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    "Mum, I HATE salad, I don 't want to eat salad!!" He says as he slams his hands down on the dining table. The youngest is hardly getting any attention because the oldest is throwing an epic tantrum over something that he hasn 't even tried yet. It 's really not uncommon in our house. I try to keep my calm. "Don 't focus on the things you don 't want to eat, focus on the things you do want to eat. Maybe start with some chicken." I say as I turn his plate so that the chicken is in his face and…

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    The Afro American Newspaper framed three ladies standing with nooses around their neck in protest against lynching in Georgia on January 1st, 1946. Lynching refers to death by hanging by the white mob. I chose women in protest as opposed to a violent, voyeuristic lynch mob scene because it demonstrates taking an individual stance against racial segregation and atavism. The women depicted in the picture stand outside a forest. Note the trees are blurred as the camera lens primarily focuses on the…

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    and actions, values are passed down generation by generation. Racism is something that can just be caused by human nature and instinct. Ferguson, Missouri is an example where inherent racism is an issue. In an area which is predominantly African American, there is so…

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    Over the course of time, laws and policies have been changed to conveniently to ensure it is easier for police to search and arrest African Americans. Initially, police could only search citizens with a search warrant and probable cause. However, it has become normal for people, especially those of color to be search without either. When these searches are conducted they are labeled safety searches (or what they 're most commonly referred as, "stop and frisk") and are allegedly conducted in the…

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    another form or way to obtain the same material wealth as other people in society ().Behaviorist would say The War on Drugs doesn’t discourage young African American males from seeking illegal careers when denied employment. The illegalities of drugs keep the price and also demand high leaving drug…

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    a certain race. We are all aware of racism, I believe that racism has something to do with people of color not being thought as on the same level as those who are white. According to the Washington Post “The report showed that even after African Americans find work, they earn less than white men with the same level of education.”(Matre 2014) Throughout history we have always seen whites held higher than blacks. I think that our society is being conditioned to try and keep white superiority over…

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    Claude McKay was an influential leader of the Harlem Renaissance who also advocated against the racism that African-Americans receive. He wrote many works for this cause, among them was the poem “America” inside of the text of his book Harlem Shadows. People have many different thoughts and beliefs about the poems. James R. Keller tries to give his analysis of "America" along with McKay’s other works. Keller explains this in his article titled as “ ‘A Chafing Savage, Down the Decent Street’:…

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    Why the Difference? In The United States, inequality is quite an issue. Inequalities are also seen within one race such as the African American race. There are “two black Americas (Gates)”, the thriving and the poor. There are reasons that some are living the American Dream while others are scraping by. How a person grew up, the people around them, their willingness to try, and the resources at their disposal all determine one’s future. Robert Merton came up with a theory called Merton’s…

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    I never really had friends when I was younger. I was picked on and bullied. In the third grade I made my first few friends but ended up losing them when my family moved. I didn’t know how to make friends, or how to interact properly with other people. My social abilities took time to build but I was eventually able to build relationships with others in time. Friends came and went throughout my life and I slowly got used to figuring out how other people worked. I’ve made a lot of good friends,…

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    In the short story “Class” by Sherman Alexie, the protagonist Edgar Eagle Runner tries to fulfill his need to sleep with a fellow Native American woman while struggling to hold unto his marriage. He does this in order to find a better sense of his own identity and heritage. It seems from the very beginning that Runner would have issues with his race and identity. He described his mother by saying, “Velma, my dark-skinned mother, was overjoyed by my choice of mate. She’d always wanted me to…

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