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Blacks and Social Issues, 2006.
This paper discusses in what ways society has come closer to realizing Martin Luther King's dream.
856 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that in many ways, King's dream of a better, more equal life for African-Americans has in fact been realized. The writer offers the example that blacks and other minorities today now have many more, even if not still enough, educational and job opportunities than they did in 1963. The writer explains that a black middle class now exists in America, whereas in 1963, one did not. Further, the writer maintains that many improvements have also occurred for the disabled (e.g., more wheelchair and public transportation access). This paper discusses how life in America has improved (or not) for blacks and other minorities in America since Martin Luther King Jr. first gave his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.
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"In his "I Have a Dream" speech, Martin Luther King Jr. states, hopefully, that: "Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning". Today, 42 years after King gave that speech, many aspects of day-to-day life in the United States, for blacks and other minorities, have improved, at least for a number of (if not all) minorities. Educational and job opportunities, for example, are now much better for minorities in America than they were in the past. Still, many minorities in America today face discrimination, in education, housing, jobs, etc., even though such discrimination became illegal after the Civil Rights Act, the passage of Affirmative Action laws, etc. However, many peoples' personal feelings about blacks, the disabled, and other minorities have not changed much (if at all), and that still accounts for a great deal of racial and other discrimination that lingers on in America today."
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The Newark Riots, 2005.
An in-depth discussion on the 1967 riots in Newark.
2,362 words (approx. 9.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 72.95
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This paper discusses the reasons and events that led to the outbreak of the Newark riots. It explains that poverty, unemployment, and their resultant social effects were major instigators of the riot. The author also describes the violence, vandalism and police brutality surrounding the event. It expands on how the Newark riots served as a violent catalyst for widespread social change in America.
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"With no blacks in positions of political influence in the city, the Central Ward community felt powerless in the face of institutionalized racism and corruption. The African-American community experienced the first twinges of empowerment when federal funding for low-income neighborhoods enabled some political organization in African-American neighborhoods like Central Ward. However, a sudden stop in federal monies resulted in yet more anger and tension, leading to an escalated rhetoric of violence. In all likelihood, the very idea of organized African-American community empowerment threatened the status quo of a white-dominated society."
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Rousseau and the American Anti-Slavery Movement, 2006.
An in-depth analysis of the contributions of Jean Jacques Rousseau to the abolition of slavery in the USA.
7,411 words (approx. 29.6 pages), 20 sources, MLA, $ 163.95
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This paper analyzes whether the American anti-slavery movement should be considered as being independent of the general change in thinking of the average man during that period. The paper also discusses the views of Jean Jacques Rousseau and his impact on the abolition of slavery in the USA.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Analysis
History
Who Came First - Blacks Or White?
Plantation Economics And Removal Of Slavery
Abolitionism
Some Examples Of Anti-Slavery Movements
The General Attitude Of The Whites To Blacks And Slavery
Philosophy and Practice
Conclusion
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"The concept of Rousseau of a natural man as a symbol of pre-civilized innocence and seeing him as an untutored savage is difficult to understand. This was also not taken as a look at other cultures, as the innocent savage of Rousseau is a part of the European mentality and not a person from the other unknown nations of Africa and America. There have also been other images similar to it like the famous cartoon by James Gillray which showed some unknowns enjoying a meal of dismembered aristocrats. (19th century AD)"
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African and Caribbean Diaspora, 2006.
This paper discusses the forced migration of African peoples from their homelands to other parts of the world.
1,356 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 45.95
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This paper discusses the effects the African and Caribbean diaspora has had on the African-American population throughout history. Three subtopics are covered. The first is a discussion of how it has affected the identity of African-Americans through a loss of cultural heritage. The second subtopic deals with effects on the family and how gender roles of men and women within the household have been switched. Thirdly, the loss of self-value suffered by African-Americans from a collective feeling of inferiority to white Americans and the American upper class are discussed. By the conclusion of this paper, the reader should have a sound understanding of the factors that have shaped the current African-American culture and the struggles they still face.
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"As stated in the introduction, the African and Caribbean diaspora refers to the forced migration of African peoples from their homelands to other parts of the world, mainly North America and the Caribbean. This paper will focus mainly around the forced North American migration. The term 'forced' is used because that was exactly how the migration came about. Put bluntly, an astounding number of African people were abducted from their homelands, separated from their families, and shipped like cargo to different areas of the world, including North America. From the first moment of abduction, African people were subjected to a series of cruel treatments meant to dehumanize and prepare them for a life to be lived as property, as slaves. The brutal and malicious acts Africans were helplessly subjected to attacked their self-value and succeeded in eroding their view of themselves not only as a collective African people, but also as human beings."
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Stereotyping and its Effect on Minorities, 2006.
A discussion on stereotypes and racism of minority groups.
3,471 words (approx. 13.9 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 97.95
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The paper discusses how racial profiling can affect the way people expect that person to act, the way his or her actions are taken by others, and the way that person sees him or herself portrayed. The paper further examines how the media is responsible for disseminating racial stereotypes, and how the media and entertainment can also help to combat racial stereotyping by forcing people to look at caricatures of themselves to promote discussion. The paper analyzes how the film "Crash" is an example of this, exploring racism from all angles in such a blatant way that it could not help but spark discussion. The paper concludes that while racism may not be as blatant as it was before the Civil Rights Movement it still has a presence in today's society.
Table of Contents:
What does Stereotyping do to Minorities?
Racial Stereotyping in the Media
What Does Racism do to Minorities?
Conclusion
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"Racial stereotyping can have many negative affects on an individual. The effects can come in the form of the way people expect that person to act, the way his or her actions are taken by others, and the way that person sees him or herself portrayed. And these stereotypes can have many damaging consequences."
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The Dilemma of Beacheaven, 2006.
A look at the dilemma the community of Beacheaven face when electing a new police captain.
1,200 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper takes a look at the community of Beacheaven and the issues they face when electing a new police captain. According to this paper, Beacheaven has always taken pride in aiming to increase the representation of females and minorities within their community. This paper reports that the Concerned Citizens Coalition will decide to rally for an affirmative action solution.
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"The city of Beacheaven took a positive step in announcing their affirmative action plan and it should be noted that any positive action would always have a group of people opposing it. When the city announced its plan it should carry it out without caring about any legal action. Such actions are important to reduce the act of discrimination that is prevalent in our society today. "Employment discrimination experts agree that antidiscrimination laws such as the Civil Rights Act encourage, and in many instances require, affirmative action" (Forman, 1991). Affirmative action is necessary and people from the minorities should be brought up to higher ranks and highly paid jobs rather than left concentrated at lower paid jobs. Opportunity should be given to them so that they can excel and make their living standards better. Equal opportunity should be present for all the races in the United States. Moreover, gender discrimination should also be subtracted and men and women should have equal job opportunities. Affirmative action is being taken by many nations of the world because they realize its importance. "India, for example, has undertaken affirmative action initiatives in regard to disfavored castes that are both older and more extensive than any program ventured in the United States" (Ginsburg, 2000). Its 1950 constitution boldly affirms affirmative action because it realizes that equal opportunity should be presented to all the castes and races in India."
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Racial Segregation, 2006.
An analysis of the reasons behind racial segregation and its effects on the black community.
1,661 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper examines three works which cite a different determining factor in the separation of the races, and examines each particular factor's detrimental effects on the black community. After examining those works, this paper argues that the real root of racial segregation is ultimately voluntary, even if influenced by the variances of racial economics.
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"This analysis examines not only the structural factors which exist in continued inequalities between black and white communities, but the cultural factors which contribute to the continuance of these structural factors. Cashin's analysis is the only one of the three which truly explains the circular patter of structural factors creating the cultural factors that contribute to the black and white segregation. As this segregation is already the status quo in many of the communities which were originally segregated (i.e. the suburbs versus the inner city), it becomes more acceptable for members of the community to prefer their own comfort zone of the community they already inhabit (Cashin 2005)."
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Frederick Douglass, 2006.
This paper compares the childhood of Frederick Douglass, as he described in his autobiography "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself", to the accounts of other slaves, who also were authors.
1,355 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper explains that, when comparing Douglass' life with the autobiographical accounts of other slaves, at least most of the time, Douglass does not seem to have experienced as much hardship as many other slaves had experienced. The author points out that Douglass' autobiography provides a view of slavery through the eyes of a relatively personally fortunate slave, one who may have been favored because his master was his biological father, though no such thing could have been admitted at the time. The paper suggests that Douglass clearly achieved more in his life than any of the other slaves, giving testimonial evidence because of his resiliency and his yearning for freedom, respect and dignity.
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"True accounts of life in bondage for other slaves, including Linda Brent (also known as Harriet Jacobs) seems to have been more difficult overall than it was for Frederick Douglass. In Linda Brent's own case, after her relatively happy and protected childhood, she was then sexually abused by her master, beginning in her earliest adolescence, and began a life of daily misery for that reason. Obviously Frederick Douglass, being male, would never have been subjected to that particular form of abuse within slavery, but in contrast, neither Douglass's childhood master on the plantation nor his later master and mistress in Baltimore seem to have treated him badly."
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Obesity in Minority Children, 2006.
An in-depth discussion of why lower class, pre-adolescent Latin and African-American children are fighting obesity.
3,114 words (approx. 12.5 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 90.95
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This paper analyzes the issue of obesity in lower-class adolescents and pre-adolescents. It discusses the fact that minorities, especially Hispanics and Blacks, are also disproportionately represented among the obese and that the percentage of obese minority youth has more than doubled in less than a generation. In order to understand the problem of obesity, the paper attempts to define the issue and suggest solutions to the problem.
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"What can parents do to get their children up off the couch and get moving? One thing parents can do is to limit or eliminate television time. Children should be required to participate in some type of physical play. If a dangerous neighborhood prevents parents from allowing children to play outside, then parents should seek out safe places in and out of the neighborhood where children can play."
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The Gulbenkian Commission, 2006.
A discussion of the creation of the Gulbenkian Commission and its advantages.
1,174 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper discusses the creation of the Gulbenkian Commission, in 1994 by Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian. It discusses the reasoning behind the creation of the commission and the advantages to academic practice and theory of social sciences that eventuated with its creation. It describes these advantages in terms of applying the various hermeneutical frameworks of these disciplines to the question of the causation and treatment of violence in African-American young people.
Table of Contents:
Section I: Introduction and Statement of Purpose
Section II: The Psychological/Sociological/Anthropological Perspective on the Issue
Section III: The Political Science Perspective on the Issue
Section IV: The Economic Perspective on the Issue
Section V: An Integrated Perspective on the Issue
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"In fact, data drawn from the juvenile court records of 257 adjudicated male African American youth offenders aged 12 to 17, showed this adolescent population's involvement in assaultive interpersonal violence within the context of a descriptive evaluation of co-occurring alcohol use disorder, other drug use disorder, and other mental disorders was quite low. This suggests that changes in policy, both in identifying offenders and improving opportunities within the community, rather than treating an individual's supposedly malformed pscyhology may be a better way to specifically address the needs of urban African American youths who may engage in violent behavior. (Singleton & Dale, 1996)"
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From Slave to Soldier, 2006.
This paper analyzes the image of African-Americans in the literature and art of the Civil War.
1,811 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 16 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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The paper describes literature and visual imagery by, for and about blacks. This includes slaves, freed men and soldiers alike, as well as some of the white individuals most significant to them during the Civil War years. The paper discusses how the Civil War period was for most African-Americans a time of unprecedented change. The paper continues by portraying how literature and images during this period largely reflect the frightening uncertainty of this period and its many changes. The paper concludes that African-American history of this period, as reflected through Civil War literature, art and other recorded impressions, leaves an indelible stamp on the American psyche.
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"A key African American Abolitionist leader of the Civil War era and beyond, Frederick Douglass, a former slave and leading journalist of the time, helped to recruit free Northern blacks for the 54th Volunteer Infantry. Douglass also sent two of his own sons, Charles and Lewis, to fight in Colonel Gould's all-black regiment ("The Civil War"). Frederick Douglass believed that this would prove that black men could fight as well as white ones, as indeed it did (Frederick Douglass: When the Lion Wrote History)."
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The Second American Revolution and Reconstruction, 2006.
A discussion of the Civil War and its effects on American Society today.
1,275 words (approx. 5.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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The paper examines the claim by Civil War historian, James McPherson, that the Civil War brought about more radical changes in government than the American Revolution of 1776. The paper shows how the country was tested in such a way that it did gain strength in many ways, but also once the Union reformed, suffered many weaknesses that still exist in today's American culture. The Civil War also, in many ways, acted as a catalyst for change in American identity. The paper also looks at the issue of slavery in the South and argues that the South was never whole after the war and that it continues to function within the ghost of slavery. The paper concludes that the issue of slavery remains ingrained in American culture as it divides Americans in identity whether it be race, class or economic status.
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"The life of a slave prior to the Civil War was an ugly, dehumanizing life that as modern people, one would be appalled at the conditions and the treatments of African Americans at the time. Slave men were worked to death with very little food or water while slave women feel victim to rape and controlled reproductive rights. The way Southern society worked was to continue demoralizing and dehumanizing the slave existence. To the Southern slave owner, the slave was simply property, a tool to make the owner's life free of back breaking labor. As a result, much of even today's Southern culture is based on leisure and proper behavior, including separation of the races and class division. In the years before the outbreak of the Civil War, many slaves were not even aware changes were coming. They were at a disadvantage being uneducated and isolated from information. In 1860, Lincoln committed to keeping the western territories free of slavery and later signed in 1863 the Emancipation Proclamation long before war ever broke out. Still as much as this seemed like change in the right direction for slaves, Lincoln's main objective was to keep the Union together (Africans in America 4). This action seems only half hearted but essentially, Lincoln nor government policy has control over slave owners freeing their slaves. In fact, months after the signing of the Proclamation, many slaves were not aware this document freed them (Africans in America 4). The South's secession from the Union put an end to this freedom as it established its own constitution making slavery legal again. It is this break from the Union, in Lincoln's mind that started the war."
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Harlem Renaissance Music, 2006.
An historical journey from Black American migration from the south to the development of Harlem Renaissance music.
803 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 28.95
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This paper will briefly trace the journey of the Black American experience through the music first articulated in the Harlem Renaissance. It begins with the migration of Black Americans from the South to the enclosed environment of a big city and their need to find a voice for themselves, which they did partly through music. It concludes by describing how the Harlem Renaissance was pivotal in American musical history.
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"Harlem was nothing if not a melting pot of America's black cultures; the northern, the southern, the islands. In the 1930s, while combining all these influences, Harlem musicians set the stage for later Black-influenced musical forms. At the same time, Kramer and Russ argue that it was only by virtue of two things in addition to the migration to Harlem that caused Harlem Renaissance music to be influential across so many decades and so many cultures. One of those things was that mass media, in the form of radio and discography, had arrived on the U.S. market just in time to be useful to the Black artists. And the Black artists, while synthesizing other influences, kept their own identity intact; without this, Kramer and Russ contend, the later forms of Black music, such as rap, would not have been possible (1997)."
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Slavery in the North, 2006.
A discussion of the reasons and rationales for the lower number of slaves in the north of the U.S.
917 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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This paper discusses the reasons and rationales for the fact that there were less slaves in the North, compared to the South. It argues that while economic diversity, or rather a focus on industry and commerce instead of agriculture, did play a role in limiting the use of slaves, climatic issues played a pivotal role in determining the extent to which slavery was employed in the North.
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"In this regard, then, the differences in economic production did play a role in the limitation of slavery in the North. However, slavery had been limited in the North long before industrial production began there in earnest. As such, we have to assume that whatever factor affected the use of slaves in the North did not have to do with economic diversity but with something else. Slavery simply never reached the scale that it was practiced in the South, though historians caution us to remember that slavery still was very present in the North, just to a lesser degree (Harper par. 6, 10-11). Given the limited nature of slavery in the North, I think it would be prudent to discuss first the nature of the fundamental difference between the North and the South in order to develop the reason why slavery never expanded its economic role in the North."
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Community Policing, 2006.
This paper discusses community policing and its effectiveness in minority communities in the city of Los Angeles.
6,212 words (approx. 24.8 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 145.95
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This article examines the practice of community policing, that involves putting an officer or officers into a neighborhood or designated area of the city on a permanent assignment, instead of just sending an officer whereever he may need to go according to a specific call. The writer maintains that community policing has become more popular in recent years as police forces around the country strive to make communities safer, and their officers more trusted and understood. The writer discusses the advantages and disadvantages of community policing. Further, the writer examines the effectiveness of such policing methods within minority communities of the city of Los Angeles.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Strengths of Community Policing
Weaknesses of Community Policing
Community Policing and Minority Relations
The City of Los Angeles
Is Community Policing Meeting Its Objectives?
Conclusion
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"Community policing has become more popular in recent years as police forces around the country strive to make communities safer, and their officers more trusted and understood. They are looking for ways to get their officers out there into the community and get the citizens used to seeing police officers patrolling the streets in the hopes that not only will crime go down, but citizen comfort around police officers will go up, making citizens much more likely to report a criminal that they are aware of. If they feel safe and protected by the police, they will likely turn to them in times of need instead of just assuming that the neighborhood criminal is not their problem as long as he or she leaves them and their family and belongings alone in favor of someone else's. Some people are not comfortable talking to a policeman that they have never seen before, but they are all right in dealing with the policeman who is always on patrol during a certain time each day in their neighborhood."
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