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    event from the perspective of his mom’s abortion. Although these thoughts may seem negligible to many‚ they are familiar and expected everyday occurrences that Jewish immigrant Rachel Deborah Shilsky has to experience in her orthodox reign in The Color of Water. These very events commence as Rachel becomes the beloved girlfriend of a black teen known as Peter in Suffolk‚ Virginia. The relationship is light at first but escalates to the abortion of an unexpected pregnancy. Moreover‚ the story progresses

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    her and not part of her anymore. This helps us to better understand her point of view during the story. 2.Examine James’ depiction of his mother. James depicts his mother as a “strange middle-aged white lady with black hair‚ dark eyes‚ a large nose‚ a sparkling smile‚ and a bowlegged walk you could see a mile off.” He and his siblings would call her walk “Mommy’s mad walk.” James describes her non awareness of what the world thought of her and how she would ignore any matters involving race or

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    Names are what makes up a person’s personality‚ and affect your future. In “what’s in a name?” Okaikor’s father changed his name and lived a distinctive life than he would have if he hadn’t changed his original identity. Additionally‚ in “The Color of Water.” The passage

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    The Color of Water Main Character List James McBride Author and narrator of the book. James was the eighth of twelve children. He talked about his embarrassment for having a white mother as a child‚ but learned to cope with it. James had dealt with drugs and committing crimes‚ but fought his addiction and returned to school. Ruth McBride Mother of twelve children including James. She was born as a Jewish immigrant‚ having a disabled mother and a racist and cheap father. Ruth married two black

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    McBride Financial Service The purpose of this paper is to develop a marketing plan for McBride Financial Service. The paper will include what type of market research McBride should undertake. The various types of media Mcbride should use in the marketing plan. This paper will cover McBride’s target markets and explain why they are targets for McBride Financial Service. This paper will also cover what the considerations are for McBride to conduct a portion of their marketing on the Internet.

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    Morgan McBride History 1302 Professor Johnson April 15‚ 2012 Malcolm X vs. MLK Throughout the 1950’s and 1960’s acts of violence really hurt the nation when it came to individuals treating others equally. Having a different skin color really was a huge deal for our nation‚ especially in the south. Not only wanting to put an end to the racism and the horrible treatments for the blacks and poor whites‚ Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. wanted to implement the most successful way to end racism.

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    McBride Marketing Paper 1 McBride Marketing Paper University of Phoenix John I Henderson November 15‚ 2010 McBride Marketing Paper 2 McBride Financial

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    McBride Financial Services-Marketing Plan University of Phoenix BSA 310-Business Systems McBride Financial Services-Marketing Plan The first step in any marketing plan should be marketing research. McBride Financial Services will be using a four step plan for gathering research for marketing. The goal of marketing research for McBride is to gather data from local chambers of commerce‚ visitors’ bureaus‚ and local realtors concerning the target market: professionals and retirees purchasing

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    was on page 11 with grunt where One Eye bumps his head and reacts with such‚ reaction because One Eye is new to the surrounding he’s very timid. Ray see’s at that moment that One Eye is sensitive and sensitive. On page 13 the sound given is rushing water and hood dryers‚ to explain how old Ray’s father house background history of what it was before and the cites that were there before. Ray see’s the transition that has taken place to what the house is now. The next sound given was the landslide of

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    Black Power As James was little he learned that white people and black people didn’t get along so it put his family in a pretty tight space. When James asked his mother where she came from she often changed the subject or replied with “god made me” or “I’m light skinned”. In 1966 black had permeated every element of James neighborhood in St. Albans Queens. Malcolm X had been killed and had grown larger in death than in life. The black panthers were a force. Public buildings‚ statues‚ monuments

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