Now that you have been given you some background on our identity of Americans of African descent‚ let’s look at the ‘N’ word that has established itself as an acceptable term in some of the younger generations. The word initially described slaves who were brought mostly from West Africa by the Dutch‚ English‚ and Portuguese from what was then a huge "Nigerian Basin" which makes up part of the countries of Nigeria and Niger today. Thus original source of the word “nigger”. During the slave era
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Identify and briefly explain reasons why people from some ethnic minorities seem to have a higher participation rate in religion than other social groups. Being at an ethnic minority can cause people to turn towards religion for many reasons. One being that religion holds the community together and keeps the poorer people involved with society. Davie suggests that religion helps maintain tradition‚ cohesion and community solidarity. Some religions even use their place of worship as community centres
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Why Some Students Cheat Nowadays‚ there are many popular ways for students to cheat in exams. Some students take their notes into the examination rooms. Some students ask their friends the answers by whispering while taking the exams. And some students just try to copy the answers of students who sit in front of them without caring how similar to giraffes they are. It is interesting to focus on the question that why some students still keep cheating in exams even though they know that the punishments
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Throughout Cofer’s essay there are several anecdotes that explain where Latina stereotypes evolved from‚ which ultimately convey Cofer’s purpose that the stereotypes are false. For instances‚ Cofer explains how she did not see how it is fair for Latin girls to be expected to “ripen” as fruits; whereas‚ other girls could mature into adulthood. She displays that the stereotype is false by providing the an anecdote: Cofer is at a school dance‚ with an American boy‚ he leans in for a kiss‚ but Cofer
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Why do some children need to be taken away from their families? This is a report about why children and young people may be looked after away from their families. It will also look at the views of children through accounts of their experiences‚ thoughts and opinions about being looked after away from their families‚ it will also look at family related and child-related reasons why children would be taken away from their families and looked after elsewhere. A person called Dr Roger Morgan published
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Ways to empower people There are many ways of empowering people in the day centre such as using care values‚ promoting choices‚ communication‚ positive working practices and working in partnership with other people. Care values Care values can be used to empower the service users such as showing them respect. This can make them confident because their able to share their own beliefs and opinion respect would allow the service user to express themselves more openly. Care values also be used by providing
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creationist‚ believes “the order is all wrong as well as the timescales.” When it comes to matching bible creation accounts with the big bang. For example‚ Genesis chapter 1 states that the universe starts with darkness however the big bang theory explains the universe starts with light. Creationists also find a problem with the big bang theory because it states that the whole universe began with a singularity‚ and creationists claim that scientists can’t determine where this came from‚ therefore proving
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Why Some Students cheat The first thing to realize is that we all have cheated at one time or another‚ be it on a game‚ a test‚ an exam‚ or a quiz. The question is why do some students do it? Do they do it for the fun of it‚ the thrill? Most people‚ both young and old say that cheating is immoral‚ but yet they have done it at one time. Some students cheat on their tests because they did not study‚ fear of failing‚ or the pressure. First of all‚ students don’t study for test because they think it
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whether the students underachieving is due to the labeling process’ in school or if there are other reasons for this‚ and how sociologists may agree with it. Working class students can underachieve from the labeling process. When a student is labeled they tend to start believing in that itself as they have been told that they are what they have been labeled and may feel that they might as well be what people see them as‚ they can’t make them change their mind‚ this is known as the self fulfilling
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take some kids in remote area as an example. Some of them are able to play various kinds of musical instruments though they have no access like many other kids in a big city have. In some cases‚ they just get the access to borrow those instruments then they learn to play it by themselves. Nevertheless‚ their skill is often astonished many people. It shows that they are able to master the skill even without having some supportive elements such as facilities and tutors to guide. On the other hand
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