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    1950‚ there were three young African American women who joined NACA. In other words the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. Before the three intelligent African American women were hired NASA would hire a lot of people to work with them. They had to do math equations and use calculations to find out the problem. But these three women made discovery as we know how it is today‚ they got to where they did but by proving people that anyone even African Americans can do what others can do.

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    Portrayal of Women in the Media Gender is the psychological characteristics and social categories that are created by human culture. Doing gender is the concept that humans express their gender when they interact with one another. Messages about how a male or female is supposed to act come from many different places. Schools‚ parents‚ and friends can influence a person. Another major factor that influences millions of impressionable females and males is television. Not only does the television

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    The Great Gatsby‚ and it gives us an insight into the gender roles of past WW1 America. Throughout the novel‚ women are portrayed in a very negative light. The author’s presentation of women is unflattering and unsympathetic. The women are not described with depth. When given their description‚ Fitzgerald appeals to their voice‚ “ she had a voice full of money”‚ their looks “her face was lovely with bright things in it‚ bright eyes‚ and a bright passionate mouth”‚ and the way in which they behave

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    groups representing various minorities‚ for the way ethnic groups have been portrayed in films and television programs. Although considerable progress has been made in the fight against unfair and unflattering portrayals based on false information‚ nevertheless the mass media is often still guilty of insensitivity in this area. African Americans as a group have been primarily stereotyped as animalistic brutes in American culture: physically rather than intellectually oriented‚ hedonistic‚ criminal-minded

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    Stereotypes of African Americans have been around since slavery. Once media got involved it was able to give society a visual as to how other races portrayed them. With television‚ it’s becoming more and more vivid of how bad the stereotyping is getting. Now a day’s some writers of these shows and try to hide the racial remarks‚ while others are blunt with it and receive no type of punishment for their actions. You do have some sitcoms that will shine a positive light on the African American community

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    Equality. The American Dream. The consensus is all citizens are equal and have the opportunity to succeed and achieve this “American Dream.” However‚ the notion that an individual’s race does not matter anymore and that America is post-racial is false. Research shows culture and views on African Americans have been shaped throughout the history of the United States and are still being shaped. Although African Americans are no longer subjected to slavery‚ inequality and misrepresentation still persists

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    the media perpetuates ideas about race and ethnicity that places African American women at a clear disadvantage.” The earliest forms of these sexual notions and oppressive manners dates back to slavery. America has had a vast craving of exploring the unknown and trying to learn and interpret different cultures. Although the concept of race is constantly changing‚ and currently is viewed as a state which does not have any biological meaning it is constantly a crucial part in African American Woman

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    Traditions are a serious issue in every African society even till this modern day and age. From marriage ceremonies up till the way we greet and interact with people in our society. Every society has different traditions in which they believe in‚ some most times similar with those of the other community or society. Tradition is something that has existed for quite a while now and I believe even with the help of a higher authority‚ some traditions can never be abolished or go unrecognized. Mrs.

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    All American women in the 19th to early 20th century faced social and legal disabilities that forbade women to have the same equal rights as men. Through all the obstacles that made women’s rights achievable were the hardships that influenced historians such as Harriet Tubman‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton‚ and Susan B. Anthony to overcome the inequality in property rights‚ family law‚ and education to allow women fulfill the same opportunities as men that is seen in society today. Women protested and

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    wrote their reviews in 1855. A lot of changes have happened during the early 1850’s‚ especially for African Americans. Social practices in that day were also drastically different from the ones of modern-day America. Those social practices regard the roles in society of people based on class‚ gender‚ age‚ and race. In the 1850’s several historical events served as a stepping stone for African Americans. Everything started when in 1850’s The Fugitive Slave Law was passed which honored the rights of

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