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    White America/Black America By Ada Delpino A Research Paper Submitted to the College of Cowley County Community College In partial fulfillment of requirements for the Composition II Course April 21, 2015 White America/Black America Black and White, two words that are immediately recognized as opposites. Black is wicked, white is virtuous. Black is evil, white is holy. Black is dark, white is light. Black represents the devil, white represents God. White is worn at

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    Black Miss America

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    Vanessa Williams was crowned the first black Miss America in September 1983. Thirty years later, Vanessa and her mother Helen Williams tell their story of what occurred before, during and after this milestone in American history through their co-written book, You Have No Idea. Helen Williams recalled that ‘the first few days, the mail was incredible. We got thousands of notes congratulating Vanessa. But a week after Vanessa won, reality set in. The tone of some of the letters changed. Someone

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    Black History In America

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    freedom at first glance. However, when looking deeply at black history in America, the narrative changes drastically, leaving historians debating on how to explain black history in America. Since the beginning of American history, black people have been brought over as indentured servants, which gave way to slavery, lynching, the Jim Crow era, and the inherited belief that black people are considerably less than others. Nevertheless, black people persevered and challenged this belief by taking on

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    Being Black in America

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    Being Black In America Being black in America differs from each person experience in mainstream America. Booker T. Washington was brought up with a different upbringing then most slaves during the 1800s; as he would describe as “up from slavery”. Even though he was born a slave, he had a better chance of “equal access” and equality in main stream America. He had a chance to gain an education part time during his younger years as well as working. Booker T, believed the best way to ensure progress

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    Being Black in America

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    sit here and think about what it is to be Black in America. I realize how there are so many factors that affect African American people daily. One of the most damaging forces tearing at young black people in America today is the popular culture's image of what an "authentic" black person is supposed to look like and how that person is supposed to act. People assume all black males where raised in a single parent home. People assume that if you are a black male, that you sale drugs or you are really

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    Dear black people of America since a young age I’ve learned that I had to assimilate to two separate cultures. One being the son of two native nigerians I’ve had to understand my roots and second being black in America has an whole other culture and traditions the come along with it. Both cultures I have grown up with but I can never be fully belong to just one so in a way I have always been an outsider trying to seek acceptance from the two cultures. But my comprehension and my appreciation for

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    Black Muslims In America

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    On December 1, I attended a program called “Stories of Black Muslims in America” sponsored by Damietta Cross Cultural Center. As a white Muslim, I haven’t experienced any racism toward my skin color so it was interesting to see how black Muslims in America have embraced both sides of their identity. “Black” and “Muslim” are terms often not associated with one another. In fact, most Americans have a hard time understanding the concept. The panel consisted of African-Americans whose families had converted

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    Black Humor in America

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    Black Humor One of the most underappreciated and unrecognized forms of comedy is black humor. Black humor often deals with events that are not often associated with other forms of comedy, such as war, murder, insanity and death. The main reason that this form of comedy is so underappreciated is that it requires some thinking on the part of the audience and many people are not willing to do that. The types of humor that are popular today do not require much thinking and can be characterized

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    To me the fall of blacks in America is a very important issue to me. How is the black community ending? One reason is black on black violence, another reason is not teaching our youth about their ancestors and last but not least, insecurities. I'll explain how. My first statement talks about black on black violence. This hurts our whole Community. Killing your own is like killing your family. We all have to stick together in this cruel wide world. Society wants us to portray The Stereotype they gave

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    Blacks In North America

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    slavery. The battle against it took many years to be completed, and even free blacks were restricted by laws and social constructs. Though slavery had been largely forgotten in the Northern states by the early 1800s, many years before the Emancipation Proclamation’s passing in 1863, racism still stood strong. Free blacks in the North, who made up only 4.9 percent of the nationwide African American population (How Free…Blacks, 2013), could not participate in politics, have extended interaction with whites

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