1. African-Americans comprise only 13% of the U.S. population and 14% of the monthly drug users‚ but are 37% of the people arrested for drug-related offenses in America. 2. Studies show that police are more likely to pull over blacks or Latinos than whites. After being arrested‚ African-Americans are 33% more likely than whites to be detained while facing a felony trial in New York. 3. In 2010‚ the U.S. Sentencing Commission reported that African Americans receive 10% longer sentences than whites
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Andy Weir‚ a well known sci-fi author‚ once said‚ “A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow” (“Andy Weir Quotes” Brainy). Andy Weir is the author of The Martian‚ a hugely successful book about an astronaut called Mark Watney. In the book‚ Watney is left on Mars by his fellow crewmates who believe he is dead. The Martian describes what it would be like to survive on a desolate planet‚ but still somehow makes it interesting. The interest in The Martian is sometimes found in the author
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The month of February is black history month‚ there has been many stories told how black people have made huge impacts on the world. In Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image‚ in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. There is no saying where they should be separated nor treated differently‚ and all of that ended because of the civil rights act of 1964. For one example Mildred Loving i recently did a research project about her. She fell in love with a white
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The Subtle Humor of Pride and Prejudice Of all the novels that Jane Austen has written‚ critics consider Pride and Prejudice to be the most comical. Humor can be found everywhere in the book; in it’s character descriptions‚ imagery‚ but mostly in it’s conversations between characters. Her novels were not only her way of entertaining people but it was also a way to express her opinions and views on what surrounded her and affected her. Her novels were like editorials. Austen uses a variety
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Humor is not a tool that can be used limitlessly as there are certain societal boundaries that prohibit jokes from exceeding levels of acceptable humor. This kind of prohibition is known as a taboo. In unit five of Alison Ross’s textbook‚ The Language of Humour‚ Ross discusses on these common taboos: sex‚ excreta‚ death‚ and religion while also explaining how jokes sometimes break taboos‚ but at the same time keep limits to where these jokes are accepted by society. The topic of sex and excreta
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Open-minded‚ Responsibility&Humor Would Help Japan Become a Better Country By Catherine Japan is a very bright star in our world’s sky. It is so outstanding because it is the only developed country in the Asia. It has many strongpoints which other countries should learn from it. However‚ just like an old English proverb saying-there is no perfect thing in the world. Even though Japan is
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Gender Roles Exploited With Humor The use of gender roles and stereotypes in commercials has slowly become more of an issue as men and women’s true societal roles have undoubtedly changed over time. The push for women’s equality over the past 50 years has been progressing each and every year‚ and rightly so. As women have become more self-sufficient in their everyday lives‚ their dependency from males and gender stereotypes have been changing drastically. These social changes have also sparked
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are known as the popular “Pink Eye.” Lacrimal glands are found on the outer part of each eye and are producers of tears. Figure 1.1: Eye and its structure. 1.4.4 Vitreous Humor and Aqueous Humor The Vitreous Humor is gel like substance in the back part of the eyeball which provides the shape of the eyeball. The Aqueous Humor is the watery region in the form of the eye ball. It is separated into two regions‚ the anterior chamber in front of the iris and the posterior chamber behind it. The canal
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day: Everyone I know in the country is weird. At least for my town‚ which has no stoplights and one main intersection‚ we are a little strange‚ I think. We don’t get out much. We think running across the freeway is a thrill. I grew up playing in mud with frogs and snakes. Is that weird? I feel like my friends and I have had a somewhat difficult time in mixing with others. I almost feel like if I had lived in the city‚ I might understand more about other types of people (as I’ve said before‚ I am
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A Comprehensive Philosophy of Humor: John Morreall What humans find funny is so subjective‚ thus it is one of the strangest things that humans do. With just a few actions or a few words‚ our whole demeanor changes and‚ “…Our diaphragms move up and down in spasms‚ expelling air from our lungs and making staccato vocal sounds (Morreall‚ 2). Why do we laugh? What is humor? What is the difference between laughter and humor? In A Comprehensive Philosophy of Humor‚ John Morreall attempts to answer these
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