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"Ethnicity: Racism, Class and Culture", 2002.
An understanding of the concepts of ethnicity through an examination of the book "Ethnicity: Racism, Class and Culture" by Steve Fenton.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, £ 30.95
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This paper discusses the historical and conceptual understanding of ethnicity. It addresses culture, language, and religion as associated with ethnicity. It also looks at the effect of historical origins of the distinct way of thinking. The paper finds its primary information from the book, "Ethnicity: Racism, Class and Culture" by Steve Fenton.
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American Ethnic Racism, 2006.
An analysis of Sacco and Vanzetti in relation to ethnic racism in the USA.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 8 sources, £ 24.95
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This paper discusses the importance of the historical context of the Sacco-Vanzetti case, for it explains the passions that were generated across America by their trial: the Russian Revolution of 1917, the accompanying patriotic fervor engendered by World War One, and the wave of European immigration that had been going on since the turn of the century.
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"The frightening events of September 11, 2001 convinced the United States government that it was necessary to consider various measures that would limit acts of terrorism. Recent actions of the United States government, such as the Patriot Act, massive domestic wiretapping, and related surveillance methods are replays of previous government efforts to deny or minimize the civil liberties and civil rights of Americans, and reflect the intent of the Alien and Sedition Acts, Japanese-American internment, and both Red Scares."
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Effects of Racism on African-American Children, 2006.
A paper detailing the devastating emotional, sociological and economic effects of racism on African-American children.
3,025 words (approx. 12.1 pages), 49 sources, MLA, £ 61.95
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This paper looks at the harm caused to African-American children by racism in American society. The paper explains that the effects of racism are long term and affect the child emotionally, socially and economically. The paper further points out that the racism that African-Americans experience as children affects them for the rest of their lives no matter how much they accomplish in their life times or are recognized for their accomplishments.
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"Xenophobia, the fear of the other, appears to be part of human kind's psyche. Certainly as a species we tend to be highly competitive. There are some instances that some aboriginal tribes built their culture on cooperation rather than competition. It does appear that the Japanese have learned how to cooperate with each other. But remember the Japanese are probably one of the most ethnically pure group of individuals on the earth. It is a lot easier to cooperate with people who look like you."
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Racism Against African Americans, 2008.
An analysis of examples of racism against African Americans that still existed in the recent past.
1,223 words (approx. 4.9 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 28.95
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This paper analyzes whether there is less racism now against African Americans than in the recent past. The paper specifically questions whether racism is an institutional problem in the United States today. It provides specific examples of racism in the past and today and discusses the results of these acts of racism on the part of the people of America.
Table of Contents:
Death Penalty Racism
Racial Profiling
Racism by Mortgage Lenders
Racism Settlement by Walgreen Drugs
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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"Eighty-three percent of African-Americans believe racial profiling "is real," according to a Gallup poll in 2001. In Illinois, there is a law against racial profiling ("The Illinois Racial Profiling Law"); all law enforcement departments are required to report details of traffic stops. The 2004 results, according to Northwestern University Institute on Race and Justice, show that while there is no "statewide pattern of racial bias," in many communities, "minority drivers are two to three times as likely to be the subject of a 'consent search'," a search of the driver's vehicle with permission of the driver, when no "probable cause" was presented by the officer. All the data gathered by Illinois is tainted, however, because over 50 police agencies "failed to provide data as required by law," Northwestern University reported. And also, there is "no penalty" for failure to provide data."
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Racism and Life in the American South, 2002.
A look at how the books, Gregory Howard Williams "Life On The Color Line" and Anne Moody's "Coming Of Age In Mississippi" mirror racism in the American South.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, £ 30.95
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This essay will relate how the books by Gregory Howard Williams "Life on the Color Line" and Anne Moody's "Coming of Age in Mississippi" relate to the actual lifestyle of African American's in living in a real world in America. The topics to be covered will include poverty, segregation, and discrimination and relate how these topics are connected in both books. By comparing both books, we can how these books truly mirror the real experience of the black situation on racism in America by African Americans themselves.
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Race and Racism in American Life, 2008.
A look at the subject of race and racism in American society.
1,449 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 33.95
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This paper deals with the topic of race, the concept of "racism" and the pressure that has arisen in American society with regard to being "politically correct." The author explains how race plays a huge role in society and that it plays a large role in everyday life in America. In the conclusion of the paper, the author states that society needs to break down these racial barriers, so that individuals prove themselves based on individual merit.
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"Race is manifested in American life is some good ways and some bad ways. One positive influence race plays in our life, that many Caucasians may see as a blessing, are the immigrants who are willing to do the so-called "dirty jobs," namely, the Mexican immigrants. Also coming with the Mexican immigrants are cooks, landscapers, and Mexican restaurants.
"The most obvious negative impact race has on American culture is racism. Racism is something that will almost certainly never dissipate. As Arturo Vargas put it, there are racists in every community because people tend to be weary of those who are different. He also says that many are weary, but have no basis for their opinions. For example, someone is worried about Mexican immigrants, but has never actually been wronged by of said immigrants (23)."
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Asian-Americans and Racism, 2002.
An overview of racial and ethnic relations in the United States with an emphasis on Asian-Americans.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 8 sources, £ 55.95
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This paper is a discussion of Asian-Americans, with sociological analysis of the term "race" and a related history of Americans, Asians, and immigration in the U.S. In this essay, an understanding of racism against Asian-Americans is explored in-relation to historical contexts and cultural ideology.
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Racism against Japanese-Americans, 1991.
This paper examines racism, as experienced by Japanese-Americans in the United States, as a means for other Americans to relieve frustrations through their exclusion and dominance.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, £ 27.95
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This study will examine racism as it is experienced by Japanese-Americans in the United States. The specific approach of the study will be to focus on racism against Japanese-Americans as a means for other Americans to relieve their various frustrations and uncertainties through a psychology of exclusion and domination.
What James Baldwin in his essay "Stranger in the Village" says about white prejudice against blacks can be very easily applied to white prejudice against Japanese-Americans. Baldwin writes that "The idea of white supremacy rests simply on the fact that white men are the creators of civilization (the present civilization, which is the only one that matters; all previous civilizations are simply 'contributors' to our own) and are therefore civilization's guardians and defenders."
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Racism and American Expansionism in 1898, 2006.
An analysis of late 19th century American history from the perspective of the inherent racism which motivated a policy of expansionism.
1,430 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 32.95
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This paper analyzes American expansionism at the turn of the 20th century from the perspective of race and racism. The author maintains that the U.S. is a country founded and developed on racist principles. She points to the Declaration of Independence, which defined equality only for the white colonists of the New World, in order to set them on equal par with their white counterparts in England. The author maintains that this racism, which taints the very notion of equality in the U.S., is especially apparent in the arguments for and against expansion to the west at the turn of the twentieth century.
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"At the foundation of a racist ideology is the belief that people of any race different from one's own are inherently inferior, less moral, heathen, savage, and genetically unfit. This unfitness is then used to deny entire cultures and nationalities basic human rights. The belief is that these individuals are sub-human and thus there is no consideration of basic rights needed. Racist ideologies have been used throughout recorded history to take land, belongings, freedom, and lives with the only justification being felt necessary is that the other race is inferior and their subjugation is best for them."
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African Americans and Racism, 2005.
An analysis of why African Americans appear to have become passive in their reaction to racism.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 6 sources, APA, £ 21.95
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This paper presents an analysis of why many African Americans appear to have become passive in their reaction toward racism in U.S. society, based on research articles and interviews with both whites and Blacks.
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"Forty years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, discrimination is alive and well against African Americans in U S society ..."
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Racism in American Sports, 2002.
A discussion of the continuing problem of racism in sports with examples.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 10 sources, £ 61.95
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This paper looks at racism in American sports today. This paper shows that racism has decreased but still their still remains a good amount of racism. Recent examples are used to describe the papers arguments. Issues such as position players are brought up, ie. If African-Americans make up the majority of the NFL, why is their a disproportionate number of African-American quarter backs?
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Racism in Native-American Literature, 2007.
This paper offers a comparison and contrast of racism and inter-racial marriage as seen in "Grass Dancer" by Susan Power and "Mean Spirit" by Linda Hogan.
983 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 23.95
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The paper analyzes the racism inherent within the institution of marriage within the two novels "Grass Dancer" by Susan Power and "Mean Spirit" by Linda Hogan. The paper discusses Hogan's use of racism against Native-Americans through the marginalization of Indian culture by whites who discourage inter-racial marriages. The paper also demonstrates how Power reveals a similar aspect of the broken and racist institution of marriage through the experiences of Jeanette McVay's marriage to a Sioux man. The paper concludes that both authors provide similar, yet differing perspectives of racism within the inter-racial marriages that arise within these two Native-American fiction novels.
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"The novel Mean Spirit by Linda Hogan reveals the intensive racism that the whites impose on the Osage people. The plot of the novel revolves around the Osage people, and their struggles against the white oil barons that are trying to remove them from their oil-rich lands. This plot premise invokes the motive for the white oilmen to find ways to discourage compassion or empathy for the native Americans within their own culture, so that they can take the oil from the Indians. One way that Hogan imposes a white hegemonic racist construct is through the institution of marriage. For instance, when a white man and Indian woman are married, Hogan reveals the symbolic and legal marginalization of interracial relationships within white culture."
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Racism and African-Americans, 2007.
This paper discusses crime rates in the U.S. as it relates to African- Americans.
1,615 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 36.95
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In this article, the writer points out that one has only to watch television or read a newspaper to see that crime is a daily concern for many Americans. The writer discusses that African-Americans are arrested for crimes out of all proportion to their numbers. The writer maintains that American justice may once have been poisoned by racism, but some say, the figures speak for themselves - a higher percentage of African-Americans are arrested and imprisoned, because they are responsible for the bulk of criminal acts. The writer concludes that although the African-American prison population proportionally far outreaches the prison population of any other group, little has been done to help prevent young African-Americans from continuing to follow in the footsteps of their elders.
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"The problem of juvenile crime is particularly acute. To a much greater extent than Whites, African American children often lack proper adult supervision. They turn instead to television and other forms of media as sources of inspiration. Desperate for role models, young African-Americans latch onto characters whom they feel represent themselves, people who look, speak, and act as they do. But what comes out of these characters' mouths? What actions do they perform? Minority youths watch as their "heroes" commit assault and murder, rape and steal, sell and use drugs. With little knowledge of appropriate behavior, the criminal counterculture seems a real and viable alternative to the world in which many minority children live. Brutality begets brutality."
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Racism in Latin American Literature, 2002.
A look at the culture of oppression and racism in "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison.
1,138 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 27.95
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This paper examines how social stratification in terms of gender, socio-economic status, and race are the themes explored by Marquez and Morrison in the cultures of oppression and racism illustrated in the novels, "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" and "The Bluest Eye", respectively. It looks at how, in "Chronicle of a Death Foretold", the great divide between the poor and wealthy classes of Latin-American society is evident, as witnesses that have encountered Nasar prior to his death delivered accounts that bring out great hostility against the murdered man. It shows how, similar to Marquez?s theme, Morrison illustrates the culture of racism affecting the society and individuals' perceptions of each other. However, unlike Marquez?s novel, Morrison?s Pecola succumbed to insanity as a form of escape from the oppression and racism that she cannot get away from in both the black and white American societies.
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"Marquez?s portrayal of the culture of oppression is illustrated explicitly in the novel, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, which narrates the events leading to the death of Santiago Nasar. In this novel, the great divide between the poor and wealthy classes of Latin-American society is evident, as witnesses that have encountered Nasar prior to his death delivered accounts that bring out great hostility against the murdered man. An illustration of Nasar and his family?s oppressive nature within their town is shown in the first part of the novel. Nasar?s unpleasant and unpopular behavior and image in the village is chronicled by the Narrator/author?s accounts of the events that happened prior to his death."
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