against their will, enslaved them, and then considered them inferior because they were slaves. This exquisitely twisted piece of self-serving reasoning enabled whites to justify continuing the practice.

only equaling the size of the US economy by mid-century, but overtaking the US as well, thereby shifting the worlds economic center of gravity to Asia (Sachs, 2004). China and

in African American populations, while whites have noted a decline in hypertension in the last five years. In addressing the problem of hypertension, then, it is necessary to consider

explanation for this is that it may be genetic, but no causative gene has been located (Forrester, 2004). Non-genetic susceptibilities, such as fetal programming also provide a possible explanation. Theoretically,

616,000 to African Americans nationwide (U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, 2006). Although this is for the entire country, its logical to assume that Texas would show the same ratio:

least once every few minutes. A burly, beer-bellied man with grayish-black hair, Marino consistently expressed his mirth towards his job more so than anyone I had ever seen.

both grand and far-reaching; that he has received tremendous support from other outspoken prominent African-Americans speaks to the reasonable assertion that Africa should - and can - be safeguarded for

generally of more aggressive type, spreading faster in this population, a fact that has been supported by studies at George Washington University Hospital (Randolph, 1997). Other facts are also

a pattern of self-esteem and self-perception that will be carried on into adult years. Indeed, college years are considered some of the most crucial periods of socialization because of

both frightening and disturbing (African American Breast Cancer Facts, 2002). The evidence clearly supports the assumption that breast cancer poses a greater risk to African American women than to

Madagascar) (Mulrain, 2004). In short, the people who arrived in the Caribbean were incredibly diverse in terms of their religious beliefs and cultural practices. To further complicate the

issues related to the spread of untreated chlamydia, nursing researchers have determined the need to assess risk-taking behaviors, including increased unprotected sexual behavior and sexual activity with multiple partners, and

research methods prevail over quantitative, and it requires that researchers pay particular attention to issues of the ultimate validity of their work.

dependent and built on one society but is inapplicable to another. Finally, the idea of "individualism" within the United States has become so profound that those who are wealthy within

Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Florida played an integral role in the political, cultural and religious lives of African Americans in Florida in the 19th century. Through the church, not