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Affirmative Action Is Wrong
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1059

.... white man and not a hispanic man. The racism will become worse because of it, and that is the very thing it is trying to prevent. It is possible that because of affirmative action, racism will grow and continue to grow until we history repeats itself and we end up living under Jim Crow laws again. That is an extreme possibility to end up und er Jim Crow laws again, but it is a definite possibility to end up somewhere close to Jim Crow laws again. In addition to that, people say affirmative action is ok because it cures past discrimination (Keyes 1996, 1). Discrimination wa .....


Is The Criminal Justice System Racially Biased?
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1698

.... Group is a group of people who, because of physical or cultural characteristics, are singled out for differential and different and who regard them as objects of collective discrimination. Discrimination is the act of singling out for unfair treatment. Labeling is stereotyping, or putting a tag on someone, and treating them accordingly. Self-fulling Prophecy is an expectation about how things will be the situations that they predicted or expected. Finally, Differential Association is the idea that interacting with others learns criminal behavior. It is no secret whites a .....


Youth's Fight To Gain Freedom From The Other Generation
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1214

.... younger generation just wanted a chance to express their own views rather than having to constantly succumb to the values and rules left behind by the older generation. The two different approaches used by authors to express these views are often representative of the two main systems used by youths to help gain their freedoms. The first approach, taken by the Port Huron Statement and authors such as Gerzon, Reich, Revel and Gitlin, follows the ideals of the New Left. The New Left represents youths striving for political change through cultural means. People are encouraged to .....


Daycare: The Effects And What To Look For
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1523

.... child in a daycare should be the hardest decision for you to make that is if you want the best for your child. The question that arises is what to look for in a daycare for these children and will it have any effects on the child as it grows. This paper will describe many things that studies as well as people say should be in a daycare. Also it will discuss the possibilities of long term effects on the child in the future. There has been an enumerated amount of studies done on daycare’s, some had positive results while others had negative results. So many different studie .....


Straight-Edge: What It Is And What It Isn't
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1014

.... era by the hardcore-punk band called Minor Threat.  The song "Straight-Edge" written by Ian MacKaye, the band's singer, not only coined the phrase, but it encompassed all of the philosophies that a straight-edge person believes in.  There have been theories that an earlier punk band, called the Teen Idols (which included Ian MacKaye and the drummer from Minor Threat*), started the ideology of straight-edge, but the term was not used until MacKaye wrote and published the song.  Minor Threat have since disbanded, but hardcore fans everywhere still follow the words of .....


Our Prison System Sucks
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 501

.... This doesn't sound at all like a prison. A prison is a place where people are supposed to be punished. Not treated like guests. There is a fin line between being punished and being over punished however. I'm not saying that each person should be beaten daily, or made to stay in a cell by themselves with no one to talk to for an eternity. The person should be punished according to the crime. "An eye for an eye." This brings me to the subject of capital punishment. I'm sure some of you are disgusted by the word, but I am not. I am disgusted with the fact that it is not here .....


Human Migration Factors
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 462

.... unemployment, poor education, illnesses, diseases, a poor health system, lack of liberty and even the climate, can change a humans mind and make them want to leave a particular country or place. One the other hand there are other factors called Pull factors. These factors are different and are the opposite of the Push Factors, making them want to leave the country they are living in. People may be in love and find better living standards in the other country. There may also find it to be safer and have laws that are more liberal. They might be more freedom and a chance to .....


Juvenile Crime
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 882

.... violent of juveniles, many of which had been tried as adults. Where they would stay until they reach their eighteenth birthday, and what would they get? A ticket to a high security prison, full of rapists, pedaphiles and others of their kin, ready to further pervert them and make them more efficient and darken their souls, or rape, sodomise and kill them for being the new arrivals. We blame the gun, we blame society, we blame the parents of the child, who really deserves it? Who should the blame fall upon, and who should decide what happens to the juviniles? Should these .....



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