A contact zone is defined as “social spaces where cultures meet‚ clash‚ and grapple with each other‚ often in contexts of highly asymmetrical relations of power‚ such as colonialism‚ slavery‚ or their aftermaths as they are lived out in many parts of the world today.”(Pratt) The definition makes it sound like a very advanced concept but in actuality it happens in everyday life. You come in contact with something new everyday‚ from meeting someone to accidently grabbing barbeque sauce when you always
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Strengthening Relations Between Police and Minority Communities Ensuring accountability for effective policing in Chicago’s diverse neighborhoods S C H I C A G O R P E C I A L P O L I C E E P O R T D E P A R T M E N T Strengthening Relations Between CPD’s Goal: The Best Service Possible Progress Thus Far As he began his third year as the top cop in Chicago‚ Police Superintendent Terry Hillard took time to
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The Lack of Freedoms in Minorities During WWII During WWII‚ many Americans and the President himself cherished four essential human freedoms. The first of which was the freedom of speech and expression where everyone had an equal voice. The next promised freedom was the ability to worship God in any way shape or form. The third freedom was the freedom from want‚ meaning all citizens may live a healthy and happy life. The fourth and final freedom was the freedom from fear‚ which means everyone may
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NEW STUDENTS IN THE CLASS In Denmark‚ you earn much more as a salesperson if you are named Kasper or Katrine than Amir or Fatima. Why? Because in Denmark‚ people favour the majority culture over the minority culture‚ a new Danish study concludes. Is DENMARK STILL a fairytale COUNTRY? By MATHILDE WEIRSØE Recently‚ a couple of young telephone salespersons from a major Danish newspaper revealed that their boss had asked them to introduce themselves as Kasper and Katrine‚ even though they are
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STATEMENT OF PROBLEM The Hindu Minority and Guardianship Act‚ 1956 principally manages the issue of guardianship to a minor child. The expression "minor" incorporates a man who has not finished the age of eighteen years. The Act is pertinent just to the people who are Hindu by religion. Section 6 of the demonstration gives that the father might be the guardian of minor kid and after him mother should be the guardian. Indeed‚ even under Muslim Law‚ father has preferred right over child. The stipulation
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of social exclusion. As an African American student‚ I’ve been in situations where I did notice the division between minorities and whites in social settings predominantly in schools. Self- Segregation between minorities and whites has changing degrees and levels. I think the larger part of individuals who self-segregate do as such unintentionally. In school‚ for instance‚ minorities sit together at lunch since they are comfortable among their common peers they trust. The same goes for essentially
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Introduction This paper focuses on the overrepresentation or over-identification of minority students found in special education in our schools. I chose to research this topic because being an immigrant myself‚ I can relate to the education experience of a student who is new to the American school system. Debates on the overrepresentation of minority students‚ particularly African- Americans and Hispanics are not new in special education and have characterized research in this field for over
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I believe that children should play contact sports. Children can get hurt doing anything so why should they stop playing sports if they can get a lot of positive things out of it. Sports help people develop social skills and teamwork. Sports help children and their development. Organized sports can teach children life lessons. If your child plays a team sport then they will learn the art of sportsmanship‚ sharing credit‚ and responsibility. Being on a team helps children think about others and what’s
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describing key aspects of the contact-center packages reviewed for Avaya. Avaya Total contact center seats shipped (all products)‚ per vendor 6 to 8 million (25‚000 contact centers globally) Contact center package‚ version reviewed Interaction Center 7.0 Contact Center Express 2.1 Contact center server(s) required Sun Solaris‚ IBM AIX‚ and/or Windows Windows DBMS Oracle or IBM DB2 SQL server; customer-provided MS SQL Server; customer-provided Typical/avg no. agents per contact center 100-200 50-100 Max
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Introduction Kangaroo care is defined as the way of “holding a preterm or full term infant so that there is skin-to-skin contact between the infant and the person holding it. The baby‚ wearing only a diaper‚ is held against the parent’s bare chest. Kangaroo Care (also Kangaroo Maternal [Mother] Care or Skin-to-Skin Contact and Breastfeeding) is a method used to restore the unique mother-infant bond following the sudden separation during the birth experience particularly in premature births”( www
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