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    Racism Live! How could an individual describe racism in America today? One could describe it as systematic. The process brought on by hundreds of years of oppression because of a superiority complex. It is the removal of basic rights and enslavement. It is the forced labor of a race to build a country that would not acknowledge them as people, only property. That was America in its most unethical form; it is the reason there are still problems today. Without out fully acknowledging the history of

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    Racism Today In 1863, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves within the Confederation of the United States. Soon after the Civil War, on December 6, 1865 the thirteenth amendment formally freed all slaves within the United States. From this time until the 1960s, African Americans and other minorities were trampled on by racist policies that held that segregation was legal as long as equality was kept. Martin Luther King Jr. and many other Civil Rights activists

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    Racism: It still lives today! “Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.”(brainyquotes.com) In 2016, racism is still present in many ways. Although, police brutality has always been a hot topic in the media and politics, today it affects the rising generations directly. The workforce has also always penalized minorities in job opportunities, salaries, as well as putting limits on the options for professional

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    away in hopes of finding freedom. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn highlights and portrays the cruelty of racism that surrounded the south in Pre-Civil War America; the racism depicted in the book still to this day receives uproar of controversy and criticism. Mark Twain’s ideas for his books like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The

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    better winning record? Now we’d like to know is it because of their skill, how famous they both are. No actually it’s all about their race. Hello and welcome to Thinking Real at Hot 99.5, you’re on the air with Laila Bouzghaia. Today I will be talking about the Racism Issue today as I’ve read a most recent article about this, let me summarize for all of you out there. Basically in a University known as University of Missouri, Dr. Brooks an African American who teaches “Race and Ethnic Relations” was

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    “Racism springs from the lie that certain human beings are less than fully human. It's a self-centered falsehood that corrupts our minds into believing we are right to treat others as we would not want to be treated” (Alveda King). Racism has been part of our daily lives for a very long time. From 1865 when slavery was abolished to 2017 where doctors are being told to go back to India, it hasn’t gone away. It has however improved but not enough to where people can feel like a human. As time has gone

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    Racism across the world has always been a problem that will never fade. From the mass genocide of Judaism, to the riots and protests for black lives, racism is a huge cause of separation within our countries and societies. Sometimes it may seem like there will never be an end to racism, which there probably never will be, but there can be a change of ways. Racism is a mindset, and if people start to teach the younger generations about accepting and loving others for who they are, the world can slowly

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    I chose assessment #10: Authenticity Scale (Biswas-Diener, 2010, p. 122) for my assessment. Between this current quarter and the last, I pushed myself beyond limits on another section of the Appalachian Trail. On the morning of day number 3 out of 6, I snapped a selfie of myself as I crested a ridge line on a bald (treeless ridge line with unlimited views). The photo was unique and looked manipulated with a filter due to the glare from the sunrise burning through thin patches of fog spilling over

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    Anderson Cooper. Don Lemon. Jake Tapper. Matt Lauer. These faces flash across our television screens, constantly crop up in our daily conversations, and dominate the news and media. But wait, there’s something missing from the list of names above- a group constituting nearly 51% of our population- women(“Women's Health USA 2012.”). Scarce are mentions of successful female journalists. Scarce are women confidently voicing their political opinions on reputable news channels. Scarce are truly powerful

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    occasional goods and/or services for entertainment or pleasure (Millburn and Nicodemus). The idea of the healthy medium has long been since argued from even before the 1980’s, when people considered the idea of “Whoever dies with the most toys wins,” to today where many are starting to think that we must “Make due with less” (Kennedy), but is either side fully

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