As children we tend to see our elders and guardians as leaders, showing us right from wrong and teaching us how to fend for ourselves in this harsh world. In our teen years, we often rebel against parental guidance, as we are prone to see parents more as autocrats at this time and no longer as leaders. Once we reach...
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Racism is a constant issue going on in America. It does not matter how many years go by, racism is still brought up, fought over, and fought about every day. Over the last few years, many can say racism has gotten worse and needs to be corrected in the world. As an individual, race is seen differently through the eyes...
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Introduction to the Impact of Social and Protest Movements Social and protest movements throughout history, specifically in the 1960s, have significantly affected American culture and politics by pressuring elected and appointed officials to make changes. America was founded from a revolution; the original colonists of this country used protest tactics that led to the Revolutionary War and formed an independent...
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Question: Select an activist or activist organisation from the list below, describe their agenda and evaluate how their digital and non-digital methods of campaigning contribute to identifiable social change. During the reading of “The Tipping Point” – How little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Gladwell depicts how to look at social change. “any number of the other mysterious changes...
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Since the beginning of time people have been exercising their social media skills without even being aware of it. Referencing, telling stories, creating an identity for themselves and simply sharing information are all things that eventually escalated into the social media platforms we all know and love today. The first social media site ever created was called Six Degrees, it...
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The great migration influenced the start of the civil rights movement because it started the move from southern plantations to northern urban areas. This migration led to urbanization and industrialization and led to African Americans pushing for civil rights. The Montgomery bus boycott of 1955 started on December 1st when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a...
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In 1788 we had laws to stop Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders from feeling equal, now we have laws to make them feel equal but there is still a lot of racism and inequality. When the laws for equality weren’t put in place a big thing that happened was the Stolen Generations. The Stolen Generations happened between 1920-1970 and due...
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In contrast, Diane Mcwhorter presents King with less forefront leadership than contemporary Fred Shuttleworth, mentioning Shuttleworth's letter to King after Randolph's March threat, saying 'We must move now or else be hard put - to justify our existence'. She says Shuttleworth recognized the need for direct action, seeing the Greensboro sit-ins as 'the sort of mass action he had futilely...
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Many have found that a loss of trust by members of the community is the result of police brutality — trust officials need to be effective. Crime victims and witnesses will be much less likely, when the cops have betrayed the faith of their neighbors, their family members, and their friends, to report or collaborate on the investigation. Police officers...
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Introduction: Black Lives Matter is a powerful and influential movement that has gained significant attention in recent years. It emerged as a response to the persistent systemic racism and violence faced by Black individuals in various aspects of society. This essay aims to provide a comprehensive definition of the Black Lives Matter movement, exploring its origins, goals, and impact on...
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A woman’s choice for control over her own body is a subject widely campaigned for. The denial of women’s reproductive rights is claimed to have devastating implications for women and their families (ActionAid UK, 2019). Examples of the effects these restrictions can have on society are evident in the Republic of Ireland, where the Eighth Amendment has been in place...
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The feminist perspective argues that the oppression of women is morally wrong and structural changes need to be adopted to stop the oppression of women (Francis, 2000 p. 20). It tries to end oppression through structural reform and challenging unfair social structures (Morley & Macfarlane, 2012, p. 689). Feminist theories have helped identify ways to remove oppressive practices in many...
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'When motherhood and childhood are free, we then can go hand in hand with man, to remake the world, for the glorification as well as the emancipation of the human race.' Margaret Sanger ended her passionate speech debating birth control against Winter Russell with that quote. Sanger, born in 1879, was a revolutionary woman who spent her lifetime defending the...
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Introduction The issue of abortion has long been a contentious topic, with passionate arguments on both sides. The pro-life movement advocates for the protection of the unborn, emphasizing the intrinsic value and sanctity of every human life. This essay aims to present a persuasive argument in favor of the pro-life position, highlighting the moral, ethical, and scientific grounds for protecting...
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Essay Question: How do feminist artists/creators challenge, subvert, or resist oppression? Description: For this essay, you will choose an example of a feminist cultural text or set of related texts that you will read through the concepts, arguments, and perspectives of the course to say something about how feminist artists/creators challenge, subvert or resist oppression. Some examples of cultural texts...
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Imagine a planet that was not made just by all people. A society in which the color of one's skin, racial origin, ethnicity, and sexuality were what characterized an individual instead of behavior. The Civil Rights movement was a fight for racial justice that existed mainly during the 1950s and 1960s for African Americans to achieve equal treatment under US...
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Over time, discrimination has tended to pose a common threat amongst many individuals fighting for equality and justice. The fight for human rights has been a common theme in the evolution of the United States and has played a substantial role in the history of this country. To this day, people across the globe are fighting a constant battle in...
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In this assignment I will be talking about enlightenment and how sociologists discard women and their main focus is on the man, then I will include how feminist theorists challenge enlightenment representations with their theories about inequality and power. Also including how this affected women throughout. The Enlightenment period was a movement that dominated the world in Europe during the...
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Ibsen made the primary 'ladies' extremist' character all through the whole presence of theater. Nora is a fragile and tormented creature who attempts to be seen as an individual essentially like each other individual. She promises her qualification to life while understanding her interminable state of deficiency. Nora states, 'I think I am an individual before whatever else. I was...
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The end of World War Two and the establishment of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights intended to end global injustices and put forth a positive influence on human liberty and dignity; however, the South African policies of apartheid outlined in motion undignified and increasingly oppressive, racially segregated laws – polarising South Africa from the rest of the globe....
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Since the beginning of slavery in America, the African-American community has faced oppression and racism by white supremacists. Throughout the history of the nation, African-American men and women have used guns to help defend themselves and protect their communities against White Terror. The tradition of armed self-defense in the African-American community originally began in the Colonial Era and continued into...
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The abolitionist movement was not an abject failure to a limited extent due to the lack of organization and unity within the movement meant aims, methods, and goals were never fully decided. Despite this, the limited organization did mean that the movement was ‘heard’. As historian Hugh Tulloch states: ‘…All these were practical activities outside the private pursuit of Garrisonian...
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Extinction Rebellion is an activist group that pushes for change across the globe through nonviolent civil disobedience. Martin Luther King and Thomas Hobbes both believed that rules should be followed, but believed in two different sets of rules. On the one hand, Martin Luther King argued that if you break an unjust law, you must do so willingly and accept...
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Abstract Social inequalities—from racism to sexism—are not aberrations, but rather are deeply embedded in society and reinforced by state power and market systems. Therefore, the current social order stands as a fundamental obstacle to social justice. A logical conclusion of this observation is that social change movements may be better off thinking and acting beyond the state and capital as...
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What are the conditions, if any, that would justify the use of violence to oppose an unjust legal system? Introduction Political resistance continues to manifest in different forms and to varying degrees throughout the modern age. Despite its critics, civil disobedience has generally come to be considered a permissible mode of resistance. The philosophical debate that I seek to engage...
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Civil Disobedience Rhetorical Analysis American transcendentalist and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau, wrote the essay “Civil Disobedience” in response to slavery and Americans' involvement in the Mexican-American War. Thoreau practiced what he preached, spending the night in jail for non-payment of taxes in protest of the Mexican-American War. Throughout his essay, he shares his idea, which is “That government is best...
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Many people still argue whether the Umbrella Movement is a civil disobedience protest or a riot. The nature of them is different, the former is to fight for the rights and interests of society but the latter is to fight for self-interest and violence is involved. Therefore, seeking the nature of the umbrella movement is conducive to unraveling the argument....
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'But I will bury him; and if I must die, I say that this crime is holy' Once described as a play depicting the complexities of 'state versus personal', Antigone's sheer determination to transgress against the politics of the king, to follow her personal beliefs, presents her as a highly strong-willed protagonist. The idea of a female figure with such...
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Entrepreneur, singer, actress, and mother, Beyonce Giselle Knowles-Carter has used her fame and name to express many vital issues in today’s society, feminism being one of them. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Beyonce started a musical group with a few of her friends, ‘Destiny’s Child'. By being in this group it started her career and helped shape who she...
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In one of her finest works, Charlotte Perkins Gilman is well-known for her writing of “Women and Economics” in 1898. In this work, she described how rigid social norms and unequal gender roles between men and women negatively affected women’s rights. In addition to these social norms, it prevented women from developing or having opportunities equal to those of men,...
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