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    Luc Brubaker November 4‚ 2014 The golden age of Hollywood may have ended in the 1960s‚ but it seems Hollywood’s not-so golden attitudes about gender and races are still stuck in that era. The 2014 Hollywood Diversity Report presented by Dr. Darnell Hunt examines the gender and race of actors‚ directors and writers of film and television. It reveals an industry that is still dominated by white men‚ with women and minorities dramatically underrepresented both on and off screen. Through the five theories

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    Racial discrimination has long been a problem in social history. The discrimination of ethnic minorities has been a controversial issue‚ existent in society‚ and workplaces for many years. The implementation of ethnic monitoring and positive discrimination in employment has increased the number of ethnic employees and gone a long way to mend the bridge of inequality which has burdened society for a long time. Another method introduced to try and counter the racial inequality in employment is that

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    Hispanics are often referred to as the fastest growing minority group in the United States. The Texas Credit Union site provided the following statistics. There are 38.8 million people of Hispanic origin residing in the U.S. By 2007‚ the number of Hispanics in the U.S. is expected to reach 50 million (http://www.tcul.coop/Demographic_Information.html). Hispanics are defined as those who claim a Spanish speaking country as their or their ancestor ’s country of origin. Thus‚ the designation of Hispanic

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    The history of colonial is a major reason for race discrimination in Canada. Morrison and Borsa (2014) study that during the history of pre-confederation in Canada‚ colonialist creed and European cultural and racial hegemony contributed to equivocal relationship with Aboriginal people. In brief‚ the interrelation between these two ethnicities was vibrating midst overt hostility and patronizing submission. Morrison and Borsa (2014) also point out that during the process that those colonialist struggled

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    According to the U.S. Census Bureau my community is made up of about 50% Caucasian‚ 41% African-American 0.27% Native American‚ 0.32% Asian‚ 0.03% Pacific Islander‚ and 1.90% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latinos of any race makes up 9.25% of the population. (U.S. Census Bureau‚ 2000) Some racial issues that I deal with in my community are racism‚ lack of equal opportunity and inequities within certain community organizations. Although my community is very diverse‚ I would say that

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    Othello The most important lesson that can be learned from Othello by William Shakespeare is that racial discrimination‚ no matter how subtle‚ towards visible minorities hurts everyone in a multicultural society. Firstmost‚ the constant stream of bigotry surrounding visible minorities negatively impacts the self-worth of those minorities. For example‚ once Desdemona asks her husband to reinstate Cassio‚ Iago plants seeds of doubt in Othello about Desdemona’s unfaithfulness. Othello then contemplates

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    Thesis Statement: Anti-racism‚ racism is one of the major Research support # 1: The term "racial discrimination" shall mean any distinction‚ exclusion‚ restriction or preference based on race‚ color‚ descent‚ or national or ethnic origin which has the purpose or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition‚ enjoyment or exercise‚ on an equal footing‚ of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political‚ economic‚ social‚ cultural or any other field of public life. That I think is true

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    Although many attempts in the coming years have been made to prevent this from continuing‚ racial discrimination is still prevalent in the judicial system‚ and can be seen through examples of unfair sentencing‚ systemic biases‚ and even brutal and unjust punishments. First‚ we should understand where this discrimination stems from. In 1857 the Supreme Court declared Black people as “beings of an inferior order” during the well known Dredd Scott case‚ this was a case that stated black people were

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    important for me to talk about it. Well it’s Racial Discrimination. I’m here to tell you that you aren’t exempt from it. It happens all around the world even in little New Zealand and not just in America or England but here as well. Racial discrimination happens to all of us. We don’t think that it happens in ‘our’ town but it does. We go “not me‚ I treat everyone as equal‚ I don’t discriminate against anyone”. Do you know racial discrimination is defined as ‘views‚ practices and actions reflecting

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    Approved by the states in 1868 after the end of the Civil War‚ the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was made with many intentions in mind. It was shaped to promise equal protection of laws to African Americans and to grant them citizenship because many were freed slaves. The Fourteenth Amendment was the focal point in which segregation in schools was coming to an end as a result of the violations of the due process and equal protection clauses. Racial discrimination in education or

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