make money or their annual income. A lot of people in America believe they are in poverty when they compare themselves to the statistics. Nevertheless‚ consider this‚ “almost half the world (over three billion people) live on less than $2.50 a day and at least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day.” Anup Shah continued. Three billion people live on less than $2.50 a day. That is less than one thousand dollars a year. How many people in America would be able to survive on that? One thousand
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Obesity is growing vast in America because almost three quarters of Americans are obese. The numbers have continually grown when the start of “fast food” became faster and less expensive. Our food has evolved so much over the years by using generally modified organisms (GMO)‚ Tran’s fat‚ lard‚ and fake ingredients. Obesity has become a wide-spread epidemic in America and therefore has killed Americans‚ made many others disabled‚ caused many different heart problems‚ and diabetes. Obesity is bad and
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Cuong Manh Luong English 1A Professor: France 10 Nov 2014 Making it in America The article is about a meeting between Adam Davidson and a young but skilled worker in a factory‚ Madelyn. She’s a single mom‚ very young‚ and has ambition in her job and also in her life. She loves her job and always tries her best to adopt new technology. Her dream is going back to school like her parents and grandparents told her to do but her life with 2 kids is holding her back from that dream. This is a fact not
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Latinos in America What is an American? This is a difficult question to address‚ especially concerning Latinos who only speak English. Many Latinos in the United States‚ consider language a point of high controversy. Some consider speaking spanish an essential part of being Latino ‚ while others consider it a barrier that will prevent the assimilation into the American culture. Tanya Barrientos‚ like many other Latinos‚ wrestled with this very issue her entire life. Growing up as a Latina came
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Homeless in America Homeless in America When we are little we never see ourselves being homeless‚ we only have dreams of having a good life that has family‚ love‚ lots of money‚ nice cars‚ and big houses; we never think maybe we might end up homeless with nothing but the clothes on your back. Being American and in “the land of opportunity” we see and hear of endless possibilities‚ but everyone does not get to enjoy the possibilities because the possibilities are not really endless. Homelessness
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Obesity rates in America have sky rocketed more in the past ten to thirty years‚ than ever before. On average about thirty six percent of adults age twenty and over are obese (as reported from 2009 to 2010) in the United States. However‚ the percent of adult’s age twenty and over who are overweight (including those who are obese) is at a (estimated) staggering sixty nine percent. The amount of obese American adults is becoming a huge health concern nationwide‚ but the amount of Americans in general
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Baton Rouge Community College Healthcare in America Submitted to: Lynda Gaines Submitted by: Kaila Simmons 10:00 MWF Introduction to Sociology 200 Fall Semester 2011 Table of Contents Healthcare in America I. Introduction A. Has Healthcare changed in America? II. Healthcare Concern A. How is Healthcare affecting families today? B. Pros & Cons III. Healthcare should be funded by State Government A. Concerns of American people who will IV. What obstacle
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Poverty is an epidemic that has swept the American nation many times over. Whether it be quietly lingering under the surface‚ or blatantly staring us in the face as it is in this current recession‚ it affects people across America on individual‚ community and national levels alike. While there are many causes and effects of poverty‚ it is important to view the issue of poverty and its causes from all angles when one seeks to tackle the problem. These factors include socio-economic status‚ mental
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Discrimination in America Write a 100- to 200-word response to each of the following questions. Provide citations for all the sources you use. • What is discrimination? How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping? Discrimination is the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons (Schaefer‚ 2012‚ pg 61). Discrimination is different from prejudice and stereotyping because
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Western Connecticut State University Income Inequality in America “The proliferate gap separating the penniless from the gilded” Kristen Dakin ECO 101: Principles of Microeconomics Professor David Barber April 7th‚ 2014 The exponentially growing gap that separates the affluent from the rest of society in America has become a truly daunting statistic. According to data collected by the IRS‚ the World Top Economics Database asserted that in 2010‚ the
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