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The Impact of Environmental Influences on African Americans Academic Performance Your environment plays an important role on who you are and what you become. Statistics have proven that African Americans are more likely, than any other race, to drop out of school, perform incompetently on standardize test, and are less likely to attend college than European Americans. Many scholars have linked academic underachievement to lack of support and low motivation. People who are exposed to uncaring and…

The American dream is the ideal that every U.S. citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. It is a life of personal happiness and material comfort as traditionally sought by individuals in the U.S. The Death of a Salesman and The Atlanta Exposition Address both tell a story of men striving to achieve the American dream. In The Death of a Salesman, Willy Loman strives to make it rich by being a salesman. We are…

College athletics have gained extensive popularity among Americans over the past few decades. This has resulted in an increase in cash flow for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The enormous amount of money being made off of college sports has led to the question whether students should be getting paid for their performance. The NCAA, as a whole, makes $6 billion annually. But the players themselves don’t get a dime of the money. These athletes devote about 43.3 hours per week…

"Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale's insistence that they be allowed to patrol black neighborhoods with firearms immediately involved them in violent confrontations with the police." (Conlin). The F.B.I soon began planning extreme measures to shut the Black Panther Party down, as well as all of its members. On June 5th James Meredith started a March Against Fear from Memphis to Jackson to protest against racism. After police shot him down, the revolution took a turning point. Blacks became more…

During the execution, a strange gray bird circled in the sky above them. He looked exasperated and outraged, as if he knew exactly what was happening and how ridiculous it was. The turtle was guilty of nothing other than being a bit grouchy. Her husband died years ago, and she liked to stay home all day and cook and sing her emotions. But with everything that was going on, no one could be sure of anything. How could anyone be POSITIVE that she was just cooking soup? How could anyone be…

On Jimmy’s journey he attempts to get a record deal by launching himself into a local rap competition against the African-Americans. This bears resemblance to “My Place”, as he too is discriminated against because of the colour of his skin, as the common misconception is that he can’t rap because he’s “White with a mic”. The derogatory language shows that he is not accepted into the rapping community. His Trailer also brings significance to the meaning of Journey, as it symbolises his poverty…

“Is Racism a Permanent Feature of American Society?” takes the reader into a deep debate between two scholars. Derrick Bell believes racism will be an everlasting problem faced by African Americans in our society; and Dinesh D’Souza believes the exact opposite. He believes other factors occurring in the society affects blacks and the problems they hold racism accountable for. Derrick Bell argues his point by starting off addressing slavery. He states, “Slavery has left a significant portion of…

Rollins’ article is an easy-to-read examination of a common Southern utterance. The text is well-researched and extremely readable, providing insight into the growth of this phenomenon. His constant examples make his claims easy to understand and often invoke the thought that reader has said or heard a similar phrase before. For those who use the phrase be like as a quotative, the article provides an excellent explanation of its origins, possibilities, and meanings. Rollins combines an English…

To Kill a Mockingbird A century is a long time, a whole human lifetime, so much can happen in a hundred years. In one hundred years about ninety-nine percent of the people on earth will be dead because less than one percent of people live to be one hundred. In a century there will be a whole new set of people on the planet from right now. From the 20th to 21st century think about how much has changed. How much is different? Think of how many people lived and died through that time, and the…

Mexican immigration is an important part of American history. They have been a part of this country since America’s forefathers decided to expand westward and take land. From this time onward, they were treated as second class citizens that were not able to acquire the rights that they deserved. It wasn’t until the 1950s that Mexican immigrant began to get the rights that they deserved they had a negative stigma and perception attached to them. Starting from around the time of World War II,…