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College Enrollment for a Black American Student

1980s, combined with crisis in the public education system led to plummeting rates of African American college enrollment in the e...

Comparing the Educational Philosophies of Washington and Du Bois

an emphasis on more practical learning in higher education (Boyce, 2003). Du Bois would focus on the importance of knowledge inclu...

Issues of Social Justice from a Historical Perspective

quo (Ruddell and Urbina, 2004). In his analysis of the history of incarceration in the US, Vogel (2003) charts a relationship be...

Africa and an Effective and Incorruptible Authority Establishment

& Nwankwo, 2003). Authors say that if any effective reform is to be initiated, such as in the form of debt relief, it must be don...

Overview of African American and Native American Ideologies and Globalization

took a vicious Civil War to legally end the "peculiar institution," although the South continued to pass such things as the Jim Cr...

Lorna Simpson's Impact on Postmodern Feminist Art

depictions of Black women that hide their face, their central visual identity. This is the basis through which Simpson creates a ...

Exporting Computers to Kenya

both computer systems and the Internet on the rise. Though South Africa is considered the "leader" in such a field, Kenya is defin...

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe and Its Contradictions

In six pages the antiabolitionist intent of Stowe's novel is compared with the African American stereotypes it was responsible for...

How Race Shapes Fashion Design in New York City

a "handful" of real designers as opposed to entrepreneurs who launch a clothing line as part of a sort of media empire; Sean Combs...

African Dogs

dead of night in dripping and deserted city streets. They live without mans protection, without his love, squabbling over scraps o...

The Long Walk to Freedom

that dream. Mandela was indeed prepared to die and had come to the realization that violence was sometimes necessary to eff...

China's Entry into Africa

many of the trade barriers lifted and restrictions relaxed, for trade and good going into and coming out of China (Thompson, 2007)...

Desertification and the African Sahel

empire that once existed in the Sahara (Brough & Kimenyi, 2004). Although there was the occasional drought-induced famine, the ea...

Theme of Colonialism in Sembene Ousmane’s God’s Bits of Wood and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Purple Hibiscus

in this instance French Dakar-Niger railroad owners (toubabs) versus impoverished workers in pre-Independence era Senegal who soug...

The Individual and Societal Impacts of the Civil War

One of the more interesting roles women took on during the war was as volunteers in the war effort. For...

Should Aid to Africa be Reduced?

context of the provision of aid; give a man a fish and he will eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he will eat for the rest...

Counseling, Psychology And Cultural Concerns

basis upon which positive psychology operates. Indeed, there will always be a place for the type of therapy that purges psycholog...

National Museum of African Art

this series, while painted in the late nineteenth century, looks very much as if it were from the Byzantine era. The site gives th...

Finding Peace in a Culture of War

individual is exposed to any type of experience there is the potential for that individual to be desensitized to any experiences t...

Westerners And Bushmen Exchange Systems

relations. Bushmen feel a great need to give and receive food, perhaps to cement relationships with each other, perhaps to proved...

Influences on the Global Airline Industry

the deregulation or liberalization of an industry it is the transformation of the industry from a government controlled, and often...

Theories in Sociological Studies

interact with each other, and tend to ignore larger structures such as national governments and economies ("Theoretical Perspectiv...

Personal Ethics and Cultural Values Research Study Proposal

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

Substance and Symbolism of the African Mask

reminiscent of African culture as a whole is to miss the point of the masks intent. There are a variety of masks and they are mean...

Hypothetical Case of Nawal

mother goes to the nearest town to find whatever work she can, normally doing small domestic chores for wealthier individuals. In ...

Essay on The African American Museum in Philadelphia

The African American Museum in Philadelphia Research Compiled for The Paper Store, Enterprises Inc. by Janice Vincent, 4/18...

Methodology of Anna Julia Cooper

(May 2007: 106). Cooper felt that the struggle of black women for social justice was an inherent element in the "wider struggle fo...

Child with E/BD

headed" when faced with stress, while people with a "poorly differentiated self" are largely dependent on what others think of the...

The Need for Cultural Competency Care

African-American culture tends to eat more fat than is recommended. Socioeconomic status as well as education play a role in meal ...

The Impact of Race and Gender on Adolescent Violence

to the same extent (Saner and Ellickson, 1996). Saner and Ellickson concluded that violent adolescent acts are often the result of...