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    problem that affects millions of people within the United States and worldwide. However‚ certain population groups are more susceptible to obtaining asthma than others. Socioeconomic status (SES) is a rough marker of a variety environmental/behavioral exposures and a very important determinant of differences in asthma prevalence and severity among ethnic minorities in the U.S.1 Ethnic minorities have a higher risk for obtaining asthma in the United States due to low socioeconomic status. The mechanisms

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    the U.S.‚ how has housing discrimination been addressed at the federal level? Consider both public and private sector housing. Housing discrimination is still one of the most prevalent problems plaguing African Americans and minorities in the United States of Americas. Since the abolition of slavery African Americans and minorities have found it difficult to find affordable housing and integrate into mostly white communities. These problems can be traced back to the Jim Crow Laws. These set of prejudicial

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    the criminal justice system altogether. Once I became interested in the criminal justice system‚ I began looking at all the different career options in the field. My grandparents from my father’s side are Joe and Mary Waddell‚ and they were Florida State Troopers. My grandfather passed away a few years ago‚ although‚ my grandmother is still alive. I speak to her regularly over the phone about how my courses are going at Massasoit Community College. Even though I know she’s happy for me‚ I feel as though

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    Since 1970‚ United States of America has seen a considerable amount of immigration because of economic chaos and civil wars in Latin American countries. The fight between the government of El Salvador and leftist guerrillas in 1980 brought about 500‚000 immigrants to United States. They settled primarily in California‚ Florida‚ Massachusetts‚ and Washington‚ D.C. The civil war in Nicaragua in the year 1980 drove an estimated 800‚000 Nicaraguan immigrants to the United States Mexican Americans

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    polls‚ surveys‚ and research has proven that America has actually fallen behind. According to Fareed Zakaria‚ an indian American journalist who hosts CNN’s flagship foreign affairs show and is the author of New York Times Award winning books‚ “the United States does not seem to be leading the charge. Americans see that a new world is coming into being‚ but fear it is one being shaped in distant lands and by foreign people” (Zakaria). Countries around the world such as China are starting to improve their

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    Spanish in the United States The United States is home to a large and rapidly growing population of Spanish speakers. With over 35 million speakers‚ Spanish is the second most commonly-spoken language in the United States. According to data from the US Census Bureau‚ it is spoken in about 12 per cent of all U.S. households. Hispanic citizens constitute about 16% of the U.S. population now and this figure will rise to 30% by 2050. By 2050‚ the U.S. will become the largest Spanish-speaking country

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    Weak and failing states need the international communities’ attention because it acts as an important problem for international order. These failing states create danger for the international community because they can breed terrorism‚ create regional chaos‚ increase crime‚ diseases and environmental catastrophe (Mazarr 2014‚ 113). Successful conflict management can allow failing states to change for the good. To reconstruct weak states many different diplomatic components of conflict management

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    Diversity in the United States Josey Wayne Hudson ETH/125 Cultural Diversity Christina Tocco Diversity in the United States Information about diversity in the United States from my perspective Actually it is more personal experience‚ rather than information that has helped me to better understand and relate to others in ways that I may not have in the past. There is one incident that changed my life forever concerning diversity in America. My best friend is African-American. I am White

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    Child Poverty and The United States Melissa Sandusky University of Phoenix Child poverty can be found in every corner of the world. In any country there are children living within the devastating effects of poverty. Child poverty has become a worldwide epidemic‚ and the impacts it has on children are countless. This paper will discuss child poverty in the United States and how it has impacted our poor children in this country. In the research I found four major ways that poverty affects

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    Not only that but killing and wounding thousands of American soldiers on American soil. This in turn enraged the American population and led the United States’ entry into World War 2. Many Americans‚ already being somewhat xenophobic‚ began to further distrust and become weary of their ethnically Japanese next door neighbors. Many United States citizens become paranoid about the loyalties of Japanese Americans‚ fearing the assistance that might be given to the Japanese empire. Many felt that

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