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…, toward racial groups. The most significant of the acts committed is the segregation of African American during the late eighteen hundreds until the mid-nineteen hundreds. Black! people were brought from Africa and were auctioned to the highest bidder to work…

…committed offense to get money for drugs Offense 1996 1989 Total 15.8 % 13.3 % Violent 8.8 11.5 Property 25.6 24.4 Drugs 23.5 14.0 Public-order 4.2 3.3 Source: BJS, Profile of Jail Inmates, 1996, NCJ 164620, April 1998…

…. Immediately following a crime a forensic psychologist may be asked to act as a criminal profiler. Most of us have an idea of what profiling is. It has over the years become the love child of numerous television programs, movies, and crime novels. Criminal…

…, than any other race? And this being the case, why do statistics show that among those seeking to adopt, blacks are less likely to adopt? No issue more highlights feelings of ambivalence over the proper place of racial distinctions in American life than…

…Plantation,” about an old slave plantation that was sold of into a National Park. “At the Slaughterhouse, Some Things Never Die,” by Charlie LeDuff (2000) talks about the racial segregation and discrimination found in a small town in North Carolina. The last…

…. With their new found citizenship, the voting power of ethnic and racial groups are starting to rise. This is resulting in panic and tactical backtracking by politicians and governments who promised to support multicultural efforts. Basically, they were willing…

…Should the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn be banished in schools for it’s racial content? There have been arguments about this question for years and in different parts of the world. Many people think this story deals with mature topics…

…and the images of African Americans present within in the novel is reflective of 19th century society, one reading this novel in the contemporary era would find the text very demeaning if not read or taught in its context. The use of the word “nigger,” a racially…

…of the European worldview is clearly present in America today and in history. Racial oppression spawned from the European worldview and continues to exist through systemic racism which is nurtured by this country. Racial oppression…

…, with the exception of identical twins. The chance that two individuals can have the same DNA is one in hundreds of billions, which means that each strand of DNA is like a unique “fingerprint” for each person. A computer is used to compare DNA profiles and can…