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    I have decided to watch movie” School Ties” because it talks about Americans college students from 1950s and their way of looking at race and religion. ’School Ties ’ addresses the prevalent anti-Semitism views in the USA. But it also presents discrimination and social pressure to ’fit in ’‚ the urge to deny one ’s ideals and beliefs in order to be accepted by environment. Main character of the movie David Green is a Jewish kid who is very talented in football‚ this skill gets him a full scholarship

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    Color Blind

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    Color Blind I’ve been privileged enough to grow up color blind‚ and so has the younger generation in my family. That’s what happens when your great-great grandmother is white on your mother’s side‚ and great grandfather is Cherokee Indian on your father’s side. It has been said that if you have one percent of black blood in you‚ you were considered black. Due to the generational gap my father’s birth certificate says Colored‚ my mothers says Negro‚ and mine says African American. When I was asked

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    Ty Cobb could be easily called the greatest baseball player of all time. His determination and persistence is what made him the best. Through the lessons and morals of hard work that his father had taught Ty Cobb as a boy‚ he was able to become a great hard-working baseball player. His personal life was hard at times‚ but nonetheless he earned astonishing achievements in the 24 season playing career in the American league. A batting record for runs scored of 2‚245‚ runs batted in of 1‚937‚ a record

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    Colors of the Mountain

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    Da Chen Colors of the Mountain Publisher: Random House‚ January 2001 Location of Publication: New York/ Toronto 310 pp. $15.95 ISBN: 0-385-72060-2 Reviewer: Anthony Cusano In the book Colors of The Mountains‚ Da Chen was born and raised for a good amount of his life in Yellow Stone‚ China‚ where he faced many hardships that he learned to overcome. Da Chen is a graduate of Columbia University Law School‚ which he attended on a full scholarship. He is a brush calligrapher of considerable spirituality

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    Color of Friendship

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    The Color of Friendship The story begins in 1977‚ Washington D.C. A girl named Piper has been sent an invitation for an "Exchange student" program which allows her and her family to have a student from South Africa to live with them for 4 months. Piper plans to do anything for her father who has a career as a congressman to give permission. Meanwhile‚ Marhee plans to do the same from South Africa. Marhee is also allowed to participate in the exchange program thinking that the American family

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    Mr. Bear’s Bow Ties

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    HOME READING REPORT NO. 1 TITLE : Mr. Bear’s Bow Ties AUTHOR : Odille Ousley PLACE AND DATE OF PUBLICATION :New York‚1964 BRIEF SUMMARY : Mr. B.T. Bear worked in the elevator in the big old department house at the corner of Cherry Street and Maple Street. Mr. B.T. had many good friends in the old apartment house. But

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    in Poland and her family immigrated to America. Her family settled down in a small town in Virginia. In America‚ she changed her name to Rachel Deborah Shilsky. Her father’s name was Fishel Shilsky and he was an Orthodox rabbi. 2. When Rachel states that she is dead‚ she is figuratively speaking. She talks about Jewish laws of contracts and there are never marriages of love. Her family mourned her when she married a black man‚ as if she were dead. Ruth speaks about her family praying and turning

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    The Color of Water

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    Some children have difficulties accepting their race. In “The Color of Water” written by James McBride covers the story of a biracial man that is trying to find out more about his white mother. Throughout the book James McBride discusses how racism and acceptance from people can be difficult. In the text “The Color of Water”‚ racial tensions has had an effect on James mother Ruth’s along with James and other individuals who have dealt with being biracial while looking to being accepted in their

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    Painting with Color

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    Interracial Relationships- Painting with Color In the 18th century‚ who you married depending greatly on your race‚ culture‚ and your religious upbringing; in this day and age it is argued that the only external component that matters is the love that binds two people in holy matrimony. Although the institution of marriage has been around for many centuries‚ not all civil unions are legal‚ as is the case of homosexuals. Although more and more couples are taking the plunge‚ they seem to be conflicted

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    The Color Purple

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    The theme of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple is very straightforward and simple. Like many other novels devoted to the mistreatment of blacks and black women especially‚ The Color Purple is dedicated to black women’s rights. Much of the narrative in Walker’s novel is derived from her own personal experience‚ growing up in the rural South as an uneducated and abused child. In short‚ the goal of this book and indeed all her writing is to inspire and motivate black women to stand up for their rights

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