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    Wigan Pier and Down and Out in Paris and London he met what he labeled as ordinary people. Orwell defined ordinary people as people who were not overindulged with material goods, had ordinary working jobs, had a minimal education, and wont achieve success or greatness. He admired these people as despite their circumstance they still worked, loved, cared, had children and had fun just like normal “unordinary” people like himself. Additionally, he found the lack of prudishness and hypocrisy

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    Why Black People Are Poor

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    policies and lack of understanding creates a cyclic environment where Black people are not able to gain as much economic freedom and prosperity while groups in power blame them for “not working hard enough” or “taking handouts.” It is

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    Due to disassociation, assimilation, oppression, systemic and systematic erasure and violence, Indigenous peoples have been purposefully silenced at almost every moment of interaction with Canada. Many Indigenous peoples have been strategically silenced since birth. Their names were changed for number tabulations, cultures were suppressed and languages were stolen from Indigenous children and their future generations. These actions were sanctioned by the Catholic Church, manipulated by political

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    Dear White People released on April 28, 2017, Reggie, a black college student and the leader of Winchester University’s Black Student Union is seen at a fraternity party surrounded by mostly white students. All is well until Reggie’s white friend, Addison, repeatedly utters the N-word while singing along to a hip-hop song. Reggie asks him not to say it anymore however, Addison questions him and attempts to justify his use of the word which leads to a debate. The creator of Dear White People uses characterization

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    world up until the 1980’s. From 1885 to 1968, when the Jim Crow laws were in place, black people were segregated from whites and were treated like second class citizens. However, black people fought for equality all throughout the Jim Crow era and finally succeeded after the civil rights movement in the 1960’s. Blacks in the American South sought to improve their lives by supporting and helping white people that had helped them before, by joining the American military, and by protesting against segregation

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    (Marma Banglapedia). These indigenous people are living in both plain lands and the hilly areas (Hossain, D. M. 2013). They are not the dominant people so they do not have the economic and political powers of the country. They are generally small in number (AIPP, IWGIA & Forum-Asia 2010). In Bangladesh, indigenous people (IP) are often referred to as Adibasi, small ethnic groups, ethnic communities, aboriginal people, hill people (paharis) and forest people (Akhter, Z. 2010). There are 45 identified

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    Albino people in Nigeria are discriminated, the touching story was followed by Investigative Journalist Tunde Ajaja. What she discovered was a one year old whos guardians who did not provide the parental responsibility instead was ignored. The parents had split up after a fight due to the fact that this child was a pale skinned. Many nigerians do not believe a pale skinned person Albino can exists in Nigeria. Many simply refuse to accept that Albino nigerians exist. How would you like it it if somebody

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    me. We are just going to live out the rest of our lives and wither up and die without enjoying each others company proving what? Nothing! Throughout my life I've watched people of color make one humongous error in judgment after the other without ever facing the truth that there is a reason why White/Caucasian and Asian people are the technological and progressive leaders in the world. Kanye West after meeting with president Trump stated with pride he doesn't read books, in his attempt to align

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    When reading chapter 1 the thing I found most interesting was the abundance of people who argue that Egyptians were white. I’m more confused than I am surprised. This is typical of white people. Whenever the people of a region are savage,violent, and impoverished there is no doubt that they are black or brown. With that being said, when a civilization located in a predominantly black part of the world has brought forth advancements in geometry, architecture, art and science all of sudden…we’re not

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    American people. Before America got a coloured president white people did not noticed her, even though her dark color stood out from the crowd she felt yet unseen. After Barack Obama became President of the United States and his wife became the first black first lady, the vision on African American people changed. Now white people see her and sometimes complement her. In a research from 2008 a psychology professor asked 300 white participants if they preferred the company of white people or it did

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