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dialect and Black English depending on the social situation. Because the authors mother patterned this, by the time Gilyard was ol...

for acceptance and to fight for their own dignity and pride. In terms of why they approached literature and life in this way, w...

go in terms of his adherence to one race or another. He admires both African and white cultures and people in different ways. For ...

fricatives (three pronounced as tree and the pronounced as do), and the monophthongalization of /ay/ and /aw/ dipthongs find an...

"[A]fter school while his mother worked, Lawrence attended a day- care program at Utopia Childrens House, where he studied arts an...

stations. They practiced karate moves on the new carpets. Some of them even learned how to read, but none of them as quickly as ...

about the effect of such statistics on their parenting style, especially in the presence of poverty as a contributing factor. The ...

up and begins to see how hard life is for an African American in society, she decides to never bring a child into the world. This ...

individuals like Betty would not be able to properly function within their world. The practice of psychology has proven to be mor...

Louis Hughes in his autobiography, Thirty Years a Slave (Hughes, 2001). In his account, he discusses how he was separated from his...

of those who have been more materially successful. When news leaked of the Dakota brand intended for poor women, the outcry was s...

problems include adolescent pregnancy and out-of-wedlock births, poor maternal/infant care, problems with disease control and sexu...

trend of black militancy, which would blossom into full-flower during the 1960s, decrying it as little more than a "peculiar form ...

As the war raged on, black cotton farmers were looking forward to a Northern victory, which would ultimately give them their freed...

in order to claim her white heritage she would essentially have to have her mother along to prove she was also Caucasian (Hubbynet...

ultimately gave rise to modern-day sameness when it comes to childrearing. Particularly evident of this is how attitudes of...

in the nation. Unlike groups that came over with money, Africans came without even clothes on their backs. They were chained and s...

walls (Books, 1998). Different constructs determine children who are useful and those who are not as well as those who are used (B...

works signed by a famous artist. Rather, the visitor is exposed to the artifacts that suggest what life was and is like to African...

the subsequent verdict has divided New Yorkers. Since the young, Haitian immigrant was riddled with bullets by police, there have ...

an adolescent and grown adult. His elementary and middle school years were full of academic lessons, caring for his siblings and ...

this poem is that of the universal anguish of being bound and imprisoned, no matter what the age. And, in a very real sense he is ...

diversity in the police department in a town with a combined minority rate close to 50 percent continues to plague city officials,...

Me" Hurston writes, "I remember the very day I became colored...But I am not tragically colored. Someone is always at my elbow rem...

became something other than a free society. The slaves true story, then, lies in his humane triumph over tyranny" (Huggins lxxi)....

gender. In fact, according to what Ms. Jacobs writes, women were discriminated against by white and black men alike. Here, though...

gained in a variety of ways, but most knowledge of that type is obvious and straightforward. One of the enduring purposes of high...

culture. Personal ethics will enter the picture and will depend upon the individual. Of course, ethics in the business world are r...

a shock for white audiences. Poitier invested his character with dignity and strength, and although later that tactic no longer re...

and "Dont you fall now-" (line 17)(Hughes 1255). She concludes by emphasizing the point that she is still going, still climbing, ...