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…. Black Elk speaks about his culture and his traditional way of life. Appreciating nature and giving thanks to mother earth is what the Native American strives on and lives for. Unlike the white man who came to America looking to control and take over, using…

…central question of this novel is: why does the Native American man kill himself? I think he cannot bear that the Indian nation depends on the whites, and that he has to tolerate the racism of the white people, because he does not have another choice. We know…

…announced his own Reconstruction plan. It offered pardons to all Southern whites except the main Confederate leaders and wealthy Confederate supports. If you think about it, this plan is like a “pay-back” to the white Southerners who had money and help…

…class blacks are judged unfairly by whites and other blacks through an examination of: 1)white people thinking blacks cannot do an adequate job, 2)lower class blacks who criticize middle and upper class blacks, and 3)victimization.         Racism…

…Boxing was introduced to the United States after many rules were implemented because many white gentlemen in the United States thought that it was not a gentlemen’s sport. However, in 1888 every economic group officially recognized boxing in the United…

…as a moronic and savage race that should either be educated as a white or be killed. 1n 1804, due to pressure by the majority of Christian white settlers, the government laid down a policy that any Aboriginal child seen with Aboriginal parents could be taken…

…During the 19th century, there was a great separation between the black and white populations. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain expresses first-hand experiences between the two racial groups by evaluating their relationships. Although…

…violence and abuse by whites. He was a light-complexioned black man because his grandmother was raped by a white man. He resented every drop of the white rapist's blood in him. When Malcolm was only a child, his house was burnt down by the KKK. Shortly after…

…of the apartheid was to maintain white domination while extending racial separation. Starting in the 60's, a plan of ``Grand Apartheid'' was executed, emphasizing territorial separation and police repression. With the enactment of apartheid laws in 1948, racial…

…to leave their homes in fear of the increasing violence the southern white citizens were using against them. In the year 1955 there were 500 documented lynches in Mississippi alone. And there were probably more that didn’t get documented. The kkk was used…