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    Associate Program Material Stereotypes and Prejudice Worksheet Please complete the following exercises‚ remembering that you are in an academic setting and should remain unbiased‚ considerate‚ and professional when completing this worksheet. Part I Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: • Race • Ethnicity • Religion • Gender • Sexual orientation • Age • Disability

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    Albinism Essay

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    newborns regardless to their gender or ethnic background‚ in despite of unusual skin/hair/eye color‚ albino people do have normal life span only with a slightly higher chance of skin cancer‚ which fortunately is curable; development delay is not expected with the condition‚ as many had pursued wide range of successful careers. Children born with albinism can be easily identified by their lightened skin/hair/eye color into two types of albino classifications: oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) and ocular

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    Telephone Conversation

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    Soyinka uses the poem the telephone conversation to express the apathy one‚ particularly the black has‚ against Apartheid. Through an ironical dialogue over the telephone the poet criticizes the strong feeling of hatred that has arisen due to racial discrimination. The poem starts on a mild note where the poet negotiates the renting of an apartment with the landlady over the telephone. They were agreeable on the ‘price’ the ‘location’ and privacy. The price was ‘reasonable’ to the poet‚ the location‚ has

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    On August 28‚ 1963‚ Martin Luther King Jr. spoke out against racism during the Civil Rights movement in order to fight for equal rights for every race and end discrimination against African Americans. During the African-American Civil Rights Movement (1954-1968)‚ there were many acts of civil disobedience‚ which led to violence and even deaths of the protesters. There were also many nonviolent protests‚ such as sit-ins‚ marches‚ and speeches‚ to get people’s attention so that their voices would be

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    Colorism is a type of discrimination in which humans of the same race are treated or treat each other differently because of the social connotations that have been attached to shade of their skin. It exists in almost every race‚ but it is most predominant in the African American culture within the borders of The United States. Colorism in the United States is rooted back to slavery and ever since then it has corrupted the minds of the black community. Colorism between African Americans was no mistake;

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    See Baby Discriminate | Print Article | Newsweek.com http://www.newsweek.com/id/214989/output/print PRINT THIS See Baby Discriminate Kids as young as 6 months judge others based on skin color. What’s a parent to do? By Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman | NEWSWEEK Published Sep 5‚ 2009 From the magazine issue dated Sep 14‚ 2009 At the Children’s Research Lab at the University of Texas‚ a database is kept on thousands of families in the Austin area who have volunteered to be available

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    Skin And Skin Disorders

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    According to The Encyclopedia of Skin and Skin Disorders‚ an insect bite is a puncture wound in the skin by any variety of insects. Some people have more reactions to bites or stings. Babies are usually more affected by bites and stings than adults. Severe allergic or toxic reactions are not common but can be life-threatening and require emergency care. Common stinging or biting insects that cause mild reactions are: mosquitoes‚ flies‚ fleas‚ bedbugs and kissing bugs‚ chiggers‚ nonpoisonous spiders

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    how the foster care system failed to give children of color the facilities that would help them lead a somewhat normal and protected life. The story of Shirley Wilder is a sad one once you find out what kind of life she had to live when she was a young girl. Having no mother and rejected by her father she has become a troubled girl. Shirley Wilder was rejected from foster care because she was black. The system failed to place children of color into these homes because they weren’t white‚ Catholic

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    and value one another‚ we were taught morals. However‚ as time passed‚ a growing hatred consumed us. We as a nation lost our empathy amongst each other and began to dehumanize our own neighbors. We as a whole began to discriminate on the basis of skin color‚ religion‚ and race. Racism is an injustice act that has been around for centuries‚ affecting millions of people all throughout the world‚ and can still be found in present day. Although I believe this to be true‚ there is a growing opposition that

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    “Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin‚ I couldn’t imagine living in an era where my value as a human being was determined by my skin color. I ask myself if I would have been considered an Afro-Cuban and treated like a slave just because my father is a “Quadroon” (1/4 African)? Would my father’s skin color‚ heritage and ethnicity make me an “Octaroon” (1/8 African) regardless of the fact that my skin is lighter than most Caucasian’s? “Desiree’s Baby” by K. Chopin is set in the early nineteen hundreds‚ just before

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