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  • African American Stereotypes

    African American Stereotypes

    For many years the entertainment industry has been heavily criticized, particularly by groups representing various minorities, for the way ethnic groups have been portrayed in films and television programs. Although considerable progress has been made in the fight against unfair and unflattering portrayals based on false information, nevertheless the mass media is often still guilty of insensitivity in this area. African Americans as a group have been primarily stereotyped as animalistic brutes in American culture:

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Tasha
  • The American Era

    The American Era

    The American Era Chomsky is mistaken in his claim that the U.S. is a failed state. Recent international events exhibit a rise in both national and global security. This paper will examine both the U.S. as a "failed state" and that of a "victorious" one and clarify why the evidence supports that of a victorious state. Chomsky argues that the U.S. has become a "Failed State". The three defining characteristics of a failed state are;

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Jack
  • My American Dream Compared to the American Dream in Death of a Salesman

    My American Dream Compared to the American Dream in Death of a Salesman

    What is the "American Dream"? The "American Dream" has as many definitions as there are souls that strive for it. I know that my "American Dream" is being able to have the freedom of choice and helping others that I care about get their dream as well. Willy Loman's definition differs from mine; he is looking for social status and material belongings, instead of true peace and happiness within. The "American Dream" is the idea

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Jon
  • Perceptions of Native Americans

    Perceptions of Native Americans

    Perceptions of Native Americans There are preconceived notions about the native peoples of North America. The images best presented can best be summed up in the term “noble savage.” This idea represents most people’s views of the Native American. Here will be discussed some of the ideas of the noble savage and their differences from reality. What is the “noble savage?” It is an idea that represents the romanticized notion of Native Americans as a

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Mike
  • Early American Literature

    Early American Literature

    American Literature begins in the early 1600’s with the written works of the new settlers coming from Europe to the New Land of America. Although the Indians lived in America before the first Europeans arrived; their literature was somewhat neglected due to it being transmitted orally with no written works. The American writings of the early seventeenth century possess no great artistic value; they are mainly valuable as a study in origins and understanding

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Mikki
  • American Beauty

    American Beauty

    The theme of beauty, and specifically American beauty, emerges through all of the main characters in the movie. The American Beauty could be the sultry teen Angela, the epitome of blonde American sex appeal. Carolyn's obsessive tending her rose garden is a pervasive and double-sided symbol of beauty, as her flowers are a thin cover for the ugliness in her life. Perhaps the greatest messenger of beauty in the film is Ricky Fitts, the eccentric

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Postfledging Dependence Period of Migratory Golden Eagles in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

    Postfledging Dependence Period of Migratory Golden Eagles in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska

    McIntyre, C. L., and M. W. Collopy. 2006. Postfledging dependence period of migratory golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Auk 123:877-884. An abstract is a stand alone paragraph that relays all of the critical information of a paper, including the objective, methods, results, and conclusion. By obtaining the abstract the reader can identify what are the main problems to be answered are, and what solutions were found through experimentation. People

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Hispanic American Diversity

    Hispanic American Diversity

    Introduction The Hispanic or Latino Americans are a diverse group that share the same heritage, but have many other differences. The language barrier has only recently been recognized as an asset instead of a liability (Schaefer, 2006). Latinos include major groups, which consist of Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans (Schaefer, 2006). People of Hispanic background have lived in what is now the United States since the 17th century. "In 2000 the U.S. census counted

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Stenly
  • American Culture

    American Culture

    American Culture American heroic mythology is rooted in the history or our movement west and in the legacy of open space, mobility, and rich natural resources. The migration westward into open spaces containing rich natural resources helped create a society emphasizing wealth, mobility, freedom, transformation, and opportunity for conquest. This was observed while watching Tombstone and when reading West of Everything. While watching Tombstone I noticed that the movie was really a battle between good

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Experiences of American Prisoners of War in Vietnam

    Experiences of American Prisoners of War in Vietnam

    P.O.W.: THE EXPERIENCE OF AMERICAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN VIETNAM Prisoners of War (POWs): In international law, term used to designate incarcerated members of the armed forces of an enemy, or noncombatants who render them direct service and who have been captured during wartime.1 This definition is a very loose interpretation of the meaning of Prisoners of War (POWs). POWs throughout history have received harsh and brutal treatment. Prisoners received everything from torture to execution.

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Andrew
  • African American History

    African American History

    African American History I INTRODUCTION African American History or Black American History, a history of black people in the United States from their arrival in the Americas in the 15th century until the present day. In 1996, 33.9 million Americans, about one out of every eight people in the United States, were black. Although blacks from the West Indies and other areas have migrated to the United States in the 20th century, most African

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Yan
  • Role of American

    Role of American

    The trafficking of human beings for slave labor and sexual exploitation is one of the fastest growing global problems. It has been called the "dark side of globalization" because an enormous upsurge of human enslavement has accompanied a border-free world economy (Miller). Trafficking in persons is a transnational crime that touches people in every nation, and even neighborhoods in this country. The vast reach of human trafficking stunned my own community, when we learned that

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Analyze the Ways in Which Techonology, Government Policy, and Economic Conditions Changed American Agriculture in the Period 1865-1900

    Analyze the Ways in Which Techonology, Government Policy, and Economic Conditions Changed American Agriculture in the Period 1865-1900

    In the period 1865-1900, technology, government policy, and economic conditions all changed American agriculture a great deal. New farming machinery had a large role in the late 19th century, giving farmers the opportunity to produce many more crops than they had ever been able to previously. The railroads had an enormous influence on agriculture. They were able to charge the farmers large fees, expenses that farmers barely had enough to cover, in order to

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Opportunity: The Main Ingredient to The American Dream

    Opportunity: The Main Ingredient to The American Dream

    Opportunity: The Main Ingredient to the American Dream Opportunity is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as “A good position, chance or prospect for achievement” which can be easily connected to the idea of The American Dream. After all, isn’t America known as “The land of opportunity”? Throughout time, many cultures have migrated to America, and still come for that matter, in search of a better life through hard work and dedication to their particular cause. Throughout

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Jessica
  • The African American Mosaic

    The African American Mosaic

    The African American Mosaic This exhibit marks the publication of The African-American Mosaic: A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History and Culture. A noteworthy and singular publication, the Mosaic is the first Library-wide resource guide to the institution's African- American collections. Covering the nearly 500 years of the black experience in the Western hemisphere, the Mosaic surveys the full range size, and variety of the Library's collections, including books, periodicals,

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    Submitted: January 19, 2010 By: Mike
  • American Imprialism

    American Imprialism

    American Imperialism has been a part of United States history ever since the American Revolution. Imperialism is practice by which powerful nations or people seek to expand and maintain control or influence over weaker nations or peoples. Throughout the years there has been many instances where the Americans have taken over other people countries, almost every time we go into we have taken over a new piece of land. The Americas first taste of imperialism

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Portrayal of Asian Americans

    Portrayal of Asian Americans

    Abstract My research focused on the coverage of Asian Americans in contemporary mass media. The following types of media were researched: · Music · Television · Films · Magazines I gave several examples where Asian Americans were used to play very simple characters. These roles were defined by stereotypes that exist in America. I also researched instances on counter actions taken by Asian Americans to protest against these negative images. My research also has examples

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Mike
  • Black and Chinese Americans

    Black and Chinese Americans

    In the present day, people view America as a land where everyone can be seen equal to one another, but this was not always the case. In the 1800s black and Chinese Americans went through a ruthless period of discrimination, due to the white man’s ignorance. Even though the Chinese and blacks were singled out they both were treated differently but also had many similarities. Harsh treatment, long hours, and extremely low wages were

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Andrew
  • American Dream

    American Dream

    The American Dream "The American Dream is "that dream of a nation in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with options for each according to capacity or accomplishments. It is a dream of social stability in which each man and each woman shall be able to achieve to the fullest distinction of which they are essentially competent, and be distinguish by others for what they are, despite of the

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    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Bred
  • The Expulsion of Native Americans

    The Expulsion of Native Americans

    The Expulsion of Native Americans Since the beginning of the United States, this nation has been faced with the question of what place do the Native Americans have in the American society. At different points of time, Natives have been treated as individual nations, granted sovereignty by the U.S, as U.S citizens, and as dependants of the federal government or a mixture of all of these. Ever since the first steps of Columbus, Native Americans

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Edward
  • American History New Deal

    American History New Deal

    The catastrophic stock market crash on October 24th, 1929 brought about widespread panic and the onset of incomparable consequences for America. From this crash, the Great Depression arose which was a long period of increased unemployment, poverty and deflation. The onset of the Depression left society blaming the government and seeking relief from the increased levels of poverty. Due to society being worried and troubled, the government, in which Republican Herbert Hoover was president, took

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Tommy
  • American Pie

    American Pie

    The movie American Pie is about four high schoolers, close to graduating, determined not to carry their virginity's with them to college and so they make a pact to lose their virginity by prom night. The movie is directed by Paul Weitz and stars Jason Biggs, Chris Klein and Tara Reids and takes place around Michigan's East Great Falls High. The movie opens with student Jim (Jason Biggs) being caught by his parents pleasuring

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Native Americans Vs. Early Europeans

    Native Americans Vs. Early Europeans

    The English settlers developed a selection of stereotypes against the Native Americans, ranking them as uncivilized and thus making it easier on themselves to lead the culture into their impossible situation, where the Natives have no choice but to either fight and lose or sit and do nothing, however if assimilation could have occurred through education or social structure the final outcome could have been mutually just for the two civilizations. The early European influences,

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Edward
  • African American Folktales

    African American Folktales

    African American Folktales African American folktales were ways of experiencing ideas, emotions and stories. It was illegal for slaves to talk to each other so they used metaphorical characters to relate to themselves. The most common character was the rabbit that was thought to always be able to trick anyone bigger and stronger than its opponent. By writing these stories, formal slaves were able to give us a great amount of their history. African American

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Artur
  • American Imperialism

    American Imperialism

    American Imperialism American Imperialism has been a part of United States history ever since the American Revolution. Imperialism is practice by which powerful nations or people seek to expand and maintain control or influence over weaker nations or peoples. Throughout the years there has been many instances where the Americans have taken over other people countries, almost every time we go into we have taken over a new piece of land. The Americas first taste

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    Submitted: January 21, 2010 By: Mike