I find it funny that a country with the highest incarceration rate per capita than any country in the world has the audacity to call itself “the land of the free”. The United States has become a prison state‚ if not a police state. But what is the cause of these outrageous incarceration numbers? Three words: war on drugs. The U.S. has 751 people in prison for every 100‚000 of the population. Russia is the only country that comes close with 627 per every 100‚000 people. 3.1 percent of the adult
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The United Sates has an incredibly long history of racism and discrimination that many are fighting to leave in the past. Multiple methods and philosophies have been proposed in the effort eliminate such practices‚ some of which are obviously less effective than others. One method through which people have attempted to combat these issues is to encourage people to be “colorblind‚” in which one attempts to not notice or remain “blind” to another’s race. In theory‚ this would result in the equal treatment
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transmitter of the message needs to aim mass influencers in order to generate word of mouth and gain popularity. Apart from this‚ the video needs to appeal to the viewer’s emotions‚ this way the receptor will feel part of the event. On the specific case of “United Breaks Guitar” (UBG)‚ we will analyze the type of message it is conveying‚ the people who first caused an impression on and the repercussions this video brought. The message that UBG conveyed “empowered” the viewers with information and an idea that
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“The Outcasts of Poker Flat” is an unfortunate tale involving the death of several exiled outcasts by many different means. The actions of two of the people in the group ultimately led to the death of two young girls‚ known as Piney and “The Duchess‚” by starvation. “Mother Shipton” another female in the group‚ also died by starvation after giving her food to the younger girls so that they may survive. Starvation was the cause of three of the four deaths in the story‚ as the fourth death was the
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Which document did a better job of fulfilling the ideals of the American Revolution: the Articles of Confederation or the United States Constitution? The United States Constitution better represented and fulfilled the ideals of the American Revolution then the Articles of Confederation. Democracy and rights were all earned in the Revolutionary war and were enforced by the United States Constitution. Freedom is given to all free citizens in the country through the Bill of Rights. Government is divided
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Landfills are growing at an exponential rate in the United States; this is a big concern for many people. Many years ago people just threw their garbage in dumps and forgot about it. Then it started to become a problem as the dumps got fuller and just kept growing. People have to put their garbage somewhere; they produce over 4 pounds of garbage everyday per person‚ that’s about 250 million tons for the country (EPA.gov). The population is growing at a very quick rate also. Some people try to reduce
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Inequality is the lack of equality amongst a society. An inequity is a lack of fairness and justice. The terms are often used interchangeably not only among John Rawls‚ but also in society. Equality and Equity in the United States of America is a current big topic. Are minorities in America experiencing a lack of equality‚ equity‚ or both? Does everyone truly have basic freedoms‚ or some more than others? An in class discussion really brought me into deep thought. We were discussing how some laws
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The future of our country is in a serious predicament; we have let a political system of capitalism continue to operate in the United States‚ moreover; they waste away the world’s natural resources which they put towards creating profitable devices and sell to the public. Capitalism is a serious subject in our particular era; the kind of products which manufactures produce‚ are being sold throughout America‚ which specifically aim towards the wealthy. Also‚ capitalism uses advertising as
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United Parcel Service UPS faced a variety of problems in the near future. UPS had to consider how to develop and grow it’s technology and information services‚ in order to remain competitive in the market. With that challenge‚ UPS had to face the challenge of balancing its intent to develop and promote from within‚ with the need to advance quickly using outside resources. Along a similar vein‚ UPS struggled with the strategic problem of how to grow their air services business. UPS has to consider
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“The Outcast of Poker Flat” by Bret Harte and “To Build a Fire” by Jack London‚ the role of regionalism is very prominent and it plays a very vital role in both stories. If the region of either of these stories were to be changed‚ then neither of them would work the way the writers intended them to. Although both “The Outcast of Poker Flat” and “To Build a Fire” capture the essence of their regions‚ one does it better than the other. The role of regionalism is so important to “The Outcast of Poker
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