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We The People Textbook Analysis
The two assigned textbooks, We the People and American Politics and the African-American Quest for Universal Freedom (AAA), are very different in content and concept. The We the People textbook had more of “universal”, less biased, view of American government as opposed to AAA. The We the People book wrote mainly about government and politics without zeroing in on racial groups and their disadvantages. The AAA book also focused on government, but specifically on African-American influence throughout the course of American history, how it continues today and the disadvantages that have risen from American government. For example, the AAA textbook talks about the advantages of federalism as a whole country and the disadvantages it puts on minorities, especially blacks.
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