jacob stevens P R I S O N S O F T H E S TAT E L E S S The Derelictions of UNHCR T here are currently over 20 million people ‘of concern’ to the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Just over half of those are internally displaced or stateless‚ with 8 million having fled across an international border. Established in 1950‚ unhcr was charged by the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees with the protection of their interests: full political and economic rights in
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“The 1950’s were an era of conformity and complacency.” Give reasons for either agreeing or disagreeing with this statement. The statement‚ “The 1950’s were an era of conformity and complacency”‚ is untrue to a certain extent. Though it is true that the post WWII America has the highest standard of living that no other countries can match‚ the 1950s‚ backed by the Second Red Scare‚ really had been a time period of tension and anti-communism. The 1950s‚ inspired by the Soviet nuclear spying
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The Civil Rights Movement of the 50’s and 60’s Once upon a horrible time‚ the United States was a segregated country in which blacks were considered some sort of subspecies. Although the civil war addressed segregation it didn’t enforce it. While black and white citizens were becoming a group of equals in the north‚ the story was much different in the segregated south. Black citizens in the south still faced unequal treatment‚ wages‚ and were often persecuted by everyone from store workers to
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postmodernism was a response to modernism and therefore consider them as two aspects of the same movement. The relationship between modernism and postmodernism is often complicated as both genres share certain similarities as well as differences. In this essay‚ we will discuss how they are similarities and differences in order to help us understand more about these movements. As everyone knows‚ in modernism‚ they think that their arts are always true absolutely in everything. It rejects the tradition
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Living in the 1700’s Living in the 1700’s was harder than living today‚People could die simply from a head cold. If people were deciding what to wear‚ they would have to think about their role. They would also have to think about the colors they wore because it mattered. Life was rough due to lack of technology and medicines. For the puritans (a group of people who wanted to “purify” the church of england from its catholic practices) there was a list of clothing they needed depending on what their
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Imagine being alive in the 1960’s. Everything you see in today’s world compared to the 1960’s would be dramatically different. What would you do if you saw a black man being beaten to near death? Would you stand there and watch‚ call for help‚ encourage it? Some of the things in the 1960’s haven’t changed in today’s world. They just simply are not as bad as it used to be. Attitudes in race in the past and now have changed dramatically in perspective. Compared to today and the past there are way more
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James Howard Kunstler wrote the essay‚ “Globalisation’s Time Is Up”. This essay acknowledges that our social infrastructure hangs by a thread‚ which is cheap energy and global peace. As readers thoroughly break this essay down to find the deeper meaning‚ they are left with good and bad points to think about. Kunstler provides insight to different aspects of globalisation and the points are both strong and weak‚ which can be puzzling. First and foremost‚ during the essay‚ Kunstler notes that globalisation
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women were granted with equal rights through the Quran by the Prophet Muhammad. Islam was the first religion that granted equal rights to both sexes and recognized women as the main pillars of their families.1 The views and arguments consider in this essay are those of Islamic feminist. First‚ this paper will discuss the rights and gender equality afforded to women in the Quran. Second‚ it will highlight how the special status given to women in the Quran empower them in the society‚ and third‚ it will
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“The Farmer’s Children” Literary Essay Draft In modern‚ civilized society we believe that children should be nurtured and cared for by not only their parents but by the adults responsible. The story of Cato and Emerson told in “The Farmer’s Children” by Elizabeth Bishop shows that in some cases‚ vulnerable children are held responsible to take care of themselves. The young boys are sent by their parents out into the cold to do the job that was originally
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Autism Isolated in their own worlds‚ people with autism appear indifferent and remote. They are normally unable to form emotional bonds with others. Although people with this brain disorder can display a wide range of symptoms and disabilities‚ many are incapable of understanding other people’s thoughts‚ feelings‚ and needs. Often‚ their language and intelligence do not fully develop. This makes communication and social relationships difficult. Many people with autism engage in repetitive activities
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