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    My name is Stephanie Flowers and until this class assignment I never thoughtfully considered what my actual ethnic background was. After looking up the meaning of my last name I found it to be of Welsh origin. This means that I could possibility trace my family roots back to Great Britain. After reading chapter one of Race and Ethnic Relations I discovered that being a part of a certain ethnic background does not mean that you have to be part of that race‚ but you have to practice the common cultural

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    Education in South Africa

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    Education of South Africa A Research Paper Introduction Education was used as a means of control before and during the apartheid. With the ratio of whites to blacks in South Africa so extreme‚ it is difficult to imagine the minority maintaining power over the vast majority for so long a time. The ability to influence a mass of people through their education‚ or lack there of‚ was the backbone of the inequalities throughout South Africa’s history. It was the crux of all economic stratification

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    ways to different things for different reasons. Often times‚ when change is forced on a group of people they do not look kindly upon it. This would be the case for what the World considers the Scramble for Africa. According to the documents given‚ European powers gave the illusion of choice to the people and then backed that up with bullets when they resisted. In response the the European Colonization of Africa‚ the Native people feared the social problems that would face them along with the fear

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    A Passage to Africa

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    George Alagiah’s choice of language and sentence structure convey the suffering of the Somalian people? It touched me in a way I could not explain. It moved me in a way that went beyond pity or revulsion. George Alagiah’s commentary‚ A Passage to Africa‚ is about his experiences in Somalia during the Civil War. Paparazzi-like‚ he is in search of the “most striking picture” that will appeal to TV audiences back home. The scenes he witnesses‚ however‚ are heartbreaking; the images too disturbing to

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    Section 1: A Scramble For Africa • European nations needed to fuel industrial production • Competed for new markets for goods and took huge interest in Africa • Imperialism- Seizure of a country or territory by a stronger country o Occurred throughout most of Africa o Europe came in and dominated • Mid 1800’s Africans divided into ethnic and linguistic groups • Some converted to Islam and Christianity • Most kept traditions and religion • For 400 years

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    of being the main vehicles for African Nationalism. Prof. Anyang’ Nyong’o (1992) in his book 30 years of independence in Africa correctly states that Africans were no longer a homogenous people ruled by benevolent chiefs who discussed with the elders under a tree for hours until they agreed. He (Prof. Nyong’o) points out that great division of African people into social groups and categories with different interests and different attitudes towards the colonial state. The consequent of this was their

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    Britain’s Continued Influences in West Africa The main goal of colonialism was to extract the economic benefits for the colonizing empire and England was just that‚ it wanted to exploit the natural resources and established a profitable setting for its settler colonies in Africa. England’s approach of direct rule‚ limited the rights to Africans‚ which affected English rule as well as their post colonial relationships with neighboring countries. With England’s influences in every aspect of African

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    Music in Africa

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    of proficiency. Beyond that‚ certain people are selected for special musical training. These exceptional performers tend to reply on the help of spirits for guidance‚ which demand high performance from the individual. Musical instruments in West Africa are not just objects; they are semi-human as they take on human characteristics. These instruments‚ usually played by master musicians‚ can have personal names‚ be kept in special houses and may be "fed" sacrificial food. The Kpelle people have two

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    Using material from Item B and elsewhere‚ assess sociological explanations of ethnic differences both in offending and in victimisation. (21 marks) In terms of offending‚ official statistics tends to over represent ethnic differences in offending and victimisation. However‚ self-report studies carried out by Graham and Bowling found that black and whites have very similar rates of offending‚ while Indians‚ Pakistanis and Bangladeshis had much lower rates. In terms of victimisation‚ black people are

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    Assimilation or Retaining Ethnic Identity America was founded by a group of diverse immigrants. All immigrants are coming from different parts of the world such as Asia‚ Europe‚ Africa and Mexico and so on. Therefore‚ each person has his or her own culture‚ religion and beliefs. Most of the people who are immigrants are non-English speaking and face struggles and numerous challenges to assimilate into American society. Millions of people have been discriminated due to skin color‚ religions‚

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