African-Americans

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In this analysis of chapter 3 in the book "African-Americans" by R. Blank and Sandra Slipp, the author of this paper shows how the chapter primarily discusses three main cross-cultural issues between African-Americans and white Americans - the physical difference, group guilt and behavior.

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"If the office doesn't accept people who speak their minds, maybe we should keep our mouths shut more. If it's company policy not to get all up in someone's face and talk them down, then maybe we should respect that. It seems fair to have rules about how people should behave, even if it goes against the grain for blacks who are from a far more open culture. If a lot of tact is necessary for the job, though, we need to have it. On the other hand, if only black people are supposed to be tactful and polite, that's a problem. Having to always be submissive is degrading. It always made me angry when a little white girl could talk back to the teacher and he'd listen to her, but when I talked back it was seen as giving lip or even being aggressive just because of my cultural voice."

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