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convinced that there was no future for black people in America. Black people were rejected by the white majority, who would never allow them to be integrated in their society, to enjoy the same rights, to be part of their world. Like Marcus Garvey, his father was in favour of a return to Africa policy. One of the reasons why his father advocated / believed such ideas was that his family had been victim of violence. Indeed, 3 of his 6 brothers had been killed by white men. Malcom X thought that he was bound

come from theses dialects. For example “Kangaroo” or “Billabong”. Today, the aboriginal people are recognized by the government, and there are 3 conditions to be on of them: holding aboriginal’s ancestors, to identify oneself as an aboriginal people, and to be recognized by the aboriginal community. Even if at the begging the native Australian were black-skinned, some of the aboriginal people are today white-skinned, but they fulfil to the 3 conditions. Australia has got the aboriginal art,

surrounded by religious traditions of compassion, vegetarianism, and tolerance for all people. He got married at the age of 13. When he was 19, he went to London to study law. He returned to India to practice as a lawyer but was hampered by British officials, so he accepted a job in South Africa. In South Africa, Gandhi faced discrimination and hardship wherever he went. He was treated as a third-class citizen by white people. This awakened in him questions about social justice and the role of the British

us that Richard knows what’s good and what’s not. When Richard learns that Ned’s brother was killed by whites because they thought he was “fooling with a white prostitute” (p.172), he feels terrible as he says “Inside of me my world crashed and my body felt heavy” (p.172). This makes him more aware of white people even If he has never seen white brutality. This chokes him as he says that it altered his look of the world. That shows us that even if Richard doesn’t express his feelings, he still has

Women and Leadership: Delicate Balancing Act | | | | Written by Hilary Lips    | Thursday, 02 April 2009 20:16 | There are several key ways in which people respond differently to women and men who are leaders.  I’ll outline these differences, identify the ways in which such responses affect women’s leadership, and propose some solutions to smooth the way for women leaders.The United States recently traveled quite a way down the road toward electing its first woman president.Yet, incongruously

exchanged for a gas range, there wasn’t icebox no more, and a big white refrigerator had taken its place. It’s not only the fact of modernization which changed that. Grant’s explication is that people who worked for whites, people who cut wood, or haul the ice left plantations. A lot of colored men had gone to the war, and some old black people, as Miss Emma and Lou left white’s houses in the same time. We can quote black people not only serve whites in their plantations or their houses, they also

shooting occurred in Fort Hood on the 5th of November 2009. Fort Hood base, in Texas, is the biggest US military base in the world. Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a US Army psychiatrist, opened fire with two hand guns in the Soldier Readiness center killing 13 people and wounding 30 others. He was finally wounded 4 times by a woman police officer and transferred to hospital. The reasons of the shooting are not very cleared. Major Hasan was to be deployed soon in Afghanistan or Iraq and was upset about it. He was

|44 819 777 |100% | South Africa's population of forty million is three-quarters black (African) and about 15% white (European), with the remaining 10% comprised of people of mixed white, Malayan, and black descent and people of Asian (mostly Indian) descent. The African majority is composed of many different ethnic groups, the largest of which are Zulu, Xhosa, Tswana, and Bapedi. Until very recently, the country's

knife Took away our native tongue And taught their English to our young And all the beads we made by hand Are nowadays made in Japan Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe So proud to live, so proud to die They took the whole Indian nation Locked us on this reservation Though I wear a shirt and tie I'm still proud red man deep inside Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe So proud to live, so proud to die But maybe someday when they've learned Cherokee nation will return, will return, will return

stereotype about one’s group.” MCLF claims that stereotype threat theory could explain the underachievement gap between whites and non-whites. I agree with the authors’ claims -to a certain extent- for several reasons. Indeed, in American society, people are subconsciously influenced by stereotypes. They are spread implicitly through cultural means such as posters, advertisements, historical figures, professors, teachers, parents, books and magazines. Stereotypes can shape the educational opportunities