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West Misperceptions of the History of East Asia

of French historian Michel Foucalt, and makes three principal arguments. The first argument that Said presents is that Orientali...

Historical Achievements of Man and Edward Gibbon

Strategic bombing was an aspect of World War II, and people didnt think much about that aspect" (Feld 961b-feld.html). There is n...

Looking Back at the Culture of the 20th Century from the 22nd Century

This 8 page paper gives a cultural history of the 20th century from the perspective of someone living in the 22nd century. The wri...

Historical Analysis of Edward Gibbons' 'The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire,' Thucydides' 'History of the Peloponnesian War,' and Tacitus' 'The Annals'

In ten pages three ancient historical texts are analyzed in terms of author's approach to history, the representation of the past,...

American Holocaust by David Stannard

In six pages Stannard's contention that the Europeans were responsible for world history's greatest acts of genocide in the exterm...

Asia and Western Expansionism

The ways in which modernization in Asia was influenced by Western expansion are examined in five pages with references made to She...

Medieval History Bias

In a paper consisting of 8 page the influence of bias in Medieval history telling is considered along with the ways in which histo...

Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

African author Chinua Achebe argues that the extended metaphor that Conrad uses to relate his principal theme is founded on the vi...

Why Racism in Society is Not as Bad as it Seems

the end result is negative. The Tawana Brawley case is one that demonstrates things are not always how they appear. When black men...

Racism in The House Behind the Cedars by Chesnutt

however, they - themselves - were catalysts for racism by virtue of how they so eagerly left behind a big part of their heritage i...

American Economy and Racism

Shawki argues that the slave system resulted in the accumulation of wealth and the parallel development of capitalism in both Amer...

Birth of a Nation/Racism in 2 Scenes

"historical facsimile" of the House of Representatives for the State of South Carolina in 1870 (Dirks). In this scene, the audienc...

Racism in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

Kurtz, as one of the main indictments against imperialism. As this suggests, while granted that there is a much to praise in Conra...

Historical Overview of Racism in California/1850 to World War II

its sweatshops while the lush farmlands of California had vast farming and cattle empires that depended on equally vast numbers of...

Racism/Views of Moody and Douglass

This discussion address the experience of two prominent black writers concerning their experiences in the mid-ninettenth century a...

Racism and Puddn'head Wilson by Mark Twain

skinned and easily passes for white. This simple premise presents us with the curious question of whether or not this boy will e...

Struggling Against Racism with Realism and Hope by Gayrund Wilmore

minority group(244). Wilmore than describes a process of social evolution wherein various immigrant groups integrate themselves ...

Fighting Racism with Martin Luther King Jr. and Toni Bambara

is similar to arguing that a man who leaves his home with money in his possession incites robbery. As this suggests, King successf...

Racism in the Criminal Justice System

Dies, Who Decides," 2010). It is hard to dispute this observation. Yet, the other side of the coin contends that there are more bl...

The Influence of Racism

growing up white in the segregated South" is the story of the authors, Melton Alonza McLaurins, life growing up in Wade North Caro...

The Labor Market and Racism

This paper offers definitions and discussion of factors that are relevant to the labor market and how it is affected by race. Thre...

Racism and WASPs

towards WASPS as they are the ones who are perceived to hold "the power." II. The Black/White Difference: An Ever-Widening Chasm ...

'Inventing Racism' by G.E. Zuriff

studies he has found seem to measure white college and populations in regards to their racial prejudice against blacks. Other race...

Black Religion as Formed by Racism

individuals were members of St. Georges Methodist Episcopal Church but, because of the fact they were African American, found them...

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...

Racism in Criminal Justice?

black men were imprisoned in 2006 (MacDonald, 2008)! This compares to only one in 79 Hispanic men and one in 205 white men (MacDon...

School Violence, Poverty, Racism and the Nation's Schools

as a whole, or toward an individual because he (or she) is a member of that group" (Spencer, 1998, p. 25). By and large, schools ...

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...

Racism and Emotion in Flannery O'Connor's Works

In eight pages this paper examines how racial intolerance is thematically portrayed in Flannery O'Connor's short stories 'Judgment...

Racism and Objectivism in Ayn Rand

In eight pages the Objectivism of Ayn Rand is examined in order to determine whether or not these principles are racist. Five sou...