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    brutality towards people of color. Today it is carried out in a much more covert way that is a lot more subtle in nature and least likely to garner attention (Bonilla-Silva‚ 2003). Being an overt racist will attract too much unwanted attention and potentially make one a target of discipline. Being a covert racist will garner less attention. One can simply put on a front with behavior and or attitude that is much easier to deflect and deny racism. Bonilla-Silva’s Color-Blind Racism: Theoretical framework

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    Schondra Chavers Prof. Cohen AMH 2091 MoWeFr 10:10-11am 21 October 2011 Four-page essay Is the emphasis on a Color-Blind Society an Answer to Racism? Racism is a topic that has always been controversial for a countless number of years. It has been a serious topic since the beginning of America. Everyone has been a victim of racism at least one time in their life; no matter what race they may be. But what is racism? Racism is a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various

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    things blue made me happy especially a brilliant blue sky in the summer time. Blue is a color which stands for loyalty‚ honesty and trust and it can be quiet‚ reserved and even sincere. You can be sure that you can rely on blue to take over the control and to do the right thing when times get tough. Just think of the wonderful things which are blue like twilight‚ the sky and the oceans‚ seas‚ rivers and lakes. Remember that the sky is reflected in the waters and can make them a wonderful blue especially

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    his way his way toward me‚ his wet lips smirking‚ Your Hitler youth friend can help you now‚ Jew boy ‚ he says. The police have arrested your vermin family” (Gleitzman). This also shows that Cyryl wants to get revenge since Felix passed as a polish person. Also he managed to do this because he had Zelda’s locket which have a picture of two nazi soldiers. Those soldiers are Zelda’s parents so Felix showed the Nazis the locket so that they believed that those are his parents. Cyryl knew that wasn’t

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    The Year 3000 It was New Year’s Eve‚ I was in sitting in my chair in the cryogenic lab where I worked. When all of a sudden the New Year’s clock hit one minute until the New Year came. It was the year nineteen-ninety-nine about to be two-thousand. Ten‚ nine‚ eight‚ seven‚ six‚ five‚ four‚ three‚ two‚ one Happy New Year‚ I blew my kazoo and the chair I was sitting in tipped over and I fell into an open cryogenic tube behind me‚ the door was shut and the timer was set for one-thousand years!

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    fable-like and incorporate a common scheme and wording (124). Testimonies are accounts in which the narrator is a central participant in the story or is close to the characters in the story (124). The book talks about four major story lines of color-blind racism. The first one is “The Past Is the Past‚” which mean that people must put the past behind them. It is also a such term call ex affirmative action that do a reverse by letting the racial flame be alive. The respondents feel as if it is necessary

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    stand for the fifty states that have come together and will stand as one through all hardships and successes. The colors red‚ white‚ and blue represent the patriotic ideals of the people in the United States. Red represents fearlessness‚ courage‚ integrity‚ and devotion humanity has for our country. White stands for liberty and equality to all of humanity. And last but not least blue represents loyalty and faith that our nation has built up for our country. The flag represents three eternal principles:

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    Silva’s Frames of Color-Blind Racism provide the logic used by governmental leaders to explain the place dominance has in a society. In addition‚ the frames demonstrate how dominance is managed and maintained in a society. Abstract Liberalism‚ Naturalization‚ Cultural Racism‚ and Minimization of Racism are the four frames that Silva introduces. Since Anti-racialism‚ as defined by Goldberg is opposing the categorizing of people according to their outward characteristics‚ Goldberg’s frames Naturalization

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    Is the emphasis on a Color-Blind Society an Answer to Racism? Racism is a word that sparks a nerve in many individuals today. As hard as it is to believe‚ racism is still a big factor in what we as a society know as a unified America. Although‚ it is not as obvious as it was in the past‚ it still goes on‚ just in ways that are less noticeable. We ask the question‚ is the emphasis on a color-blind society an answer to racism. Ward Connerly claims it is a way to stop the segregation and make America

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    When you think of the color blue‚ what comes to mind? Is it the sky‚ the ocean‚ or the musical group? What if when someone mentioned the color blue‚ you thought of a way of life? What if it was the complex personality of a unique human? When I hear the word blue‚ I now think about myself. The blue group says things about my personality which makes me different from everyone else. Being a blue means you’re soft‚ but in a way that affects people positively. I am a blue because I’m a people pleaser

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