meaning. A place where there wasn’t possibility for unexpected, inconvenient or unusual situations to happen because most of them were pre-calculated and under control. When the ceremony of twelve came, Jonas was selected as “the…

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    Columbus’ arrival in 1492, Native Americans and African Americans have been the subjects of inequality. Racial segregation based on culture, sexuality, and colors were all present in the early colonies. For example, in search for gold and to prove his allegiance…

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    America Entitlement Essay

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    can America not be a country of entitlement when no one wants to do their job the right way? There are many ways America could not become a culture of entitlement. One way is to show to actually care for others. America suffers deeply from polluted people with a one tracked mind. No one wants to help out and do what is right. Yet, there is judgement of others, complaints, and the want to try and take the little that someone might have. America is a culture of entitlement but mainly due to the…

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    thoughts on immigrants has two sides either good or bad. In today’s society most Americans argue that immigrants help the U.S. to be a better country and do deserve to be here. While the other half strongly disagrees with their opinions. Immigrants are people who come to a foreign country to permanently live and make a new life there. What exactly are immigrants? There are two types of immigrants, illegal immigrants who come to a foreign country without government acceptance. And there are also…

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    Coates On Race

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    writing this book? I believe that the author’s purpose in writing this book is to contemplate how race is effecting people. How race can make some people feel inferior to others or even how race can make you fear for your life. One of the major things that Coates discusses is how when he was younger he would walk out of his house and look left and right for danger. He talks about how people never had faith in him throughout his life. How as a kid his mother taught him how to read and write and…

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