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    Tiffany What Is Beauty to the Young Black Female? There’s more to me that the human eye can see. I’m a woman of purpose and destiny. A perfect design‚ I’m special and unique. I won’t be identified by the parts that make up my physique. My beauty is not defined by my skin or my hair and my soul has more value than the clothes that I wear. I’m not a symbol of pleasure or sex appeal; I have the natural ability to comfort and the power to heal. When God made me‚ He created a

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    African-American Struggle for Freedom Beverly Garrett Axia College In the early nineteenth century‚ the African American went from slavery to the struggle for freedom. They had to do several activities in order to survive. Even though food affected the lifestyle during slavery‚ with religion‚ soul food like greens‚ and hamburger meat was prepared and grown to help families survive. There were several kinds of slaves

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    decades of inequality and civil abuse. Reparations should be given to many races not just African Americans. African Americans have went through a mass amount of suffering for centuries‚ mental and physical stress. African Americans have suffered for centuries prior to “freedom” and were continued to be treated with extreme prejudice and a mast amount of inequality. It isn’t just about reparations for African Americans‚ it’s far much

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    A Nursing Method to African American Heritage Abstract This paper explores the African American heritage and also identifies the significance of nurses being culturally aware‚ sensitive and competent when caring for people of African American heritage. Although these terms mentioned above are used interchangeably‚ they have different meanings. Cultural awareness is appreciating the external or material part of the culture‚ such as the music‚ arts‚ and physical characteristics

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    While business ethics emerged as a field in the 1970s‚ international business ethics did not emerge until the late 1990s‚ looking back on the international developments of that decade. Many new practical issues arose out of the international context of business. Theoretical issues such as cultural relativity of ethical values receive more emphasis in this field. Other‚ older issues can be grouped here as well. Issues and subfields include: The search for universal values as a basis for international

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    Question# 4: African cultures‚ by and large‚ bring a similar world view to the relationship between man and the spiritual realm‚ one that is marked by an extremely personal interaction. In the broader African spiritual world human beings are seen to be under the constant influence of other people‚ their ancestors‚ minor deities‚ the Creator‚ and various forces of nature. As a result the African spiritual world can be described as interactive since all things are endowed with life-force. How is this

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    Tricia McCullers End of chapter question Chapter 12-20 1 . What issues most concerned black political leaders during Reconstruction? Reconstruction brought important social changes to former slaves. Families that had been separated before and during the Civil War were reunited‚ and slave marriages were formalized through legally recognized ceremonies. Families also took advantage of the schools established by the Freedmen’s Bureau and the expansion of public education‚ albeit segregated

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    African Americans in the Civil War In the history of the United States‚ discrimination was something that African Americans faced painfully in the Civil War era and which continues to happen on a milder scale in today’s society. When African Americans first came to America‚ they were forced to perform manual labor against their will. Greedy‚ rich‚ lazy Americans called themselves superior to the “different‚ dark-skinned” people who slowly became slaves to the whites. In bondage‚ they received

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    research‚ that if African Americans do not remember the past‚ past achievements and accomplishments‚ past trials and tribulations‚ then history is bound to repeat itself. The purpose of this research is to persuade the audience that an African American studies class should be required by all states for high school students to graduate. African Americans are at a disadvantage in terms of education‚ because the school system does not require those students to be enrolled in an African-American studies course

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    Obesity is a public health concern affecting the African American’s in the United States. The incidence of diabetes‚ hypertension‚ and stroke in African American adults is‚ in part‚ related to the obesity issue facing this population. Health concerns affecting African Americans differ by age‚ however; obesity is present for this population beginning in early childhood and continues throughout all of the age groups. When coupled with obesity the amount and severity of complications related to chronic

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