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    Racism has existed throughout the history of humans. It may be defined as the hatred from man to man because of skin color‚ language‚ customs‚ or any factor that reveals the basic nature of mankind. Racism has influenced wars‚ slavery‚ and the formation of nations. Racism is prejudice‚ discrimination‚ or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior. In society today‚ the use of the term "racism" does not easily fall under a single definition

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    predominantly patriarchal. There have been‚ however‚ exceptions in certain denominations. During American colonial times‚ women could not even join the church. It was not until over a hundred years after colonization that women could begin the religious candidacy process. Fortunately‚ as new deities were created‚ women were given more and more opportunities to exemplify what they had to say for the first time in years. A majority of New Light churches required both male and female candidates to publicly declare

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    Crime In The United States

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    issues. In order to find a solution to this problem you must understand a countries political history and what was the role that politics played in its historical economy. For example; in the United States of America the economy is politically motivated by those that are rich and those that are in power. Throughout these few pages I will focus on a few topics that can reduce the crime within the United States only if the political sector of the country would take a closer look at those deteriorated

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    Industrialization of the United States Industrialization of the United States The history of the United States of America had always been one of progress. Though the socio-political realm of the history of the nation is partially enshrouded by black veil of struggles‚ conflicts‚ and eventual changes‚ the economic sphere of the American history still conveys about the significant progresses the country has been making since the inception of the process of industrialization. It is noteworthy that

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    State and Federal Prison Systems CJS/230 May 13‚ 2012 University of Phoenix State and Federal Prison Systems The United States has the highest‚ documented incarceration rate in the world (Wikipedia.2012.) Approximately 2.4 percent of the United States populations are currently incarcerated. Recently‚ there has been an estimated amount of 2‚266‚800 adults currently in prison in both State and Federal Prison Systems. In this paper‚ I will be talking about a State Prison System‚ “Louisiana State

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    A Journey through time…. It all started on a brisk winter’s day. The tree tops were blowing gently in the wind and I sat outside on the porch with a friend of mine watching the trees and very faintly hearing dogs barking in the distance like they knew something was going to happen. I had been feeling slightly off all day‚ I wasn’t able to pin point the exact reason why‚ just felt a little off‚ so I just shrugged it off and didn’t think too deeply into it. My friend seemed to have noticed it too

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    that a country with the highest incarceration rate per capita than any country in the world has the audacity to call itself “the land of the free”. The United States has become a prison state‚ if not a police state. But what is the cause of these outrageous incarceration numbers? Three words: war on drugs. The U.S. has 751 people in prison for every 100‚000 of the population. Russia is the only country that comes close with 627 per every 100‚000 people. 3.1 percent of the adult population

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    analyze the history of state and federal prisons; making a comparison and contrasting about of the different security levels that exist in state prisons and federal prisons. Also it will mention some of the reasons for growth in the state prison system. State and Federal Prison Systems Prison is a term describing the facilities used to incarcerate convicted individuals and penitentiary describes the type of building. The debate to inaugurate penitentiaries instead of prisons began in the

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    For most Americans over the majority of the Nations existence has held the United States of America to a high standard. Americans expect the government to do a vast number of jobs that benefit the individual. With such high standards over the past 241 years the United State of America has progressed at attaining the goals of the general public‚ or atleast it seems that way. Globally‚ the United States of America has the strongest economy‚ 3rd wealthiest gdp per capita and the strongest most advance

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    has perception of beauty has changed How has the perception of beauty changed through time? There have been many different views of beauty from the renaissance years to the modern day views on what beauty is‚ it is very intriguing to know why people see beauty in those ways and why it has changed - from curvaceous to thin‚ from pale to sun tanned‚ beauty has changed in so many ways we probably wouldn’t imagine. Starting in the renaissance years (1400s – 1600s) the large‚ and in today’s opinion obese

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