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Social Security Versus The American Dream

public transportation or carpooling with friends. To fill up the tank of this older model, low mileage car costs $75. Moreover, ...

Are Americans Selfish?

part of a type of culture that invest heavily in thinking first about themselves and their own survival before thinking about thei...

Are Americans Selfish?

are compassionate and although they are not perfect in the handling of needy children, or needy people, they are clearly a nation ...

Metacom of the Wampanoag: Changing Perceptions Over Time

predominant mindset of manifest destiny that set the stage for the many abhorrent actions that were yet to unfold in Native/White ...

Television Depictions of Gender and Ethnicity in the Workplace

researcher that suggests that these differences relate as much to socioeconomics as they do to biology. She emphasizes that the i...

The Power of Persuasion: No Magic Bullet for the Continuing Problems in Darfur

that this earlier time in history bears little comparison to contemporary times in regard to what it takes to inspire individuals ...

Reflection on Counseling Ethics

is eventually taken. Afterward, I reflect on how my choice turned out and, if I could do it over again, the factors that I might c...

The Boston Tea Party

legislative body; an executive branch; and a judicial branch of government. Britain came to that change later than did the US, ho...

Japanese and American Comic Books

Another difference between the two is the character development found in the Japanese comics (2001). The worlds that are created f...

Slavery, Rebellion and the Memory of Freedom

of early American history did not have a complex culture, a culture that encompassed a deep religiosity. Indeed, Nat Turner, lead...

American Dream as a Nightmare in Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man' and F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby'

In five pages this paper provides a comparative analysis of these two famous American literary works in terms of the acquisition o...

Overview of American Community Colleges

In five pages this paper examines Arthur Cohen and Florence Brawer's 'The American Community College' and Marlene Griffith and Ann...

American Revolution's Failure to Secure Equality for African Americans and Women

In five pages this paper considers the ideology behind the revolution of 'equality for all' but concludes that this has never been...

19th and 20th Century Asian-American Gangs

7 pages in length. The existing and ever-growing power of Asian-American gangs during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries have...

Social Concerns in Latin American Colonial Times

remained the same as the wealthy white merchants and elite maintained control of the economic monopoly. Neighborhoods were not onl...

People's History

In five pages history as seen through the eyes of Native Americans, African Americans, women, and factory workers is glimpsed in a...

American's Government Distrust and the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

acted on his own to kill the President (Spencer, John and Spencer, Anne, nd). They believe there is a very strong cover-up in this...

American Scene Painting Art Movement

critical reception and the issues and themes addressed in their work. Regionalism A principal thrust in this school was the conc...

U.S. History and American Racism AMERICAN RACISM AND HISTORY

subconscious, if a man has intercourse with a women, he claims ownership of her. Likewise, in a larger world view, if the white ma...

Contemporary Melting Pot and America

the great melting pot that is the United States. They will no longer be seen as outsiders, but an integral part of the society of ...

Equality and the Birth of the United States

of Virginia going so far to offer slaves of anti-British masters their freedom if theyd desert their masters (Blackburn, 1991). Bu...

War on Terrorism and the African American's Loyalty Paradox Response

was California Congresswoman, Barbara Lee who received death threats after she had the unmitigated courage to cast the only vote a...

Southwest U.S. and Assimilation Pressures Placed Upon Hispanics and Native Americans

historic plight of Hispanics and Native Americans in the Southwest. Even today, in fact, these cultures are too often penalized f...

Purple Heart and Casablanca, Messages to the American Public in the Turbulent Years of World War II

foreign war" (Nachbar). In 1941, the House of Representatives the measure to continue the military draft passed by a single vote ...

Contemporary Society and African Americans' Roles

are unable to advance and thus are thrown into a never ending cycle of self depreciation. Yes, true, the United States Just...

21st Century America and African American Social Mobility

or success is associated with fame and fortune, or achievement in terms of the arts or sciences. Some individuals have not earned ...

Black American Perspectives on Death and Dying from a Religious View

traditions carried down through the generations (Ruark, 2003). Dr. Ronald K. Barrett has spent many years studying how African Am...

The Influence of Border Films

drugging and kidnapping his wife, whom he subsequently frames on drug charges (Touch of Evil, 1995). Vargas, and justice, prevail ...

A Book Review of Dan Rather's 'The American Dream'

dedication, and vision. Rather bases his story on over thirty key interviews that he held over the years, interviews that...

Languages of Native Americans and Their Importance in Cultural Relativity and Promoting Diversity

languages are a significant cultural resource, a cultural resource which is too often overlooked by mainstream America. He emphas...