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    The Cold War and U

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    74. Retrieved May 11‚ 2014‚ from http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa074.html Feb 6‚ 1985: The “Reagan Doctrine” is announced (n.d.). Cold War. Retrieved May 11‚ 2014‚ from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-reagan-doctrine-is-announced Jones‚ S. (2013). What Is A Doctrine? Retrieved May 11‚ 2014‚ from http://usforeignpolicy.about.com/od/introtoforeignpolicy/a/What-Is-A-Doctrine.htm Reagan Doctrine (n.d.). Princeton University. Retrieved May 11‚ 2014‚ from https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Reagan_Doctrine

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    Racial Profiling

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    Profiling based on race has become a prevalent method that cops and authority figures use to arrest or question an individual. Racial profiling is most noticed on the highways and in airports. Racial profiling occurs when law enforcement or security officials‚ consciously or unconsciously‚ subject individuals at any location to heightened scrutiny based solely or in part on race‚ ethnicity‚ aboriginality‚ place of origin‚ ancestry‚ or religion‚ or on stereotypes associated with any of these factors

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    Racial Disparity

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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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    “Babylon Revisited” F. Scott Fitzgerald‚ author of “Babylon Revisited” (1931)‚ is regarded by many as “the spokesman of the post—World War I ‘jazz age’ generation” CITATION rob \p 365 \l 1033 (DiYanni 365). Of his many short stories‚ several embodied a loosely based self-reflection of his own personal life experiences leading up to the Stock Market crash of 1929 and the depression that followed CITATION Lin \l 1033 (Goldberg). In “Babylon Revisited‚” he writes a sentimental short story highlighting

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    Racial Discrimination in the Judicial System Sierra Cooper Psychology of Racism May 26‚ 2012 Bibliography Alexander‚ M (2010) The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. New York. The New Press Aylward‚ A (2000). Criminal Injustice: Racism in the Criminal Justice System. Canada. Canadian Scholars Press Cole‚ D (2001). No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American

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    Explain your interest in the major you selected. You may describe a related experience you’ve had to that area of study and/or your future career goals. Please limit your response to approximately 300 words. Wheels crunched over the landscape of rock and sand‚ pushing forward into the desert abyss where maroon vista stretched endlessly into ashen horizon. Imprints trailed behind Curiosity‚ its metal body shining brighter than the white sun casting indigo streaks in the cloudless sky. A buzzer snaps

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    latest abst Inbox Feb 10 13:19 To: sunitha ayyappan Show details RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN TONI MORRISON’S “THE BLUEST EYE” ABSTRACT: Racial Discrimination is when a person is treated less favourably than another person in a similar situation because of their race‚ colour‚ national or ethnic origin or immigrant status. In The Bluest eye ‚Morrison took a different approach to the traditional White-Versus-Black racism. She acknowledged that most people are unaware of the racism that exists

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    "Babylon Revisited" Context ’’Babylon Revisited’’ is widely considered to be the apex of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short stories‚ of which there are more than a hundred. Like many of his works‚ ’’Babylon Revisited’’ was loosely based on Fitzgerald’s own life. Fitzgerald was born on September 24‚ 1896 in Saint Paul Minnesota. He was named Francis Scott Key‚ after a distant relative‚ and the writer of the American national anthem. Fitzgerald spent his childhood years in the United States—Buffalo

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    Supermax Prisons

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    The Federal Bureau of Prisons oversees 114 correctional institutions throughout the United States. Most of them are classified as Minimum to Medium security‚ Levels I-IV. These facilities house everyday criminals‚ and only contain a very small number of high-profile‚ high risk inmates. There are 22 prisons‚ however‚ that are dedicated to keeping the most dangerous humans in the country off the streets. These are Super-Maximum Security prisons‚ or Supermax. They are classified as Levels V-VI‚ and

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    Mission Statement  • To live every day for the betterment of my life and the lives of those around me. • To have only a positive effect on the lives of the people whom I interact with on a daily basis. • To see each day as an important stepping stone to eventually achieving my goals‚ and contributing to the greater good of society.   Vision Statement In five years I intend to be happily married‚ and continuing to live a happy life as I am now.  I intend to be planning a family

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