providing outlets for ideas and creativity to grow and become something profitable. Having connection to the internet is like having the world at my fingertips. Possibilities and opportunities are limitless. Life in America today is vastly different than that of as little as 20 years ago. In America 20 years ago‚ if I lived halfway across the country while my family was in another state thousands of
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clichés and the most modern of aspirations. At various times in our history‚ it has served as the rallying cry of the powerless and as a justification of the status quo. Freedom helps to bind our culture together and exposes the contradictions between what America claims to be and what it sometimes has been. American history is not a narrative of continual progress toward greater and greater freedom. As the abolitionist Thomas Wentworth Higginson noted after the Civil War‚ “relutions may go backward”
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America: The Land of “Equal” Opportunity Although the American society that we live in today prides itself on equal job opportunity and progression‚ it is easy to see behind the deceiving façade. Women have always been viewed as the less dominant gender due to the patriarchy that is provided by society. In fact‚ women are still making a measly seventy-seven cents for every dollar that a man makes‚ and the gap is even worse for African-American or Latina women working (Huffington). Even with women
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Racism in America Racism is hatred and intolerance for another race and it comes in many forms‚ but its outcome is the same. It can make those who are its victims feel angry‚ unwelcome‚ intimidated and unworthy. In its extreme form‚ it can lead entire communities to persecute others‚ and to be indifferent to their sufferings. The development of such laws as‚ the Reconstruction Act of 1867‚ the Civil Rights Act of 1875‚ the Fair Employment Act of 1941‚ the Declaration of
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Making it in America In the article Making it in America Adam Davidson takes time to interview different employees at Standard Motor Products to determine how it is treating them and how factories are changing in time. Adam is receiving a tour of the plant by manager Tony Scalzitti where he sees many factory workers in blue lab coats‚ hair nets‚ and protective eyewear. This is where Adam first runs into Madelyn Parlier. Madelyn Parlier was a 22-year-old woman working in
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In America today you often hear about the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. In the Youtube video “Watch Inequality in America‚” from the politizane channel‚ the video states that your everyday CEO makes 380 times more than their average worker. If you do the math‚ then the average employee would have to work over a month to make what the CEO makes in only one hour (2012). So‚ besides pay inequality what else is affecting the nation’s poverty? While it is true that a large reason for
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Voting Rights in America 12 Oct‚ 2005 The United States of America has come a long way from the original 13 colonies. They started out as a colony governed by a Monarch from England‚ switched to a republic at the start of the revolution and today we still have that republic base in our democracy. Although the way how the government hasn’t changed much‚ the way how we vote does. At first only the rich and powerful were able to vote‚ but in present day America‚ any legal US resident of age not in
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America is the universal symbol of freedom. But is it really free? Does the history of the United States stay true to the ideas of our forefathers? Or has the definition been altered to fit American policies? Has freedom defined America? Or has America defined freedom? I believe America was at first defined by freedom‚ then after time‚ America defined freedom‚ altering the definition to fit the niche it fits in‚ but still keeping key components so it still seems to be staying true to the ideas of
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The average income of America in the year 2006 is $48‚201. ("Annual") but‚ why does poverty exist in our country? Everyday you wake up and see streets that are filled with cars‚ houses‚ buildings‚ stands‚ plants‚ and animals‚ but have you ever noticed a homeless family or starving children on the street? The truth is‚ poverty is around us‚ and we are oblivious to it. People need to realize that poverty is a growing epidemic. I have seen some families living in their cars‚ and eating from garbage
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Making It in America America is growing and changing‚ and the fastest growing minority group is the Hispanic population. The 2010 United States Census Bureau data shows the Hispanic population grew from 35.3 million people in 2000 to 50.5 million people in 2010. That increase accounts for more than half the population growth in America over the last ten years. The Hispanic community is going to continue to grow and contribute to our society in big numbers. It is important that they successfully
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