Title IX of the Education Amendment Act passed in 1972. With its passage‚ saw the beginning of equality in women’s athletics. The law established that “No person in the United States shall‚ on the basis of sex‚ be excluded from participation in‚ be denied the benefits of‚ or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” These thirty-seven words set into motion events that would challenge the foundation of institutions of all levels
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because it makes the Constitution the Supreme law of the law instead of specifically banning Sharia law. Unlike the Oklahoma Law‚ SQ 755‚ which specifically banned only Sharia law and was deemed unconstitutional because of how it was discriminatory against a specific religion. Based on certain things I have read and watched‚ it suggests that the two legal systems can not coexist and that many of their values infringe upon another. Therefore‚ suggesting to make the Constitution the supreme law of the
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great philosopher‚ Plato‚ to describe democracy exactly with one of these terms: “Democracy … is a charming form of government‚ full of variety and disorder; and dispersing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike” (Plato 214). The underlining message of the quoted sentence leads one to believe Plato employed the adjective – charming – with a great degree of sarcasm. The philosopher states that democracy brings instability to a state which is governed by the many. Plato is also voicing his
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Latino neighborhoods have increased by 232% from 1980 to 2010 (Onesimo Sandoval & Jennings‚ 2012). Residential segregation‚ which I define as the Latino and White spatial segregation by income for this paper‚ is an important concept to consider when creating health policies that are meant to ensure equal health outcomes among society as a whole. Although the World Health Organization defines health to be “a complete state of physical‚ mental‚ and social well-being‚ and not merely the absence of disease
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Westward Expansion Although the United States had good reasons for kicking the Indians off their land like mining and housing for the extreme population growth‚ the United States wasn’t justified in its treatment of the Native Americans during the period of Western Expansion. The United States forced the Indians to move from their land and go more west every time they kept finding gold. The Indians had been there for years before the Americans even started their colonies so they had ancestral
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By supporting racial profiling we are supporting racism‚ and by supporting racism‚ we are supporting hate. As this practice is becoming common procedure‚ entire groups of people are being discriminated against. This erroneous view of a complete race‚ induced by racial profiling‚ demonstrates the overall misconception and ignorance people have regarding people who are different from them. Labeling a particular group of persons as terrorists not only is unfair
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There too many deaths occurring in the United States. One of those type of deaths include organ failure. People who wait on a list to be given a new organ. The list gets longer and longer every year and people die in result of the length of the list. As NBC13.com news points out “everyday seventeen people die waiting for organ transplants.”People are truly waiting to die. These deaths could simply be prevented by having a system in place that could provide a service to these helpless individuals
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"A well regulated militia...." The militias were not some protection from federal over reach. In fact the militias were to be the main element of the military in case of war. The United States Army in the early 1790’s numbered roughly 1‚500 officers and men. Hardly enough to fight off a determined enemy. The Amendment made sure that the main fighting element of the military would have weapons and be available in time of war of national emergency. Now that job has
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attempts to persuade him to escape the city before the execution. If we look into their dialogues‚ Socrates suggests examining whether he should do what Crito advises or not‚ defining himself as “a person who listens to nothing within him but the argument that on rational reflection seems best to him” (C. D. C. Reeve‚ P-Crito 46b). Here‚ Socrates seems to claim that he does not know anything‚ so will choose to do what appears to be the best to him through examining. Socrates uses this unique method
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As I was driving on the 405 freeway on my way home with my father in the passenger seat‚ I decided to turn on the radio. I tuned the radio to the local news broadcast. On the radio‚ there was a story about a muslim captain in the U.S army. This seemed a little unusual because you don’t hear about muslims in a good light from the media most of the time. As my father and I were listening to the broadcast‚ we found out that the muslim captain had sacrificed himself for his squadron. Captain Humayun
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