Maya Lin, an adored architect, once said, âThe American Dream is being able to follow your own personal calling. To be able to do what you want to do is incredible freedom.â Lin implies the idea that the American Dream is what you envision it to be. She alludes that one's aspirations should not be defined by society or others....
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We often wonder why racism is so alive in our society and can not seem to get rid of it despite what the government has done in the past to try to fix it. In recent studies, scientists have proven through social psychological research that judgment on individuals and their work ability is based a lot on their gender and...
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Racism in workplaces Racism in workplaces is already present from hiring, indeed in comparison to white people, black people in the US are twice as likely to be unemployed and also earn 25 percent less when employed. Although racial discrimination in the workplace is prohibited by federal and states law, employers can in fact discriminate people by not hiring them...
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Comedian, George Carlin once said, âThat's why they call it the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.â Of Mice and Men follows the journey of two men trying to achieve their version of the American Dream, which leads them to their unfortunate demise. In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck conveys that the American dream is...
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The United States it is said to be the land of opportunity where everyone has a right to succeed and be equal, but is it actually true? Racial Profiling has been a problem since the beginning of time, and it is still continuing especially throughout the United States. Racial Profiling is known as different groups of races that are being...
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It all started when Kazakh actress Reyizha Alimjan arrived in Shanghai in July 2019, wearing a pair of dark wash jeans and a low-cut yellow camisole that highlighted her figure. This choice of clothing led to Alimajan being cyber-bullied, with some netizens accusing her of seeking attention with her breasts rather than her work, and others criticizing her for showing...
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This article claims that the rate of obesity is on the rise. Obesity rates have been increasing for a long time now, but it is expanding more than ever now. Since the years of 2005 and 2012, the nationâs obesity rate is at or above a forty percent. This is concerning considering that about ten years ago the average there...
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The number of people in prison at the end of 2017 was 1,486,000 and out of those 436,500, were white. This means that around 75% of all people in prison are races other than white. Racism in America started when the first people came to America and is still happening today after almost 200 years. White people in the past...
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Racism and discrimination towards colored people is still going on but would you expect it to happen at an amusement park or beach? Over the summer I went to seaside heights and me, my friends, and her mom were getting something to eat, so we decided to sit in a pizza shop since mostly everyone ordered there. My friends mom...
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Imagine selling CDs on the sidewalk in front of the corner store, to then be pressed by multiple police officers asking for you to empty everything from your pockets. To refuse, would mean to give up your life. Consequently, you are thrown to the ground by four New York City police officers then place you in a chokehold, as you...
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In this essay, I am going to talk about the suicide problem, which is very common and serious problem in South Korea. According to the First WHO report on suicide prevention, suicide in South Korea is the country with the third-highest estimated suicide rate for 2012 globally. The rates of suicide in South Korea increase steadily, especially with the highest...
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America has been trying to achieve justice for everyone for many decades. One of America's first attempts at gaining equality was the introduction of Civil Rights. âCivil Rights are the rights of citizens all citizens to political and social freedom and equalityâ. Some examples of civil rights include the right to vote or to be treated fairly by the legal...
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The tone of a social setting is often set by the alcohol which is consumed. Participants can use its significance to âmanipulat[e]...cultural systems, values...and expectationsâ('Social and Cultural Aspects of Drinking'). Early on in North Americaâs colonial history, traders used alcohol to acquire âsought-after skins and other resourcesâ from Indigenous people (Beauvais 1998 253). Note the terms Aboriginal and Indigenous, here,...
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Racial profiling is an issue that has been witnessed for many years and is still seen increasing today. It is an affair that affects millions of citizens every day. Individuals now in our societies are scared of the police officers that swear to protect the wellbeing of all the citizens in the community. This constant fear of being targetted breaches...
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Picture this: the United States just faced the worldâs worst economic downfall in the history of industrialization. The Great Depression. It is at the period of time, between 1929 to 1939, when jobs are slim to none. A young woman finds herself in a difficult situation. Driven by the futility of the American Dream, she takes advantage of every opportunity...
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In Of Mice and Men, it is clear that America did not achieve what it promised in the Great American Dream. The American government did not initiate any policies to protect the interests of workers and the poor, causing them to be constantly abused and mistreated and forcing them to adhere to long working hours in exchange for low wages....
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Many people believe that racism in America is an issue of the past, but after fifteen decades, after abolishing slavery, the United States is still a slave to its racist past. Americaâs political system was built on the basics for racism and slavery to thrive since the development of the Jim Crow Laws and the 3/5th Compromise. These laws only...
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Racism in football has been on the rise in the past decade with more foreign players joining foreign leagues. Much of this racism is coming from the fans who shout abuse at players from the stands. Moreover many young children come to football games and they experience fans screaming abuse at players because of their skin colour, nationality and religion....
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The Oxford English Dictionary defines racism as âA belief that oneâs own racial or ethnic group is superior, or that other such groups represent a threat to one's cultural identity, racial integrity, or economic well-being; (also) a belief that the members of different racial or ethnic groups possess specific characteristics, abilities, or qualities, which can be compared and evaluated.â (Oxford...
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America is still a racist country. I would say racism is still practiced in America in various cities, institutions of learning, places of work, and even in the streets. Yet racism is a barbaric behavior that I suppose should be long gone and non-existential in society. Racism in America is manifested in various ways; for instance, if one is a...
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Immigration shouldnât be a direct implication for families to fear deportation. Immigration deals with low wages, labor exploitation, poverty and many disadvantages in their employment . Borders shouldnât be barriers for families that have U.S citizen family members to be taken apart for indefinite periods of time and children being locked into cages, fosters or taken back to Mexico with...
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The speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an evolving experience for the mindset for all those who opposed the rights of people from a different race than theirs. â I Have A DreamâŚâ, is a speech well known for its acknowledgement towards the fact that people are not defined by the colour of their skin, not their...
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The Hate You Give is a great novel that expresses the topic of police brutality against the African American society. Though the novel centers around that, it has multiple topics that surround police brutality like a web. The story follows a young girl named Starr Carter, a girl who lives in Garden Heights who is dealing with an internal conflict....
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Abstract Disposable income determines the socioeconomic status of people. Income in the US nvaries by race and ethnicity. White households are known to have higher incomes compared to the households of people of color. This paper focuses on the wage inequalities faced by the Latino population in the US. The paper further looks at the intersectional roles that race/ethnicity and...
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Abstract This paper explores the many challenges minoritiesâ face in the workplace. Over the past 100 years African-Americans have struggled with being considered as equal as the white counterpart and women as equal to the male gender, in life and at work. African-American minorities have made major educational and career advances, but still struggle significantly with equality in pay and...
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As we know, suicide is a huge public health issue that affects not only the person doing it but the community and country. Suicide as we know is the act of taking your own life, and some countries experience more of their people doing it more often than other countries sadly, but why? South Korea is a good example of...
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In her lyric, âCitizenâ, Claudia Rankine writes, âbecause white men can't, police their mimagination, black men are dyingâ. These words illustrate the predisposed attitudes âwhite menâ identify with âblack menâ. In this context, it is in reference to police brutality toward African Americans during the 1990s. It suggests that rather than understanding a person as an individual, they are distinguished...
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Suicide is a humanitarian crisis; it is the fifth deadly killer of Indigenous people and according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, over the past decade there has been a 21% increase in youth suicide rates. Mental health is a multi-layered issue that requires a holistic tailored response to adequately address the root social, economic and historic causes of suicide...
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Every year on the fourth Thursday of November, millions of families in the United States reunite to celebrate Thanksgiving and reflect on the good things in life. On this day, people usually have a big feast with turkey as the star-meal, besides other foods such as mashed potatoes and pumpkin pies. And, besides spending some time with their relatives and...
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No matter how effective conventional safety devices are, there is a form of accident that is inevitableâ,(Perrow, 1999) Perrow warned in his book against high-risk technologies which raised many arguments against it. However, there are forms of accident which the society cannot avoid and must face together, for example earthquakes, hurricanes, wildfire and epidemic outbreak. There are plenty of such...
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