Academic papers on Black Social Issues, Politics & Philosophy

Substance Abuse, Poverty And The African American
This 9 page paper addresses the relationship between poverty, substance abuse and being a Black American in terms of how treatment may address these issues in a productive manner. The viewpoint of systems theory as well as personal construct...
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Urban Crime + Racial Residential Segregation
(8pp- text and outline) The question posed: does urban crime increase when or where racial residential segregation exists. The unit of analysis is segregated neighborhoods. The independent variable is segregation of race. The dependent...
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Race and Class as Related to Theories of Inequality
This 5 page report discusses Harry Kitano
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Employed Students
This 5 page paper argues that student employment during High School, although having a few detrimental effects, is a positive endeavor that results in the student's learning how to socialize in a work setting, skills necessary for budgeting and a...
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Boston Irish/ Racial Tension
A 5 page research paper that examines the causes, and history, behind the busing crisis in Boston relative to school integration in the mid-1970s. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Freedom And Amistad
This 6 page paper explores the idea o freedom as presented in the Amistad incident and pertaining to slavery as well as the rights of the individual. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Criminal Sentencing: White, Black, and Mental
(8 pp). What we will be looking at in this discussion are basically two issues, that have somehow become enmeshed: According to Davis (1998), more than 70 percent, of the imprisoned population, are people of color. It is rarely...
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Urban Crime + Racial Residential Segregation.
(8pp-includes outline) The question posed: does urban crime increase, when or where, racial residential segregation exists? The unit of analysis is segregated neighborhoods. The independent variable is segregation of race. The...
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Piaget and Middle Cildhood.
(5 pp). Jean Piaget wanted to understand how kids think. His reasoning was that, if he observed children's cognitive skills development carefully some patterns would develop. Recording and being aware of those patterns would then help him...
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Creating & Defining the African American Community: Family, Church, Politics and Culture
(5 pp). This is a tutorial speech written for someone who has been asked to moderate an evening during Black History Month. Bibliography lists 3 sources: many quotes from prominent blacks.
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Cultural Diversity: An Exploration Of Media Representation
This 5 page tutorial essay looks at an article on Jada Pickett, a young Black actress, in terms of how cultural diversity is presented in the media. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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School Uniforms: A Utilitarian Answer to What Appears to be a Complex Question.
(11 pp) The issue of school uniforms in public school remains a debated one. Those in favor of a uniform method of dressing for school feel it aids in discipline and student attitude. Those who are opposed to public school uniforms are...
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Characteristics of a Narrative Writing Style: Maya Angelou
(8pp) A narrative is just another name for relating a story. Angelou tells the story of her life, which is termed an autobiography. An autobiography allows the author to tell those parts of his/her life in their own way, or style. The...
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The American Indian Minority Student.
(36 pp). Although the motivating question for this discussion was to examine those factors, which motivate minority students, in choosing to look at American Indian students, I was surprised that I could not isolate "motivating factors"...
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The Mumia Abu-Jamal Trial ( 12 pp).
The 1982 trial of political activist Mumia Abu-Jamal reads like something from a Greek tragedy; and the Chorus has become those around the world who believe in the man's innocence even after almost two decades of incarceration. What is...
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