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In the article it say that children behavior comes from family stresses like domestic violence , social support, and living situations.How this connects to black boy is because Richard gets abused at home and he gets into fights at school

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Workplace Diversity in the Tech Industry 

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Workplace Diversity in the Tech Industry 

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In this article, it talks about tech companies are not treating employees of minorities equal.  This is connected to Black Boy, because it shows how minorities are still not equal.

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I was reading about how Colleges are able to use what is call affirmative action to select students. This is where they try to make the campus diverse but letting a certain amount of each race in. This is wrong because getting into school should be based solely on grades, extra curricular activities, and definitely not race!
This is connected to black boy because he talks about how he and his family members are looked down on because of race. We should not judge by color in college admissions, jobs, drinking fountains. Nothing should be judged by color because we are all people.

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The article talks about how abortionists and doctors talk about how the fetus aren't actually babies; This is connected to Black Boy, because Richard is treated unfair because of his race, and in this case, babies are unable to have a say in their death

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In this article, it talks about how white nationalists are gaining a bigger presence, and a bigger following. A quote that I found that interested me was, "Spencer has worked hard to rebrand white nationalism as legitimate political movement." This quote shows the reader how they believe that the the "white" race is being threatened, and they need to get rid of that threat, the immigrants.

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Christian boarding schools have a history of abusing young residents

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Christian boarding schools have a history of abusing young residents

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This article talked about a man named Dr. Jack Patterson abusing young males. Dr. Jack Patterson used to be a rebel as a little kid but then he "Found Jesus" and decided to be a teacher at boarding school. "he will forever be an opportunistic zealot who used his "schools" to institutionalize child abuse and warp people's ideas about what God requires of His faithful."

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In this article it talks about Child abuse and how the Judeo-Christian religions offer a justification for corporal punishment. In Proverbs 13:24, it states, “whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.” This relates to our book because everyone is Richards family is Christian except him, his parents and grandparents are all very religious and if they believe this particular passage then that could explain the excessive abuse that Richard has received

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While reading this article, I came across a quote which reads: "Black lives matter because this country was founded on black labor, the nation's great wealth built on black suffering. Black lives matter because, as human life, black lives are often dis acknowledged in the insistent universalization that 'all lives matter' ". This part, specifically, reminded me of both stories I wrote about but mostly the one about Richard's fear of white people. This country was built centuries ago on slaved black people who happened to be a huge part of that because it was them who helped start the country. They suffered while working away and helping create the country we have today. Their suffering relates directly back to 'Black Boy' because even when the black are successful, they're wrongly mistreated because of segregation and differences.

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The article talks about the fight in Iraq with ISIS. A quote in article says " UN estimates purport that about 6.5 million people are interally displaced within Syria, with a further 4.9 million escaping to seek refuge in other countries." This connects to Black Boy when his Aunt Maggie ha to run off with her boyfriend because the white people where looking for him and wanted to kill him. So he had to run away from his home like the people looking for refuge somewhere else.

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Talks about in america a majority of hispanics feel treated differently because of their race. Each year racism against hispanics percentage increases. Also how other races have been treated differently mainly by law enforcement. Most of the cases have ended with them being killed, or tasered of beat. Even if they did nothing wrong.

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Cake Is His ‘Art.’ So Can He Deny One to a Gay Couple?

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Cake Is His ‘Art.’ So Can He Deny One to a Gay Couple?

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/16/us/supreme-court-baker-same-sex-marriage.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FDiscrimination&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=10&pgtype=collection
"Five years ago, in a decision that has led to a Supreme Court showdown, he refused to use his skills to make a wedding cake to celebrate a same-sex marriage, saying it would violate his Christian faith and hijack his right to express himself."
In Black Boy we see Richard and his family be denied simple things like food and such due to the racism issues and discrimination in those times. Somewhat similar to how this couple was denied a simple cake to celebrate their union.

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Bathroom Bill and Religion in Government

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Bathroom Bill and Religion in Government

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" The bills, including HB 46 and HB 50 and SB 3 and 91, were introduced as privacy bills that would require students at public high schools and higher education institutions to use the restroom and locker room consistent with their birth sex and prevent local government from adopting policies related to restroom use "  In Black Boy we see Richard having a hard time with the religion expressed by his family members. I see this as connected to the mixed impact that religious views can have on minorities in our country. Another connection that can be made is to the issue of colored bathrooms and how hard that is on people.

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Childhood Trauma leading to Mental Illness

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Childhood Trauma leading to Mental Illness

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Any form of trauma can have devastating effects on anyone's life, but in childhood, those effects could be even worse. A study done in a low income, and violent neighborhood showed that children experiencing 4 types of trauma are 30x more likely to have behavior and learning problems.I see this correlation because Richard tends to have behavioral issues, like being talked into becoming the town drunk at like 8 years old, burning down the house, and killing a kitten because he was constantly beaten, and was once beaten to unconsciousness once.

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In this article it says " 57 million Latinos in the United States Include professionals, Laborers, entrepreneurs, government officals, entertainers, and sports figures." This would relate to the book Black Boy on how when Richard and his "gang" were talking about how all of there parents work in the white people's houses. And how Richard's father would work in many Jobs doing different things.

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There are many different types, but particularly connecting LGBT discrimination and racial discrimination. For example in 2016 49 people were killed in a gay bar because someone disagreed with the consent of homosexuality. Was this in Orlando?

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We recently had another scare relating to gun violence. Students feared coming to school and many were reminded of what happened last year at the local mall. Violence leaves scars that we don't heal from easily.   "Four people were killed in a shooting ...at a mall in Burlington, Washington" The level of violence faced by  young people is escalating as our culture appears to be growing more and more numb. I see this as parallel to the numbness that Richard describes as he gets accustomed to the violence in his home and community.

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Ableism is a social pattern in which people who are disabled are treated differently, to an unnecessary degree, than those who are not.
This a great example of oppression because society devalues and limits the potential of humans with disabilities. People with disabilities always face many kinds of daily barriers.
Many of us don't understand how the world is wired for them. Yet we still decide to treat them like if their not human.
This connects to Black Boy in how Richard is being oppressed because they believe he can't do more. This could relate to the theme of empowerment because in these both situations, someone has power over another based on appearance.
Also their so much prejudice in for many individuals in both situations. According Six Forms of Ableism by Julie Zeinlinger, the author says, "discrimination or prejudice against individuals with disabilities". This shows how discrimination is still a problem to this day.
https://mic.com/articles/121653/6-forms-of-ableism-we-need-to-retire-immediately#.dfQhYv3GO
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This article explained that the racial wealth gap is a serious problem; it explained that white people have (on average) six times the amount of wealth as black or Hispanic people, which means for every six dollars a white person has, a black or Hispanic person only has one dollar. In comparison to this, the wage gap is a white man making two times the amount as a black or Hispanic man makes, so for every two dollars a white man makes, a black or Hispanic makes only one dollar. White people (on average) are on a higher accumulation curve than black people or Hispanic people. I see a connection between this and Black Boy because in Black Boy, Richard's family is very poor due to not being able to make as much money as white people. especially with him only having his mother to provide for him.

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This article explained what happened after "white" men came to North America and forced the Native Americans to take on the "white" culture. I think it connects to the book Black Boy because just like the Native Americans, the "blacks" are being forced to take on "white" culture as their own. "This process involved removing some Native Americans from their lands and resettling them elsewhere and forcing semi-nomadic people into a sedentary, non-nomadic lifestyle."

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The shooting of young African American men needs to be addressed.  "And it's inescapable for people to bring those experiences to bear. The African American community is also knowledgeable that there is a history of racial disparities in the application of our criminal laws—everything from the death penalty to enforcement of our drug laws. And that ends up having an impact in terms of how people interpret the case." This article connects because justice is not blind to race in America now as it wasn't then.

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Today's Child Abuse Creates Tomorrow's Criminals

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Today's Child Abuse Creates Tomorrow's Criminals

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This article  tells us that a lot of today's criminals suffer from an emotional or physical separation from their parents. This connects to Black Boy because his father left him and his family and his mom isn't really there for him now that she is sick and before she would beat him. Richard, much like the criminals today, were abused and neglected by their own families. I was predicting of how Richard will turn out in the book after reading this and I don't think his future will be good because of the abuse and neglect in his life.

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To get your current event: try going to the library page and opening the opposing views database.

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To get your current event: try going to the library page and opening the opposing views database.

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https://sites.google.com/a/mvsd320.org/mvhs-library/
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http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/28/us/baltimore-riot-mom-smacks-son/index.html
This video showed the controversy about young people rioting in Ferguson. I see a connection to the mom in Black Boy because she is being violent with him to try to stop him from getting in a dangerous racially charged event. "Toya Graham said Tuesday she did it because she didn't want her son to become another Freddie Gray."