I do not think affirmative action is appropriate for the United States today. Affirmative action had an important role back in the 1960’s‚ in the midst of the civil rights era. It was intended to promote equal opportunities to work and to education for minority groups (at that time African Americans). That was almost sixty years ago. Our culture has evolved since then‚ with each passing generation‚ racism and prejudice dies a little more. As a nation‚ we will continue to evolve‚ and the challenges
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There are many people in society today that think the same way that Atticus Finch does about Tom Robinson‚ a black male accused of raping a white woman‚ in Harper Lee’s book “To Kill a Mockingbird”. Atticus believed that although Robinson was African American‚ he deserved a fair trial and not to be killed‚ despite what the other white people were saying in the town. Atticus thought that Tom had just as many rights as the Caucasian people. The towns’ people felt as though Tom was beneath them and
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slavery to wars‚ and brutal abuse‚ the people of this era overcame the strongest battles. Being born into slavery because the lack of education and wealth‚ African Americans had no choice but to work for the wealthy whites. They weren’t allowed to learn how to read or write. In 1954 the Brown vs. Board of Education law was passed that ended legal racial segregation. This allowed African American children to be able to attend schools with the
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Hamlet is one of many stories that Shakespeare wrote that plays a major role in society today. Hamlet’s play is a great example of corruption in the government‚ friends and family that can be hidden for so long without people knowing. Hamlet also shows us the what happen when we try and get revenge and how it can backfire on us when we least expect it and it can go so far as death. Hamlet is an example of how the play is an influence on us is when people like to test others to see their reaction
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images. Plato’s Cave illustrates how people solely base their perception of the world on their experiences of physical objects‚ and by doing so‚ they limit themselves to the confined notions prescribed by their fear of change. The purpose of this essay is to prove how and why the stubborn ignorance present in Plato’s Allegory of the Cave can still be found in many aspects of today’s mass media‚ including television‚ news broadcasting channels‚ and advertising. Today‚ most people have been chained
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How is Shakespeare’s work still relevant today? Not only was Shakespeare so well accomplished in his writing skills that he has become one of the most important figures in the history of the English language‚ but most of his work were written on such basic human themes that they will‚ and have been understood for all time. A huge part of the appeal of Shakespeare’s plays is that they deal with basic human emotions‚ and mistakes that are present in everyone. For example‚ many people can relate
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Four hundred years have passed since William Shakespeare penned his last play. Yet his prose‚ plots‚ and characters are as alive today as they were when the plays were originally staged during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Shakespearean works should still be studied in school‚ as his attitude‚ values and beliefs are still relevant in today’s society. He’s 450 years old and yet‚ not only do we perform his plays but also‚ we recognize ourselves in them and continue to use phrases
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over the past few decades and there doesn’t seem to be any hope for any betterment in the future. It’s very heart wrenching when I see on television pictures of children‚ much younger than us‚ that have significantly nothing compared to what we have today. It makes me think and appreciate everything that’s been given to me in my lifetime. I know it is much more than most and I am very appreciative of
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anything. We have allowed moral relativism to creep in and push us into the proverbial corner. Moral relativism is a belief that there is no right or wrong‚ no good or evil where rules no longer exist. Dr. Dobson’s letter seems to have more relevance today than it did 20 years ago. I believe relativism has had the most impact in regards to healthcare. The Hippocratic Oath seems to have flown out the window. The patient is no longer the top priority
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the play Macbeth. Not all good things have good endings. This relates to our society because there are many people who have great careers but sometimes something bad will happen then they won’t have a good career. In Macbeth‚ Macbeth becomes king but he doesn’t earn it‚ then he ends up getting killed for the way he ended up being king. “Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff!”. (Macbeth 58). This was the first sign that Macbeth’s success and royalty could come to an end. Then Macbeth ends up
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