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The Plight of African Americans in the United States
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This 4 page paper examines racism and prejudice from slave days to the current times. Affirmative action is discussed. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The Poetry of Derek Walcott
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This 6 page paper explicates two of this author's poems and references others as it looks at literary techniques and common thematic elements. The works are compared and contrasted. The Virgins and Nearing Forty are explored in depth. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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The Poetry of Langston Hughes
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A 6 page paper on the poet Langston Hughes. The writer details his contributions to Afro-American literature and points out his common theme of speaking from a personal black perspective through examples from many key poems including "Harlem/What happens to a Dream Deferred," etc; Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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The Political Impact of the Movie "Birth of a Nation":
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This 5 page paper dicusses this film in terms of its political impact. Furthermore, the film is analyzed in terms of the book "Toms, Coon, Mulattoes, Mammies and Bucks: An Interpretive History" by Donal Bogle. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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The Political Views of Frederick Douglass
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Agreement and Dissension with The Federalist; This 10 page paper looks first at the political views of the Federalist and the basics of those political views and then considers the opinions that were to follow in the next century from the former slave, abolitionist and public speaker Frederick Douglass. The paper argues that there may have been differences but there were also similarities, and examines how this might be the case. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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The Poor People’s Campaign
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A 9 page outline of the history of the civil rights movement which would come to be known as the Poor People’s Campaign, a campaign which originated in 1968 under the organization of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and Martin Luther King Jr. The organization stood on the premise of equality for all and is considered by many historians to be the “last effort of the 1960s mass mobilizations of nonviolent resistance”. Considered today to have been only minimally successful, the campaign marked important shifts in the thinking and organization of both the SCLC and Martin Luther King Jr. Although the premises of the Poor People’s Campaign was that it encompassed all people’s it has been stymied in its efforts to effect change in that it is largely associated by mainstream Americans as a solely black movement. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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The Predominantly White Face of Broadcasting: The Exclusion of Blacks from Broadcasting
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A 10 page observation that the obvious exclusion of blacks from positions of high visibility and high influence in the broadcasting industry relates to the recognition by those in power that black faces would not be accepted into the living rooms across America. This paper analyzes the historic prejudices which have been waged against blacks and suggests that to address the discrimination which is apparent in broadcasting we must address both the intercultural factors and the intracultural factors which are responsible for the ever widening cultural and racial gaps. We must work from the inside of broadcasting to put blacks in influential positions but we must work from the inside of black families to make them realize that they too can be both professional and successful. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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The Problem Of Passing As A Metaphor For The Dynamics Of Responsibility And Coming To Terms With Oneself
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9 pages in length. Being the 'right' race has long been a barometer for how humanity looks at and defines itself. Even in global communities where blacks represent the primary ethnic group, there is nonetheless an intrinsic connotation of inferiority that materializes in the incidence of poverty, overpopulation and lack of education. These symbols of human inadequacy perpetuate in such a cyclical fashion that even when blacks reside alongside whites within otherwise more 'civilized' societies, the identifying mark of inferiority is inescapable. Philip Roth's Human Stain and Charles Johnson's Middle Passage clearly illustrate the extent to which the metaphorical use of 'passing' presents a problem in relation to the dynamics of responsibility and coming to terms with oneself, with the bottom line of each book exemplifying how, the moral choice in choosing one's destiny is comprised of much more than merely what one otherwise wants to do but instead is guided by the principles of social mandate. No additional sources cited.
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The Problem of Race and Freedom
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A 5 page paper which examines the problem of race as it was evidenced in the times following the freedom of the slaves. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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The Problem of Reverse Discrimination
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This 5 page paper looks at affirmative action and the unwanted consequence of reverse discrimination. Several cases, including the Bakke case, are duly noted. This reaction paper provides an overview and then concludes that reverse discrimination is problematic and so, affirmative action should not be implemented in most situations. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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