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'Shades of Black - Conrad Black, his Rise and Fall', 2006.
A discussion and review of Richard Siklos's well written biography of Conrad Black's career, "Shades of Black - Conrad Black, his Rise and Fall".
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 1 source, $ 71.95
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This paper reviews "Shades of Black: Conrad Black - His Rise and Fall", Richard Siklos's well written biography of Conrad Black's career and dramatic collapse after 2002. The paper explains that Siklos interviewed more than 200 persons before a 1995 edition of which this volume is a revised expansion featuring another 50 interviews. Siklos also spent hours speaking to Black, indirectly attempting to account for his extravagance and need to impress others, atop his drive for power. Much is revealed through Siklos's notes on Black's wife, the former Barbara Amiel. The paper reports that Siklos leads the reader through a summary of Black's family background, his youth in north Toronto's Bride Path area, his expulsion from Upper Canada College, and later, Trinity College School, before Thornton Hall, Toronto.
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James Cone: Black Theology and the Black Christ, 2006.
An analysis of the term theology and the essential concepts of "Black Theology" as it pertains to James Cone's idea of a "Black Christ".
4,374 words (approx. 17.5 pages), 15 sources, APA, $ 115.95
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This paper examines how James Cone believes that if blacks, particularly African-Americans, don't wake up and change the traditional American image of Jesus, they will probably never grasp the true philosophy and mission of Jesus. It discusses how African-Americans must see Jesus as a black man that endured the struggle and how it is the duty of black preachers, pastors and theologians to advocate black theology, which includes the black image of Jesus, for the sake and survival of the African-American experience.
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"When one begins to think about God, questions arise as one lacks significant knowledge of God. When one begins to engage in such a dialogue, or entertains such questions, one has clearly entered the community of theology. The articles states: "The attempt to think about God leads immediately to a host of related question which are included under the term theology. First, there is the question of mans relationship to God, the ultimate source of things? Then we must ask about revelation to God, that is, how does man know what God is like? If God must reveal himself where and how is he revealed?" These are prospective questions that man can't escape when thinking about God or in dialogue about God. "
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The Dilemma Blacks Face - Why Does it Exist?, 2002.
An examination of stereotypes of Blacks vs Whites as portrayed in the media.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 9 sources, $ 53.95
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Black-white relations have never been fully integrated and many times considerably less than cordial. Despite the U.S. Supreme Court desegregation decision in 1954, and an increasing attempt to include blacks and other minorities in more substantive and positive ways - particularly on TV - there is still a negative connotation by whites when it comes to blacks. This includes the perception by many whites that blacks commit more crimes, are less intelligent than whites, etc. This paper explores the issue, from both the media portrayal and from the black and white perceptions.
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Blacks and the American Revolution, 2006.
Examines the military role of blacks in the American Revolution.
2,682 words (approx. 10.7 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 80.95
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This paper discusses the military participation of African-Americans, especially slaves, who served in both the American and British forces during the American Revolution. Why did blacks, both free and enslaved, serve and how instrumental was their service in defeating the British? The paper shows that black forces fought on both sides during the American Revolution, and their contributions to both armies were extremely important. A large number of blacks earned their freedom as a result of the fighting, and many more gave their lives in the name of freedom. The paper shows that while blacks did not single-handedly win the American Revolution, their service was instrumental in many areas, including espionage and infiltration of the enemy.
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"Dunmore had some compelling reasons to offer the blacks their freedom. His troops in Virginia only numbered about 300 because of "desertion and harassment," and he was desperate to find new forces to help defend the English loyalists in Williamsburg and other communities (Editors 2005). Dunmore was desperate for recruits, and would take them wherever he could get them. Of course, many Virginia slave owners found his actions to be controversial and frightening. They feared a slave revolt could come as a result of Dunmore's plea for men. His plan worked, he recruited hundreds of black soldiers, but the Congress of Virginia denounced his plan and threatened slaves with death if they escaped their masters."
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Blacks in the U.S. Military Forces, 2002.
This paper reviews the participation of blacks in the U.S. military forces from the Revolutionary War through World War I.
2,000 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 63.95
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This paper explains that seeing no other reasonable way to raise their own status or that of their families within civilian society, black soldiers took a chance on the potency of the symbol and reality of military service as a way to make their way towards full citizenship and equality. This paper states that, despite the discrimination that blacks have faced in the military, they have at least sometimes been formally recognized for their service with nearly a dozen black men achieving the rank of general in the 19th century. The author describes that the willingness of blacks to fight alongside other Union troops not only helped the Union effort, but also helped push for more equal rights for black men in society.
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"Blacks had fought in the Revolutionary War, although not in large numbers, although they did participate in the battles at Lexington, Concord, Ticonderoga and Bunker Hill. Their participation was limited by the fears of a possible insurrection by (armed) blacks and by the objections of politically powerful slaveholders who objected to recruitment policies that offered runaways a refuge and other slaves a possible pathway to freedom. Some whites considered blacks inherently inferior and so not capable of making good soldiers while others considered it morally inappropriate to ask slaves and former slaves to share in the burden of defending the country that had sanctioned their enslavement. These objections, taken together, prompted General Washington in 1775 to issue an order prohibiting any new enlistment of blacks, although blacks already in the army were allowed to remain."
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Blacks in Brazil, 2008.
This paper looks at the racism facing blacks in Brazilian society.
1,066 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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The paper discusses Brazilian society and the racism that makes blacks
largely invisible. The paper looks at the marginalization and discrimination of blacks as well as the racial mix on the street and in those in positions of power. The paper discusses how the 1960 Salgueiro ccarnival became a source of racial tension as well as racial healing and then discusses how ritual and celebration can cause a culture clash. The paper then relates that the presidency of Lula is trying to change aspects of this relationship but clearly has a difficult road to follow in doing so.
Outline:
Introduction
Racism
Blacks and Carnival
President Lula
Conclusion and the Future
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"Brazilian society in the modern age has been marked by pronounced regional and ethnic diversity. Ethnic diversity accompanies the pronounced regionalism. Descendants of Portuguese settlers, Amerindians, and African slaves comprise the main cultural groups. The heritage from the Portuguese has been disproportionate to the number of Portuguese settlers because they were colonizers and left their mark on the nation's political system and social institutions. This is reflected in language, kinship, and religion. However, the fact that the society is varied does not mean that the different elements mix together equally, as is noted in the book Black Brazil by Larry Crook, in which Antonio Pitanga states that blacks are invisible in Brazilian society."
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Psychotherapy for Blacks, 1989.
Examines historical & socio-cultural factors leading to under-utilization of mental health services by blacks. Discusses dsorders, treatments, crises, economics, and white vs. black therapists.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 11 sources, $ 79.95
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"Black American mental health clients have been found to underutilize mental health services and have significantly fewer treatment sessions than whites (Vernon & Roberts, 1982). What factors contribute to this situation? What are the cultural, social and economic considerations present in the psychotherapeutic process with blacks? This research will briefly touch on some of the issues involved in delivering psychotherapy to the black population.
Differential Diagnosis
Psychiatric diagnosis reflects social attitudes, and its source can be traced historically. The first recorded evidence of mental illness among blacks was noted during the period of slavery, when two psychiatric syndromes specifically related to blacks were advanced. In 1851, a treatise entitled "Diseases...""
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Blacks at Seige of Petersberg, 2001.
Planned use of free blacks & slaves as troops by Confederacy to fight black Union soldiers in 10-month seige in Florida.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 31.95
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"Although there had been numerous ?colored? troops in the United States, their use was limited primarily to forces in the Union Army. However, as the war was drawing to a close during 1864-1865, there came a time, during the siege of Petersburg, that the South was considering their use.
Setting the Stage for the Siege
Strategically, Petersburg was a crucial site for the Southern Armies to defend, since the town was the center of critical railroad connections. General Lee, commanding the Southern forces knew the value of the town. If Petersburg fell, Richmond was doomed. The supply and armament advantage went to the Union forces, which were well supplied, thanks to Union Engineers who had run a supply train right behind the Union frontier."
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Free Blacks and Slavery, 2005.
This paper discusses the controversy of slavery in American history in the 19th century, especially the status of free blacks.
2,215 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This paper explains that despite the fact that by about 1800, every state north of Delaware abolished slavery; the south grew far more partial to their slavery-run economy. The author points out that although the free black population rose from eight percent to thirteen percent of the African-American population, most of the free blacks lived in the northern states where they had much success setting up black schools, churches and communities but still experienced many limitations such as not being permitted a U.S. Passport, work for the government, claims on public lands or sitting next to white people in church. The paper relates that, after the Civil War, newly freed African-Americans started to act on their freedom, which meant the ability to move around hence the reuniting of families, the chance to open schools and churches and the opportunity to interact in politics.
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"The first Africans to land on American soil arrived in Virginia in 1619. In Europe, the Portuguese and the Dutch had already been dealing in the African slave trade, traveling back and forth across the Atlantic for over half a century. Shortly afterward the French and the British took over this trade industry. America was growing and was in need of cheap labor for economic, geographic, social and agricultural reasons, especially in the southern states. In the south, the climate and soil was very conducive to farming and the plantation owners needed a great number of men to work the land consequently making it the majority importer of slaves."
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Romantic Age, Slavery and Blacks, 2006.
This paper explores the extent to which inclusion of literature related to slavery and blacks is an aspect of the Romantic Age.
1,986 words (approx. 7.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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The paper discusses how the inclusion of literature related to slavery and blacks is to a tremendous extent an indisputable aspect of the Romantic Age. The paper relates that the Romantic Age coincided with colonialism and the acquiring of African slaves. The paper reveals that this era founded and birthed racial taxonomies and the very term "Blacks" among other racial slurs. The paper shows how the height, depth and demise of slavery were witnessed during the Romantic period.
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"The exact span of time attributed to the Romantic Era is still debatable. According to Joseph Strayer and Hans Gatzke, "The term Romanticism defies clear definition. It differed not only from country to country but from Romanticist to Romanticist" (The Mainstream of Civilization; 550). What is definite and sure is that Romanticism coincided with Colonialism. Colonialism has been defined as, "The practice of acquiring control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically" (The Oxford Dictionary). The chief tool utilized to achieve the ends of colonialism was African slaves. As stated by Damrosch et. Al. "From 1783 to 1793 more than 300,000 slaves were sold in the British colonies, at a value of over 15,000,000 pounds" (108)."
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Blacks in WWII & Vietnam, 2007.
This paper discusses the injustice done to black Americans during World War II and the Vietnam war.
3,476 words (approx. 13.9 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 98.95
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In this article, the writer discusses how different were the two circumstances in World War II and the Vietnam War for black soldiers. The writer examines what is being said about those wars today and the African American soldier's participation in them. This research paper puts a microscope of comparison and contrast on the issue of black soldiers and those two wars. The essay determines that the available books, journalism and critical writing about the black experience in Vietnam is far more useful in terms of doing research on the experience for blacks than materials on WWI.
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World War II, Vietnam and Black Soldiers
Purpose of Study
Opening Statement
Assumption
Discussion of Findings - Black Soldiers and WWII
Discussion of Findings - Black Soldiers and Vietnam
Recommendations
Conclusion/Summary
Works Cited
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"War is hell. The cliche still works, years after someone first uttered those words. It always will work whether it be Iraq, Vietnam, or Omaha Beach. But when you're black and fighting a war for a nation that excludes you from the mainstream of its social and political life back home, as it was true for blacks in WWII, it's a double dose of hell. Because, in the case of World War II, if you're black, you know when you get home the same injustice and roadblocks to justice await you. You know that jobs for African Americans will not offer the same opportunities for advancement when you get home, schools for your children will not be as modern as schools for white children, and even the right to vote may be in doubt. All those unpleasant realities notwithstanding, the African American soldiers fought hard and long and bravely in WWII, and in the end, whether immediate recognition was forthcoming or not, whether social justice was just over the horizon or not, those troops and their families knew the sacrifices they made were many and exemplary."
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General Sherman on Blacks, 2002.
An analysis of General Sherman's view of blacks and the politics behind his beliefs through a review of his memoirs.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, $ 53.95
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This paper will discuss W.T. Sherman's view on blacks and the politics that accompanied his decision making process. Quotes from his memoirs will be used as an example to explain his viewpoint and belief system. His personality will be revealed by the memoirs that he wrote and will be analyzed.
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Blacks and Sport, 2003.
This paper discusses discriminatory problems against blacks in collegiate sport.
1,610 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper reviews the debate between the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletics' Association) and black leaders over the discriminatory effect of NCAA Proposition 16. The author points out that the basic conflict is between black coaches and civil-rights leaders vs. college presidents and officials of the NCAA . The paper concludes that the problem lies with the structure and relationship between college and professional level athletics.
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"The debate over the National Collegiate Athletics' Association's NCAA Proposition raged largely between black coaches and civil-rights leaders versus college presidents and officials of the NCAA. These two groups had faced off before over ..."
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Middle-Class, Angry Blacks, 2002.
An analysis of Ellis Cose?s article, "The Rage of a Privileged Class: Why Are Middle Class Blacks Angry?"
1,040 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 0 sources, $ 36.95
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This paper examines Cose's thesis, which claims that blacks of every economic level feel cheated on and abused by society. His theory focuses on the middle class, which is torn between its impoverished roots and its aspirations towards economic security. It discusses how Cose hopes to shed better light upon the fact that racism is never purely an economic issue, but a diffuse ideology that permeates the entirety of American society.
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"Interestingly enough, given his thesis, Cose does not use his book to unapologetically defend affirmative action. One would think that he might, given that one of the most common critiques of the policy is that it benefits middle-class Blacks because of their ethnic heritage and the psychological damage caused by history of discrimination in America. It does not similarly benefit whites who have been impoverished or Asians and other minority groups who may have been discriminated against in American history, albeit not as systematically as Black Americans, or in the form of slavery. However, Cose suggests that while affirmative action does address some of the psychological as well as economic legacies of America?s intolerance of Blackness as well as the need for greater workplace diversity in general, he believes that other solutions are necessary to unshackle the minds of all peoples, of the legacy of discrimination. Thus, Cose?s overall thesis or theoretical overview is a cautious, moderate one of greater societal education that lacks a central prescription to address the ills he highlights."
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Discrimination Against Blacks, 2002.
An examination of social theories which seem to be encourage the philosophy of racism against Blacks.
3,468 words (approx. 13.9 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 97.95
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Though overt racism has diminished significantly in the United States over the last 30 years, most American cities remain deeply segregated, and a host of related problems - the lack of public services and private enterprise in inner-city Black neighborhoods, poverty, high crime, poor education- have persisted in part because of this segregation. This research examines and evaluates current social psychological theory as it relates to the issue of discrimination against a single minority group ? African-Americans, who as a group continued to be victimized by the legacy of nearly a century of institutional practices that have embedded racial and ethnic ghettos deep in our national urban demography. Examples for the literature are employed to argue that social psychology confronts many challenges as it attempts to come to terms with a seemingly embedded cultural phenomena.
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"From a theoretical perspective, categorization is regarded by social psychologists as a primary-process cognition implicit in racism (Ridley & Hill, 1999). The implication is that racism is not necessarily intentional, and that a number of secondary processes are implicitly at work in categorization. Secondary processes associated with racism include color blindness, color consciousness, cultural transference, cultural counter-transference pseudotransference, disconsciousness, splitting, stereotyping and stigmatizing. Ridley and Hill (1999) suggest that many of these secondary processes tend to operate unconsciously and involuntarily.
Baron and Byrne (2000) suggest that research findings have identified two explanations for the persistence of prejudice. First, individuals hold and retain prejudiced views because doing so bolsters their own self-image and allows them to affirm their own self-worth, feeling superior in various ways. Secondly, holding prejudiced views is theorized as saving the individual considerable cognitive effort. Given that human beings are regarded as cognitive misers or as investing the least possible amount of cognitive effort in most situations, stereotypes have the effect of saving or conserving mental effort. With respect to discrimination, blatant discrimination has become a thing of the past in many instances, but the new racism is regarded by Baron and Byrne (2000) as just as deadly if somewhat more subtle than blatant discrimination."
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