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    It’s amazing how far America has come since settlers came to her shores. When we first came here‚ were cruel and self-centered. Native Americans became our slaves‚ as did Black Americans and anyone else who wasn’t white. Women were seen as inferior to men‚ and anyone who wasn’t straight or cis were forced to hide who they were for the safety of themselves and for the sake of their relationships with friends and family. Now‚ we’ve gotten better. Women are seen as equal on a legal front‚ slavery is

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    Native American Essay The society of Americans today is unaware of the cultures and beliefs of Native Americans‚ and how complex those cultures are. The creation myth‚ “The Earthdiver” written by the Mono culture‚ and the creation myth‚ “How the World Was Made” written by the Cherokee have similarities and differences that open the eyes of its audiences that are unknowledgeable of the topic. Native American folktales are stories on how certain Native American tribes contributed their beliefs

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    Native American Spirituality The purpose of this essay is to present the spiritual world of the Native Americans‚ which is one of the oldest forms of Spirituality that exists on earth. The main reason why I have chosen this topic is because I want to find out more information about their spiritual dimension and perhaps to understand better the main differences between our religion and theirs. In order to better observe this aspect‚ I will be analyzing the religious beliefs of three Native

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    Jad Ltaif Ray Slavens English 2327.C01 28 September 2012 Native Americans and Colonists Native Americans and English colonists are two distinct groups that were in conflict. The colonists came to America to establish a better life for themselves‚ their family‚ and freedom to practice their faith. However‚ the Indians did not agree with their way of thinking of God and wanted the settlers to follow their own way of belief in God. As expressed in the three works Tecumseh‚ Richard Frethorne‚ and

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    The Life of an African-American I am currently a sixty year old African American living in Southern Alabama. Throughout my life‚ I have experienced more hardships and seen more suffering than any man should ever live through. Growing up in the South during the 1830’s‚ I would have never imagined the opportunities that I have now‚ compared to my mother and father’s time. My mother and father came from West Africa as slaves and worked endlessly on a tobacco plantation in Virginia. I remember when

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    The Garifuna people are descendants of West Africans Slave who intermarried with native Carib and Arawak Indians‚ many people label them the “Black Carib because of that. In addition‚ the term “Garifuna” in English means “cassava eating people”. The West Africans Slaves were on their way to a Plantation or mines when their ship was ruined in a bad storm and they were able to escape and The Garifuna people also known as “Garinagu” in English literally means happened to get washed up on the shores

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    life. Some societies may incorporate their culture into their literature; the Native Americans‚ for example‚ are widely known for doing so. On the other hand‚ certain sets of people may base their culture upon a great piece of writing; Puritans‚ a group of people who separated from the Church of England and fled to the Americas for religious reform‚ are famous for basing their way of life upon the Bible. Both Native Americans and Puritans have similar elements of culture‚ such as religion and morals

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    the colonies became a nation and separated from their mainland to become the United States of America‚ this lead to colonist becoming Americans. During this time‚ many American colonist realized that slaves were people and deserved a better treatment. This being because of the assimilation of the African culture to the American culture. This lead to the idea of slaves being people as well and having the right to be free. As people came together‚ many colonists realized that their actions were ethically

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    African Americans Michelle W Agwagu AXIA College University of Phoenix My name is Michelle Williams-Agwagu and my ethnicity group is African American. African Americans came here by forced immigration. They were not invited here to America‚ and they certainly did not come here by choice. They were forced and taken on ships that brought them to America just to become slaves to the white people. Upon arrival to America‚ African Americans were treated poorly. Many of them were torn apart from

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    always welcomed with open arms‚ specifically African-Americans‚ and Mexicans. The new wartime industries‚ such as the aerospace and shipping industries needed a temporary workforce as many Californians left to join the war (Textbook‚ 482-483). The state’s new workforce was incredibly diverse‚ which included African- Americans who came from the North and South (Erik Lecture‚ 2/22). Employment opportunities that were previously unavailable to African-Americans were suddenly open. Many had the opportunity

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