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    children that black is dirty, many no longer know why it is a common saying. Most times, it goes without saying. It is, however, obvious to the average non-Latinx person who is of African descent from physical features. They are asked to bleach their skin, straighten their hair, and to basically whiten themselves so that they may be more presentable to the world. The majority of those who are of African descent have been trained to never claim the African within their blood. In a research study, it

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    live in there are multiple definitions of what beauty is. However is it right to deemed a certain skin color more beautiful than the other? In our history we are taught that being a white complexion has many advantages, and that being a dark complexion is a shame. Although that is history, in our world today believe it or not individuals are still subjected to discrimination because of their skin color. In a book called "Bum Rush The Page", a poem called "Complected" written by Teri Ellen Cross, the

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    The Crippling Disability of Dark Skin The struggle for the acceptance of dark skin tones in society has been a battle dating as far back as the Colonial Period. Even after slaves were freed, we were segregated. African Americans were seen as less than human, less beautiful, and unintelligent, simply because our skin was a darker complexion than our white counterpart. Even so, after years of battle for equality, influential society members, like Gwendolyn Brooks soon spoke up on this issue. Later

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    Racism Definition Essay

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    Racism is Unacceptable From the beginning of recorded history, possibly before then, humans have found a necessity for classifying and categorizing every aspect of life. This need for order has been used to efficiently organize and clarify the endless details on Earth. This arrangement of objects in groups has also created a very sinister and volatile mindset that some people live by. This associative manner of classification has lead to the formation of beliefs in race identities, stereotypes

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    world’s population having 25% of the world’s prisoners? One out four human beings with their hands on bars, shackled in the world are locked up here in the land of the free. In 2016 the United States had 2.3 million prisoners. The United States has now the highest the rate of incarceration in the world” (Averick, Spence & Barish, Howard & DuVernay, Ava, 2016). “The nation’s criminal justice system is indeed broken. People of color, particularly African Americans and Latinos, are targeted by the police

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    which has been constructed carefully and deliberated by the culture. In reality, human has migrated since the beginning of time, as human are all regionally came from the same continent, it is not entirely surprising to see how each of our gene is closely related. While watching the video, I was surprised by the skin color measurement test, I questioned about the validation of the test, for the reason that our skin tone could easily be affected by the melanin pigment, as a reaction to the ultraviolet

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    year will develop a genetic disorder revealed by the Net Wellness Organization. While about 1 in 18,000 to 20,000 people in the United States has a form of albinism. Albinism is not that common of a disorder, but can cause the skin, hair, or eyes to have little or no color. There are several different types of Albinism. For example, Oculocutaneous (pronounced Ock-you-low-kew-TAIN-ee-us) Albinism or OCA and Ocular Albinism. There are seven forms of Oculocutaneous Albinism: OCA1, OCA2, OCA3, OCA4

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    Chapter 3 Technical Back Ground Controlling Mouse 1.1 Moving Mouse Cursor We utilized the forefinger as a cursor controller to control mouse cursor. We utilized two distinctive methodologies for moving the mouse cursor. The principal strategy is mapping cursor control. It implies that the pointer on a camera screen can position maps to a desktop screen position. At the end of the day, the mouse cursor is put on the desktop window alongside the forefinger tips position showed on the camera screen

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    to malaria resistance and lactase persistence, (which is the ability to digest the main sugar in milk as an adult) and discovered it to the human genome. They also conducted that the darker pigmentation was from a lack of UV rays from the sun and because the northern region doesn’t get much sunlight. They studied that the people years ago had very dark skin, and didn’t expect natural selection to favor the lighter pigmentation. The lighter pigmentation also acted as a way to attract the opposite

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    perspective, the description of race in human populations is meaningless, but examined from a cultural basis it can make an enormous difference to a population’s wellbeing, or survival, based solely on their difference in morphology. Biological divisions based on skin color or epicanthic eye fold are two of the broadest categories of morphologic difference. Skin color can range from, albino, pinkish tan, tan, brown, dark brown and black with varying degrees of color

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