earning political gains for the “tough on crime” politicians. In a country with a population being 13% African American‚ an increasing rate of prisoners are African American women‚ which makes one half of the population in prison African American. Angela Davis argues in the book Are Prisons Obsolete? that African American incarceration rates can be linked to the “historical efforts to create a profitable punishment industry based on the new supply of ‘free’ black male laborers in the aftermath of
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Lewis and Clark and their Expedition Do you ever think about how America was discovered? Well Lewis and Clark were people who explored the world‚ with no help and ended up finding Kansas and many more Cities‚ which what makes them what they are today. They are also well known in the world‚ from how they made the journey to all the hard obstacles they had throughout the expedition. You may also ask why is Lewis and Clark so important in the United States? One of many things on why they are important
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Ron Clark Story Ron Clark is a 6th grade teacher who chooses to leave his home and teach the worst class in a school in New York. In the beginning no one would listen to him but after he tries different ways to get them to try‚ he makes a deal with them. He learns to double dutch and they learn what they need to for that year. This is an excellent way to help students. It shows them that if you fail you just need to try and try again and sooner or later you will succeed. Ron Clark brought
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High-fat Diet Contributes to Aggressive Behavior Hypothesis: High-fat diet contributes to aggressive behavior. Introduction: Aggression is a behavior that is destructive‚ hostile or violent and is intended cause harm‚ injury or damaged to the target person or object. Aggression and violence are the major problems in our society and one of the main contributions of this behavior is socioeconomic status (SES). According to the American Psychological association (APA)‚ socioeconomic status is
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Being Fat a Big Issue Daniel Gutierrez English 1430‚ Fall 2010‚ Section 02 Professor A. Hepner October 14th‚ 2010 Daniel Gutierrez A. Hepner ENG 1300-01 October 14th‚ 2010 Being Fat a Big Issue Being fat is one of the biggest issues lately. Our society has created a stereotype of how people should look and it is not exactly a fat boy/girl. People who are fat have suffered every day for how
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counteract this‚ there has been speculation over whether to introduce a fat tax. This tax would specifically target foods high in fats and sugars‚ such as; soft drinks and deep fried takeaways. The logic behind such a tax is that an increase in price would lead to decrease of demand similar to that of the alcohol and cigarette taxes respectively‚ in order to improve our country’s health as a whole. The advantages and disadvantages of the fat tax can potentially help foresee the effect on the Australian economy
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This is a documentary released by BBC titled “Sugar VS Fat”‚ starred by Alexander Van Tulleken and Chris Van Tulleken. It is obvious that this is a program about the disadvantage and benefit of sugar as compared to fat. Yet‚ one should not judge the book by its cover‚ for the highlight of this documentary is the deadly combination of processed food with a ratio of 1:1 fat and sugar in it. Obesity is an anciently known problem. Over hundreds of years‚ scientists have estimated some possible cause
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disfigured body he carries around with him. Lots of people are born with some deformity or another‚ but none such as the case of John Merrick‚ in other words‚ The Elephant Man’ who was given this name because he was so deformed he resembled an extremely ugly elephant. The movie shows how John Merrick is marginalized not only by the general public‚ but also the poorest of people to such an extent that his life was a misery. This movie shows how cynical people can be towards fellow human beings. His abnormalities
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Zap Fat your dietary supplement taken with birth control pills creates unhealthy side effects and may even cause death. Mentioned in plaintiff’s first set of interrogatories‚ that your client Okedokee Wegtht‚ Inc. took‚ identified other people who made a claim against Okedokee for injuries sustained through the use of Zap Fat. and that two of the claimants’ suffered a stroke and had permanent injuries. Just because Ms. Mosley did not inform the doctor about taking birth control with Zap Fat does
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(Oates 227). As shown by the adverb‚ instinctively‚ Ursula has grown to be more caring towards other people without hesitation. “My voice got brighter and brighter... I was almost pleading now. This went on for five minutes‚ maybe… I was so scared‚ Ugly Girl seemed to have departed. It was just me‚ Ursula (Oates 151). This was when Matt tried to jump off the cliff and Ursula begging Matt to not do it. This also shows that Ursula clearly cares about Matt. Therefore‚ Ursula became caring towards the
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