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    that permanent raised fields‚ terracing‚ forest gardens‚ managed fallows‚ and wild harvesting were also crucial to supporting the large populations of the Classic period in some areas. 67. Historical Analysis: "While long-distance trade across Afro-Eurasia

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    1. The function or role of education Functionalists Functionalists say it does 3 important things • Teaches the skills needed for a job (so helps the economy) • Sorts the clever people from the thick for the right jobs (allocation function) • Is secondary socialisation (so helps people fit into society). Durkheim said the last one is done by passing on norms and values and this continues shared values – a consensus. Thus we have social order. Parsons adds that schools prepare children for

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    Examine the role of processes in schools in producing different educational achievement among pupils from different social groups. Differential educational achievement is unquestionable affected by different social groups however this is not the only factor that affects the educational success of students. Members of working class place a lower value on education‚ they place less emphasis on formal education as a means to personal achievement‚ and they see less value in continuing school beyond

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    and somewhat fair relationship between Africans and Europeans. After 1833—and the end of the slave trade—the relationship between Africans and Europeans took such a significant turn that it would change the African continent significantly. Whereas Afro-centric scholars have argued that colonialism changed or “transformed” Africa “forever”‚ and that the African culture was evolving regardless of the past encounters or relationships with Europeans. Euro-centric scholars argue that Europeans made a

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    horses‚ tea. A continuity that occurred was that the Silk Road remained as a major trade route. All the way from the beginning of the Silk Road to the end of the Silk Road‚ the purpose of the route was to trade from the East side of Afro-Eurasia to the West side of Afro-Eurasia. Both areas have gained a lot from the route‚ in more ways than one. The main reason that these events occurred was again the demand for materials. When one region invents a new item or finds a new resource‚ other

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    influences as well as the conflicts that form part of this creolization process. In the shadow of the much dicussed "Gastarbeiter" generation‚ new communities like the Latinos or Afro-Germans have emerged in Germany. There is an estimated number of 400.000 Germans with black and white ancestry‚ who identify themselves as Afro-Germans. Latinamerican born residents marry‚ work and mix with Germans. Equadorian women share their flats with german homosexual men (not to be immagined in their place of origins)

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    Commentary on « A Negro Woman » by W.C Williams This text is a poem entitled « A Negro Woman » written by American author William Carlos Williams in 1955. It is therefore at the very beginning of the African-American Civil Rights Movement which occurred between 1955 and 1968 in the United States. In this poem‚ Williams describes a common black woman carrying a bunch of yellow flowers. It is written in free verses and could be divided into two parts: one being mainly a description and the

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    Tewyner Hall English 101 Ms. Montreal Sept 10‚ 2012 Response Paper2 “Straightening Our Hair” By bell hooks In the essay “Straightening Our Hair” by bell hooks‚ she expresses the reasons why black women straighten their hair‚ the stereotypical thoughts that people presumed about black hair and the pros and the cons of black women straighten

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    tune “The Blacker the Berry”‚ from his third studio album “How to Pimp a Butterfly”‚ Kendrick Lamar creates a narrator with a radical look on the conflicts between races in America. The narrator claims to be proud of his heritage‚ talking about the Afro-Americans’ journey from struggling with various prejudices in society of the time toward being able to buy

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    These numbers serve as evidence that blacks are largely racially discriminated against in a learning environment‚ to this day. This incident corresponds to a similar cross-cultural example of racism in schools‚ where in the Afro-American region of Brazil‚ individuals labeled with Afro-American descent are argued to be biologically deficient in intellectuality and incapable of learning certain subjects‚ such as philosophy‚ simply due to their origin (Al Jazeera

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