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    Rosa Park was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Rosa Park had experienced the “racial discrimination”. Her father are slave, and “strong advocates for racial equality”.Her mother are teacher. After her parent separated, Rosa was live with her mother, the family live in Edwards farm, where Rosa experienced her youth. She attended high school when she age 11, school called “college for negroes”,but she left when she was 16, because she need to care about her grandmother, so she left

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    Ferguson was a landmark decision passed in 1896 that instituted the practice of 'separate but equal' in American society. The 'separate but equal' doctrine was an oppressive system of racial segregation which greatly lessened the rights of all minorities especially in public education. The fight for educational equality made public schools in North Carolina and other states in the south a major area of conflict. Wilma Peebles-Wilkins noted, 'Upward mobility through the educational structure is in

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    for, their freedom. The reason the American people are free is that they are protected by the Constitution of the United States. This Constitution protects everyone who resides in the United States, and provides for equality amongst all people. Over the past several decades racial equality has played a significant role in the making of history. America is a country in

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    To start, immense strides have been taken towards racial equality, but remnants of the past still prevail. Considering the immense darkness of America’s history and the old-fashioned views of those in high power positions, the remains are frankly understandable. In the 60’s, the Civil Rights Movement started an equality revolution resulting in desegregation, voting rights, and discrimination laws. In a famous speech made by Martin Luther King Jr., he states hopes his children will be granted with

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    embraces stereotypes, but perpetuates them, especially through the means of media. What is to be said about a nation that has made leaps and bounds in the areas of racial equality, gender equality and even marriage equality in just the last fifty years? What is to be said about a society that has made all of these advancements in equality, yet still sustains stereotypes that have been around for over a century? To me, it says that we haven’t made that much progress at all. Little to no progress can

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    independence and racial equality. These individuals would change the course of history with their fight for racial equality and independence. Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and Martin Luther King Jr set a precedent for equality and independence for all people that left a lasting impact on the world. But, if they were alive today although they would find that the current state of equality significantly improved from their lives they would want even more advancement in the struggle for equality for all.

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    In certainty, the model of racial equality has not always been performed, nor has it been fully accomplished in the world. This is because the acceptance in racial equality has been said to “counter” deeply rooted beliefs in racial inequality and political, legal, and customary practices of racial discrimination and oppression. Therefore, racial equality is stated in antiracist philosophy and in antiracist political mobilization. With this said, as citizens, are we still equal? The answer to that

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    Racial equality means different things to different people. Often people aren’t aware that unconsciously they have developed preconceived ideas about race and equality. Ethnic groups, who’ve not experience race as an issue, don’t feel it’s a problem that needs addressing. However, identifying some of the characteristics of bias behavior based on race or ethnicity is the first step in minimizing the problem. What is racial equality? When skin color, ethnicity, and religious beliefs have nothing to

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    widely accepted image for God is a white and all powerful being. While widely accepted, this concept of the most powerful being and creator of the world being a white male has led to a feeling of racial dominance and white supremacy throughout Christian communities. Yet while it is important for racial groups to use religion within their specific cultures to encourage further understanding of God’s role in specific cultures, giving God a specific race classifies him as more important to one race

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    The Advancement of Racial Equality Since the beginning of the United States of America becoming one union has been the driving force in the lives of many people. Major Ownes, who was a New York politician as well as a member of the Democratic Party once said, “What is our biggest enemy? Segregation.” However, what he failed to put into his quote was the racial equality was an even bigger enemy. Far beyond the days of the Civil War and even the American Revolution, African American people

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