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Text A Life with Daughters Watching the Miss America Pageant（第2页）

1。VanessaWilliams:（1963-　）Actress，singer，dahor，thefirstAfri-AmeritheMissAmericatitlein1983。VanessaWilliamsisorespedmulti-facetedperformersitoday。

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6。DuBoisian:ofDuBois（1868-1963），Amerisociologist，historian，civilrightsactivist，Pan-Afriist，authoraor，HarvardfirstAfriAmeritoearnadoctorate，leaderoftheNiagaraMovementwhowantedequalrightsforblacks。

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2。Ifyouwereablackgirl，wouldyoupreferawhitedollorablae?Explainthereasonsforyourchoice。

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4。Intoday’ssociety，aperson’sappearanceisverymuchvaluedandgoodlooksaresideredaprivilegeincareerasersonallife。Doyouthinktheissueofbeiifulshouldbetakenlightlyorseriously?Why?

&wodaughtershaveratherdifferentattitudesfromtheirmother’stowardsbeautytests。Whatdoyouthinkistheproblemwiththemothergtheseevents?

6。“AbouttwoLiedschoolwishingaloudthatherhairwaslongandblondsothatshegitabout，thewayshesawmaeclassmatesdoing。”Inwhatsituationwouldyoufollowthemainstreamfashionorkeepyourindividualstyle?Why?

7。Whydopeoplesometimeswanttoimitatesomeoarethepositiveaiveeffeitation?

8。GeraldEarlywrote，“BothgirlswentthroughaperiodwhentheysufferedmostathatparticularAmeridisease，thatparticularlyAfri-Ameridisease，theofoppressioionisticdesire:self-ess。”Howwouldyouperceivethis“disease”?

9。Doyouvalueyour“racepride”?Wheredoesit?

10。Whatlessonshaveyoulearhisessay?Howwouldyoucarryyourselfasanindividualiy?

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2。Therearedifferentstandardsforbeautyiuresandtimes。Makeasurveyahedifferentstandardsiures，andiimes。Thenshareyswithyourpartner（s）andwethertoproposeastandardofbeautyinourtime。

3。ductacasestudyofacelebrityofyourchoice。Studyhisherappearance，publicimagesandsoflueareyourreendationsaihisherappearandbehavior?Presentysaoyourclass。

&ionalfeelingihatsomepeardedsuperiorwhileothersinferiorinvariousways。Ifyoubelieveinequaldignityashumanbeings，howethereisthiskiionorclassifiofpeople?Discusswithyroupmembersandtrytofindoutwhoistoblameforthissituatioyourresultstotheclass。

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1。Iime，wewitnessorexperiendsofpetitionsortests，suchasthetrasforajob，talentshoames，toafew。Refleyourownexperiendprepareanoutlinefumentativeessayinsupportofthebeliefthatwinnersofpetitionswillhaveagreaterceoffuturesuccess。ainstthebelief。

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