IDC 4U1 Mrs. Robinson Alex Nikolic 04/12/2013 The article Face to Face by Cheryl Mahaffy focuses on restorative justice emphasizing that it focuses on repairing wrongdoing harms rather than meting out punishment. Restorative Justice is an apparoach to justice that focuses on the needs and morals of the victims rather than a criminal legal punishment. Offenders take an active role in aiding with the harm they’ve done to the victim who would also be involved in the case. Offenders would participate in many
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It was the great Martin Luther King Jr. who once stated‚ "Sometimes a law is just on its face and unjust in its application." He was right in his beliefs as a law may appear correct on paper but when practiced‚ it becomes unfair and seemingly no longer applicable to the situation. In my own experience‚ King’s statement came alive when a close friend was unjustly sentenced. It was through this that I discovered to never put myself in a position where I could be made an example of. It was more then
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Privilege/Power vs Oppression Everyday I wake up a white‚ heterosexual‚ Catholic female. These are aspects of my life that I do not normally think about because it will never change. I also did not realize the privileges and disadvantages that I have because of these factors. Prior to this assignment‚ I did not care to know about privilege and oppression. I knew it was there‚ I just did not think it would be that important to look at myself and how I am affected by it. Now‚ I see a different outlook
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Generally‚ the Communist system in the Soviet Union and in China are practically identical politically‚ economically‚ with the reciprocal purges ect… However‚ Mao Tse-Tung and Stalin did not see eye to eye on many things and Maoism is considered today by most people to be a more developed stage of Marxism-Leninism. This is because of the historical and cultural background of China and because of her geographical position and climate which affects society. Contrary to Russia‚ Communism developed
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TOPIC 1 : Face-to-face communication is better than other types of communication‚ such as letters‚ E-mail‚ or telephone calls "With the advent of advanced technology‚ humanity has the tendency to regard letters‚ email‚ or telephone calls as more modernized ways to communicate with each other. However‚ faceto-face communication is by no means replaced by such things‚ as it is the most comprehensive and interactive way to be in touch. From my individual point of view‚ meeting everyone in person
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Lashain Taylor Essentials of Contemporary Communication (ENG/135) Week 5 June 09th‚ 2015 Jennifer Mann The difference between presenting information in a face-to-face environment versus an online environment. Communicating face-to-face or online proves to be very effective in their right. However‚ making a presentation allows for certain privileges that cannot be obtained in an online environment. Each has their drawbacks as well that can create barriers to communicating. Based on an
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Face in the Crowd Give three examples from the film which illustrates the concept of ethos and ethics in connection with LR and Marcia. LR in some part of the movie had ethos but he never had ethics. In his relationship with Marcia he had ethos in the begging of the movie when he was in the jail singing and talking using his great charisma of speak. In addition‚ he lost the Goodwill with her when he lies about his first marriage‚ and when he marries betty-lou while he engaged
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America was built on the idea of freedom and equality. So why it is that some are more equal than others? This comes from white supremacist groups wanting more rights and other improvements over people who are not white. America may claim to be equal to all but some are more equal for these rights than others. This dates back to the abolition of slavery. When slaves were freed they had nowhere to go and no job experience other than hard labor. Also the south instituted Jim Crow laws that restricted
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Constitution. “Within the postwar population in Cuba‚ women faced a special set of limitations and obstacles‚ women enjoyed few civil and political rights by the term of 1901 constitution” (Perez‚ 1943 ‚ p. 163). The Cuban revolution enacted the oppression of women‚ the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) was generated in the 1960s in Havana to support women’s movements. Even though Cubans attitude changed towards women staying home‚ some individuals were reluctant to elect women as leadership roles because
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American Popular Culture as an Instrument of Racial Oppression The cultural images produced by the media serve to further oppress racialized groups in America and form national psyches which allow America’s institutionalized racism to prosper. Images proposed by the media and popular culture have made claims about all different racialized groups in America. The media has been instrumental in perpetuating ideas about the black male perp‚ the black male buffoon‚ all black Americans since the days
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