become richer and the poor stay poor. This happened to Laos‚ and can be seen by looking at the income inequality in Laos as shown by the Gini coefficient. From 1992-93 the coefficient was 28.6. Five years later from 1997-98 the coefficient was 35.7. This is a 4.4 percent growth rate in the coefficient‚ caused from the first four quintiles losing their portion of the income‚ and the top quintile experiencing a 2.9 percent growth (Lengsavad‚ 2000). Over 6.5 million people live in Laos. According
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Omobolanle (Ore) Ogunkanmi Recognition of Deaf People The website deafpeople.com promotes the people active in the deaf community and those who make deaf history. The people recognized do not have to be completely deaf. Hearing people are also recognized which is good because it encourages people to do good deeds for the promotion of deaf history. The website has a brief summary and highlights current day issues of the deaf community but most importantly‚ it has six different categories that focuses
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many of the people caught up in the criminal justice system are low income‚ racial and ethnic minorities‚ often forgotten by society‚” Besides juveniles‚ what other age group is experiencing unprecedented incarceration rates? Does this surprise you? Why or why not? Another age group experiencing unprecedented incarceration rates is with very elderly people. Yes‚ it surprises me very much. I was not expecting to read that at all. I guess mainly because I figured that most elderly people would have
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GLOBALISATION’S EFFECTS ON PEOPLE ‘’Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people‚ companies‚ and governments of different nations‚ a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology’’.(www.globalisation101.org). Globalization has effects on the environment‚ political views‚ economic development‚ and culture in the societies in all over the world. In recent years‚ due to the developed technology‚ reduction of barriers made
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open up for the people who have low income or needs assistance with their personal business. People with low income or needs assistance sometimes need help paying their light bill‚ rent‚ gas bill and etc. I think all people need assistance such as rich or poor people. The rich people do not have the money like they say they do some rich people end up foreclosing their homes because they cannot afford their homes. Today society a lot of different organization gives aid to the people with less income
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People Like Us In People Like Us‚ David Brooks suggests that maybe America isn¡¯t as diverse as we all say it is. That maybe no one really cares about diversity as much as they claim to. And‚ he may be right. Have you ever been to a school cafeteria? People group together into different racial and social groups. It¡¯s more comfortable to be around people similar to us‚ and comfort is what America is all about. It¡¯s human nature to want to be around people similar to us. Some wise
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Lida Kazemi Types of Iranian People Economic issue has effected in every body’s life in Iran for a century. Iran is a rich country. This country which is located in middle-east has oil and many mines. In spite of those treasures‚ people are not on the same levels. Therefore‚ Iranian people can be divided by economic level into three groups: rich‚ middle-class‚ and poor people. The first group is the rich people. Rich people can afford to go anywhere they’d like for vacations. In winter
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are lack of affordable housing‚ declining welfare assistance‚ and mental illness. Homeless and the working poor are not able to get enough money to afford a house. The National Coalition for the Homeless clearly states‚ “A lack of affordable housing and the limited scale of housing assistance programs have contributed to the current housing crisis and to homelessness” (“Why Are People Homeless”). There is not much done these days to help with affordable housing for everyone. The homeless problem
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supported by professors that have degrees and knowledge that support their claim making Brownell and Nestle’s argument the strongest. In the article written by Balkoa it states more opinion then actual facts to back his claim. He assumes that all people that are overweight are so because they eat too much. This hurts his argument because he does not take into account health issues that could contribute to an obesity problem. He also implies that there should be a fat tax on high calorie foods (263)
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your mind is the equivalent of black people thinking they are free. Freedom of speech is limited to your audiance‚ I can sit here today and say I hate white people. If my audiance also hates white people‚ I now have the freedom to share my hate. Until we realize that our thoughts‚ actions and reactions are being guided‚ we will never learn to think outside the box. Donald Trump is so popular because the reality is‚ if no one cares to say SOME (a lot) of white people hate any race that is not white. This
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