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    African American mothers play a unique role in the family structure as a result of the discrimination and prejudice that they have come to expect. A role that‚ though not outwardly feminine or gentile‚ is nonetheless very significant in the American story of motherhood. This new embodiment of motherhood questions conventional standards of behaviour‚ standards that associate maternity with specific behavioural traits. In The Bluest Eye‚ Morrison pokes fun at these traditional ideals of femininity

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    Hispanics are less likely to be smokers (20.4 percent) than non-Hispanic whites (25.3 percent) and African Americans (26.7 percent). Smoking prevalence remained at the highest among American Indians/Alaska Natives at 40 percent in 1998. As smoking has declined among the white non-Hispanic population‚ tobacco companies have targeted both African Americans and Hispanics‚ Although African Americans smoke fewer cigarettes‚ on average‚ they tend to smoke

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    The Coming Together Of Two Worlds The Encounter between the Europeans and Native Americans was one of mutual cultural that brought both several favorable and unfortunate outcomes to each other. These two different cultures exchanged many ideas that changed the ways they had once lived before. When these two different worlds collided they were both introduced to multiple crops and animals they had never seen‚ tasted‚ or even heard of. Numerous crops that grow around the world today came from the

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    He believed that Government policy had created an atmosphere in which “violence by the African people had become inevitable” and that “unless reasonable leadership was given…to control the feelings of [the]people”‚ “there would be outbreaks of terrorism which would produce…hostility between the various races.” No other way was open to the African people‚ to fight “in their struggle against the principle of White Supremacy.” He refused to acknowledge the decree that

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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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    In 1652‚ the Dutch built the Fort of Good Hope on the Western South African coast to supply fresh water and food to ships travelling around the Cape. Employees of the company grew wheat on small lots and bought cattle from the Khoikhoi‚ local cattle breeders. A couple of wealthy landowners imported the first batch of black slaves in 1658 from Dahomey to convert the original Dutch small holdings into larger wheat and grape plantations. Gradually‚ a culturally Dutch settler society emerged consisting

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    relationship with God in order to redeem one from one’s sinful condition‚ that God had chosen to reveal salvation through preaching‚ and that the Holy Spirit was the energizing instrument of salvation” (Encyclopedia Britannica). They helped shape the American Dream by trying to make everything and everyone be the same. This need to purify the English Church pushed people to branch off and create different movements as a repercussion (Encyclopedia Britannica). I am not a very religious person but I believe

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    ownership of land. The case between the Native Americans and the European settlers was no different. Europe was becoming overpopulated which prompted brave individuals to venture across the Atlantic Ocean to claim land in the New World. Their claim of land became an issue as the land was already occupied by the Natives. More settlers came and eventually colonies sprung up‚ which proceeded to push the Natives westwards from their land. Assaults on the colonists by Native Americans to defend their way of

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    AFRICAN AMERICAN Total numbers in the U.S. 8‚593‚287 total African-Americans in the US Information (source) Percent of the total U. S. population Information (source) Rate of growth 12.6% African American Average household size 1. African-American household size: 2. two-person family-3‚585‚316 or 41.7% 3. three or four-person family- 3‚769‚736 or 43.9% 4. five-person family or more- 1‚238‚235 or 14.4% 5. total African-American household size- 8‚593‚287 Average age of African-Americans: Males 31 years

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    was coined by Dr. Geronimus‚ which states that African Americans in the United States experience early health deterioration‚ measured by biological indicators of repeated exposure to and adaptation to stressors (Geronimus‚ Hicken‚ Pearson‚ Seashols‚ Brown‚ & Cruz‚ 2010). Dr. Geronimus accredits racial disparities and stressful environments as contributing factors to the premature aging. However‚ there are many other reasons as to why the African American community is susceptible to early health deterioration

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