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    Introduction The LGBTQ equality rights movement has been prominently featured on the news and social media‚ especially within the last few years. Public scrutiny has forced some countries to develop an increased level of acceptance of so-called “non-traditional” lifestyles‚ while some other countries have remained steadfast in their beliefs that being an LGBTQ individual is socially deviant. A label of deviant is applied to LGBTQ individuals on the basis of their gender or sexual orientation. This

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    Unit 1 – An introduction to working with children E1 – Task: Select three different types of setting from the statutory‚ voluntary and private sectors for children in your area. Introduction: There are different types of childcare settings for example statutory‚ voluntary and private. Statutory - This service has to be available by the government or local authorities. An example of a statutory setting in my area is Ravenstone Primary School. Voluntary – This service is provided by organisations

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    because of prejudging‚ it doesn’t give anyone the chance to show true colors‚ what motivates them and just what they care about. It makes it even worst when someone doesn’t speak up for what’s right. Fear is a strong emotion that many can’t control. Fear is powerful enough to take over what one knows is right. For instance‚ with the Holocaust people were afraid to speak up to the Nazis or Hitler because of the fear of death. When it comes down to life or death that’s a hard decision to pick‚ especially

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    1. American Civil Rights Movement THE BLACKS 1865 and 1870 - Three Constitutional amendments: The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery‚ the Fourteenth Amendment gave blacks the rights of citizenship‚ and The Fifteenth Amendment gave them the right to vote. Until the modern civil rights movement (1950s) blacks were denied access to public places such as restaurants‚ hotels‚ theaters‚ and schools. There were separate facilities marked "colored only"‚ which was sanctioned by the courts. 1896

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    On 1955‚ Dec 1st‚ Rosa Parks‚ a garment maker‚ aged 42 and born on Feb 4th‚ 1913‚ boarded a bus in Alabama behind the last row of the “white” section. Three stops later‚ the “white” section became full and therefore the driver ordered Rosa Parks and three other black passengers to move back. All the black passengers aside from Rosa Parks moved. Rosa Parks moved over to the window seat. The driver threatened Rosa Parks that he would bring in the police. The law had aforementioned that any black person

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    identification of a person experiencing Mental Retardation to the term Intellectual Disability. There are several types of Cognitive Functions from mild to severe that coincide to people who have some form of Intellectual Disability that are viewed. The test of a person IQ is one of the main assessments that are used to diagnose a person experiencing an Intellectual Disability. People with Intellectual Disabilities experience Cognitive difficulties in: memory‚ reading‚ math‚ visual‚ speech‚ cognition

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    were a famous and revolutionary organization founded in California in the 1960’s‚ whose purpose was the protection and empowerment of the black race. Although most media attention focused around Martin Luther King Jr. as the leader of the Civil Rights movement during the 1960’s‚ Black Power groups like the Black Panthers‚ who disagreed with MLK’s ideology‚ also exerted influence‚ especially in poor black communities. "Founded in October 1967 in Oakland‚ California‚ by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale‚ the

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    The understanding of people with disabilities has been extremely varied throughout the years. From the early years of the 18th century to the current public opinion‚ people with disabilities have often been mistreated and misunderstood. People with disabilities have had to battle with bias thinking and harmful stereotypes. “The stigmatization of disability resulted in the social and economic marginalization of generations of Americans with disabilities‚ and like many other oppressed minorities

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    Think of a Civil Rights activist in the late 50’s and 60’s. Did you think of Malcolm X? Probably not‚ but he was one of the leading factors to stop segregation in the 60’s. Malcolm X was a great speaker because of his childhood‚ his beliefs and his assassination. How has this foster child become one of the most known civil rights activist in the world. When he was a boy‚ his father was a priest and an avid supporter of Marcus Garvey. When Malcolm was 4‚ his housed got burned down by the KKK. 2

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    overcome. Leaders and icons in African American civil rights movements like Rosa Parks‚ Martin Luther King Jr. and etc. would spark and inspire other blacks to step up and try to make a difference. Some would try to make a difference but some with different methods. The Black Panthers‚ an organization of African Americans‚ were founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in 1966. Like Martin Luther King Jr.‚ they were fighting for African American rights in America but also those of other groups that

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