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…. Classification of races is arbitrary because it is not based on fact and is not consistently applied. An example of this classification was during the racism of the late nineteenth century, mulattos had to either “pass” as whites or join with the Negroes. Many…

…." Even some newspapers that were in favor of Reconstruction blamed the black legislatures. Foner wrote, "Ironically, even as racism waned as an explicit component of the Northern Democratic appeal, it gained a hold on respectable Republican opinion…

…is the destruction of Othello. The reason being that Othello has chosen another man, Cassio, as his second-in-command, preferring him to Iago. This resentment, accompanied by Iago's accusations of adultery and his blatant racism, cause Iago to despise the kindly moor…

…treated the mules seems to be the way that they treated Janie. (Toile 319) One of the final, but very important problems faced in Their Eyes Were Watching God is the problem of racism. Racism is one of the biggest problems that are involved in this story…

…. Thusly many states passed anti-Marijuana laws in order to curb the influx of strange Mexicans and their funky plants. The cause is clearly a derivative of racism and fear. This accounts for anti-Marijuana laws throughout the southwest in the -1915 to 1937…

…to prejudice the outlook on racism never did change. In Twain’s book Huck Finn, Jim a black slave constantly works to free himself but all the while he is truly free through the will of his owner. Mark twain shows this irony of trying to free an already free man…

…a greatly valued piece of American literature and turned it into a tool against racism. People had to choose whether they believed in America, or segregation. They made it no longer possible to believe in both; the conflict turned into an issue of federal versus…

…. This book shows how her opinions change on many topics as she gets older, and how racism effects even there nice little town. The advantages of having Atticus as a father is that he stands up for what he believes in, he teaches his children good morals…

…such as racism, sexism, classism, etc. The world is becoming more and more diverse as we speak, one researcher even claiming that one out of every two students will be a person of color by the year 2020. Too often in English classes English teachers steer away from…

…referred to as girls. By the end of story, it was evident that Fitzgerald was trying to portray the racism and sexism that reflected the American life in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Scott Fitzgerald had obviously written the Great Gatsby…