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…. Our chalkboards were dirty, covered with racial slurs and spitballs. The window blinds were all deformed and discolored from being set on fire multiple times. I vividly remember the principal herding students down the hall as though they were cattle…

…that affirmative action is nothing more than a quota or reverse discrimination (Brown). Just by watching the history of this issue, one can come to a conclusion that we've come a long way in regards to racial and gender discrimination. Affirmative action programs…

…, and other cultural features as other Americans. Yet, most Americans still believe, either consciously or subconsciously, that people who are racially different also have behaviors that reflect the accepted biological predisposition of the “race” category…

…became extremely close. Their relationship doesn’t beyond a pure friendship until one day Ishmael kisses Hatsue when they are fourteen. "I like you…I’ve always liked you,"(99) Ishmael says to Hatsue. However, in a time where inter racial marriages…

…. According to the author, the plot of the novel was simple: it is "a story of a colored girl who passed for white.” The story brings out a problem that many Chesnutt's contemporary writers and politicians tried to cope with - the issue of racial identity…

…the frustration of Blacks in SNCC and CORE over “the limited pace of racial change,” how they came to believe that “King’s goal of an integrated society was an impossible dream, and criticize American “liberalism.” Do you agree with these two assessments? However…

…To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel rifle with references of racial prejudice and injustice. The South has never been a bastion for racial equality, and still can be seen by some to harbor the last vestiges of bigotry. Harper Lee does a great job…

…is not a dismissal; it merely describes reality. Henry, William. In Defense of Elitism . New York: Anchor, 1994: 70-1 In truth, we don't know whether there are racial differences in intelligence because we don't want to find out. Research into the subject is taboo…

…a machine tools business. A promising student, he was sent to Munich in the 1920's where he was attracted to the racial theories of Alfred Rosenberg, the "philosopher" of National Socialism. (Compton’s) As Mengele became an adherent of National Socialist…

…was found guilty of double homicide. Peltier's case has drawn national attention, and responses to the situation demonstrate that there is more than one approach to racial justice. The mainstream demand is that our society transcend race in the service of legal…