Analysis of Angela Y. Davis' Article, "Surrogates and Outcast Mothers"
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A 5 page paper which analyzes and provides a synopsis of Angela Y. Davis' article, "Surrogates and Outcast Mothers: Racism and Reproductive Politics in the Nineties" to determine its specific topics, the geographical and chronological setting, the article's organization, its major point and how the author supports it, evaluates whether or not it reflects an identifiable bias, and how the article compares with others on similar topics.
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Asian American Families: The Effects of Larger Social Processes on this ?Private? Sphere
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An 8 page overview of the many problems confronting Asian Americans in mainstream America. Provides statistics on the growing Asian American component of the population and an overview of discrimination, pressure to conform, and stereotyping which are all too often an integral component of the Asian American experience. Emphasizes the experience of Korean American families. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PPasianF.wps

Asian In America
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An 8 page essay on the problems that Asian Americans face trying to live in the United States. The writer examines the real crisis Asians face on many fronts. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Amasian.wps

Australia - Aboriginal Property Rights
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A 6 page paper. Australia has experienced a number of legal changes in terms of property rights since claims for rights were filed by Eddie Mabo and the Meriam People in the early 1980s. It took ten years for that case to be determined in the High Court. Known as the Mabo decision, the Court ruled in favor of the Aboriginal people. This was followed by the Native Title Act in 1994 and the Wik decision. This essay discusses these and their effect on property rights in Australia. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Biological Evidence Regarding Homosexuality and a Personal Experience Regarding Racism
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This 6 page report discusses two specific topics in essay form. First is the review of issues brought up in a 1994 article titled ?The Biological Evidence Challenged? that deals with the question and related debate regarding whether or not homosexuality is biologically determined. The second essay is written to tell the early personal experience of racism and the ways in which it was interpreted. Bibliography lists one source.
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Black Neighbors
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A 6 page paper on the book 'Black Neighbors : Race and the limits of reform in the American Settlement House Movement, 1890-1945,' by Elizabeth Lasch-Quinn. Settlement houses were designed to enable people living in poverty to have access to support and help no matter what their ethnicity, religious beliefs, or other differences that may be discriminated against in other areas of society. Lasch-Quinn addresses the issue form a unique perspective and allows the reader to see another viewpoint, a viewpoint that goes beyond the surface to the subtle realities of the settlement houses. She discusses the often misconstrued ideas regarding poverty stricken African Americans.
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Bodies in Motion: Transformations in Social, Political, and Cultural Landscapes Defining the American Dream
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A 5 page discussion of cultural and behavioral differences which are targeted by bias and prejudice. Typically these prejudices target racial and ethnic differences as well as sexual preference such as homosexuality. Examines the works of five authors: William Foote Whyte's "Street Corner Society", Piri Thomas' autobiographical novel "Down These Mean Streets", Anne Fadiman's ethnography "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down", director Nigel Finch's film "Stonewall", and "Michael Downing's novel "Breakfast With Scot" to conclude that each provides a unique picture of the transformation of the heart and mind as well as the transformation of the social, cultural, and political landscapes that define in their totality what is meant by the American Dream. No additional sources are listed.
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Brown Verses Board of Education: One Domino in a Long Chain of Societal Change
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A 12 page discussion of the many societal changes which resulted directly and indirectly from the premises surrounding the landmark civil rights case involving segregation in our nation?s schools. Delineates the chain of societal events leading up to and following this decision. Outline a few key Supreme Court cases which were based on the same premises. Emphasizes that while equal treatment is now the law in the United States, it is not always our laws that shape social action. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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