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    Unlawful Arrest

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    Martial law impact the increase in Unlawful Arrest in the United States from 1863-2015? Introduction In efforts to suppress wars‚ counter terrorism and illegal immigration‚ the declaration of martial law has been devised. Although its proclamation shows in favor of settling these major issues that the United States has faced over the years. However‚ under the assertion of martial law‚ it has played a major role in the vast amounts of unlawful arrest of citizens and non-citizens by the misuse of

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    ADVANTAGES OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY IN OUR LIVES I don’t have much of a social life‚ but I do have a network of very close friends. My network of friends includes people from all walks of life. Friends are the family we choose of our own free will; all kinds of friends are important. There are numerous advantages to having a diverse social life‚ and some of them are that you develop an insight into their lives‚ you are constantly being exposed to new music‚ and research shows that students

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    to maintain order. However‚ over time‚ it allowed tensions to grow between different groups‚ creating social and racial barriers between them. Some of these racial and social issues managed to fade over time but some continue to plague various societies of the modern era. If the abolition of racist ideas is the ideal goal of Mexico then Mexico has been unsuccessful with removing racial tensions between several groups of people since the Spanish colonization in the early modern era such

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    “current controversies surrounding racial profiling of criminals suspects” (Staples. 196). This means many people are investigated‚ they would stand for the color of their skin‚ ethnicity‚ and national origin. I have been put under the profiling category because of the color of my skin. Although people with black skin have a higher chance of getting profiled‚ I myself am a young man with brown skin‚ with a Hispanic appearance that is fairly profiled. Racial discrimination has proven itself to being a

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    RACIAL DISCRIMINATION WITHIN THE GAY COMMUNITY Student Name Western International University ETH 123 Cultural Diversity Professor October 16‚ 2006 My community is the most diverse of all. I am speaking of the gay community. Our community consists of people from every race‚ every religion‚ every gender‚ and every economic sector. We claim to be all-inclusive‚ embracing everyone despite our differences and celebrate our diversity with pride very openly. The issue of gay civil rights came to

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    In my second critical text‚ the Hitlers Article says “ Germans and other northern Europeans were Aryans-a superior race. Seeking to find physical evidence of the Aryan superiority and not- Aryan inferiority”. This shows that they thought there was a superior race and the other races were inferiority ( had something wrong with them). So‚ they would be subjected to racism and excluded from groups‚ we see this as discrimination.We see this in the crash when Ryan is talking to Shaniqua and says “ you

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    Standing Up Against Discrimination Discrimination is a big problem throughout the world. It was a problem in 1930‚ 1960‚ and as well as today in 2016. Discrimination occurs every day. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Scout is influenced from racial discrimination from her neighbor‚ Mrs. Dubose‚ as well as her Aunt Alexandra. In The Help‚ Skeeter’s friends discriminate against African- Americans. Scout grows up as the only girl in her family because her mother died when she was very young. This kind of

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    because you are somewhat different from everyone else. Being different doesn’t mean you are not part of the world and doesn’t make it okay to get singled out and targeted on because of being different. Every race at one point‚ has experienced discrimination. As children growing up‚ we are taught to not judge a book by its cover but that’s easier said than done. Making judgements about something without having prior knowledge seems to be a part of human nature and human’s basic way of thinking. It

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    Cardiac Arrest

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    February ‚ 2012 Cardiac Arrest General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about what is happening in the body during cardiac arrest and what to do if they witness a cardiac event. Central Idea: Bystander CPR and use of an AED‚ or automated external defibrillator‚ is the greatest predictor of survival for a person in cardiac arrest. The majority of the general public feel unprepared or unqualified to assist a person in cardiac arrest. Hands only CPR is a simple

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    Back then when Abraham Lincoln protested against racism‚ he asserted that “Achievement has no color” and just like Lincoln‚ Grant faced racial discrimination by breaking down the white man’s prejudice. Not like any other colored people in the society‚ Grant he went off to college and achieved a college education even though he is a black man. Grant Wiggins became a teacher just because that is the only vocation that an educated black man can do in the south. “ I am not [a] great [teacher]. I am

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