Jean Bethke Elshtain’s “Democracy on Trial” and Cornel West’s “ Race Matters”
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A 9 page overview of the similarities and differences which exist between the ideologies of these two noted authors. While West attributes societal problems to our government, particularly the problems we are currently seeing in the African American community, Elshtain sees those problems as a result of individual choices. West sees advantages in a socialist system of government while Elshtain values the democratic system which is currently in place. No additional sources are listed.
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Jimi Hendrix: Cultural Impacts
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A 9 page discussion of the life and the accomplishments of Jimi Hendrix, one of the most accomplished rock guitarists of all time. This paper discusses Hendrix’s music in terms of its cultural implications, particularly its implications to black culture. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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John Singleton’s “Higher Learning” (1995)
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This 5 page report discusses the 1995 movie, “Higher Learning,” director John Singleton’s third movie, that offers a look into the lives and minds of a group of young people from different countries, races, and social background. They find themselves in integrated circumstances as all enroll in Columbus University. Students who are already dealing with the expectations of high performance in the classroom, on the track, or in front of their friends, are strained to the breaking point by each other’s prejudice, inexperience, and misunderstanding, as well as their own “coming of age” issues and stressors. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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John Stuart Mill and Charles R. Lawrence on Race
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This 5 page report discusses the viewpoints of the 19th century philosopher, John Stuart Mill who was certain that the highest normative principle is that, “actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness” and the modern writer and legal scholar, Charles R. Lawrence who believes that “racist speech is peculiarly deserving of curtailment.” Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Julius Lester’s “To Be a Slave” and How Slaves Resisted their Enslavement
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This 6 page report discusses Julius Lester’s award-winning, 1968 book “To Be a Slave.” In it, Lester explains, through the voices of slaves, what it must have been like . . . “To be a slave. To be owned by another person, as a car, house, or a table is owned. To live as a piece of property that could be sold -- a child sold from its mother, a wife from her husband.” He also shows the ways in which the slaves resisted being slaves. Their resistance occurred in aspects as varied as how they did their work, what songs they sang, and their religious beliefs. Bibliography lists only the primary source.
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Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane and My Traitor's Heart by Rian Malan
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This 5 page paper considers the experiences presented in Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane and My Traitor's Heart by Rian Malan, and assesses the way in which each of the individuals presented viewed the white world relative to the prejudice in South Africa under Apartheid rule. This paper considers the importance or significance of the use of violence in both works and the impacts that violence had in perpetuating the status of both whites and blacks. No additional sources cited.
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Katia M. De Queiros Mattoso's "To Be A Slave In Brazil, 1550-1888"
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5 pages in length. Katia M. De Queiros Mattoso's "To Be A Slave In Brazil, 1550-1888" delves deeply into the historical and cultural foundation of racial discrimination during the slave trade. The book effectively illustrates the extent to which blacks suffered gross indignities at the hands of those who were in control. Recounting seaward journeys depicting the terrible treatment African slaves endured, Mattoso's novel addresses considerably more than merely a story of slavery – it focuses upon material and emotional circumstances, as well as relations and exploitations, clearly contending that the slave was an indispensable instrument of production. No additional sources cited.
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King and Malcolm X/Uses of Rhetoric
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A 7 page essay that examines the persuasive rhetorical skills displayed in Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail and Malcolm X's The Ballot or the Bullet. The writer argues that where the two texts differ, naturally, concerns variations in style between the two authors, but also that the texts reflect the fact that King's text was a written reply to remarks made by black leaders in the Birmingham newspaper, while Malcolm X's text was a speech that was delivered to an assembled audience. No additional sources cited.
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King v. Mill/Utilitarian on Civil Rights
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A 5 page essay that examines the defense that King formulated in his 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' according to the philosophical parameters of utilitarianism, which were formulated by John Stuart Mill. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Ku Klux Klan & The NAACP / Comparisons Of Beliefs
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8 pages in length. If there were ever two organizations that represented the antithesis of each other, they would be the Ku Klux Klan and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) symbolizing the furthest ends of the racial spectrum. The NAACP stands for the inherent rights of minority groups -- the struggle for civil and political liberty -- while the KKK is instrumental in attempting to refuse those rights to any race other than white Christian supremacists. While one speaks to human equality, the other maintains that white supremacy is the only consideration worthy of contemplation. The writer compares belief systems between the NAACP and the Ku Klux Klan. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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