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…. Despite Shakespeare’s ability to remain timeless, his anti-Semitic and racial views displayed in his comedy, The Merchant of Venice, are distressing to modern critics and audiences. In The Merchant of Venice, the villainous Shylock, a Jewish usurer…

…is the effect of the Jim Crow laws on blacks in the south. This article related to today’s society very well. Blacks still have some problems assimilating into the population. Death of a Teenager Widens a Racial Rift between two Towns tells the story…

…minority groups are being chosen over other fully qualified workers who are not in the minority. This reversal of roles in racial discrimination does nothing but cause arguments and problems for both those for white males and those in the minority. Some…

…"innate characteristics" to specific groups of people. Furthermore I share the feeling of the author of how sad it is that we live in a society that is so "preconditioned" to the idea of fixed racial categories. I've noticed a pattern in history that makes up…

…memory. His parents raised him with self-esteem and to be non-prejudice. Martin grew up in segregated Atlanta and being black, he felt the full range of racial discrimination. He was very blessed in intelligence and he sailed through elementary school skipping…

…a white and a black was not allowed as well. As you can see, because of differing views and racial attitudes, this goal of equality was not fully achieved.…

…was being given a hard time by, say, a racially biased police officer? Would he have tried to reason with him, or take beatings? Since he was level headed he would not have struck back. Being levelheaded is a quality every person needs to have whether…

…that the Japanese caused in 1941, maybe the outcome of last year’s attacks would have been different. The outcome could have been more peaceful, with less destruction - both physical and emotional. The racial intolerance that came out of September 11th was also…

…to change their attitudes towards each other. Huck regards Jim as more of a human being rather than a slave. Although land surrounds the river, the places from which Huck and Jim want to escape, the river symbolizes a place where racial differences are put aside…

…to kill them is in turn killed by water Pete and Delmar believe was sent by God. And while the bible salesman is killed by a burning cross at a KKK meeting, this is not the only incident of racial situations in the film. The stereotype given to Blacks…