When Barack Obama was nominated the 44th President of the United States‚ he became “the first African American to serve in that office_ on January 20‚ 2009 ”.After his election as U.S. Senate he became the “highest ranking African American office holder in the country ”‚ Ahead of his presidency his political career was rather abridged yet impressive. During his active years as a politician Barack Obama established himself as “master of the craft” and a seasoned politician “Over the course of his
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a. The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 b. There is no question or argument that on May 31- June 1921‚ a race riot took place in Tulsa that ultimately left an unknown number of people dead‚ and many more than even the highest estimates of those who killed homeless‚ humiliated‚ and horribly in debt. That these people in the next decade‚ during one of the worst periods of racism against them‚ overcame all that and succeeded in rebuilding is amazing. These are people‚ living and dead‚ are people to honored
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Race Riots Race rioting hasn’t just recently begun. It traces back to the 20th century. The most well known race riot that I briefly touched upon in my project was the Notting Hill race riots. The riots took place in London‚ England. It was fuelled by an increasing number of Caribbean migrants arriving after the Second World Ward. By 1961‚ it was estimated that about 100‚000 Caribbean people were occupying London. At this point in time‚ Caribbean migrant were found housing in the poorest of areas
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Integrity Integrity is the act of keeping to your personal morals or ethics. Malcom Friedberg wrote about who he thinks Barack Obama is and why he thought he should be president: ” ….that’s the man I want to run my country: the man who has the courage to do what’s best for all of us‚ and not to compromise because it provides him with some short-term gain. Show me the man that will risk losing the election because he won’t compromise his values‚ and I’ll show you the man that deserves the right
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"The Uniform Crime Report statistics state that blacks are more frequently arrested than whites. While this may mean that blacks actually commit more crime‚ what are some other factors that may be driving the statistics?" "If black neighborhoods are under more police surveillance than white neighborhoods‚ what does this mean for crime statistics?" "Can you give examples of how blacks receive differential treatment in the criminal justice system?" What are your thoughts? Remember to back your comments
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What is race? Is it “real?” Why or why not? • Race is a social construct that everyone suffers from every day. Over many decades human beans created a racial lens that separates our world into different categories based on skin color‚ hair type‚ and even how we act. Is it real? Yes and no‚ we (humans) made it real. We created this illusion that there are different species in the human race. So‚ in our minds race is real because we made it real! However‚ based on a biological mindset race is not
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Natasha Patterson Sociology 304-002 Understanding Race In the beginning of the documentary we were asked a couple of questions what is race and if race existed and before taking this class and watching the movie I would have said yes race does exist because growing up I believed race was what we were not who we are. A lot of people have suffered because of race especially black people because we have never and never will achieve the whiteness per say as everyone else who have come to this country
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The term “race” means to me a group of people with the similar backgrounds and cultures. Race can also be defined as a species of people. Society defines race as the color of your skin but this is a myth. Race is more than the color of your skin; it is your lineage and heritage. It is who you are. The term “ethnic” means belonging to races or nations based on distinctions of race or ethnological. Ethnic is when you relate to a sizable group of people and share a common and distinctive racial‚ national
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Barack Obama On August 4th‚ 1961 in Honolulu‚ Barack Obama was born. Barack’s mother‚ Ann Dunham‚ lived in Wichita‚ Kansas during her life‚ while her father was employed on oil rigs in Great Depression time. After the Pearl Harbor attacks led by Japan‚ Ann’s father‚ Stanley Dunham joined United States Armed Forces under George Patton’s control and marched across Europe. Obama’s father‚ Barack Obama Sr.‚ was born of Luo ethnicity in Nyanza Province‚ Kenya. Barack Obama Sr. lived his early years
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called the cold war. There were no shots fired‚ but each competed to be the major superpower of the world after World War II. One way they tried to become the world superpower was through the Space Race. The Space Race caused ICBMs‚ the Race to the Moon‚ and Reconnaissance Satellites. The Space Race started October 4‚ 1957‚ when the Soviet space satellite “Sputnik” was launched. This led to a massive panic by the American population and government. America was scared that Sputnik was capable of
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