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    lack of formal and informal education‚ their mistreatment‚ abuse‚ both verbal and physical‚ and the everlasting slaughter of innocent slaves. Though there are occasions where one hears that there was a master that didn ’t mistreat and abuse his slaves. Those types of master-slave relationships were extremely rare. According to many text and history books slaves were often mistreated and abused on a daily basis. The question‚ now is‚ did the mistreatment and abuse of the slaves‚ in particular the women

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    the time just asked if we need to know what type of goverment the U.S is for our american government final‚ and the girl who says like after every word ask is like Africa like in like North America. That’s when i realized thatt questions are supposed to make us smarter and yet our generations don’t ask enough questions. So today‚ let’s ask why we don’t ask enough questions‚ and then we will study the effects of this lack of communication‚ and finally let’s see what we can do to end this question drought

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    “Issue #19: Is Affirmative Action Necessary to Achieve Racial Equality in the United States?” Affirmative action is an active effort to improve the employment or educational opportunities of member of minority groups and woman; also noted as an effort to promote the rights or progress of other disadvantaged persons. Affirmative action arose in 1964 as a way to fix the racial discrimination and to promote the rights that were declared in the Civil Right Act. In the 60’s‚ Americans who knew the

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    Many believe that the American Revolution‚ or‚ also known as the American War for Independence‚ is the reason why the United States is a free country today. The American Revolution lasted approximately eight years starting from the year 1775 and ending in 1783. Before the American Revolution took place‚ the Seven Years War had occurred‚ and the country was still getting stable from the previous incidents. However‚ the American people did not agree with the way they were ruled by the British Empire

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    Affirmative Action In the Human Rights Act‚ Chapter 214 of the revised statutes‚ 1989‚ it states that "in recognition that human rights must be protected by the rule of law‚ this Legislature affirms the principal that every person is free and equal in dignity and rights without regard to race‚ religion‚ religious creed‚ colour‚ sex‚ physical or mental disability or ethnic or national origin." Unfortunately though‚ sometimes this law is not always abided by. Women‚ aboriginal people who are physically

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    Socio-Cultural Experience The Major Socio-Cultural Experiences of African Americans African Americans make up 13% of the population in the United States‚ but most of these people did not migrate here on their own accord. This is where a lot of their African culture was destroyed. Most was lost through the enslavement of African people and the systems of social policy ’s in place‚ historically and today‚ that continue suppress African tradition and culture from the African Americans. Much

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    Final Project ETH 125 Cultural Diversity Final Project During this course I have learned about diversity‚ race‚ ethnicity‚ cultural differences‚ stereotyping and prejudice. Much of the textbook reading has enlightened me on the immense diversity in the United States and in the world at large. The decisions that I partook in during this course have allowed me to interact with many diverse people from various backgrounds which is much like the way the United States and society is

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    Affirmative action as defined by law is most definitively not based on a quota system. In fact‚ what is not widely known is that this program can be equally used by all individuals provided that an inequality exists in the group that they belong to as not being reflected in the work force. So what is affirmative action? What is it designed to do? It is not designed to provide an opportunity to an unqualified candidate. It is designed as "a way of compensating individuals or groups for past injustices

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    Native American and White Settlers Conflict In about the early 1800s‚ white settlers began to move west and they came to the Pacific Northwest‚ or what they called the Oregon Country. Native Americans and the white settlers had a lot of different ways of living. Some of these differences created conflicts between the two groups. I think that education‚ land ownership‚ and disease were the three main causes of their conflicts. Education was one of the problems that the Native Americans had with

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    `Italian Culture vs. American Culture` Kimberly Nyholm Anthropology 101 Ms. Winn September 2‚ 2009 Cultures 2 Abstract `Being born in a multicultural family I have always been curious on my Italian side. My Mother’s family is all Italian and I have always been so interested in their or our culture. My father is German‚ Irish and Swedish so all together I am a melting pot. The Italians just really interest me I’m not sure if it’s because they are very verbal‚ or what

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