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    Why did the whites not like colored people? when they havent done anything to them. Many whites did not like them due to them wanting to have a strong feeling of superiority. Also a feeling that they will change their traditions that they worked for a really time. It was really unfair how they treated them the whites treated them like dogs. Also they couldt even be in the same restaurant with them if theyre some kind of criminals. Many colored people tried everything that they could just to get

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    Powerful People: Harry Belafonte To some‚ the name Harry Belafonte is only known by his famous song “The Banana Boat Song” (Better known as Day-O) but he has accomplished more in his lifetime than most people could ever dream. Belafonte was born in 1927 in New York to a poor family. As a child‚ he had to make the move between America and Jamaica more than once. From his humble beginnings‚ Harry Belafonte was able to grow into not only a highly regarded musician and actor‚ but a powerful activist

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    1. In the podcast episode “How using Ebonics affects Black people”‚ linguistic John Rickford introduces the argument that where Black Americans live affects how they speak. When black Americans move to more prosperous neighborhoods‚ they tend to talk less in Ebonics. Instead of talking in their native dialect‚ black Americans adopt more of mainstream speech to help navigate them in larger society. Rickford even contends that they are bidualectal and are fluent in both standard English and Ebonics

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    Tribal chief that led his tribe and many others in the resistance against the U.S. Indian policies. Not only did he win many battles and resist the growing reservation movement‚ he also protected his people from maximum harm and harassment from the U.S. government. Sitting Bull has protected his people from many dangers and while doing it‚ saved many lives and dignities. Resisting Reservation Policies. The United States Government offered many negotiations to make peace with the Dakota Native Americans

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    How the Indigenous people have managed the land The Indigenous people had successfully managed sustainable land for at least 40‚000 years. They had developed an ecological system using the knowledge passed from generation to generation. They didn’t try to make the land suit them‚ they suited the land‚ not trying to change it. They worked with the land and they created a sustainable environment. The Indigenous people’s resources came from their own local environment. They used the land and its resources

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    Harriet Tubman and The People Could Fly are two stories about Slavery. They were both located on a plantation. The two stories are very different but they have their similarities. To start with‚ The people in both stories lived in misery. The people trembled in fear. That’s because they both were enslaved. In Harriet Tubman‚ it’s all throughout the writing. From not being able to sing and be free to only getting little clothing. For example‚ it states‚ “Once a year‚ on issue day‚ they received clothing

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    your mind is the equivalent of black people thinking they are free. Freedom of speech is limited to your audiance‚ I can sit here today and say I hate white people. If my audiance also hates white people‚ I now have the freedom to share my hate. Until we realize that our thoughts‚ actions and reactions are being guided‚ we will never learn to think outside the box. Donald Trump is so popular because the reality is‚ if no one cares to say SOME (a lot) of white people hate any race that is not white. This

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    Samuel Brown – 3100913 Indigenous Studies – Assessment 3 Topic 4: The relationship between the social work profession and Indigenous people has been a problematic one. Discuss with reference to Stolen Generations. Social work is a complex and broad field and the relationship between social workers and Indigenous Australians can be equally intricate and difficult to navigate. The theme of this paper will be; ‘understanding the relationship between the social work profession and Indigenous Australians’

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    Why do good people do bad things? (750 words) In this essay I will talk about the torturing of prisoners in Abu Ghraib. I will also write about the Stanley Milgrim Experiment and the Stanford Prison Experiment. All of these relate to one of the topics we have covered this term. There is an excellent example of uniforms influencing power in the Stanford Prison experiment which took place in1971‚ it was lead by Prof Zimbardo1 (see footnote) in which a group of students were selected to act as prison

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    dreams of making it in the world‚ is What Jerald Walker was determined to do. Walker had grown up in a community where opinions about “whites” were shared by everyone. Whites discriminated against black people and anything that was believed as bad by black people‚ was blamed on the white people. In order to succeed‚ Walker would have to “Be” like his brother Clyde. Clyde did not fit the “stereotype”‚ of a regular black man. His brother said things like‚ “whites aren’t an obstacle to success” and

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