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Racism and Cognitive Dissonance

into a state of psychological dissonance, which, in turn, produces an unpleasant tension (Rudolph, 2003). According to Festinger, ...

EEOC Compliance and Red Pen Board Report

In six pages student submitted statistical data is applied to alleged gender or racial discrimination with the Red Pen Board Repor...

Battling Racism in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

to Jim. There are other issues as well but this is the predominant one. So then, the question is whether or not Twain was actual...

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain and Depiction of Racial Minorities

beliefs maintained by the slaves when they still resided in Africa. There is also the perspective which argues that the childre...

Renaissance Racism and William Shakespeare's Othello

to Todorov, the Spaniards could not conceive of the Native Americans as "equally human but culturally different" (Berry 315). The...

Crosscultural Counseling Issues

which helps people with problem-solving (Doherty, 2002). In the case of the Hispanic population, there are many problems which ar...

Joe Christmas in Light in August by William Faulkner

black as synonymous with good and evil that immediately plunges Joe into an emotional turmoil, from which he never completely dise...

19th Century America Racial Issues and the Chinese Exclusion Act

the impact which this had upon Chinese immigrants, in terms of both race and gender, it is useful to look briefly at the history o...

1935's Harlem Riot

to study all the factors which led to the riot which eventually led to the introduction of several new health care and housing pro...

Women's Roles in The Awakening by Kate Chopin

contention that it was in the 1890s when social change would be rampant and that this change would be reflected time and time agai...

Protection for the Rights of the Individual in the U.S. Constitution

and prohibits someone from being tried twice for the same crime (Findlaw.com (a), 2002). In addition, this amendment states that n...

Racial Elements in Twain and Stowe

dialogue that provides the reader with a strong sense of awareness regarding the speech and attitudes of those he was portraying. ...

U.S. Racial Profiling

(Legal Information Institute, 2002). A Supreme Court decision in 1996 made racial profiling illegal, however, the decision allows...

Portrayals of Minorities in America in The Color of Fear and True Colors

to the daughter of the influential and powerful Senator Stiles" (Anonymous Cusack and Spader show their True Colors, 2002; 5937&Se...

The House on the Lagoon by Ferre from a Racial Perspective

In five pages this paper discusses the novel in terms of how narrators Quintin and Isabel reflect racial prejudices and difference...

Racism in William Shakespeare's Othello

that is perverted by the subterfuge and overt evil of Iago. Examining the character of Iago is enlightening to anyone who has ever...

Incidences of Prostate Cancer

are about 50 percent more likely than white men to get this kind of cancer. Black men also have the highest mortality rate from pr...

Urbanization in the 20th Century

This 6 page paper examines the theory put forth by the Chicago School sociologists that all urban areas assimilated their immigran...

Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and the Characteristics of Race

In ten pages the repetition of race issues and racial characteristics featured in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain...

Dispelling the Myth of the American 'Land of Opportunity'

once was very much part of the dwelling where the evidence was found. Would a white man have been given the benefit of the doubt t...

Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain and Its Racial Implications

In seven pages this paper examines the crimes of slavery and racial discrimination within the context of this novel by Mark Twain....

Summary and Analysis of The Book of Jonah

In five pages this paper argues that The Book of Jonah contains a message that protests any type of nationalistic, racial, or ethn...

Progress as Defined by American History from 1867 until 1909

book when copying a page, to get all of it to copy -kind of like trying to even out the hill the book makes on the copy plate. Th...

Major League Baseball and Influence of African Americans

In a paper consisting of twenty pages the racial integration that has come through professional baseball is explored in the contri...

Brazil's Urban Life

Emilia Viotti da Costa's The Myth of Racial Democracy in Brazil: A Problem of Social Mythology is referenced in this consideration...

Brazil, 'Social Democracy,' and Discrimination

its very least, and revisionist history at the most. The dynamics of "social mythology" We might say that social mythology is a w...

Comparative Analysis of Richard Wright's 'Morning Star' and George Schuyler's 'Black No More'

Secure in the knowledge that his origins are unknown, Max joins a white supremacist group and allies himself with their bigotry. S...

Later 20th Century and Racial Progress

In ten pages this paper examines post 1960s racial progress in the United States and Brazil. Seven sources are cited in the bibli...

Bias and Sensory Perception

In eight pages this paper discusses cultural, racial, and physiological process biases as they influence sensory perception. Eigh...

Mama Day by Gloria Naylor and Issues of Gender and Race

In ten pages this African American feminist text is analyzed in its portrayal of gender and racial issues. Eight sources are list...