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Term Papers on Social Issues
Racial Discrimination
Number of words: 642 - Number of pages: 3.... out of ignorance and continues to
be used to this day exclusively by ignorant people. A kaffir isn't a slang term
for an African; it is a word that describes the person that uses it. This type
of person is one who feeds his ego by dehumanizing those around him when he
feels they are not equal to him. He may regard those of different races or
nationalities as "bad" or "dirty" because they do not have the same skin color
as he does or they may cherish beliefs that are contrary to the ones by which he
lives his life.
These qualities describe the man who tells .....
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Female Discrimination At The Citadel
Number of words: 772 - Number of pages: 3.... The battle against coeducation began in 1993, when the school mistakenly accepted Shannon Faulkner; thinking she was male. The war was waged so fiercely, and with such ill will, that when Faulkner withdrew after less than a week, the victorious screams of the other cadets was shown on national television.
Why is it that these male cadets and their leaders are so against the integration of females in the school. According to Bem Sex Role Inventory, people perceive some characteristics as more masculine than feminine and some as more feminine than masc .....
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The Need For An Anglo American Lifestyle
Number of words: 548 - Number of pages: 2.... The Japanese Americans assimilated into life in the Manzannar
internment camp by making their surroundings as they were in Japan,
creating lush gardens filled with cactus plants and rock gardens which
resembled Mount Fujiyama (100).
Both the Cubans and the Japanese were deemed less than American.
The Cubans were acceptable as long as they did not assert their hotness,
nor their Cubanness on the street under a shady palm tree(136), or hold a
prominent position in Anglo Miami. The Japanese Americans were bearable as
long as they were locked up. The public .....
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Drug Testing For School Extracurricular Activities
Number of words: 859 - Number of pages: 4.... organization] shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any [governmental organization] deprived any person of life, liberty, or property...” This means that the fourth amendment completely applies to a student.
The fourth amendment declares that the school cannot search a person or seize his/her property without reasonable cause. Each individual has these rights. This means that if some students are suspected of using drugs, the school does not have the right to search all stud .....
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Cross-Cultural Ethics
Number of words: 2250 - Number of pages: 9.... of culture is manifest in two ways. First, according to Jones, culture provides an unquestioned context within which individual action and response take place. Even rational action is subject to the cultural definition of what is a meaningful goal and what are available means(16). Culturally determined responses are built into the very physiology of the organism.
Second, culture pervades social activities and institutions. There is a strain toward consistency in culture—consistency of perception and style, as well as of values and ethics. This is the .....
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Hate And Prejudice
Number of words: 368 - Number of pages: 2.... and not always toward race, but mostly towards religion, state of wealth, or a person dress. Some people try to deny that they are prejudice, while others thrive on letting everyone know. An example of this would be the Ku Klux Klan; a society organized to reassert white supremacy with terroristic methods. These people would show their prejudice by marching down city streets and by having loud outdoor campaigns and cross burnings.
As time passes on so does from one generation to another, and if people do not grasp what they are doing we will continue t .....
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Violent Behavior In Society
Number of words: 737 - Number of pages: 3.... simply stimulates people. Big glory comes when one passes out!
YES...here is the hero! What is the message here? It is, we will like you
more since you are physically stronger, and we will respect you because we are
afraid of you. That is again, a wrong message.
Violence is glorified the most throught media, violent movies, TV shows and
newspaper sensationalism.
THERE SEEMES TO BE A NEED FOR VIOLNCE IN SOCIETY!
Violent movies are born one after another: "Die Hard","The God Father",
"Natural Born Killers", "The Proffesinal", "Pulp Fiction" .....
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