Introduction/Thesis Disproportionate minority contact reveals biased numbers of African American juveniles taken into custody. African American teens are thirty percent more likely to come into contact with law officials than their white peers. Studies have shown that African American youth have higher incarceration rates‚ only making up about sixteen percent of the youth population. Many analysts have posed that the juvenile justice system may process minorities and white offenders in different ways;
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Community policing is about working with the community‚ earning their trust and respect‚ and solving problems rather than simply making arrests (Edge 79). In the United States‚ between the years 2006 and 2010‚ a staggering 52% of violent crimes went unreported (U.S. Department of Justice 2012). This percentage is equal to approximately 3‚380‚000 unreported crimes (U.S. Department of Justice 2012). Therefore‚ it is important for citizens to be able to trust and respect police officers. If they do
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The “model minority” stereotype has many negative influences on Asian Americans. There are increasingly high expectations to younger generations to succeed in their academics in order to achieve their career goals. In the cases where members of the emerging generation fail to succeed‚ they are not only ridiculed by their families‚ but also by a society which has come to expect only great things from them. Another pitfall coming from the “model minority” stereotype is the incorrect assumption that
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Majority Leader‚ Minority Leader‚ Majority Whip‚ and Minority Whip from both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The current Majority leader for the House of Representative is Kevin McCarthy. The Current Minority leader also for the House of Representative is Nancy Pelosi. The Majority Whip Leader for the House of Representative is Steve Scalise‚ and the Minority Whip leader is Steny Hoyer. The Current Majority Leader for the Senate is Mitch McConnell. The Current Minority leader for the Senate
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Title: Minority Languages and Translator Training By: Sajjad Kianbakht Tehran May 2013 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Translator training in Iran 2.1 The existing BA curriculum for English translation in Iran 2.2 A brief look on Azeri–Turkish language 3. Cultural competence and the translation market for minorities 4. Conclusion 5. References 2 ABSTRACT The relationship between minority languages and translator training programs is a very new and under-researched
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Minorities make up a major portion of the population in the Unites States of America. As the minority population grows‚ the amount of minorities that will wish to attain a higher education will also grow. There are big gaps between the amount of minorities that graduate from college when comparing them to their white counterparts. The purpose of this report is to identify the barriers that discourage minorities from continuing and completing a higher education. Analysis and the identification of
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At the same time‚ the government of the US‚ having passed the transitional stage long ago‚ is alarmed by the same issue of police brutality against minority citizens. While the Indian government excessively intervenes in the police conduct‚ in some countries‚ such as in the US‚ this is not the case (Chevigny‚ 2008‚ p. 1617). Since the country is ruled by the voice of the majority‚ this group of people has a certain control over politicians. The latter‚ especially the president of the US‚ represent
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The American Dream Turning a Dream into Reality for Minorities Executive Summary Homeownership for minorities is a dream‚ not a reality. Large gap in homeownership between Whites and African Americans and Hispanics population Average 26.7% behind White homeownership Major misconceptions about lending process and unfair lending practices contribute to minority homeownership rate gaps Identify and correct the issues – increase market share‚ revenue and homeownership rates. Keep the dream
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Minority Set-Aside programs‚ such as the Small Contractors Set-Aside Program‚ are contract award preference programs intended for state based small contractors. In the state of Connecticut‚ Small contractors are classified as those: 1) which have been in business for a minimum of one year; 2) that maintain its primary place of business in the State of Connecticut; and 3) with a prior years ’ gross revenue of less than $10‚000‚000. This essay will discuss the issue of minority set aside programs and
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There have been many racial controversial issues concerning Asian Americans in the media such as the “model minority” stereotype. I am here to argue that the American entertainment media does reinforce the model minority stereotype of Asian Americans. Well‚ what is the model minority stereotype? This stereotype normally applies to Asian Americans and depict them to be more economically‚ academically‚ and socially successful compared to other races. It depicts Asians to be very intelligent‚ hard
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