Introduction The aim of this Community Profile is to assess the needs of the population within a geographically determined area. It will evaluate the resources that exist, and assess the needs of those within the community, to help improve the quality of life for the individuals across the age continuum. (Hawtin and Percy-Smith, 2007) The word ‘community’ is often used as an umbrella term to describe a group of individuals that share a collective affinity, it is used to describe...
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At present, our society is facing various social inequalities. A significant problem is discrimination against minorities in the community and workplace. These minorities are neglected and concealed of these inequalities also by the media. Citizenship is crucial to this issue because it has always been a key factor in creating equality and inequality for equality assumes that all citizens, rather than aliens, have equal status, regardless of wealth, capabilities, and social class. Because citizenship guarantees equal rights, citizenship has always...
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Cornel West, in his book “Race Matters”, once said, “Many whites could look at the social position of blacks and feel that color formed an easy and reliable gauge for determining to what extent one was or was not American.” This is trying to say that many white people judge you based on your color of skin to see if you are an American or not. Blacks are the biggest race that has dealt with these types of white people....
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China are said to be developed nation with highest number of population. In 1970 there was drastic decrease in China’s fertility rate, after a period of fluctuation of fertility rate around replacement level in 1920’s, there was drop of fertility rate below replacement level in the year 1990’s. Through the census analysis of 2000 there was decrease of fertility rate to 1.4%-1.6% (Quabao Jang, Shuzhuo Li and Marcus W. Feldman, 2013, as cited in Morgan et al. 2009), and the...
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Most vulnerable members of society haven’t got the best quality of life and as a nation we do need to become more interested. This is when Social justice comes in. Social justice is a common interest of many throughout the globe. It intertwines with many different topics, such as food, justice and human rights. More interestingly, not many know or have realised that environmental sustainability is a large issue within social justice. However, the links between sustainability and social justice...
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Anthony Barnes Atkinson is the author of the book ‘’Inequality’’ that sets out fifteen proposals to reduce inequality. I will be evaluating two of these proposals and ways in which achieving these proposals will help to reduce inequality. The first proposal I will be evaluating concerns technological change and the importance of maintaining human capital despite the growth in technology. The second proposal I will be evaluating is the effect of reducing unemployment through public employment and minimum wage. Both...
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The social class order is one of the main issue that the novel confronts and tries to deconstruct. Firstly through the relation of an upper class women Connie or Lady Chatterley with a worker class man Oliver Mellor or the gamekeeper, which is a strong weapon to revolt against the social class by illustrating the probability of satisfying relationship between partners who do not belong to the same social backgrounds. Secondly through evoking the idea that class hinders and narrows...
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It is very important that you dress correctly and you match your date’s elegance. It is important for her to see that you gave sufficient thought to the way you’ll look for the date. A good outfit for a perfect first date (for perfect dates try the video chat) must be washed, ironed, neat-looking and properly matched with the socks and tie. Check yourself in the mirror from head to toe and spot any flaw if you don’t want your...
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Abstract The purpose of this study is to enquire the influence of ethnocentrism on customers purchase intention towards foreign products that moderated by social media. Much attention is given for foreign customers because there are many issues that multinational corporations have to consider to get the benefits from foreign customers. The paper looks at recent research dealing with need for uniqueness and trust of the product because both of them are important factors from the customers’ point of view. Besides,...
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When people think of the word “bullying” most people think of someone in school getting picked on by a group of kids or one individual, but the real truth is that bullying has been happening for hundreds of years in countless ways. Humans have always felt the need to lower people in some way, shape, or form to make themselves feel better. Sadly what the bullies don't really think about, or most people for that matter, is the psychological and...
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Today the term journalism is applied to popular publications like The New York Times, The Washington Post, BBC, and to television news operations like Good Morning America and 60 Minutes. Journalists use their First Amendment right to tell the world a story. The political parties of the United States have sadly decreased news media in communications. Journalism has changed greatly since the colonial days. When newspapers were just delivered to one's door early in the morning with information around the...
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Indigеnоuѕ реорlе ѕее no separation between humans and thе nаturаl world. For them, сulturе аnd nаturе аrе thе ѕаmе. Wеѕtеrn сivilizаtiоn, оn thе оthеr hаnd, iѕ dеерlу rooted in thе nоtiоn thаt humаnѕ соntrоl thе оrdеr of thе wоrld and thаt wild, untаmеd areas need tо be conquered оr рrеѕеrvеd, in ассоrdаnсе with the viеwѕ аnd bеliеfѕ оf modern society аnd with little rеgаrd fоr thоѕе whо hаvе livеd оn thе land аnd рrеѕеrvеd it fоr сеnturiеѕ. Indigеnоuѕ реорlе are...
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The notorious photo of the 'obscure' Afghan Girl was shot by columnist Steve McCurry in mid 1980s. It turned into a notable photo after it was included in the June 1985 issue of National Geographic Magazine. Formally distinguished as Sharbat Gula in 2002, the Afghan young lady was around 12 years of age when the photo was taken by McCurry in an evacuee camp in Pakistan. Having lost her folks amid the military control of Afghanistan by recent Soviet Union...
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THE SLOWLY VANISHING FIRST PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA Sonqua, Bushmen, Saake… They have been called by various names by many African tribes and European settlers, who had difficulties in identifying them and their culture. Having inhabited Southern Africa for more than 20 000 years, the San people are the oldest residents of Southern Africa. Their territory was not only limited to South Africa but it also expanded into Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Lesotho. Although the groups living in...
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This essay is about racism, the most important theme of the most violent and revolutionary works in the American canon, Native Son, written by the African – American writer, Richard Wright. Native Son, one of the most famous works of Richard Wright deals with the effects of the Great Migration, a historical event in which millions of African Americans left the oppressive political and social conditions of the South. This book is about Bigger Thomas, a young African American man...
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My, definition of the American dream is where everyone can achieve their goals through sacrifice and hard work. It used to apply to immigrants but it can now be referring to all. Two groups that have had problems completing the American dream are teenage mothers and undocumented immigrants. The problem for undocumented immigrants is in the name which will lead to many problems as deportations, placement in detention camps, racial profiling and discrimination, and more. These stressful things can lead...
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INTRODUCTION On the eve of independence, the African countries ranked among the least developed, least industrialized and least secure place in the world. The nationalist movement didn’t know what lay ahead for them. According to Thandikaa Mkandawire a Malawian economist, Africans were naive about the prospects for a democracy and high level of accountability by their new leadership. He further argued that they were also naive about the status and fairness of the international system to which they were joining....
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Martin Luther King once said “We may all have come from different ships, but we're in the same boat now”. In the world we’re living now social justice has always been a big role in our society, you realized it or not. Social justice works for many ways against racism, ageism, sexism, heterosexism, and even religion. While it can be challenging for me to give an exact meaning of social justice in our society, there is a general idea in...
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Culture shock is the feeling of disorientation experienced by someone when they are suddenly subjected to an unfamiliar culture, way of life, or set of attitudes. Culture Shock is a term used to describe the anxiety produced when a person moves to a completely new environment. This term expresses the lack of direction, the feeling of not knowing what to do or how to do things in a new environment, and not knowing what is appropriate or inappropriate. The feeling...
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I would like to analyze the experiences faced by different groups of immigrants, taking into account their race, gender, social class, language skills with a focus on the experience of immigrants before and after the current political climate and recent changes in law. I hope my research can provide a way for people to get educated and see the world from the perspective of an immigrant. I believe many of the people who are prejudice against immigrants aren’t exposed to...
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Introduction It is impossible to live in the world without interacting with others and thereby communication has become an essential part in life.Intercultural communication or communication between people of distinct cultural environment has always been and will possibly remain an important prerequisite, of human co-existance on earth. the ability to successfully form, foster, and improve relationships with members of a culture different from one's own…is based on knowledge of many factors, such as the other culture's values, perceptions, manners, social...
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As one of the oldest civilizations in Asia, Japan has a rich culture full of ancient rituals, social customs, traditions, and powerfully held beliefs all with a strong connection to religion and nature. It is the influence of the country’s religions, and the people’s respect of nature, that has initiated the evolution of the Japanese culture over hundreds of years, marrying ancient practices with more modern discoveries turning the Japanese culture into a variable mixture of the old and the...
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Gender socialization starts when you are first born and intensifies as one reaches adolescence contributing to gender inequalities in education, employment, empowerment, and other related issues. Gender socialization gives more information on the behaviors associated with specific sex during the development stage of a child and hence setting norm which should be adhered to by a particular gender. In the current world, it is believed that gender expression variations are credited to modifications in socialization instead of genetic makeup and...
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As years evolve, teenage pregnancy has become more common and accepted amongst society but what teenagers did not understand was that at that moment their life would have changed forever. Teenage pregnancies are a source of disturbance all around the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 16 million girls aging between 15 and 19 years and about one million girls younger than 15 years give birth every year. Nowadays, most teenage pregnancies take place in average and...
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Chikamatsu Monzaemon and Kate Chopin are well known writers of their respective genre. While they are famous writers, they are also very different from one another when it comes to the tales they write about. Though there are quite a lot of differences between their most popular stories, the Love Suicides at Amijima and Desiree’s Baby have many things in common with one another, dealing with women treatment, gender role, a similar theme, and the complexity of love. Encyclopedia Britannica...
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What does the American dream mean to you? The American dream is the ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to any American allowing the highest aspirations and goals achieved. That being said, I do not believe the documentary Born Rich and the novel The Great Gatsby is the only evidence that shows the myth of equality in America and the falsehood of the American dream. My first piece of evidence is from The Great Gatsby being that the...
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There have been many significant events that have happened in the history of America, from the first European settlement in North America in 1565, to the Seven Years’ war and to the American Revolutionary war in 1775, but none have altered pre-existing conceptions of the white Americans directed towards former African American slavery than the Emancipation Proclamation speech from arguably, (according to nearly 100 historians and biographers who rated 43 US presidents on 10 qualities of presidential leadership), from the...
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Introduction Groups and Teams can be collectively defined as those which “are composed of two or more individuals, who exist to perform organizationally relevant tasks, share one or more common goals, interact socially, exhibit task interdependencies (i.e., workflow, goals, outcomes), maintain and manage boundaries, and are embedded in an organizational context that sets boundaries, constrains the team, and influences exchanges with other units in the broader entity” (Kozlowski and Bell, 2001:6). Whilst some authors highlight a divergence between the two;...
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Every day, millions of people experience it. For most individuals, it is within reasonable limits and usually somewhat healthy. However, as the world continues to advance in technology and competition for school and work increases, stress levels are at an all-time high. These levels of stress can be dangerous for all people. In some cases, immense stress can be fatal causing victims to commit suicide. From school to adulthood stress is everywhere. In historical sources and research studies, stressors in...
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Globalization is a blessing and a curse. Multiple routes of transportation instruments can take a person half-way across the world; however, immigration is not as easy as simply relocating from a native country to a foreign country. In other words, immigration is easier said than done. Immigrants often struggle with balancing their identities, learning how to communicate in contemporary societies that still lack awareness in intercultural communication, and the handling the nostalgic feeling of home and for loved ones. This...
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