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    Racial Profiling

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    Racial Profiling Abstract Racial profiling is a current‚ central‚ and controversial area of law enforcement. There have been many concerns and issues among the minorities‚ politicians‚ law enforcement administrators‚ and researchers about the police use of racial profiling. This paper discusses the issues of racial profiling‚ such as racial bias of police‚ which includes racial profiling of motorist‚ cyclists‚ and pedestrians. The issue of discriminatory treatment of minority individuals and

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    Livestock Rescue Hurricane Harvey has affected the lives of thousands of people in southern Texas. Eight deaths have been recorded to this date‚ but there is a countless amount of people in need of medical attention and care. While the community itself is struggling to survive‚ a large percent of the population are ranchers and farmers trying to keep their livestock alive through this tragedy. The chances of survival for these animals are slim‚ as they are faced with many obstacles. Debris

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    Racial Profiling

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    Introduction What is racial profiling? The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) defines racial profiling as “the discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual’s race‚ ethnicity‚ religion or national origin” (2005). Do not confuse racial profiling with criminal profiling; criminal profiling is usually practiced by police in which they use a group of characteristics that are associated with crime to target individuals

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    Hurricane Sandy Interns

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    communities that are less fortunate especially after Hurricane Sandy. I felt that as a citizen who live in the downtown region and have been impacted by Hurricane Sandy‚ it is an important duty for me to lend a hand to my neighborhood. For a while now I have been helping my neighborhood which is located in the Lower East Side by fixing up the park down in the East River Park. The East River Park‚ not only have been hit really hard by Hurricane Sandy but it is also a park that is less funded by the

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    Irma‚ the deadly hurricane that held no conscious in terminating any object in its path was soon to arrive Florida. The black ominous clouds were suffocating the sun. The temperature dropped‚ the air was bone-chilling sending shivers throughout my body. Slowly the atmosphere was beginning to feel intoxicating. There was no solution but to endure its wrath. The wind was howling in fury‚ seeking for revenge. It bent the palm trees neck and snapped it in half. The palm trees were now lifeless‚ scattered

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    Racial Profiling

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    Racial Profiling The definition of racial profiling is prejudging someone by their ethnicity or racial profile based on the stereotypes that an ethnic group may carry. Racial profiling acknowledgement in America has grown rapidly over time and has really been on the rise since the September 11‚ 2001 bombings of the Twin Towers in New York City and of the Pentagon in Arlington‚ Virginia. But is racial profiling defensible to the American public policy? Some people think like Scott Johnson

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    Racial Diversity

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    Racial Diversity Worksheet Jamie L. Nipper University of Phoenix Associate Program Material Racial Diversity in Society Worksheet Part I Complete the following using the MySocLab Social Explorer Map: Income Inequality by Race (located on the student website) as a reference: • Select 1 racial group from the list below: o African American o Asian American o Arab American o Hispanic American/Latino o White/Caucasian • Write a 150- to 300-word summary

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    Racial Inequality

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    present day‚ there is a large issue circulating around the globe and that is racial inequality. Alas‚ this particular issue has been present for an abundance amount of time; and the only difference between racial inequality in the past and in the present is slavery has been abolished in North America. Yet‚ there are a considerable number of people who are supporting racial equality in the United States. It might seem difficult‚ but it is a possible task to attain racial equality in the land of dreams

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    Racial Tension

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    individual and every country in world are facing with racial tension. Racial tension can be described as‚ groups of people or more than one race who live around the same area and they are facing a serious conflict with each other. The effect of racial tension can be a everybody’s worst nightmare‚ but the most important is to study the causes of racial tension. The reason to study the causes of racial tension is to understand why and how racial tension happens‚ rather than pointing finger with eye

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    Joe Burgess Mr. Jason Kirker Eng.120H 10 December 20121 Hidden Issues: The Healthcare Infrastructure of Post-Katrina New Orleans When Hurricane Katrina struck the city of New Orleans in August of 2005‚ the physical damage that the storm caused was easily seen. Mass flooding led to the destruction of many homes and famous landmarks. In an attempt to get out of the way of the storm’s path‚ many citizens fled the city in the days before the storm. Some‚ though‚ for various reasons‚ did not

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