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    an unjustifiable reason. The tension between African Americans and white Americans had never been more profound. White supremacists fired against the African Americans and killed many of them. Even after their surrender, the African Americans were shot and killed on the spot or put into prisons, which they later died in. This event had a powerful impact on the nation, both present, and future. To understand why there were white supremacists, it needs to be understood what happened…

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    The Charlottesville Riots

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    The Charlottesville riot of August 11, 2017 should not come as a surprise when the United States is still country struggling with racial tension. Also known as the Unite the Right rally, this event was designed to showcase the white nationalist movement within the United States. Armed with anti semitic posters, banners of swastikas, and confederate flags, it was evident that the participants were hoping to replicate the fear traditionally associated with these images. Most sociologists and media…

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    issues stemming from his abusive father, not having his mother around is a lot on someone, and certain things like that from his childhood. And really those issues isn’t what led to him to killing Lonnie Blackmon or what led to him being an Aryan white supremacist. He was influenced by his environment not because of other non-situational things. Being taken in by the groups of men he was sheltered by in prison changed who Troy really was when he first entered prison. Prison made him a killer…

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    The article, ”Despite the president’s pandering, white nationalists are still losing”, shows that our president, Donald Trump, . is not really doing anything to help stop these violent rallies that are going around in the world. There are many people who are not against what the president thinks about other ethnicities. White supremacists are saying hateful things to other people and are causing them to get mad. These then end up in violent fights and rallies. As Donald Trump sees this he is not…

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    The film I have chosen to talk about is titled, “A Time to Kill” and its setting is placed in the rural south. Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson) is the father of a little girl who is violently beaten and raped by two white supremacists. Carl, in an effort to get justice for his daughter, contacts a lawyer Jake Brigance (Matthew McConaughey) to see what can be done about this horrible offense. Jake informs Carl that the two offenders might possibly walk away from this incident as free men. In…

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    Hate groups, and white supremacists such as the KKK feel right at home marching the confederate flag around, or holding up offensive “white power signs.” “Nine Hundred and seventeen hate groups are currently operating in the U.S.”, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center(SPLC). 100 of the 917 hate groups belong to White nationalists, 130 belong to the Ku Klux Klan, 43 are Neo-Confederates, 78 are racist skinheads,…

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    this hatred that was openly expressed. In Trump's first campaign tour, he rallied supporters by saying racist things about Mexicans and Black people. The slogan “Build the Wall” not only is idiotic, it presents a vivid divisions between Mexicans and white Americans.…

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    “Then they came to the tree from when Okonkwo’s body was dangling and they stopped dead,” (Achebe 207). This shows us that Okonkwo made himself look “soft” and not like the tough person he said he was because of the fact that he technically gave up on himself. This not only had a negative impact on him, but the clan as well. There were many things that Okonkwo did to show that he was not a leader, but showed that he was a weak person. Some of these things were he blocked out his emotions almost…

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    The panel is supposed to be read from right to left by the observer and is separated into three sections. The section on the far right showcases several silhouettes rejoicing after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863. Figures are dancing, a male figure is performing a musical tribute on his trumpet, and several figures are throwing their hands in the air, celebrating the freedoms that were finally being delivered to them. One of the prominent concentric circles encapsulates a piece…

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    understand what they can expect from their futures, just because of their race or identity. The memoir begins by describing the history of violence towards other racial groups from white supremacists. He than begins to describe his childhood in the depths…

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