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Relations Among The Races
Number of Words: 2163 / Number of Pages: 8
... racial tension with a comprehensive program that is designed to bring
all races together. Will it work? Or will minorities look upon the effort
as nothing more than a Band-Aid covering a much larger issue? To some
extent, concepts such as affirmative action have their place in society,
yet they will do nothing to alter an individual's perception of one race or
another.
I. ADOLESCENT ASPECT
In the past, childrens' racial viewpoints have routinely been shaped by
their parents' perceptions. This is precisely how racial prejudice is
passed down from generation to generation. However, today's teens ...
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Same Sex Parents
Number of Words: 599 / Number of Pages: 3
... is a means of securing the best
possible home for a child” (Facts on File 894). Some might argue that the child
would be lacking the father in a lesbian couple and a mother in a gay couple.
Sure, little Joey might not have a male role-model around the house, but all the
kids raised by single mothers seem to be okay. Children who lose a parent and
are raised in single parent households are not harmed. Or are they? If they
are, they are affected in just the same way as children raised by gay and
lesbian couples —that is, couples who are lacking a male or female role model.
Children raise ...
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The Obstacles In Raising Nonracist Children
Number of Words: 853 / Number of Pages: 4
... building in "the projects." This building is dilapidated and the majority of tenants are poor black families. The superintendent spends his time fixing broken sinks, toilets, heaters and windows, all of which are never fixed correctly. When the superintendent is not fixing the building, he is sitting in his easy chair watching The Wheel of Fortune. The message that my children would receive, if I allowed them to watch "The PJ's," is that black superintendents are lazy or too uneducated to fix anything properly. Also there is the perception that white people are not poor, because there are no wh ...
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Getting Out Of The Ghetto
Number of Words: 317 / Number of Pages: 2
... into the ghetto makes the struggle for success ever more difficult. Jones is deteermined to beat the odds, and get an education that will break the poverty that his family has been striken with. There is one major factor that is on Jones side, he was born in the United States. If Jones Had been lets say in India, his dreams of would be next to impossible. In a caste system your are not only born into poverty, but the fate of poverty is dictated to you. Social mobility that is charictoristic of our class system in the United States empowers Jones to get out of the ghetto. ...
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The Environmental Movement
Number of Words: 1039 / Number of Pages: 4
... cruelty, and government waste and abuse." To the right of the page is a picture of a bird staring forward and underneath that in caps "WE ARE WATCHING". After reading this one gets a true sense that EnviroWatch is looking out for the environment, almost like earth-friendly detectives.
The design of their web site is very conducive to quick and easy access. This is definitely a plus for any newcomer who is browsing through the site to get a feel for the organization. On the homepage, there are a series of 7 "links" running down the left margin of the page, each which brings you to another pa ...
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The Concept Of Communication Style
Number of Words: 1032 / Number of Pages: 4
... myself.
The summaries and findings in which I calculated provided me with
insight of my dominant yet friendly communication style. It also provided me
with a different perspective as to how other people interpret my communication
habits. For example, the mean for myself on the category "relaxed" scored a 1.3.
However, my friends mean was 3.1 and my acquaintance was 5.1. Through the text
of Interpersonal Communication, I was able to determine that this
fluctuation has to do with the self concept theory. "Self -concept is defined
as each person's own subjective view or image of him or herself ...
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Entertainment During The Renaissance
Number of Words: 541 / Number of Pages: 2
... of
famous people were involved in all the process of theater, such as Palidio,
William Shakespeare, and Lope de Vega(Sarah Howarth, 19-21, John Brown
173-219). William Shakespeare was an excellent author, he experimented
with all the rules of theater by combining tradegy and comedy(Sarah
Howarth, 21). Shakespeare was associated with two obsessions Change and
changeability and playing the world on stage(John Brown, 173).
The theaters themselves were a beautiful sight. The stage was set
on one side of the circular building. The other three sides had seats.
There was also a tower called the “tiri ...
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Tobacco Advertising Makes Young People Their Chief Target
Number of Words: 707 / Number of Pages: 3
... College of Georgia report that almost as many 6-year olds recognize Joe
Camel as know Mickey Mouse (Breo). That is very shocking information for any
parent to hear.
The industry denies that these symbols target people under 21 and claim that
their advertising goal is simply to promote brand switching and loyalty. Many
people disagree with this statement such as Illinois Rep. Richard Durbin who
states " If we can reduce the number of young smokers, the tobacco companies
will be in trouble and they know it "(Roberts). So what do the tobacco companies
do to keep their industry alive and wel ...
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Fantasy's Integral Role In The Creation Of A Killer
Number of Words: 1248 / Number of Pages: 5
... one
might say that the killer does not or even can't feel remorse because violence
is what they were brought up in and to believe is true so it is what they have
been conditioned to believe. Or you could take the approach that the killer
feels they are being threatened by their victims so they had to be removed from
the picture altogether. Or finally it might be the killer is so mentally
unstable that they have very little to no consciences awareness of what they are
doing. But what if they do feel sorrow? Can a serial killer feel sorrow? One
researcher says no. "The inner workings of the mind ...
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Child Abuse In Today’s Society
Number of Words: 2278 / Number of Pages: 9
... data is collected in many inconsistent ways from state to state and from study to study, many instances of abuse, especially neglect, are not always documented, and the definition of abuse varies from study to study. These inconsistencies make it very difficult to analyze and compare the statistics on child abuse and neglect.
So what does the term "child abuse" mean in today’s society? The Child Abuse and Prevention Act (PL 100-294) defines child abuse and neglect as the physical or mental injury, sexual abuse, or exploitation, negligent treatment or maltreatment of a child under the age of eightee ...
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