tremendous effect on citizens of Sarajevo. Many people died during the war between Sarajevo and Pale. Many houses of the innocents were destroyed by bombs. “People sang and cried ‘Bosnia‚ Bosnia’‚ ‘Sarajevo’‚ ‘Sarajevo’‚ ‘We will be together’ and ‘come outside’. This shows that people didn’t war to continue knowing it will ruins their lives. Both the wars in Zlata’s Diary and The Freedom Writers Diary have similar consequence and tell us how ordinary people were affected by the
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When it comes to the bible and people against homosexuality I feel there are a lot of contradictions. There are so many because so may people say they follow the bible and say the bible does not believe in homosexuality and there going to believe what the bible says‚ but so many people say that and do not follow the bible down to a tee. They say being gay is wrong‚ but what about having sex before marriage. There are so many people who are not following all the bible rules so I feel they should
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Racism against Muslim People in America Last October‚ my older brother and I were at Madison Square Garden watching the Knicks season opener against the Miami Heat. We both were ecstatic because we have never seen a live sports game before. At the end of the night‚ after the Knicks first win of the season‚ we were leaving Madison Square Garden. Soon after we left‚ a group of Middle-Aged men started to follow us. Slowly they caught up and were only a few feet behind us. At first we thought that we
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Ableism is the discrimination against people with mental or physical disabilities. Disabled people are often pitied‚ assumed to be incompetent‚ abnormal and weak. Due to these stereotypes they are not seen as fully human‚ members of society which means that they are often not given equal chances in life and are excluded from society (Bognar‚ 2016). The media often portrays disabled people as having awful lives and that they need to be pitied (Coleman et al.‚ 2015). People with disabilities are stereotyped
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The Fur Trade: Year 1687: Alain Hello‚ I am here to share my story with my friend. Our names are Alain and Adonis. Alain is French and Adonis is aboriginal. I will first tell the story of my friend Alain. It all started when Alain’s Great-grandfather Jacques Cartier had set off on a sailboat in search of riches. He landed on the western coast of Canada and he made New France. He also told me that Cartier returned to France and died in 1557. Then in 1660 Alain’s Father came along and wanted to go
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aboriginal people were picked up by two police officers for no reason and left in a barren filed outside of the city‚ two of them‚ Rodney Naistus and Lawrence Wegner did not make it. ‚ As far as I am concerned‚ this case was an epitome of racial profiling against Aboriginal group in Canadian justice system. The racial profiling against aboriginal people existed in justice system for a long time and is hard to get rid of for many reasons. For the historical reason‚ First nation people seldom get
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This act was passed in 1990‚ prohibiting the discrimination against people with disabilities in employment‚ public services‚ public accommodations‚ and telecommunications. EEOC was given enforcement authority for title 1 of the act‚ the employment discrimination provisions. Title 1 of the act took 2 years before coming into effect to allow the Commission time to develop regulations and technical assistance‚ time to conduct comprehensive public education programs on the new disability law‚ also to
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Aboriginal peoples have a long history of facing discrimination in Canada. Their political background is not expansive or lengthy in terms of voting in federal and provincial elections. All Aboriginal peoples in Canada were granted the right to vote in 1960 without enfranchisement. During the 2015 Canadian federal election campaign‚ Aboriginal issues‚ such as the housing crisis and self-government‚ were not forefront for the candidates‚ but political involvement has incrementally become important
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1. How did the environment of the American Fur Co change in 1830s? What deep historical forces are implicated in these changes? Going into the 1830s‚ Astor basically had a monopoly in the fur company. He destroyed competitors by underbidding for furs and debauching the Indians with alcohol. In the 1830s‚ demand for beaver was falling‚ as the fashion trends that made every European and American gentleman want a beaver hat waned. Silk hats took over. Also‚ new ways of felting hats without using
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Fur Free “50 million animals are killed for fur worldwide every year” (liberationbc). Animals live in horrible conditions before their lives are cut short. They then endure painful‚ unthinkable deaths‚ while causing damage to the environment. All this for the sake of an unnecessary global industry that makes billions of dollars annually. The animal fur and skin pelt industry is inhumane‚ lacking compassion for the life of these animals and the greater good of this planet. To begin‚ animals
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