America: The Land of “Equal” Opportunity Although the American society that we live in today prides itself on equal job opportunity and progression‚ it is easy to see behind the deceiving façade. Women have always been viewed as the less dominant gender due to the patriarchy that is provided by society. In fact‚ women are still making a measly seventy-seven cents for every dollar that a man makes‚ and the gap is even worse for African-American or Latina women working (Huffington). Even with women
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Racism in America Racism is hatred and intolerance for another race and it comes in many forms‚ but its outcome is the same. It can make those who are its victims feel angry‚ unwelcome‚ intimidated and unworthy. In its extreme form‚ it can lead entire communities to persecute others‚ and to be indifferent to their sufferings. The development of such laws as‚ the Reconstruction Act of 1867‚ the Civil Rights Act of 1875‚ the Fair Employment Act of 1941‚ the Declaration of
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Religion in America The enormous role played by religion in the U.S. is certainly nothing new. In fact‚ religion has been a major component of the American cultural landscape since the very beginning of the republic. Many of the early people who came here were very devoutly religious and in fact came for religious purposes‚ wanted to set up religious colonies that would be governed by theistic rules and by the clergy and the church would be right at the center of the community. Others of
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In this engaging and complex book‚ Robert Putnam discusses why upward mobility in the United States of America has progressively gotten worse though the recent decades. Putnam describes many diverse variables throughout this book that has led to this steady decline and has put them into four main categories: Families‚ parenting‚ schooling‚ and community. To make it easier to summarize and process‚ this paper will be split into these four parts. After the summary of Putnam’s substantial thesis‚ this
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America’s Solution America has a chronic problem. Throughout the U.S.‚ thousands of people live in a constant rush neglecting to provide their bodies with the healthy nutrients it needs. Nowadays cafes and fast food joints sit on every corner prompting people to continue hurrying through life‚ not caring what they stuff into their bodies. According to an article by CBS News‚ the number of obese and overweight Americans has more than doubled in the last decade. Americans need a healthy lifestyle
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ART IN AMERICA September 2014. This magazine director is Lindsay Pollock because I see her name as a editor in chief. When I look over it‚ I see most of picture describes object material such as glasses‚ wood‚ metal‚ clay‚ … And some art works are about machine or machine shape. It looks like the organization of someone. And most of them make me feel like they are close with our social. For example: The Judges III‚ 2013 of Courtesy Catriona Jeffries. The artist have a piece of clay‚ which shape
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a group‚ they strive to save not only the animals that receive inhumane treatment‚ but also the world from toxic pollution and global warming. According to a “Vegetarianism in America” study conducted by Vegetarian Times‚ there is approximately 7.3 million people who follow a vegetarian lifestyle (“Vegetarianism in America”).
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Sad but true‚ we need poor people There are many books out giving solutions and theories as to how to go about putting an end to poverty in the United States. Books like Senator and presidential candidate John Edward’s Ending Poverty in America: How to restore the American Dream‚ academic economist Jeffrey Sachs’s The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time and Robin Marris’s Ending Poverty are unproven‚ unimpressive and unrealistic dreams of how our society should go about eliminating
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obesity has become an enormous problem. In the last 3decades‚ the number of people overweight has increased dramatically. A study done by theCenters of Disease Control showed that since 1980‚ one third of our adult population has becomeoverweight. America is the richest but also the fattest nation in the world‚ and our obese backsides are the butt of jokes in every other country (Klein 28). The 1980s were a time whenAmericans suddenly started going crazy over dieting‚ jumping onto the treadmills‚ and
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Class in America For years‚ the United States has been selling the idea of what is known as “the American Dream”. This means that in America‚ anyone can recreate him or herself and climb up the ladder of social class. The standard way of thinking about class has it that the only factor that separates the classes is money. I’ve always believed that social class is determined by upbringing‚ education‚ and money‚ and that all three need to be good in order to become a member of the upper class. Upbringing
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