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    In both Baldwin’s “If Black English Isn’t A Language‚ Then Tell Me‚ What Is?” and Trask’s “From A Native Daughter” the idea of the American images impact on other cultures is shown. This impact could have had an impact on how fast America came to be what we know. Baldwin in his essay talks about slavery and how it could have ended sooner but it would have taken the white man to be able to realize their own ignorance in order for this to be able to happen. This realization would of been hard for

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    Wednesday‚ March 4‚ 2009 Which variety of English do you speak/teach? I teach in Japan‚ where a standard American dialect (which one I don’t really know) is strongly encouraged‚ unless you teach in places like the British council (which many of my friends have). I have been living in this pseudo English environment (American dialect‚ international friends and teacher talk) so long that it has started to affect my own use and pronunciation of English. Every time I go back to Australia‚ my friends

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    Occidental College OxyScholar ECLS Student Scholarship English and Comparative Literary Studies (ECLS) 4-1-2009 BALDWINISM: The English language functioning as a system of racism and colonization in a “Post”Colonial America Julian Mitchell Occidental College Follow this and additional works at: http://scholar.oxy.edu/ecls_student Recommended Citation Mitchell‚ Julian‚ "BALDWINISM: The English language functioning as a system of racism and colonization in a “Post”-Colonial America"

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    How did the Great Depression influence the evolution of American vernacular dance? In the Great Depression‚ the American dream had become a nightmare. What was once the land of opportunity was now the land of desperation. The Great Depression was an economic slump in North America‚ Europe‚ and other industrialized areas of the world that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world. Nevertheless‚ it

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     WILKS-WILLIS FAMILY REUNION Cruise July 2012 Nassau & Half Moon Cay Tawana Newton Montgomery ‚ AL WILKS-WILLIS FAMILY REUNION Cruise July 2012 Nassau & Half Moon Cay Markessius Hill

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    Black Masculinity: Behaviors‚ Boundaries and Biology What is an ethnic group? An ethnic group is a human population whose members identify with each other‚ usually on the basis of a presumed common genealogy or ancestry . These ethnic groups are usually united by shared cultural values‚ common fields of communication‚ or religious practices. So perhaps the theory of Black masculinity can be considered an ethnic group. There is the obvious factors of being ‘Black’ and ‘male’ that connects these members

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    African American Vernacular Traditions: Integrated Into Modern Culture African American vernacular traditions have been around for many centuries and still cease to exist in their culture. The vernacular traditions of the African Americans started when slaves were existent in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. It is believed that the slaves spoke a mix of Creole and partial English‚ in which they had to create in order to communicate between them discreetly. The vernacular traditions originated

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    Black on black violence is an enormous problem in the African-American community. Living in a neighborhood that is mostly minority‚ many may have witnessed a lot of black on black violence. The black on black violence has continued to arise in many communities and continues to be a problem around the world. Black on black violence is ignorant‚ and many black Americans should be coming together instead of killing one another. African-Americans people should be helping each other achieve in the world

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    their own community. Iti Awosika joins the heated debate about how we can protect our children. There has been an alarming rate of deaths amongst teenage black boys. For the past decade Britain has had the largest rate of teenage deaths amongst teenagers both black and white‚ however this number has been much higher of amongst teens of Black decent‚ may have questioned the reason for this with statements like’ I blame the parents’‚ ‘I blame the education system’. But what are the main causes for

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    Film Evaluation: Black Is… Black Ain’t The final film by Marlon Riggs‚ Black is…Black Ain’t‚ is concerned with the state of the African American community. This film essentially asks the question‚ what does it mean to be black? The director and producer‚ Marlon Riggs‚ guides viewers along an “an up-front examination of racism‚ sexism‚ and homophobia within the black community itself. Bringing together personal stories‚ interviews‚ music‚ history‚ and performance‚ Black Is...Black Ain’t asks African

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