Fictitious letter from segregated South Africa by Michaela Zogbi

Mr.s Seth Fletcher 707 7th street Cincinnati U.S.A My dearest Seth, I know it's been a while since the last time I wrote to you a letter. I hope you are not mad, Things are pretty complicated and messy over here. I'm not sure if I can keep going with...

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The doll test, The effects of racism on children

The "doll test" is a psychological experiment designed in the 1940s in the USA to test the degree of marginalization felt by African American children caused by prejudice, discrimination and racial segregation. Given the considerable increase of the phenomenon...

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The Bluest eye by Toni Morisson...A classic but such a masterpiece!!!

~~The Bluest Eye is not only a story but an awe-inspiring poem that confronts beauty itself and the consequences of beauty standards on individuals that do not meet them. Beauty is an obsession that has been present throughout history, which is why this...

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An amazing novel to read to understand segregation

~~Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step.... Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has...

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What Life Was Like In South Africa During Apartheid

Michelle Faul, Associated Press Dec. 9, 2013, 5:06 PM JOHANNESBURG (AP) — My mother was furious. The operators of the gas station in rural, racist South Africa had taken her money to fill the car, but would not give her the key to the toilets. They were...

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3 Reasons Why Teachers Are Basically Superheroes

By Global Teacher Prize | March 9th 2015 If you look up the definition of the word, a superhero is a “fictional character with superhuman powers.” Superheroes accomplish the extraordinary feat of turning horrible situations into great acts of heroism...

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The speech that made Obama president

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Martin Luther King: A hero for all time

In the face of the various unheroics of our times, from mass murderers at one level to the Lance Armstrongs and Bernie Madoffs at another,we can celebrate Martin Luther King Jr's, heroism, civility and the non-violent ideal. It's timely to turn to a man...

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Invictus

Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but...

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