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    world was “I have a dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. King states in the speech “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character”. Whites and color people did not get along due to their skin color differences. This made hate each other but many others like Martin Luther King just wanted peace and love. Therefore the following artists Shakur, and Mathers, Bob Marley, John Lennon and

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    the symbols that Claudia Rankine uses throughout Citizen is the color line, complexion of skin tone, and angry. What are the significance of each? When racism was more common in the United States, there was blunt segregation happening before people’s eyes. White people lived in areas with more opportunities, and better living arrangements, whereas black people were forced to live in lesser more ghetto parts of town. Although, the color line is not as prominently visible, there are still insistences

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    someone can do to another human being. The racial discrimination was between white and black. The black people was considered as a property and they could not have last names. Racial discrimination cost separation between school education, work, social life, and living area amongst black and white. Black human beings were punished for having a different skin color. Racial discrimination gave power to certain individual color to have authority over dissimilar skin colors. Racial discrimination also

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    homosexual or do they simply identify as a female in a man’s body; is a lady African-American or does she simply have dark colored skin? These are two of the basic examples of how science and culture have differing opinions. In this work, I will examine the diametrically opposing views of science versus culture on human variation. The concepts of race versus skin color and gender versus sex will be the primary focal points of this writing. For the scientific perspective, data will be used from the

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    “where did humanity come from” will be answered in one of two ways. Some may answer according to what their religion tells them, that man was created on the 6th day from the dust and clay of Earth. Others may respond with a scientific approach, that humans are the descendants of apes. Regardless of one’s beliefs as to where those at the top of the food chain appeared from, the rapid growth of humanity’s domain and presence on Earth has subjected man to the extreme climates and conditions that vary with

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    discussing a skin disease called vitiligo. This skin disease occurs when one 's melanocytes, mature melanin-forming cells, are ruined. Vitiligo is a disease that is not hard to recognize and can be found at several spots on the body. The most common places to find this disease would be on the hands, feet, around the mouth and eyes, and even around the genitalia. With some skin diseases, melanocytes are destroyed, and the production of melanin, a dark brown to black pigment that is found in the skin and is

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    In Living Color Citizen (2014), by Claudia Rankine, is a book that explores racism and prejudice that is happening in the United States. Rankine incorporates personal encounters, reactions, reflections, writing and art pieces, historical events, and the media to prove the point that racism is still very prominent to this day. For a majority of the book, Rankine writes short pieces about her personal encounters that deals with some form of racism, whether it happened to her or if she witnessed racism

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    No matter how alike people may be, segregation is a way of living. As humans we typically find ourselves separated into groups that we can identify with; from being athletic, to being artistic and even a person’s religion. Another path to separation taken by many is by a person’s race. One’s race can be described in a variety of ways; color of the skin, past ancestry, and place of origin. Discrimination is normally placed with race; this can either be a privilege or a disadvantage. A race can

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    Race Social Construct

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    is defined as “An arbitrary classification of modern humans, sometimes, especially formerly, based on a combination of various physical characteristics, as skin color, facial form, or eye shape, and now frequently based on such genetic markers as blood groups” (dictionary.com). Firstly, the idea of race is based off of the physical differences in humans, not differences in genetics. In fact, if you look into the research that has been done, humans of different races share at least 99.9% of the same

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    Colorism” is a form of prejudice in which people are treated differently based on skin color. The subject matter of colorism can be greatly argued amongst the African-American culture. Because of the direct biased attitudes towards skin color there has been a manifestation of internal oppression within the Black race. According to the article, “The Persistent Problem of Colorism: Skin Tone, Status, and Inequality” (Hunter 2007), researchers confirmed that fair-skinned people have clear advantages

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