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    In America today‚ “Socialism” has become a popular word. If you were to search up the term online‚ you would find a variety of arguments whether it be anti-socialists accusing president Barak Obama and the Democratic Party for bringing America towards Socialism‚ or pro-socialist fanatics stating otherwise. The majority of people who attack Socialism usually attack the term by “attaching it to any form of government-funded project that they disapprove of”. The people who on the other hand approve

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    be present in our nation today‚ and what we must do as a people to overcome this major problem. History The Middle Passage was the system set up as a form of triangular trade that forced millions of innocent humans from their homes in Africa‚ and forced them to become slaves as part of the Atlantic slave trade. These people were essentially traded as slaves for materials‚ food‚ supplies etc. Many of the enslaved Africans were shipped to the Caribbean and the Americas. The Middle Passage route

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    In America today there is massive injustice in terms of income and wealth inequality. Injustice is rampant. We live in the wealthiest country in the history of the world but most Americans don’t know that because almost all of that wealth and income is going to the top one percent. We are living at a time where a handful of people have wealth beyond comprehension – huge yachts‚ jet planes‚ tens of billions of dollars‚ more money than they could spend in a thousand lifetimes. But at the same time

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    people all over the United states. Racism isn’t just saying a racial slur towards an individual‚ it is shown through objects and actions. The first step towards facing racism is to accept that is a problem today. The reason why many Americans have a hard time recognizing racism in our country today is because the lack of understanding how it is shown throughout our everyday lives. First‚ our nation had a skewed view on racism. Many people have forgotten how bad racism was‚ so they view it as not being

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    can make yourself believe; along with this‚ I plan to illustrate the inherent dangers that lurk in building belief systems on an illegitimate foundation and why you are morally obligated to hold true belief systems. What is a belief? It is a thought(s) that is truth to the mind. Beliefs may not always be true or legitimate‚ but the fact that the mind believes them forges them in to concrete building blocks. This creates a foundation on which actions come to fruition and morals come in to play.

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    ------------------------------------------------- Associate Program Material Diversity Worksheet Answer each question in 50 to 150 words. Provide citations for all the sources you use. 1. What is diversity? Why is diversity valued? I have learned that diversity has various different definitions but I will only focus on the Webster’s Dictionary meaning. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ diversity is “the condition of having or being composed of differing elements: Variety;

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    Writing Assignment #3 Argument/Persuasive Paper Directions: Choose and respond to one of the following writing prompts. You must focus on only one side of the issue. Be sure that your paragraph includes the following items: Structure: * strong topic sentence that clearly identifies the topic and the opinion you’re expressing * 3 major details that support the topic sentence * at least 3 minor details that give specific reasons or examples to support each major detail * strong

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    In America‚ looking from the outside in‚ it is hard to fathom how the government runs with so many different people‚ religions‚ ethnicities‚ and cultures. According to Thomas Paine‚ the new world does an exemplary job at keeping everything in “cordial unison.” Paine claims that in America “the poor are not oppressed‚ the rich are not privileged….Their taxes are few‚ because their government is just; and as there is nothing to render them wretched‚ there is nothing to engender riots and tumults.”

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    itself. One of the biggest thing that constantly changes is our country‚ the United States of America‚ Thomas Paine writes Rights of a Man (1791) arguing that America is a country where concord is least expected. Although Paine makes a compelling argument it’s hard to look at this country today as a land where “the rights of man” exist? Is it a land where the rich aren’t privileged? He characterizes America as this great country that our government created "on the principles of society and the rights

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    Thomas Paine’s America: Does it still exist today? America‚ the land of the free and the home of the brave‚ a country united in principle‚ a land of promise: is it still here today? Thomas Paine came to America in 1791 and was amazed by the concord‚ the principles of society‚ and the justice of the government. Because of the increased noncompliance to the principles that have kept us free‚ our country begins to break apart. America has survived and flourished because of the principles it was

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