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    I found Stupid White Men‚ a book written by Michael Moore‚ very interesting and funny. The humor in this book is displayed in a dark manor‚ in which he portrays Bush’s administration by highlighting their faulty decisions. Moore makes you want to read on‚ having every page filled with mind blowing facts about our president George W. Bush and the "stupid white men" behind him. Although Moore is white‚ he explains that "every bit of pain and suffering in my life has had a Caucasian face to it" (Moore

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    references in many writings and screenplays. In “The White Man’s Burden” by Richard Kipling‚ the white man is often portrayed as the stranger. “The hate of those ye guard” (Kipling 36)‚ Rudyard Kipling states as he conveys how white men are only here to “Reep his old reward” (Kipling 34). There are many instances in the poem that prove how the “white man” has been extremely controlling and only take as they please. In many or most writings‚ the white man is the stranger. For example‚ In Crocodile Dundee

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    and how it caused the world to be connected is explained with examples from: the film titled Little White Lie‚ a guest speaker named Rebecca Campbell‚ and the novel by J. California Cooper titled Family. The first set of examples of passing come from Little White Lie. This film was all about the life of a girl named Lacy‚ and lived most of her life believing she was passing. Lacy was a half white‚ half black Jew that grew up believing

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    Porsche By Bailey White

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    In the short story “Porsche” by Bailey White‚ the porsche symbolizes a painful memory because it was the last presence of dad and also because the author’s mom wanted to hide it somewhere out of her sight. The porsche ties back to the boy’s dad because his dad “hurled himself out of the house‚ jumped into his little red Porsche‚ and scratched off in a swirl of dust”(White). This is significant because this has been the last presence of his father and a memory of the author‚ before dad left the

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    Critical Reaction to Readings for Week 4 October 1‚ 2013: I am writing my critical reaction journal based on my readings in regards to a two writings titled‚ “Seeing More Than Black and White” by Elizabeth Martinez (1998) in “Race‚ Class‚ and Gender: An Anthology‚” [edited by] Margaret L Andersen; Patricia Hill Collins‚ 2013‚ (8th Edition ed.‚ pp. 85-90) and “Color-Blind Privilege” by Charles A. Gallagher (2003) in “Race‚ Class‚ and Gender: An Anthology‚” [edited by] Margaret L Andersen; Patricia

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    Ferro 1 Sara Ferro Mrs. Dombrowski Reading September 17‚ 2013 Racism: Black vs. White During the 1930s in Maycomb County‚ everyone treated each other differently. People judged traits other people based on their skin color. White people thought that all black people were not smart. Blacks did not want whites in their social circles. Both groups kept each other at a distance‚ mostly due to ignorance‚ each not willing to understand the other as a real person. Atticus Finch was an exception in

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    Betty White Betty White was born in Oak Park‚ IL on January 17‚ 1922‚ daughter of Horace L. White‚ a traveling salesman and Tess Cachikis. She attended Beverly Hills High School from which she graduated in 1939. Her career started in the early 1940s with a modeling job. She also worked on a few radio shows including Blondie‚ The Great Gildersleeve‚ and This Is Your FBI and later‚ her own radio program name‚ The Betty White Show. In 1949 she debuted on television when she appeared

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    During a time where black men‚ women‚ and children are getting shot down in the streets simply for being black‚ it is important to remember that white people have fallen victim to the damaging effects of systematic oppression as well. Throughout history‚ the oppression of white people is clear as day. Originally‚ the Europeans were forced out of their homes to travel across the seas while looting and destroying the resources and lives of the natives inhabiting Americas and pretty much the rest

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    LULLABY   by Leslie Marmon Silko      The  sun  had  gone  down  but  the  snow  in  the  wind  gave  off its own  light.  It came in thick tufts  like  new wool—washed before the weaver spins it. Ayah reached out for it like her own babies  had‚  and  she  smiled  when she  remembered  how  she  had laughed  at  them.  She  was  an  old  woman now‚ and her life had become memories. She sat down with her back against the wide  cottonwood  tree‚  feeling  the rough bark on her back bones; she faced east and listened to the 

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    Sankofa‚ according to Africa folklore was the protector of the African American people. He used his drums to combat the evil spirits present among the world. The movie Sankofa portrays slavery in Lafayette with some of the most gruesome and shocking moments I have ever laid eyes on. During this movie there are many other subplots that occur but the ultimate goal for the slaves in Lafayette is a better life. A life not directed by a White Slave-owner. They sought and enacted ways that they could achieve

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