persons color, his or her race or ethnicity, can be one of the most important factors in determining the way that person will be accepted by mainstream society and the

which erupts in response to what the Lee family perceive as an arrogant and uncaring medical establishment. Although revealed in the pages of a novel, these conflicts closely parallel

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 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

The exact manner by which Lee (2003) reveals the storys conflict is an integral component to its overall impact upon the characters and audience alike. Atypical of the standard

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

after the Civil war. The Compromise of 1877, however, would signify the end of that tremendous possibility for the black man as a group. That compromise, a compromise

as well. Knowing that educated blacks would be a threat, slave owners prohibited their slaves from learning to read; thus it was with great anticipation that they began to attend

of prison administrators, and the absence of proper order in prisons throughout several nations. He coined the term "penitentiary" as his ideal view for reform, presumably where convicts would

was allowed an exceptional boost at an early part in her life which propelled her on her way to success. Other young women did not have this opportunity.

"It is against this double hegemony of a History with a capital H and a Literature consecrated by the absolute power of the written sign that the peoples who

circumstances, superior to the roles of men. The entire issue of gender and gender roles serves as just one more example

seen against the backdrop of the full range of human behavior (American Anthropological Association, 2002). The root of the word anthropology

and the legalized discrimination of the first half of the twentieth century, they are both "directly and indirectly affected by a resulting cultural memory that prizes connection and social connectedness"

center in every persons mind to illustrate how barbaric the human race can be to its own and to hopefully learn from such historic faux pas so they never happen