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    through my head over and over; honestly, I’d probably worried over every terrible outcome possible. Nothing in my life had ever seemed to stress me out as much as this race was. When I woke up the next

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    Race Creative Writing

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    the race is about to start is the only things heard. Fire escapes some of the cars around me and I could only smirk, as I rev the engine of my car. Most people look to where I sit as I drive up to the race line. The flashing LED lights under my car flashing a bright green. My Lime green 2015 Chevy Camaro with purple decals on the sides stops at the spray painted line. I have a headset in my ear to hear my sight telling me what is happening. He sits atop a building overwatching the entire race path

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    be based on stereotypes. The central part of the poem that can show how the theme attributes is when the African-American child and the white child join in unison and cross arms, "Locked arm in arm they cross the way" (Cullen 1).  At the beginning of the poem, this showed how the children don't care if they are a different race, their friendship overcomes that. Countee Cullen also uses his figurative style and tone in the poem "Incident". The author reveals the theme to be words can be powerful. In

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    Humanoid Characters

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    it odd that so many classic rpg will just go with the default human and humanoid characters (especially humans, elves, sometimes kemonomimi or nekomimi characters, and other mostly humanoid or human-hybrid species). Okay; I know a lot of non-human races won't be very represented in the classic RPG, because they cannot or would not have the tendency to equip armor, weapons, and items the same way, if at all. Can a slime creature equip armor without absorbing and dissolving it? Perhaps not. Can a gryphon

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    “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echos are truly endless.” Mother Teresa. Words hold so much power, so much more than realized. But just as words can be used for building character and creating inspiration, they can also be used as weapons to cause anger and pain. Words can provoke, calm or inspire any person to do good - or to do bad. Because the Civil Rights Movement, extreme progress of equality was achieved for African Americans in America. Without the inspiration from many

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    plagues areas that have been affected by colonialism. That puts black women at the bottom of the social latter, with wealthy white men at the to; consequently, black women were viewed as disposable. Aside from gender, race played a huge role in deciding someone’s social class. Although race in the Caribbean is viewed differently than in the United States, darkness still comes with the same negative realities. Being of lighter complexion comes with better economic opportunity, and envy for darker counterparts

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    and Shi 2016, 891) Although the military was still highly segregated, African Americans were still given the opportunity to enlist, which they were not given prior to World War II. In total, over a million African American men and women served in the arm forces during the war. Among some of these servicemen, were the Tuskegee Airmen, composed of over six hundred pilots who flew countless amounts of missions throughout the war. Their superbness in the line of duty during WWII lead to the desegregation

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    published, though they are both similar. After the 2008 election, Taylor rewrote the last chapter of the text to reflect the new conversation brought about with the election of our first black president. In the first edition, chapter six undertakes how race affects the increasingly prevalent topic of immigration and globalization in the United States (among various other things). Taylor stresses the importance of defining immigration administration as a racial structure, regardless of the insistence of

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    Desiree's Baby Essay

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    instances that influenced the thoughts about gender bias and racial identity. This made especially evident within Chopin’s short story “Desiree’s Baby.” In this story, she introduces a new and nontraditional concept of thought regarding gender and race, as well as their effects on daily life during the 19th century. Kate Chopin's "Desiree's Baby" exhibits several crucial thematic messages, one of which ultimately proves the impact of both racial and gender identities on social judgement, made evident

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    interracial marriage is not something that many people oppose, but perhaps they encourage it. Interracial marriage is when two people from different racial or ethnic groups join in marriage. In the 19th century people did not marry outside of their own race. It was prohibited. I will be comparing and contrasting interracial marriage from the 19th century to the 21st century,to explain that love sees no color, the effect on their children, and the beauty of joined ethnic groups. Over time, people have

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