The Effect of The “Us vs Them” Mentality on U.S. Military Personnel and Police Force There exists a very dangerous threat to society that settles in the minds of both the law enforcement and military of this nation and many other nations. This threat manifests itself in such forms as blatant racism‚ discrimination‚ xenophobia‚ and‚ in some cases‚ the use of excessive‚ sadistic‚ or otherwise unnecessarily excessive force. This threat that I write of will commonly be referred to as the “us vs them”
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Rita Pyrillis‚ who wrote Sorry for “Not Being a Stereotype‚” demonstrates through examples of being stereotyped by not meeting people’s expectation to understand that she’s an American Indian. A Stereotype is a judgment people have on various groups because of their gender‚ cultures‚ or simply the way they present themselves. Also‚ stereotyping individuals occurs quite often in society. Groups in a society that are easy targets of stereotype include women‚ Arab/Muslim‚ and sexuality. The media
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Military intervention should not happen in times of revolutions because those revolutions can lead to bigger things like civil war. Revolutions should in tune‚ turn around a country where people feel like they are not being heard‚ however this is never as black or white as it seems. Military force vs diplomacy‚ should always be answered when talking about revolutions. Military force involves; money‚ military personnel‚ equipment and in the end a lot of death‚ while diplomacy can actually save a lot
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will be a time where it will be difficult to accept some social changes. The difficulty to accept social change can be based on
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99‚000 dollars are spent on each military personnel. Times that by 1.4 million people serving the military as of now‚ that makes 4.69 billion dollars per year! Although mandatory military service may be required in some countries‚ that does not mean we have to. Requiring national service could cause more casualties. Having this mandatory military service will take away money: from keeping our parks clean‚ having our trash picked up every Monday‚having monuments in Washington D.C.‚ having the importance
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I could hear soldiers wearing a green hat yell “Hurry the fuck up‚ let’s go!" "What the hell is taking you so long!?" All the while I was carry two green duffel bags filled with fifty pounds each of my military uniforms. In that moment I felt‚ as though I had super hero power strength. I couldn’t feel the weight of my bags‚ and waddled my way up to my bed‚ which was on the third floor of the building. My assigned drill sergeant‚ Hernandez for third platoon‚ looked at me with disgust by how my hair
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Life during the 1500’s People complain about some ridiculous stuff these days. Their room is a mess or what their mother made for dinner was not good enough for them. If people were to live during the 1500’s they would realize that they should take for granted what they do have instead of complaining about what they could have. Life during the 1500’s‚ specifically in England‚ was terrible. The people lived a very dirty lifestyle without everyday necessities which caused diseases very quickly and
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which they grew their military capacity. As they grew and became stronger‚ they made the “Triple Alliance” with two other nearby city-states. These three settlements went on a military conquest where they made more of Mesoamerica a single political ideology within a 100 years. The Aztecs forced the conquered people to provide them with labor and give them a list of items which included: textiles/clothing‚ military supplies‚ jewelry‚ food‚ paper‚ and more. The Aztec military is a main part of how
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The Different Perspectives of Being Wrong What is our evidence to our beliefs? How are we certain what we believe to be true without evidence and how do you determine if the evidence is accurate? Many of us never take the time to think about questions like those. As I read‚ Catherine Schulz book Being Wrong‚ I started to question my own beliefs. Coming from a country like Ethiopia‚ religion was a big part of my life. People in Ethiopia used religion as the get away from their struggles and I was
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Being Caucasian often means being in a social majority. People who are in the majority are often in positions of social power in society. When people are in this position‚ it often means that they don’t have the concern of feeling alone‚ or as though they don’t belong. Being in a majority instantly gives the feeling of being more understood culturally and more comfortable in the setting‚ and thus‚ more likely to excel. Furthermore‚ when people are content they are naive to what is going on around
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