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    Danielle Garcia Mrs. Ramirez ERWC P.3 7 November 2016 Racial Profiling in America Judging people based on race is just simply morally wrong. Racial Profiling is wrong‚ not only morally but because it makes people feel uncomfortable with who they are‚ it is ethically and constitutionally wrong‚ and law enforcement officials use it as a hidden agenda. Many people racially profile when they have no knowledge of what that certain person is like. It is ridiculous that people discriminate against blacks

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    America Televising the Holocaust During the 1950’s The events that took place during the Holocaust began to make its way to film during post-World War II America. In the 1950’s‚ the film The Diary of Anne Frank‚ and the Judgment at Nuremberg and the TV show This is Your Life gave the American audience an understanding of the disturbing events. The objective‚ of most TV and film writers that chose to portray the Holocaust‚ was to get the American audience to connect with the Jewish people. Through

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    the Sikh religion? Sikhism is a very little known religion in America‚ yet it is the fifth largest in the world. This monotheistic religion was founded in Punjab‚ India by Guru Nanak in the 15th century. Sikh discrimination is a very small and unknown topic‚ no one knows about it and it hasn’t been thoroughly explored yet. If anything‚ people only know that only Muslims have hate crimes against them in a post 9/11 world. People have racial anxiety‚ islamophobia‚ and discontent to people of color‚ and

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    TITLE Throughout history‚ America has been one of the most preferred destinations for immigrants because it is said to bring opportunities. It is said to be the land of freedom but in many cases‚ it has not provided the freedom not protection to certain groups of people. Even though America is a country made up of immigrants‚ many of them have faced‚ and are facing many challenges. The two most significant challenges that immigrants face in the U.S. are discrimination and xenophobia. Many immigrants

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    Racial Inequality In America Over the past decade there have been many cases of racial inequality‚ specifically police officers. 3 cases over the years define social inequality‚ 3 white police officers shot an unarmed black man in LA‚ a unarmed teen in Cincinnati shot and killed by a police officer‚ and the 3 officers in Minnesota who won’t be disciplined for shooting and killing an unarmed black man. The first case is 3 White police officers shooting and killing an unarmed black man. “Marquise

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    As a woman‚ I found the discussion about gender discrimination to most interesting. Gender discrimination is prejudice based on a person’s sex or gender and mainly affects women. In the late eighteen-hundreds women began entering the workforce and immediately were discriminated against. Minority women entered the workforce because they needed to earn money for survival. Where they once were enslaved and living on plantations they were freed blacks and had to provide a living for them and their children

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    relations between racism in America to better understand the prejudice whites mainly have on people of color (Is Racism on the Decline in America). Clearly‚ throughout time there has been “declines in expressions of prejudice‚ negative stereotyping‚ and resistance to equality by Whites” (Is Racism on the Decline in America?). While there is less direct discrimination occurring in society‚ indirect discrimination still occurs to date. Indirect discrimination refers to “discrimination by means of rules‚ regulations

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    Parallels between the Crucible and America in the 1950s In these two particular time periods‚ there were a substantial amount of similarities. The most apparent one was that everyone lived in fear; scared that they would be prosecuted based on accusations‚ whether they were factual or not‚ and the personnel in both scenarios made the situations as serious as they were. One key element to both the Salem Witch Trials and America in the 1950s was the punishment for refusing to confess‚ and the reward

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    Racism and racial discrimination is a relevant issue in the United States and around the world. The definition of racism is “prejudice‚ discrimination‚ or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior.” It’s unbelievable to me that we judge one another depending on the color of our skin. Surprisingly‚ as if there is something burned in the back of my mind‚ sometimes I feel thoughts of racism; Even though I know it is not what I truly believe

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    Economic ties between US and the allies 29. What German practice during World War I most outraged Americans? 629-630 and lecture notes . Submarine warfare; sinking of the Lusitania 30. Would it be accurate to say that after l915 Wilson followed a policy of preparing for war while working to stay at peace?

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