Booker T. Washington: A Man of Hope
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A 5 page paper which examines how booker T. Washington, though criticized, was a man who brought simple hope to his people. The paper examines his work in comparison to that of Frederick Douglass and W.E.B. DuBois as well. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Boston Irish/ Racial Tension
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A 5 page research paper that examines the causes, and history, behind the busing crisis in Boston relative to school integration in the mid-1970s. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Brian Ward’s “Just My Soul Responding: Rhythm and Blues, Black Consciousness and Race Relations”
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This 6 page report discusses Brian Ward’s 1998 book that looks at forty years of Black music in America and the ways in which its development paralleled that of the political and civil rights movements of the times. Ward makes the point that it was Rhythm and Blues that became the first musical genre to successfully permeate white American culture. As a cultural historian, Ward is able to eloquently present a number of fascinating correlations between white admiration for black music (and culture) and how it related to and still relates to racial inequalities. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Buffalo Soldiers
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A 3 page paper which discusses Buffalo soldiers. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RAbufflo.rtf

Buying A Home: The Elusive American Dream
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5 pages in length. Buying a home is one dream for most Americans, however, the growth, decline and discrimination in the mortgage industry dictates how, what and where we can live, work and raise our families. Focusing upon the mortgage industry's supply and demand in the housing market and how it effects our society, we can began to narrow the income inequality gap of the middle to lower class American and, therefore, produce a better overall economy. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Campbell and Hunter-Gault: The South During Segregation
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A 6 page paper which examine and analyzes Bebe Moore Campbell’s “Your Blues Ain’t Like Mine” and Charlayne Hunter-Gault’s “In My Place” as they relate to depicting the south during the era of segregation. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Cartoons, Law, and Societal Prejudice: An Analysis of Cartoons Relating to the Brown v. Board of Education Decision
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A 4 page examination of several political cartoons that were originally published in 1954 in response to the Supreme Court's decision on school desegregation. The author contends that numerous factors have to be taken into account to understand the meaning of these types of cartoons. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Cedric Robinson/Black Marxism
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An 8 page analysis of Robinson's book. The work of African-American historian Cedric Robinson in relating Black radical tradition into the framework of political observation provided by Karl Marx gives creative and insightful perception into the complexities of African-American existence in the twentieth century. The analysis takes the form of a letter between friends, in which one friend preaches the advantages of taking a black studies course. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: 99blmarx.rtf

Characteristics of a Narrative Writing Style: Maya Angelou
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(8pp) A narrative is just another name for relating a story. Angelou tells the story of her life, which is termed an autobiography. An autobiography allows the author to tell those parts of his/her life in their own way, or style. The way that an author writes their story will also give us more information about that person. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Childhood in “Coming of Age in Mississippi” by Anne Moody
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A 5 page paper which examines the early childhood perspectives presented in “Coming of Age in Mississippi” by Anne Moody. No additional sources cited.
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Children - Comparison Of Africans And Americans
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6 pages in length. At first glance, one would not immediately make any conscious correlation between American children and African children; rather, the first thought that would likely come to mind is that American children are at a significantly greater advantage over their African counterparts. While this concept may reflect more than just a bit of truth, it can be argued that African children have come a long way in their quest to provide themselves with the tools for bettering their future. In fact, it is somewhat because of American influence that African children are beginning to move more quickly along this path. The writer compares American children to African children. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Children of East Saint Louis, Illinois in Jonathan Kozol’s “Savage Inequalities”
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A 5 page paper which concentrates on Chapter 1 of the text to examine how the author conveys his message indirectly, and speculates on what the advantage might be to stating his case in such a way. No additional sources are used.
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Civil Disobedience and the Civil Rights Movement
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A 3 page review of the importance of non-violent tactics in the Montgomery bus boycott and the Nashville lunch counter sit-ins. The author of this paper concludes that while not all is equal in the U.S. today, these key movements served to level the playing field substantially. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Civil Rights Act of 1991
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A 7 page research paper/essay that discusses the Civil Rights Act of 1991, which amended the Civil Rights Act of 1964, in order to provide damages in regards to employment discrimination cases and to make it clear how provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act pertain to “’disparate impact’ actions. The writer discusses how its provisions affect the workplace. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Civil Rights Movement: Rosa Parks & Martin Luther King, Jr.
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This 9 page paper discusses the contributions of Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The writer recounts Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955 and also explains the segregation laws concerning the buses in Montgomery. A small group of black women then distributed flyers asking blacks not to use the bus on the following Monday. A new committee was formed with a relatively new resident of the city as its leader - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The writer then recounts some of King's remarkable work and achievements on behalf of the civil rights movement. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Claude McKay
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7 pages in length. An in-depth look at this author with special attention on his relation to the Harlem Renaissance. Includes some of his works as well as critiques. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Color, Societal Privilege, and Discrimination
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A 7 page discussion of the continuing discrimination which occurs in the United States in regard to race and color. Presents a brief historical basis for the problem and contends that discrimination is both an intercultural and intracultural phenomenon. Suggests that these factors result in an unfortunate mindset that has forced the non-white ethnicities and races further and further away from the white mainstream and are factors which gave us our popular concept of the term minority. It is also this mindset that has resulted in severe societal separation between black and white in particular. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Combatting Imbalance in School Population
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5 pages. The purpose of this research paper is to write a policy memo as a campaign manager. This memo will be used to inform the current candidate running for state legislature about the issues and to present a position to be taken. Arguments to be considered are for or against school choice and for or against a particular system. Evidence is needed to back up this position. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JGAskools.rtf

COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CULTURES: GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER/DO THE RIGHT THING
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This 7 page paper analyzes two movies from different eras that dealt with racial relations. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and Do the Right Thing are examined for cultural exchange, messages, perceptions. Examples given. Bibliography lists 0 sources.
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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
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This 6 page paper analyzes the loss of a sense of community and offers solutions for a return to it. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Comparing Twain And Dubois
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This 5 page paper compares and contrasts the views of White and Black culture as presented in Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn and The Souls Of Black Folk by W. E. B. Dubois. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Comparing “White Man’s Burden” and “Baby Boy”
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This is a 5 page paper comparing the films “White Man’s Burden” and “Baby Boy”. “White Man’s Burden” (1995) directed by Desmond Nakano, and “Baby Boy” (2001) directed by John Singleton, are two films which both tell the stories of unemployed lower class individuals who exist and try and live within a racial society. “White Man’s Burden” shows a very class restrictive racial society in which the director has reversed the class distinctions by portraying a time when America is dominated by African Americans in the conservative upper class and the lower class is dominated by poor whites. The main character, Louis Pinnock, loses his job and blames his white boss and seems to be a victim of society and his class. In “Baby Boy” however, which portrays the urban African American society which exists today, the main character, Jody, seems more a victim of his own doing and at first seems disinterested in improving his life style. “Baby Boy” shows the anger of the African Americans and also the violence which can occur but also portrays a more in depth sensitive look at the lower class without providing stark contrasts with the upper class. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Comparison of Discrimination and Assimilation of African and Native Americans: Minority Groups, Cultural Changes, Colonization, Immigration, and Relations with the Dominant Group
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This is an 8 page paper discussing discrimination and assimilation of African and Native Americans. African Americans and Native Americans in the United States have experienced generations of discrimination and assimilation but from somewhat different perspectives. Native Americans were the most profoundly affected by colonization and were forced into minority group status and relocated by European whites who wanted the Native lands for their own needs similar to the minority group patterns in the theories of Robert Blauner. African Americans, on the other hand, have experienced two different forms of assimilation and discrimination in which those who were born here experienced legal segregation (until the 1960s Civil Rights Movements) in addition to discrimination and minority status based on “group inequity” in which the dominant group (white Anglo Europeans) believed African Americans to be inferior combined with “differential power” in which the dominant group was larger and had the resources to force the African Americans into minority status; ideas reflected in the theories of Donald L. Noel. African Americans are also comprised of immigrants who according to Blauner, made the decision to immigrate to the U.S. and therefore differ from those who were forced into minority status. Regardless of the origins of the Native Americans and African Americans, most sociologists agree that because they have been deemed “minority social races” they will continue to experience various forms of assimilation expectations and discrimination by the dominant group. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Considering Feminism with bell hooks
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A 3 page essay that summarizes and reflects on two essays by bell hooks, "Feminist Thinking, In the Classroom Right Now" and "Feminist Scholarship, Black Scholars" (chapter 8 and 9, respectively, in her text Teaching to Transgress). The writer discusses hook's experience as an instructor of women's studies and feminism from a African American woman's perspective. No additional sources cited.
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Cornel West, Jean Bethke Elshtain, and Robert Putnam: A Fictional Debate
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A 10 page insight into the ideologies of these three noted writers. Presented in the form of a fictional debate, this paper reveals the sometimes radical differences in opinion between West, who proposes an overthrow of our existing political system, and Elshtain and Putnam who envision working within that system to affect much-needed change. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Cornel West: “Race Matters”
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A 10 page review of Cornel West as he is exposed through his most popular writings. This paper delves into West’s ideologies and how they relate to those of past and present black leaders. Numerous quotes are included. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Crack Cocaine and Young African American Women: A Proposal for the Alleviation of One of the Most Serious Social Barriers to Success
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A 7 page discussion of the problems inherent in the black community in regard to crack dependent pregnant females. This paper suggests that the provision of viable options in terms of living arrangements for those mothers can significantly reduce their dependency and that of their babies. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Creating & Defining the African American Community: Family, Church, Politics and Culture
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(5 pp). This is a tutorial speech written for someone who has been asked to moderate an evening during Black History Month. Bibliography lists 3 sources: many quotes from prominent blacks.
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Creating a Black Nation
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A 6 page paper that purveys how Black Africans looked at their history of domination realized that this excluded them from participating in commerce. But the larger picture was one of diversity. Members of their community are spread around the planet, and this prevented them from forming a strong Black community. Leaders knew that if they did not change history, that the global community would continue to exclude and dominate them. Therefore, they began reclaiming their rightful place by achieving freedom from British rule in Africa, restructuring their communities in Africa, and by including Blacks from around the world in their reconstruction under the umbrella of 'Pan-Atlantic' and 'Pan-American' movements. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Criminal Sentencing: White, Black, and Mental
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(8 pp). What we will be looking at in this discussion are basically two issues, that have somehow become enmeshed: According to Davis (1998), more than 70 percent, of the imprisoned population, are people of color. It is rarely acknowledged, that the fastest growing group of prisoners are black women, and that Native American prisoners are the largest group per capita. Approximately five million people - including those on probation and parole -- are directly under the surveillance of the criminal justice system. And according to Ditton (1999) sixteen percent of those incarcerated in state systems are mentally ill. One of the questions that then arises from this data is, are the white mentally ill sentenced to incarceration at a different ratio than people of color? Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Critique of, "Race Matter":
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This 3 page paper is a reaction to the book, "Race Matters". This critique is written from the perspective of a white woman. This critique addresses such issues as, what ideas in the book challenged previous beliefs/assumptions, evidence of biases in the authors view, what the reader learned from the book, what the book teaches about oppression, and more. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Crucible of Character by Etheridge
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A 3 page introduction, conclusion and outline covering the importance of the Langston Hughes’ poem in “The Crucible of Character: A Personal Account of Swarthmore’s Crisis of 1969.” Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Cultural Assimilation in America / Mission Impossible
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A 9 page research paper includes a 1 page Roman Numeral Sentence Outline. This paper discusses the myth of successful cultural assimilation among ethnic groups in the United States today. An argument is presented from the viewpoint that ethnic groups can never become completely assimilated into American society and culture. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Cultural Differences in the Phenomena of Absentee Parents in the American Family
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An 8 page exploration of the absent parent phenomena. The author explains this phenomena from a racial and a broad cultural perspective. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Cultural Diversity: An Exploration Of Media Representation
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This 5 page tutorial essay looks at an article on Jada Pickett, a young Black actress, in terms of how cultural diversity is presented in the media. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Cultural Heritage Essays 2
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Same as African2.wps (above); written as a series of definitions with examples.
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David Walker: Blacks And Whites Are "Natural Enemies"
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5 pages in length. It is nearly impossible to escape racial stereotypes, for they have existed for centuries in all segments of society. One need only look throughout history in order to determine where such damaging stereotypes originated; If one considers the fact that each person is a product of his own environment, it is easy to see that the influence of his surroundings is critical to forming his racial image. Attitudes are spread from generation to generation, community to community and person to person; there is virtually no way to avoid becoming tainted in a society that harbors negative racial stereotypes and embraces Whiteness. When David Walker claimed that blacks and whites are "natural enemies," he was referring to the manner by which the colored race has long been oppressed, controlled and molded by the white race. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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DEPICTIONS OF VIOLENCE IN TONI MORRISON’S, THE BLUEST EYES
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This 3 page paper discusses the elements of violence in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eyes. Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Desegregation: A Work in Progress
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( 5 pp) The federal mandate of racially integrated schools began over forty years ago. Some schools, particularly in the South, were able to ward off compliance, for decades. Unfortunately, the desegregation of schools has been predicated on a case-by-case base and racially identifiable school systems continue to exist today. But recently, after the magnet and mid-point school plans, a new wrinkle in the form of choice and charter schools has surfaced. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Diary of James Peck, a White Freedom Rider
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This 8 page paper uses a real life Caucasian Freedom Rider from the 1960s as a subject for this piece of historic fiction. Research done uses the real account of James Peck who rode a bus from Atlanta to Birmingham at the height of the civil rights era. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Differences in Life Span Between Blacks and Whites
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A 7 page research paper that examines the widening gap in mortality rates between black and white Americans. The impact of socioeconomic factors is explored. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Differing Perceptions of Civil Rights: Testimony for the Congressional Committee on Domestic Affairs
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An 8 page analysis of the outcome of the Civil Rights movement. Written in the form of an address to Congressional Committee on Domestic affairs, this paper contends that our approach to civil rights in this country has turned into what is perceived, among non-black minorities in particular, as a point of contention. They point out that while the rights of blacks were adequately addressed by the civil rights movement, their own rights were never sufficiently secured and the measures which were enacted now too often turn into a stumbling block for societal betterment rather than a stepping stone. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Discrimination and "Social Democracy" in Brazil
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(5 pp) Attempting change is always difficult; and of course some clever soul said, the most difficult thing to change is ones ideas or belief system. That has certainly been true of the concept of "social democracy" in Brazil. Emilia Viotti da Costa examines that thought in an article entitled, "The Myth of Racial Democracy in Brazil: A Problem of Social Mythology."
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Discrimination And African-American Women
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This 4 page paper comments on some of the discrimination African American women face in this country. The essay begins with statistic related to cancer, prenatal care, poverty in old age and managers and executives in top companies. The essay includes comments on the 'concrete ceiling,' wage disparity, and stereotypes. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Discrimination and Liability: An Investigation into the Backlash of Civil Rights Legislation
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A 6 page contention that the laws that were put in place immediately after the Civil War to guarantee the rights of freed slaves, and those which have been in place since to prevent discrimination, have had a tremendous societal impact. While these laws were justified by the circumstances of the time period in which they were enacted, they now translate into the liability crisis which our businesses, governments, and organizations are facing today when they try to hire or replace employees based on qualifications rather than racial, ethnic, or gender identity. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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