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The Color Purple by Alice Walker and Black Women Overcoming Oppression

Ultimately, "It is through their friendships, their love, their shared oppression... that they collectively gain the strength to s...

Domestic Violence and African Americans

to criminal activity, to substance abuse. These problems have both direct and indirect impacts on the family. A considerable bod...

James Cone/Black Theology

that historical events entail. Therefore, Cone finds his starting place in his theological thinking with a historical analysis of ...

Black Holes

to be a composite of black holes from smaller galaxies There is, in fact, a black hole at the center of the Milky Way. When small...

Narratives: Redefinition and Redemption

men in blankets who would sexually use little boys as prostitutes. The boys would receive money and so they would be able to eat a...

Black Leadership: Garvey v DuBois

uncles. He made good use of both. During his early twenties he found work in a variety of occupations in Jamaica, Central Americ...

African Americans and Hypertension

p. 12). Additionally, many blacks believe the principal cause of hypertension to be stress, "resulting from being black, experienc...

Black & Decker

one company yet not another as a means by which to meet the demands of an ever-shrinking economy; Black & Decker realized early on...

American Minority Youth Mentoring Program

established church gives the program both credence within the community it serves, as well as a means for continuing the program l...

Staff Sergeant Ruben Rivers

went back to his tank and pulled the tree out of the way (Wilson, 1993). For this action, Rivers commanding officer, Captain David...

Alienation in "The Scarlet Letter"

symbol, the black veil that the minister wears. The intriguing thing about the story is that unlike, say, the Phantom of the Opera...

Gwendolyn Brooks/Old Black Woman, Homeless & Indistinct

as if she did not exist. They tune her out, just as they do other unsightly aspects of urban living. No one sees the cigarette but...

African-Americans and Reconstruction

organizations as the Freedmens Bureau and "Northern benevolent societies," and "after 1868, state governments" (Building the black...

Racial and Ethnic Inequality in the Move West

in a state of oblivion to his position of being owned as property and was almost completely unaware that this position was anythin...

Unethical Medical Work

were not informed about the true nature of the study, and "deception was used throughout" (Walker, 2009, p. 5). One survivor said,...

Black Achievers

lives of everyone, when black people were not supposed to be seen as anything more than animals. They truly paved the way for many...

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...

Black American Women and Interlocking Oppression

words, when it comes to oppression, people are not necessarily held back due only to their gender, or their color, but a combinati...

Crime Rates HIgher Among Ethnic Groups

arrest histories. Background In an effort to prove that the literature is biased when reporting...

Othello the Moor and Zofloya the Moor

describe the way in which society considers those who are different. The psychological construct of the Other is applied to the pe...

African-Americans and Recidivism Rates

(Taylor, 2009). Most of the prisoners are from poor backgrounds and most have little education (Taylor, 2009). There are seven tim...

Maya Angelou: Million Man March

in spite of that, is often hopeful, even joyous. This paper explicates her poem "Million Man March." Discussion The theme of the ...

Bias in the Use of the Death Penalty?

of course, is the product of such a home. Marger (4), however, contends that such characteristics "have produced survival strateg...

Culturally Competent Care for AA Men

men. The following examination of this topic, addresses a hypothetical case study, which the student researching this topic can us...

Justice for All or Just for Some?

and 1.2% of non-Hispanic whites. This paper examines some of the factors that may account for the disproportional representation o...

Justice for All or Just for Some?

and 1.2% of non-Hispanic whites. This paper examines some of the factors that may account for the disproportional representation o...

Comparing Jacobs and Wilson

of slavery, as she was not free by any definition of this term and she was treated as property, in a manner that is equivalent to ...

Hypothetical Cross-Cultural Psychology Course

are inextricably intertwined within the complexities of social existence; that women have always had to confirm their worth as hum...

Langston Hughes The Trumpet Player

golden tones he creates" (Davis 276). This "new Harlem" apparently changes more dramatically than we think; Schatt notes that the ...

Firebrand of Liberty

the coast of Georgia and Florida under Colonel Oliver T. Beards command (Kennington, 2009). Their expedition, and raids, proved su...