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    Racism in South Africa

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    Tyler Stewart November 18‚ 2013 Racism in South Africa The Dutch East India Company were the first European company to set up shop near the southern tip of Africa in 1652. By the 1700’s the Dutch were calling themselves Afrikaners as they made South Africa their new home. However‚ they weren’t the first settlers to reach South Africa. This honor goes to the Bantu tribes which settled in South Africa roughly 2‚000 years ago. The Bantu either scared away or absorbed

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    South African Americans

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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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    South Street Seaport

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    uThe South Street Seaport The South Street Seaport is one of New York’s historic areas located where Fulton Street meets the East River‚ and is a designated historic district. The original intent of the Seaport was the preservation of the block buildings known as Schermerhorn Row on the southwest side of Fulton Street‚ which were threatened with future development. The entire Seaport neighborhood is meant to transport the visitor’s back in time to New York’s mid-19th century‚ to demonstrate what

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    What were lynchings in the South‚ and how did the southern police deal with it? Lynching was a way to kill those who were not white and those who opposed white supremacist views. It was a means to kill someone (mostly by hanging) for an alleged offense with/ without a legal trial. The points that will be addressed include facts about lynching in the south‚ crimes that led to being lynched‚ and what southern police did about it. When the South lost to the Norht during the Civil War‚ lynching became

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    Slave Labor in the South

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    Colton Henley Essay 1 The article “The New Slavery in the South” written by a Georgia Negro Peon is a very informative source. The article is written about an African American sharecropper’s experience‚ and the methods that were used to keep them enslaved and the conditions they were expected to thrive in. I am going to discuss the methods that were used and address the issue of black resistance to the white power structure in the south. Many methods were illustrated in the article “A Georgia

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    Gender in South Asia

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    VOICES FROM MARGINAL WOMEN: GENDER IN SOUTH-ASIAN LITERATURE. “ Na Stri Swatantra Marhati” – [ Shloka ( verse ) from Mahabharat ] “My life is my own……My will is my own. My wishes are my own. No one can kill those - no one ! I will do what I like with my self and my life ! I will decide ……” [Tendulkar‚Vijay. Silence! The Court Is In Session. Trans. Priya Adarkar. India: Oxford University Press‚ 2004.] These two contradictory comments are about women – the first one is the rigid

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    Chaebols In South Korea

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    I would like to address is the Chaebols and the corruption status of South Korea. The Chaebols and the Government The term Chaebol refers to big business group in South Korea. Chaebols are usually characterized by family control of ownership and management‚ diversified business areas‚ and their close relationship with government (1). The development of the Chaebols can be traced back to the period around 1950 to 1960 when South Korea gone through a very rapid industrialisation process led by the

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    The New South Notes

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    Triumvirate began to wane as the ideals of the Populist Party and the New Democrats began to dominate the Democratic Party in 1890‚ as well as‚ the deaths or retirement of the three members. Joseph E. Brown Joseph E. Brown (1821-1894) was born in South Carolina‚ but spent most of his early years in the mountains of North Georgia. He attended Yale Law School and moved back to Georgia where he became a successful lawyer. He was elected to the Georgia General Assembly in 1849 and became a state judge

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    North and South by Gaskell

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    Margaret in North and South Gender Roles & Role Reversal Margaret‚ through her characterization and interactions with the male characters in North and South‚ both represents the gender role of her time‚ as well as subverts‚ and even goes as far as to reverse roles with the opposite gender. Her strong willpower and tendency to be dominant contributes to this. * S - p. 39 ‘Margaret did dislike it‚ did shrink from it more than from anything she had ever had to do in her life before... It

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    Bred in South Auckland

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    dog of mixed breed he tells us he has many different cultural influences as a part of him. This quote made me realise that every person has many dimensions to them; it doesn’t matter if your family isn’t from multiple cultures. When you grow up in a society where there are many diverse cultures influencing your behaviour‚ your attitude‚ it shapes your personality and you as a person. This poem relates to many people around New Zealand‚ especially in South Auckland because we’re so multi-cultural and

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