Unfairness It's funny how we grew up saying "sticks and stones my break my bones but words will never hurt me". It's all too sad because that is not true. It is unfair that people are treated unfairly because of the way they look or how they act or the color of their skin. R...

Racism is disliking, hating, or the act of unfair treatment of an individual or individuals by others due to them being of a different nationality, accent or skin colour. I think racism in the workplace is a very stupid and childish form of behaviour, but to some people this might just seem to be...

The Civil Rights Movement The Civil Rights Movement in the United States is a struggle by black Americans to gain full citizenship rights and racial equality. Many people have challenged discrimination with many activities, including protest marches, boycotts, and refusal to abide by segregation...

Affirmative action today, is considered to be one of the most controversial dilemmas facing our equal status of individual rights. As we all know, affirmative action was implemented with the idea and hope that America would finally become truly equal. So far, it has lasted for thirty years and has f...

After the civil war, there were many problems left to be solved. Thousands of land and many transportation means were destroyed, millions of soldiers diminished, the Southern economy was ruined, and freed blacks who have no idea what to do with their freedom were the results as well as the problems...

There is a distinct problem with religion in this country. The churches of America have become racially divided, creating inequalities amongst our populace. Racial divisions run deep, and there is an undeniable relationship between religion and racism. Since the inception of this country, we have b...

As a social and economic institution, slavery originated in the times when humans began farming instead of hunting and gathering. Slave labor became commonplace in ancient Greece and Rome. Slaves were created through the capture of enemies, the birth of children to slave parents, and means of punish...

The 2000 Presidential election has brought much attention to itself. While a slew of lawyers try to cheat their respective political figurehead into the White House, the topics discussed during the debates have been put aside. Affirmative action and education touch upon a delicate subject, which hin...

Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther party for self-defense in October 1996, in Oakland, California. By the late 1960's the Black Panther Party had become the most influential revolutionary nationalist organization in the United States (The Black Panther Party Reconsidered. Charl...

Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther party for self-defense in October 1996, in Oakland, California. By the late 1960's the Black Panther Party had become the most influential revolutionary nationalist organization in the United States (The Black Panther Party Reconsidered. Charl...

During the 60's, there were social unrest on campuses across America as students became active in politics. Students at UCB organized sit ins and other demenstrations against the racial discrimination. When the university banned the students from the demenstrations, students gathered together to f...

Thurgood Marshall was America's leading radical. He led a civil rights revolution in the 20th century that forever changed the history of the American society. However, he is the least well known of the three leading black figures of this century. Martin Luther King Jr., with his preachings of love...