Being Black or Latino in America
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A 7 page research paper that addresses the persistence of racial inequalities in the US, with a particular emphasis on the public school system. The writer examines Ronald Takaki's "A Different Mirror," and Jonathan Kozol's "Savage Inequalities," two books that depict what it is like to be born black or Latino in the United States. Takaki's book discusses American history from the standpoint of these two minorities. Kozol makes it clear in his book that inequalities still abound. No additional sources cited.
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Binge Drinking, Ethnicity, and Race
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A 10 page paper which first defines binge drinking as the drinking of excessive amounts of alcohol in one episode and then identifies it as a phenomena is of serious concern in that it is not only life threatening but is increasing on a world wide basis. Asserts that while alcohol consumption man be decreasing among adults in many countries, the propensity for youth to engage in binge drinking appears to be increasing. Contends that an individual’s propensity for binge drinking is believed to be directly related to their ethnicity and/or race. Summarizes several studies which would appear to support that contention. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Black And White, Incarceration, Discrimination
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This 8 page paper argues that racism and discrimination that is imbedded in the social reality is reflected in the statistics of prison populations where blacks and other minorities are found in disproportionate numbers. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Black Community: Church
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A 10 page paper which examines how the Black community is strengthened and supported by the Black Church. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Black Cultural Strengths the Foundation of African America:
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This 16-page-paper presents an in-depth discussion regarding the cultural strengths of African American families. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Black Experience: Civil War to the Present
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The black experience in the United States is one which has been affected by a mindset of superiority of those that first bound them into slavery, by the societal segregation which haunted them for years after the end of the Civil War, and by numerous legislative attempts to make up for past wrongs. These attempts centered of course around the Civil Rights movement and friction between blacks and whites which continue to exist to this day. This paper presents the events which occurred throughout history from the perspective of its impact on the life of a fictional family of blacks who lived from the time of slavery to the present.
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Black Feminism: Overcoming the Matrix of Domination with Knowledge
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A 5 page contention that there has been a paradigmatic shift in Black women’s understanding of the domination which they have endured, both on the basis of their gender and on the basis of their race and socioeconomic class. The increase in knowledge among black women regarding the matrix of domination has allowed them to resist domination and indeed to work within the existing matrix in their search for equal footing. Black women have become empowered with knowledge. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Black Neighbors
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A 6 page paper on the book 'Black Neighbors : Race and the limits of reform in the American Settlement House Movement, 1890-1945,' by Elizabeth Lasch-Quinn. Settlement houses were designed to enable people living in poverty to have access to support and help no matter what their ethnicity, religious beliefs, or other differences that may be discriminated against in other areas of society. Lasch-Quinn addresses the issue form a unique perspective and allows the reader to see another viewpoint, a viewpoint that goes beyond the surface to the subtle realities of the settlement houses. She discusses the often misconstrued ideas regarding poverty stricken African Americans.
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