Argument Analysis of Gold Essay “Media Hype‚ Racial Profiling‚ and good Science.” Paul PENNER September 25‚ 2011 Summary: Gold begins his essay right away‚ without any sort of formality. The essay begins with Gold laying a foundation for the requirements of “good science.” After which Gold spells out the requirements of articles to sell large volumes of newspapers. This latter generates the term anecdotes. The term anecdote is analyzed‚ scrutinized and concluded as unacceptable due to the
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Racial Disparity in Sentencing Racial Disparity in Sentencing Sharon Douglas CJA/423 November 29‚ 2010 Robert Wertz Racial Disparity in Sentencing Although the criminal justice system improved over the years‚ racial disparity and discrimination contributes to the overrepresentation of minorities in prison. Currently‚ the United States is one of the most racially and ethnically diverse nations (Scully‚ 2000). However‚ Caucasian is still the predominant race in American society‚ and statistics
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Racial prejudice was defined by Allport ‚ one of the first researchers in psychology to investigate the issue‚ as "an aversive or hostile attitude towards a person who belongs to a group‚ simply because he or she belongs to that group‚ and is therefore presumed to have the objectionable qualities ascribed to that group. It is an antipathy based on a faulty and inflexible generalization" (Allport‚ 1954). Racial prejudice exists on 3 levels: behavioral‚ cognitive and affective. The actual discrimination
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Racial Profiling Abstract Racial profiling is a current‚ central‚ and controversial area of law enforcement. There have been many concerns and issues among the minorities‚ politicians‚ law enforcement administrators‚ and researchers about the police use of racial profiling. This paper discusses the issues of racial profiling‚ such as racial bias of police‚ which includes racial profiling of motorist‚ cyclists‚ and pedestrians. The issue of discriminatory treatment of minority individuals and
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post-colonialism‚ but the concept of race and phenotypical differences remained embedded in society and in the minds of people throughout different countries. The racial classification and racial hierarchization of the world was a deeply established sociohistorical fact (Winant 135). The post-world war II break brought to light the long gestation of racial tensions that had accumulated in the modern world over centuries‚ and made it clear that a social and political change must occur. The process of slow institutional
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Religious and Ethnic Diversity For this assignment I have decided to pick for religion Jehovah Witness and for race I picked Blacks. I pick Jehovah witness because there are many people that think of them as a bother‚ a cult more than a religion. I know there have to be more to that religion that all the negative things that I continue to hear. I picked blacks as my race because I feel that is one race that I can best identify with because have gone through some of the same things over
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Racial Segregation in the United States is defined as legal or social practice of separating groups of people by custom or by law based on differences of race‚ religion‚ wealth‚ culture‚ or sexual orientation (www.worldbook.com). Segregation is usually the result of a long period of group conflict‚ with one group having more power and influence than another group. Racial segregation in its modern form started in the late 1800’s and provides a means of maintaining the economic advantages and superior
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countless others will experience some form of racial profiling‚ and many Americans do not have to imagine being in this type of situation‚ because it has been there reality for quite some time. Americans are being subjected to racial profiling by local law enforcement agencies‚ security guards‚ airport security and the federal government at alarming rates. In 2005‚ The Department of Justice released a report that documenting the disparity in regards to racial profiling by law enforcement. That report
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Worsening Racial Inequality through Recession Racial inequality has indeed become less common than in the past‚ but it is still very much present in our current everyday society. It may be true that the overt practices such as slavery‚ beatings‚ or blatant segregation are rare‚ but our American culture is progressing towards more covert racism‚ discrimination and segregation. This form is just as painful to subordinate groups‚ although increasingly discrete. There are many reasons to which we
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Although demeaning and offensive racial stereotypes were pervasive in popular media of every kind during the 20th century‚ most observers would agree that the media is much more sensitive to representations of race today. But the pernicious effects of that stereotyping live on in the new racism arising from disparities in the treatment of stories involving whites and people of color in a ratings-driven news market‚ media-enhanced isolationism as a result of narrowcasting‚ and other sources. This
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