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    results did not mirror my expected attitudes. My results of the survey exemplified that I give moderate autonomic preference to European American over African Americans. I believe that is not really true because I give equal importance to everyone. I don’t judge a person based on his/her color. I treat everyone equally whether the person is black, white or brown. I have a lot of friends from different races such as Asians, African Americans and Mexicans. Finally, my attitude toward everyone is equal. The

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    Attitudes toward Arab-Americans after 9/11 Arab-Americans were as shocked as everyone else on 9/11 because they didn't know who or what was responsible for the attack on the United States. Immediately after the attacks of September 11, 2001, discrimination was much more prevalent for Arabs living in the United States. Their lives were being threatened and the Arab- American community was being looked at negatively. The health of Arab-Americans started to decline after the attacks. Arab- Americans

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    Give an outline of the different attitudes to the situation of African Americans presented in text 1,2 and 3 When Barack Obama became president of the USA in 2009, many saw it as the final evidence of the Americans being susceptible and with no sign of racial prejudice. Still many Afro-Americans of the late modern society discuss whether the discrimination has ceased, or is still alive and kicking. In this essay, is a great example of some of the most common views on the equality between races in

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    American attitudes toward interracial marriage illustrate an “awkward historical moment” because after the interracial marriage law changed, one would think black/white marriages are common but they are the least. Over the years, interracial marriages has increased by a few percent, mainly from other races that are not black/white. In America, racism still exist even when laws are changing. A color blind ideology is simply stating what is different between people like stereotypes but at the same

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    American Indians better known as the indigenous peoples of Americas. The first to occupy what is now the United States of America were the first subordinate group to experience racism, genocide, and discrimination. American Indians were the first minority group in America that were forced to assimilate into western culture and forget their own cultures and traditions. Although the United States does carry a more benign attitude towards American Indians as a minority group it is solely because the

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    There have been numerous experiences that have aid to shape his attitude towards Blacks. Like stated earlier his grandfather was a huge influence, so that he looked up this man because all the accomplishments he had done in his life course. He spent hours after school in his grandpa’s home before his parents would pick him. all that time he spent it around his grandpa following him around, and he had various stories that he would tell to the social worker, and after each of the stories he would remind

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    Though a lot of individuals saw the Native Americans as savages, I see them just as protectors and defenders of their land. From a Native American prospective, if you and your people were living peacefully since the beginning of time, and then all of a sudden, people you have never seen before invades your land; no one is undeniably going to take kindly to that! Especially when the invaders came to “claim” your land, brought illnesses and infections during the process, and then began to brutally

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    In this essay I explain the evolution of American attitudes and ideologies—apropos of Britain—from 1764 to 1776. I do so by, first, beginning with providing the context and explaining the state of the relationship between America and Britain throughout the course of the years 1764 to 1774, which in turn, consequently lead up to and instigated the creation of Thomas Jefferson’s 1774 piece entitled A Summary View of the Rights of British America. Next, second, I situate and analyze this very piece

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    European settlements in North America varied in their attitude towards Native Americans, even as time went on European view of Native Americans changed. Each European state had different goals when first coming to North American i.e. different political and economical goals. While some of the settlements had some similarities i.e. the French and Dutch having similar relationships with the Native Americans other like the Spanish differed greatly. The Spanish came of America for several different reasons

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    Native Americans were seen as savage societies when it was newly "discovery" by the Europeans. European societies labeled people who were not only different in language, but also those who lived by the laws of nature, or without any laws, learning, religion or morals as “savage.” Not only did Europe’s discovery of the America’s opened a new source of prosperity to the commercial part of Europe, but the fall of the native when introduced to the violence and sickness brought over from the Old World

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