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    I. Background of the Study * OBJECTIVES: 1. To know what is discrimination and its types or forms 2. To know the reasons why people discriminate 3. To have a full understanding as to the relation between discrimination‚ prejudice‚ and stereotype. * METHODOLOGY: A. Interview or Survey B. Library Research C. Searching through Online materials II. Review of Related Literature Article 2 Section 11 of the Philippine Constitution: The Declaration of Principles

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    In the 1950s‚ fewer than 50‚000 americans out of the total us population of 150 million‚ were subjected to the communist party that had captivated the nation. Americans had constantly feared international communist party midea and started believing communists were everywhere leading to a mass hysteria throughout the United States. This mass hysteria that captivated the U.S. was named Red Scare. Government officials and loyalty boards started investigating millions of federal employees‚ asking personal

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    Racial Dicrimination

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    Capstone: Racial Profiling by Law Enforcement One of the most imperative elements of today’s society is the Criminal Justice System. The criminal justice system’s purpose is to uphold social control‚ deter and mitigate crime‚ and sanction those who violate laws with criminal penalties and rehabilitation efforts. While conducting research I have identified three issues that need to be addressed. These issues can be fixed with research and effort to correct issue. The three issues include racial

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    Racial Stereotypes

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    Cierra Washington LAN 1080-83733 Racial Stereotypes in American Popular Culture and Media A "stereotype" can be defined simply as; a process for making metal printing plates‚ or a plate made by this process (the process of a stereotype). Another definition for the word‚ more commonly used‚ means a simplified or standardized conception and/or image of a particular group. The old definition of "stereotype" relates to the sociological definition of the word‚ in that it is a taking from a “mold cast

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    Reverse Discrimination

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    Reverse discrimination Affirmative action is not the source of discrimination‚ but the vehicle for removing the effects of discrimination. The Labor Department report found less than 100 reverse discrimination cases among more than 3‚000 discrimination opinions by the U.S. District Court and the Court of Appeal between 1990 and 1994. Discrimination was established in only six cases. The report found that‚ "Many of the cases were the result of a disappointed applicant…. erroneously assuming that

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    What Is Discrimination

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    the sources you use. What is discrimination? How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping? Discrimination is the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons. (Racial and Ethnic Groups - Chp. 3‚pg.61) Discrimination is different from prejudice in the following ways. Prejudice depends upon how a person thinks and feels about a certain group of people. Discrimination is actually acting upon those thoughts

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    Racial Formation

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    From the article "Racial formations"‚ Micheal Omi and Howard Winant state that race is social concept instead of biological concept. They explain that everyone views race differently and how race influence the society‚ how it is classified. The important concern the order of race is force by society‚ politics and economy. They explain that race is social concept; it is process of racial formation. Society determines the meaning of race and it is a process during which racial identity is created

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    Computers in the 1950's

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    Computers in the 1950 ’s People have been in awe of computers since they were first invented. At first scientist said that computers would only be for government usage only. "Then when the scientists saw the potential computers had‚ scientist then predicted that by 1990 computers may one day invade the home of just about ever citizen in the world" ("History" Internet)‚ the scientists were slightly wrong‚ because by 1990 computers were just beginning to catch on. Then a few years later when scientists

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    School Life in the 1950's

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    School Life in the 1950’s School Life in the 1950’s was harder than today because the facilities were few and inadequate. Teachers were stricter and corporal punishment was still in use. They had fewer subjects and wealth‚ discrimination‚ sexism and racism meant they could only do certain subjects. After World War 2 there was a baby boom and as a result in the 1950’s schools were quickly filling up as the children enrolled. The enrolments increased as much as 30% over the ‘baby-boomers’ decade. In

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    Racial profiling

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    "Racial Profiling" refers to the discriminatory practice by law enforcement officials of targeting individuals for suspicion of crime based on the individual’s race‚ ethnicity‚ religion or national origin. Criminal profiling‚ generally‚ as practiced by police‚ is the reliance on a group of characteristics they believe to be associated with crime. Examples of racial profiling are the use of race to determine which drivers to stop

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