Introduction My research question is, what is the correlation between racism and the education level of young adults between the ages of 15 and 19. Does racism discourage Hispanic young adults from getting a higher education? Racism, according to (Schmid, 2008) is defined as the lack of equality based on a person’s race only. According to (Fry, 2002) only about 10% of Hispanic high school graduates enroll in a four-year college immediately after high school. Out of these students surveyed...
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In the text, Behind the scenes, A narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, and “ The Great Escape From Slavery of Ellen and William Craft, several points are made about the cruelty of slavery and how freedom is important to the main characters. Two of these text, A narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, and “ The Great Escape From Slavery of Ellen and William Craft, are all about how people attempt...
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Ethics explains the behaviors and regulations that everyone has to follow. Ethics relates to moral concepts such as goodness, crime, truth, error, and responsibility. While privacy is also an individual or group effort to conceal information about himself. In addition, privacy also means something very special and sensitive to some things. Social media is communication through an online website such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and so on which is used by individuals or groups to share information, promote business and...
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Many elderlies rely on their family or trusted individuals (friends or neighbors) to help them. When an old person grows old, they need care, guidance, aid and support. Unfortunately, their dependence on their close one sometimes led to abuse. Elder abuse is the abuse and neglect of older people. It takes many forms. (WHO, 2016). Elder abuse can happen at any time and in many places like: at home, at a family member’s place, or at elderly homes. 90% of...
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In today’s society, despite the obvious legal process that has been made in developing the image of a modern family regarding same sex parents, a key issue remains: the number of gay couples receiving unwanted or negative attention regarding to starting their own family. Although support and tolerance for the gay community is increasing, there still seems to be a debate on whether gay couples are fit to raise a child. Many people believe that being raised by gay parents...
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Introduction The marriage institution has changed considerably over the world as a result of changes in marriage legislations in many countries in modern times. More than 21 countries of the world now recognise same sex partnership and marriages. Homosexuality has largely become both a current social phenomenon and a major change in the legal configuration of many countries of the world. The homosexual debate has broadly divided the world while some countries in Europe and the Americas have made protection...
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In regard to the effectiveness of dealing with legal and non-legal responses in dealing with domestic violence, there is a varying degree of success in achieving justice for the victims and their families. As stated in the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007, domestic violence is described as “violence committed against someone with whom the offender has, or has had a domestic relationship” Domestic violence is a serious issue within Australian society and has been for a number of...
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Bullying is when someone or a group of people causes deep distress in someone repeatedly and purposely overtime. Bullying happens when someone feels like they have more power over someone else and will make them feel helpless and less powerful. Bullying can happen anywhere from school to home using their phones, words and physical aggression. In one 10th grade study of bullying, 29.9% of students report frequently involvement of bullying with 13% of students admitting to bullying others, 10.6% reporting...
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How do you define this world? Cruel. Brutal. Well I see this world full of racism. Since the dawn of time, the rise and the fall of various empires there has always been inherit racism present in society. As for my discussion for today, I will be talking about racism and white fragility, and how it affects our world, children and our younger generation as we know it. I define racism as when someone is being harassed for their skin,...
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The media industry is A mass platform which The world looks to which was generally used as a way of general communication for platforms that provide entertainment. Now a days, the media platform has enlarged and become the main source of information acting as a messenger to the public as a powerful tool that cannot be ignored. People are encouraged to use media as a tool for learning and to also have basic understandings of how it works. Gender inequality...
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Born a slave, 1817, the late Frederick Douglass, had a hard upbringing with his mother being a slave and having escape slavery in 1837. He rose to providence as an outspoken and wildly popular public speaker of the American Anti-slavery movement otherwise known as an “abolitionist”. The story of Frederick Douglas’s life is thwarted with adversity and disadvantage and the overcoming of these challenges, we can all take a lesson from Fredrik Douglass’s life whether it be to always be...
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Can you imagine what it would be like if victims of cyberbullying got off social media? Perhaps the whole world's bullying dilemma would be over. Social Media makes bullying more corrupt than ever. According to the Australian government, Cyberbullying is 'bullying that takes place over digital devices like cell phones, computers, and tablets. Firstly, there are Anonymous settings and fake profiles which makes bullying more dangerous, then Cyber harassment makes it more accessible making the victim's experience worse and finally...
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Picture a society that doesn’t believe in rape culture, they don’t joke about serious issues such as sexual assault, they don’t use misogynistic language and objectify a women’s body, they don’t glamorize the idea of sexual violence, they don’t disregard a women’s rights and their safety, they don’t refuse to acknowledge the harm caused by sexual violence and they don’t trivialize rape. I have a strong belief in fairness and justice for those victims of rape culture. Rape culture perpetuates...
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin, an infamous abolitionist novel, was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and published on March 20, 1852. Stowe had an admirable stance on the abolition of slavery; she used her privilege as a White writer to detail the life of a slave to expose the evil acts of the Southerners and the complacency of the Northerners. The book follows the life of an enslaved man named Uncle Tom who was sold to several other slave owners, who each...
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The treatment of women is different in all countries. It is important to pay attention to and recognize the differences in the way that women are treated compared to the way that men are treated. In the United States, there is a lot of controversy around the thought that women should be treated equally and the idea that women can work just as hard as men. It is these thoughts and these identities that women are given that make them...
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Hate crime is on a rise ever since awareness regarding Freedom of speech have increased. Isn’t it ironic how the same platform that gives a voice to oppressors also gives a voice to predators? When we talk about Hate crime, we all accept that hate speech is one of the main reasons for it. Hiding under the umbrella of freedom of speech, there are hatemongers and racists that utilize the useful platform of freedom of speech to gain their personal...
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr is one of the most well-known advocates of non-violent resistance for social change. In the light of new studies, it in fact shows that his ideals are rooted in authentic African-American cultural traditions that were further developed by his education. The favorable image that he gained as an exceptional social rights activist and a leader is largely aided by his education, strong values, ethics, and mostly his character. In this essay, we are going to...
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Did you know that in the year of 2016 in Mississippi a law trying to ban gay adoption was rescind, which made it legal for gay couples to adopt in all 50 states? My topic is solely based on if gay couples should have the same adoption rights as straight couples? In my opinion I believe that gay couples should most definitely have the same adoption rights as any other straight couple because at the end of the day we...
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In 2020 World Bank’s report on “Getting to Work: Unlocking Women's Potential in Sri Lanka's Labor Force”, Sri Lanka ranked 20th place in the largest gender gap in labor force participation at the workplace with a low rate of 36%. This comes as surprising as the results contrast with Sri Lanka’s achievements in Human Capital Development such as high levels of female education and low total fertility rates. According to the analysis, the World Bank report highlights the main reasons...
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Introduction On April 16, 1963, DR. Martin Luther King, Jr responded in the newspaper which had been written by some clergymen urging him to abandon the demonstrations which he was leading in Birmingham. In a letter, well known as the “letter from a Birmingham jail”, the King defended his organization’s non-violent strategies through three major principles of rhetoric; Pathos, ethos, and logos. Refutation is also a major aspect apparent throughout the letter. Actually, the three rhetoric devices have all been...
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Mary Wollstonecraft lived in the 18th century. The way women were treated, and the rights available to them were drastically different than they are now. One of the key factors in understanding Mary Wollstonecraft's view is what the general view of men and women in their society was at the time. The general population seemed to buy into the idea that being able to properly reason, and make rational decisions were what earned your rights. This concept is supported by...
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Mass incarceration can be defined as the incarceration or imprisonment of a large number of people. According to the Prison Policy Initiative blog (March 2014), the current rates of mass incarceration in the U.S are as follows: Local Jails has 721,654 inmates, Federal prisons 216, 362 prisoners and state prisons have 1,362,028 of prisoners. To have a better understanding, those in local jails are awaiting for trial while federal prisoners are in there because of drugs, weapons and immigration offenses,...
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Freedom of Speech and Expression is something that we read about in every newspaper and article. But is it something better when it’s absolute or when it's within certain reasonable restrictions. Before getting into the crux of the matter we should learn more about the term Freedom of speech and expression, two important ideas enshrined in our Indian Constitution. All Fundamental rights are enshrined in part 3 of our Indian Constitution. Article 19 of Part 3 is what gives India...
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“When you’re not fixing the problem, you’re part of it!” delivers a meaningful message to teach people to act. In the specific subject of bullying, this slogan is informing us that if you are or have witnessed bullying, and don’t do anything in your power to fix the situation, you become part of the issue. The main message of this slogan is to always step in, always stand up for what is right and never doubt yourself. It is communicating...
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“I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the way our world is made. No individual or nation can stand out boasting of being independent. We are interdependent” (1959). Martin Luther King Jr. dedicated his life towards helping others and believing that there was something bigger than himself, due to his family’s long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, which started with his grandfather in...
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John Locke was an English philosopher and physician widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers, commonly known as the ‘Father of Liberalism’. Locke’s most famous 123 work ‘Second Treatise’, sets out a liberal premise of a community of free, equal individuals, all possessed of natural rights. Since these individuals will want to acquire goods and will come into inevitable conflict, he invokes a natural law of morality to govern them before they enter into society. There...
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Genetically modified (GM) foods have been a popular topic of debate for many years. The New Humanitarian reported that a clause was put into the 2013 United States agriculture bill to ban their department of agriculture from stopping, or preventing, the growth of GM crops (Kindra, 2013). Which leads to question what the real issue is? GM crops, or the people managing the crops? In this essay, it will be argued that the improvement of knowledge and skill can make...
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Freedom of Expression does exist in Malaysia. ‘Freedom of Speech, Assembly and Association’ is recorded under Article 10(1) of the Federal Constitution, in Part II. According to Article 10 Clause (1) in the Federal Constitution, “(a) every citizen has the right to freedom of speech and expression; (b) all citizens have the right to assemble peaceably and without arms; (c) all citizens have the right to form associations”. With this, it is only right to say that the people do...
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Reducing the minimum age from 21 years old to 18 years has brought attention to our country policy and politics. As we know, the voting age in Malaysia is 21 years old on the eligibility date. For sure, everybody has right to cast their votes to determine the future in their country’s but it must be with a rational mind. Eighteen is the legal age of childhood, however, to make this group as a voter is something that requires very...
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In this reflection, I will be discussing my own personal beliefs concerning my chosen topic of homelessness. From my perspective, I will critically reflect on what has influenced my beliefs throughout my experience as well as, what could be challenging and what I could use as opportunities through being a social worker. From my perspective, I’ve encountered several different beliefs on what homelessness is during my existence. I recall from a young age being consciously aware that homeless individuals were...
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