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    Throughout the crucible social status is shown as the most important thing to any man or women in the town of Salem‚ people of the town would go to great lengths to maintain a high status which would technically give them more control over the town. This can work towards someone’s advantage or disadvantage. Due to Salem being such a small and confined town having a higher status can mean a lot and can even pull you out of trouble. At the time The crucible was set if you were not white you would

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    PR ROLES AND GENDER STUDY: GENDER ISSUES AFFECT INCOME IN PUBLIC RELATIONS FIELD BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Glen M. Broom fathered roles research in communication and public relations (Broom‚ 1982; Broom & Smith‚ 1979). Broom’s research was focused on the consultant’s roles enacted for senior management by public relations experts. In the same year‚ Katz and Kahn (1978) introduced roles as a central concept in organizational theory. A role can be seen as “the expected behavior associated with

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    Yuta Kaneko 4/27/14 History 122 Tu-Th(2-3:20pm) Control Over the People We are all subject to being marginalized. As a group‚ we get treated as marginalized groups‚ even today. We are victims of Americanism. “I’m not standing here speaking to you as an American‚ or a patriot‚ or a flag-saluter‚ or a flag-waver -- no‚ not I. I’m speaking as a victim of this American system” (Malcolm X 26). The American system‚ led to the flawed belief and motivation to try to “nationalize” the country‚ and

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    Alex Gonzalez Gender Paper In today’s society social norms have huge effects on parental decisions. Some would say that shaping a child’s life around these norms might be what is needed in order for one to have a successful life. Majority of individuals tend to migrate towards others who are like them. With this being said‚ if you aren’t raised how the average person is‚ you will not have a group to migrate to and will never develop relationships that can benefit your future. My survey consisted

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    Colors and Social Status in Handmaid’s Tale Characters in Handmaid’s Tale of Margaret Atwood have to dress in their color-coded costumes. The Handmaids wear red robe. Commander’s Wives costume is blue. Martha clothing is green. And black for Commander. These colors express their social status‚ role in the reproductive process‚ oppression‚ power and privilege while masking individuality. Firstly‚ it is color red for the Handmaids. The Handmaids are fertile women whose social function is to bear

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    Report on Race Native Americans went from being the original Americans to now being put into a small part of land that is called a Reservation; they stand really low on the social and income standings. They have some of the highest levels of poverty over the other races‚ in 1999 the white population only had a 9.1% that were below poverty level but the Native American population had 25.7% that were under poverty level. According to the readings it looks like the Native Americans is the race that is

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    How do the alcohol commercials affect us? -This is the most common question when it comes to commercials today.How do the commercials affect us?;what makes us buy the product?;and the most important why do we buy it even though we know it is not going to get us anything good?Influence of these commercials is very bad and is getting worse as the ad industry is developing. -At first alcohol ads are more and more directed towards young people.In these ads producers are often promoting the idea that

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    every way possible. Status symbols are artificial parts of our culture because they are not necessities but merely false desires. We desire these unnecessary luxuries because the media attempts to portray a real need for them. Television shows try to convey the message that the largest houses‚ over-priced cars and expensive clothing are synonymous with success. Minorities in our country feel even more pressure to succeed from White Americans as well as their own race. The status symbols which have

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    Mike Lake WMS 271.01 GRC at the Movies – Winter’s Bone One of the most important themes in the movie Winter’s Bone is the submissive and ridged‚ traditional gender roles women adhere to throughout the film. Men are always portrayed as being in the authoritative position‚ and only two examples of women standing up to this authority come to mind. Class plays a major role in the movie as well. If ree were from a high-class family her house likely would not be up for her father’s bail. Racially

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    Sociology 4373: Take Home Exam Fall 2008 Section 1: Defining the concepts of Class‚ RaceGender‚ and Intersectionality Every society known to man has used either race‚ class‚ ethnicity‚ gender or all of the above to determine placement in civilization. Sometimes one or more of these categories comingle and we characterize this as: intersectionality. Finding the words‚ however‚ to define class‚ racegender‚ or intersectionality is not an easy feat. Throughout the past few weeks we

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