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    Keona Turner David Agum African American Studies 1 October‚ 2010 Oppression of African Americans In the documentary Ethnic Notions directed by Marlon Riggs‚ illustrates the oppression African Americans have faced during the time of slavery up until the present day. The same forms of oppression blacks faced during slavery is the same type of oppression they faced today‚ decades after slavery was abolished. These forms of oppression still seen today are evidence that

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    achievements in other fields of work. African Americans are represented as athletes even though there has been many more achievements in the culture. The young males are manipulated at a young age and base their lives off a career they have seen all their life‚ but will not be able to be successful as an athlete. Although the media tends to represent the African Americans in sports in a positive way‚ there overrepresentation causeses young African Americans to believe that is the only way to achieve

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    Responsibility as an American Throughout the years‚ our founding fathers through much controversy and many hard fought battles has paved and made it possible for us as U.S. citizens to live in prosperity and freedom as a country. We as citizens should give back to them for all the hard work they put forth towards making our country great and that is by being responsible. I find that this is a huge problem in our country today‚ there is not a lot of respect and effort towards to right things to

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    I am very fond of taking bath in rivers or canals and very often go for these purposes‚ sometimes with my friends and sometimes alone. Every time it was OK except that last Sunday which I can never forget. On that Sunday‚ I went to the river with one of my friends. It was morning and on reaching the river bank we saw a crowd of people including young children had alrfeady reached there. The river water was flowing in full speed this time. Therefore‚ those who were elderly were bathing peacefully

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    Pertaining to Tracy Lai’s article titled‚ "Asian American Women"‚ Lai discusses how stereotypes dehumanize people while turning them into objects to be manipulated. Lai touches on the topic of how Asian people and cultures are stereotyped as being inferior and exotic. The problem that Lai brings to our attention is that it is a struggle to be an Asian in America due to the fact that Asians have been denied political‚ economic and social equality in America. Lai also brings to our attention

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    to portray his thoughts on the subject. Obviously in a speech about racism given by an African American man‚ there are going to be mixed responses portrayed by the audience‚ and I think those mixed reactions are exactly what was occurring in the audience. As being part of that audience‚ I think Obama did an exceptional job of showing how racism is still present today‚ not only towards African Americans‚ but every other race as well. In “A More Perfect Union”‚ Obama not only talks about the conventional

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    Asian Americans represent a diverse range of over twenty-nine unique people groups and cultures. Asian philosophy is group-centered rather than individual-centered as Western culture is. While this philosophy is not necessarily wrong‚ it presents different perspectives and problems of which Western-trained counselors should be aware. A individual’s identity is highly tied into identifying with the culture and customs they from which they come‚ deviating from culture and tradition such as seeing a

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    The American Nightmare For better or for worse‚ many people have desperately sought after the treasured American Dream. It is a dream like no other; it has no specific guidelines for one to know whether or not they have achieved the dream‚ yet for millions‚ it is their sole reason for working. Although this may seem ludicrous to someone hearing of the Dream for the first time‚ most would agree that it is perfectly normal to have a desire for such an abstract goal‚ after all‚ who would not want economic

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    paleness of one’s skin determined success minorities‚ especially African-Americans‚ seldom have the opportunity to prosper in the industries of today‚ such as Hollywood. Hollywood has grown into a pivotal commodity of the human society that not only entertains us as audiences‚ but shapes our beliefs and views as well. Hollywood racism‚ despite the denial of its existence‚ presets itself through the underrepresentation of African-American talent as well as the repeated recognition of said figures solely

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    American Beauty American Beauty‚ directed by Sam Mendes‚ exploits the overwhelming misconception of beauty‚ and of how to achieve happiness. The tag line‚ “look closer”‚ prompts viewers to look deeper into the characters and thus into themselves; something that society should also be prompted to do. The characters in American Beauty are not what they appear‚ and throughout the course of the movie‚ reality hits and many realize the life they have been living is somewhat unsatisfactory. Through

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