When you think of America‚ you think of opportunities for anyone. While it is the land of opportunity‚ not all of these opportunities actually improve the economic situation of immigrants. Many immigrants arrive in the U.S expecting to receive better jobs‚ but due to the language barrier or a lack of accepted credentials‚ are forced into lower positions. They change their location‚ but also inadvertently change careers as well. According to recent interviews with workers around Chicago‚ many immigrants
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Poverty in America can be one of the leading causes of obesity. The people who are not in poverty are the ones that can afford to eat healthy for themselves and for the environment. Not only do people who are dealing in poverty can be obese‚ but they are more likely to be because they have more risk factors than others. There are a number of studies that have found positive associations between food insecurity and obesity. The FRAC (Food Research and Action Center) stated that‚ “In a 12- state
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When Christopher Columbus first came to the Americas‚ his crew members were introduced to smoking by the indigenous people who gave them the dried leaves as a present. “Tobacco [can] be chewed‚ drunk as tea‚ inhaled as powder (snuff)‚ inserted as a liquid enema and consumed as jelly‚ but it was smoking‚ the burning of the herb to produce smoke‚ that quickly became part of a priestly healing ritual‚ both to diagnose and cure illness‚ as well as to drive out the evil spirits that had supposedly caused
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America is a unique country‚ founded on the principle that we are endowed with “certain unalienable Rights‚ that among these are Life‚ Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Yet today‚ through taxes and regulations‚ government takes half of what each American earns. Government regulates what goods and services entrepreneurs can offer consumers‚ and restricts consumer freedom to buy many goods from other countries. Politicians currently are trying to restrict or ban what we can smoke‚ where we can
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Slavery in America‚ especially in the South‚ was a very important way to support the United States economy. It was also the subject of a huge controversial debate between separate regions of the US. Not only was this the main way of life for many people‚ but it was also discrimination‚ selling Africans as a profit. Life as a Slave Living as a slave in the south had many harsh factors. They were needed for daily jobs such as farming‚ blacksmithing‚ carpentry and many other difficult ways of labor
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the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance‚ which violated Newdow’s belief system...The case was dismissed‚ but it sparked a debate from individual households to the highest levels of government‚” (Introduction to Do Religious Groups in America Experience Discrimination). In the year of 2016‚ the population of different religions grew‚ even non religious ones‚ like atheism‚ deism‚ and agnosticism. With the consequences like Michael Newdows‚ it makes the Pledge of Allegiance or the motto
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There are many people in America who are food insecure. Food insecure is a term meaning that you don’t know where your next meal is coming from or how you’ll pay for it. In South Carolina there were 807‚960 food insecure people in 2012. Being hungry can have many different effects in people. Many if these effects are life changing. Three ways that hunger can effect us are academically‚ it can induce diseases‚ and finally it can kill you. Because of hunger‚ many children are affected academically
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A cup of Starbucks coffee can seem like a meaningless drink to most people in America but experts report that more than 110 million Americans drink it and total national consumption is more than 300 million cups a day (Douglas‚ 2009). We might think about getting a cup of coffee is not a big deal and do not really think much about in our daily lives. However‚ I can see strong a relationship with a cup of Starbucks coffee and the word “privilege.” We often do not think that drinking a cup of coffee
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Coming to America from my native born country of Afghanistan was definitely a change to get a grasp of. Growing up here‚ diversity is very common. I believe United States is definitely a melting pot. We have people from all over the world settle here to create a better life. Growing up in the city of Saint Louis‚ I would say that diversity was a very common thing. I lived in a street where their were elderly American folks‚ African -Americans‚ Mexicans‚ and Bosnians. I was exposed to a diverse group
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Poverty is not just a problem in America‚ poverty is not just a problem in foreign countries‚ poverty is not just among a certain race‚ poverty is a worldwide issue that can affect anyone‚ even your community. Seeing examples of poverty throughout life can be very emotional‚ it lives all around. Pretty much anywhere there are people who are homeless‚ maybe begging for food or money. People walking to get where they need to go because they can not afford a car or possibly gas. Seeing kids at school
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