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Racism; The Role of Ignorance
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This 5 page paper argues that the root cause of racism in most cases can be seen as ignorance. The paper explains this argument and then suggests a long term solution whilst considering measure that have already been used. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEraceig.wps

Racist Crime: Victim Experiences Relating to Retaliations for the September 11, 2000 World Trade Center and Pentagon Disasters
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A 10 page overview of the concept of racist crime. Notes the events which are unfolding in our country today are essentially the same as those which have been targeted against one race or ethnicity or another throughout American history. The criminal activity which is all too often associated with such mindset has been recently termed hate crimes. Although there are many examples of such crimes, there is no better example of the deplorability of these crimes than the condemnable actions which too many in our populace are taking today against Arabic peoples in a form of societal retaliation for the September 11 World Trade Center and Pentagon disasters. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPcrimeH.wps

Raisin in the Sun
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A 4 page research paper/essay that answers specific questions concerning Lorraine Hansberry’s classic play “A Raisin in the Sun” in essay format. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khritslh.rtf

Ralph Ellison: "Battle Royal.".
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(3pp)We might say that the major theme of this narrative work, "Battle Royal," (1947) by Ralph Ellison is about "place." For this author, the idea of place relates to the place of a person in a dominate society, the place of a person in a family, the place of a person with his peers, and the place of the person within himself. Bibliography lists one source.
Filename: BBellis.doc

Ralph Emerson and Frederick Douglas on the Success or Failure of Social Rebels
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This 8 page paper considers the way in which both Ralph Emerson, in his work Self Reliance, and Frederick Douglass, in his Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, and considers the way in which both individuals present a self-examination of their character traits that specifically cause social rebels to succeed or fail. No additional sources cited.
Filename: MHDougEm.wps

Randall Robinson and Molefi Kete Asante
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A 5 page paper which discusses "Defending the Spirit: A Black Life in America" by Randall Robinson and "Kemet, Afrocentricity and Knowledge" by Molefi Kete Asante. Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.
Filename: RAasante.wps

Rap Music and Society
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A 2.5 page paper which examines the effects of rap lyrics on today’s society. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TGrapsoc.rtf

RAPE OR LOVE? THE JEFFERSON-HEMINGS DILEMMA
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This 3-page paper focuses on the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, and questions if the relationship was of forced sex or love. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MTjefhem.rtf

Reading Note for Anna Deavere Smith’s “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992”
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This is a 5 page reading note with some tutorial language (in square brackets) describing Anna Deavere Smith’s book and play “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992”. Anna Deavere Smith’s “Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992” is a book based on over 200 interviews Smith conducted accounting the riots and Rodney King beating which took place in Los Angeles in 1992. The book and the interviews are meant as a basis for her one woman play which depicts twenty-five of the fifty interviews documented in the book. The book is divided into several sections which provide various accounts from different perspectives in reaction to the events in 1992. Despite the dire content however, Smith manages to include the right amount of satire, humor, harsh reality and unforgettable characters for the reader and also shows her great range as a writer and as an actor in her characterizations. The book also includes several images from the riots and a chronological listing of the events. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: TJAnnaD1.rtf

Reciprocity Of Prejudice
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5 pages in length. Prejudice forces the hand of those being marginalized to respond with reciprocity in an attempt to equalize the intolerance by countering back with their own culturally damaging assertions. Unlike the childhood mind-set of running from the playground bully to avoid retaliation when defending oneself, reciprocity of prejudice seeks to throw back the same distasteful bigotry as a means by which to uplift minority under attack at the expense of the majority group. Racism and religious profiling are just two of myriad examples of the cyclical nature of such one-upmanship. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TLCprejreci.rtf