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    In a black community, dropping out of high school is more common among the black race than those of the white race. Thus, those poorly parented males do not graduate, and therefore, look to the streets for guidance the not given to them at home*. In addition to poor supervision, black makes are restricted in their educational opportunities to pursue*. For most, not having the ability to further their education forced them to drop out of high school and pursue the street life*. After multiple types

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    The black community has lost touch with the essential elements that made the community so distinct. These elements created such a rhythm that transcended obstacles and hardships. Due to this loss of rhythm, individualism has been a promoted value and has been put before the care of the collective. The breakdown begins in the home, because this is where values are first taught. Once this breakdown occurs, it then moves into the community creating a ripple effect. The solution for the Black community

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    there has been a lot of talk about the Black Lives Matter movement, an international activist movement, originating in the African-American community that campaigns against violence and systemic racism toward black people. But in the 21st century, it is difficult to fathom the fact that America is still divided when it comes to racial issues. Many African-American men have been brutally murdered by the police and this has sparked anger and rage in the black community towards police officers that put their

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    life. Therese stereotypes of a whole nationality label Blacks as, “superstitious, lazy, ignorant, dirty, unreliable, (and even) criminal,” (“Stereotypes”). Such generalizations are products of the public’s perception, which has been diluted by rooted historic and current prejudice as well as the media’s conveyance of a well-known African American cultural center: Harlem. Despite negative connotations associated with it, Harlem stands as a community that strives to flourish and maintain its strong cultural

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    All across the nation, in the news the black community has been making their voice heard, in regards to white police brutality, and murder against the unarmed black community. Many of these brutal attacks and flat out murders of unarmed black people haven’t been largely prosecuted, some officers have even been acquitted of any wrong doing or murder. This has led to outrage in the African American community at large. The shooting of an unarmed black teen named Michael Brown caused the racial

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    All across the nation, in the news the black community has been making their voice heard, in regards to white police brutality, and murder against the unarmed black community. Many of these brutal attacks and flat out murders of unarmed black people haven’t been largely prosecuted, some officers have even been acquitted of any wrong doing or murder. This has led to outrage in the African American community at large. The shooting of an unarmed black teen named Michael Brown caused the racial

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    insurance salesman helping the African American community buy life insurance, finds his livelihood in jeopardy, as he uncovers a conspiracy involving discrimination and fraud. BRIEF SYNOPSIS It’s Chicago 1963, and ANGELO (36, Greek) works as a life insurance salesman for a large insurance company. Against his boss’ wishes, Angelo sell life insurance to the African American community. It’s a time of prejudice and the White families are moving out as Black families move in. Angelo and his wife EVELYN

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    they found that violent behaviors are more common among the African American culture make this study significant. Therefore the researchers are looking to examine the beliefs in violence among the black community and test one the theory of Wolfgang and Ferracuti that violent values are high within the black subculture. Literature Review Before the researchers were able to conduct their research problem, they had study what was already known about the problem and what others in the past have done to

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    speech, which would have made this his last one. Talmadge X Hagan thought that Malcolm X was going to destroy the Nation of Islam after he had left, so he then decided to kill Malcolm X. The assassination of Malcolm X left a huge impact on the black community. Malcolm X’s assassination was unjust because he was part of the Nation of Islam and he was a human rights activist; however some people believed his actions were the cause of many people dying.

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    In speaking to the prevalence of anti-Semitic conspiracy with the Black community, Charles W. Mills describes conspiracy theories as an attempt to apply agency to the “[forces] of nature,” which are made up by many complex choices made by a variety of separate actors. Just this occurred during the buildup to the Russian Revolution, when, in 1903, an ultranationalist Russian newspaper published a set of minutes describing a plot to conquer the world. Purporting to be recorded from a suspiciously undetailed

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