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    White people have been the superior race since the very beginning of America. Throughout history white people have owned and ruled almost everything about American culture. Although white people are still the majority and have most of the wealth in America, there is one thing they do not own, the n-word. This one word has caused controversy and conflicts between races in society. The essay “Why Do They Get to Use the N-word But I Can’t” talks about the issue of who can say this word and why are only

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    What White People Don’t Know By Joshua Heath I’m white, Irish Catholic to be precise. I’ve spent my life around white people, been raised in white schools, and lived in Valencia, a rather white town. And through my experience with this particular class of folks, I’ve realized something fundamental: many of us don’t know what we're talking about in regard to race. When confronted with the problems facing African Americans, we frequently respond with crude answers that sound something like this:

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    The Audience of this paper are people who are engaged in learning about stereotypes and equal rights. I am trying to convince people that not only black people have stereotypes. That every race has a stereotype. Stereotypes and racism has been a problem for awhile though racism has not always existed. Its fear that has turned into hate and now is “Human nature¨ . There Are many different ways black and white people can stereotype themselves and others. Some white people feel that they are not racist

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    we are all lucky to have been born during this era. Back then, people suffered a lot in being able to archive what they wanted. They had to go through a lot of pain to succeed.Who would have known that a different colored of a race would have mattered a lot. Being judged by having a different complexion is overwhelming. People of color suffered a lot not only were they put as slaves. They were also judged by how they were. White people started treating them like trash or even like they were aliens

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    thing I hate is my neighbors, they are “black”, and it disgusts me. They own a way bigger house than us with more beautiful garden and such. But why did God create black people, why didn’t he create civilized white people? I had that in my mind for a long time. Everywhere I go, I intentionally to stay away from those black people. They have a son named Jay. They came from Africa a few weeks ago and still need to adapt to this environment. We go to the same high school and same class. He sits next

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    The Yakama people in White Swan refer to themselves as the invisible city, because even though they exist in a fairly well off county in America, one of the richest countries in the world, their harsh poverty goes unnoticed. Their description of watching fancy cars drive by on Route 97 without anyone ever stopping to help is a tragic reality for the people in White Swan, and an accurate image of American’s ignorance of Native poverty. For my area category, I am going to be researching poverty on

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    difficulties. In today’s society racial terms are used very loosely; especially amongst young people. Many people use racial terms as a form of communication and a way to identify individuals. Using racial terms to identify individuals is not acceptable because it is derogatory, promotes continued use of stereotypes, and does not fall in line with today’s cultural evolution. Throughout the movie “Dear White People” everyone is referred to and addressed as some racial term such as mulatto, negro, redbone

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    Have you ever wondered if White Supremacy is influencing the young people of today the wrong thing? Why should White Supremacy in America be abolished? Over more than 200 years, White Supremacy has made an authority on the nation’s history, often through the federal and state laws, and it continues to be a visual element in the American society. White Supremacy was created during the 19th century, during the removal of the Native American tribes in the east of Mississippi to land

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    In accordance with the text, white people at the beginning of the 17th century, viewed racial difference as less important than the reasons for service. The power of the white man in keeping Blacks, Indians, and other races separate from white people begs the question: What part of human nature incudes a definition of race and a separation based on race? Human race is a debate that shows no sign of being resolved. The more that we know of the genetics of human differences, ironically, the more fractious

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    Imagine the fear and the trauma of having to escape a place that you once considered your home to travel to a completely foreign land that still does not fully accept you. This experience was heavily portrayed in I Love Yous Are For White People, a narrative written by Lac Su, as well as in Trieu Tran’s one-man play, Unplugged. Both the novel and the play displayed the struggles of living as Vietnamese refugees along with the difficulties assimilating into the new countries that they travelled to

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