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    Fashion In The 1960's

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    John Fairchild‚ fashion critic during the 1960’s‚ once said “Style is an expression of individualism mixed with charisma. Fashion is something that comes after a style.” Not so long during the 1960s’ the world of fashion was a colorful and creative era ‚ it was filled with many fashion icons and beautiful designs. Clothing trends‚ styles‚ magazine models‚ icons‚and glamour was every girl’s highlight everyday. Throughout the 1960’s‚ the fashion of the time was always changing for teen girls they would

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    Racial Profiling

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    Racial profiling is a controversial topic in today’s society. Many minorities feel targeted by governmental officials such as police officers and U.S. courts. “Statistics have shown that blacks in the U.S. are arrested and imprisoned for committing crimes at higher proportions than any other racial group” (“Crime and Race”)Even though minorities feel targeted by governmental officials and have higher crime rates than whites‚ racial profiling is just an alleged practice. Minorities feel singled out

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    Tamay Robinson Mr. G 12/6/16 U.S History Racial Equality African Americans have a history of struggles because of racism and prejudices. Ever since the end of the Civil War‚ they struggled to benefit from their full rights that the Constitution promised. The fourteenth Amendment‚ which defined national citizenship‚ was passed in 1866. Even though African Americans were promised citizenship‚ they were still treated as if they weren’t equal. The South had an extremely difficult time accepting

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    Racial Prejudice

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    Racial and Class Prejudice By: Chong Koi Jun‚ Sean Woon‚ Sae Xilong‚ Lee Kai Xuan and Matthew Lim Definitions ● Racial prejudice: A strong discriminatory opinion against a certain race of people when some feel there are people of other skin colours which are in a certain respect “inferior” to themselves; they deserve negative treatment. ● Class prejudice: A strong discriminatory opinion against a certain category of people in society‚ usually occurring on the pretext of a more “superior race”

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    Racial Tension

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    individual and every country in world are facing with racial tension. Racial tension can be described as‚ groups of people or more than one race who live around the same area and they are facing a serious conflict with each other. The effect of racial tension can be a everybody’s worst nightmare‚ but the most important is to study the causes of racial tension. The reason to study the causes of racial tension is to understand why and how racial tension happens‚ rather than pointing finger with eye

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    Racial Profiling

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    Huttner- Eng 101 Research Paper 03/27/2012 Racial Profiling Racial Profiling exists in today’s society. It has become a serious issue within communities. Racial Profiling can be defined as the practice of subjecting citizens to increased surveillance or scrutiny based on racial or ethnic factors rather than “reasonable suspicion”. Over the years‚ police and other law enforcement officials have come under fire for using this practice. The issue of racial profiling is determining whether it helps

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    Racial Discrimination

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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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    Racial Classification

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    Racial Classification Black‚ white‚ orange‚ green or purple? What is the difference? The way I look at it is if everyone in the world was colorblind then we wouldn’t know if other people were different colors or not. "If we stop obsessing on race‚ people may actually become colorblind" (Blumner). Almost every battle in our history was started because of some sort of racial controversy. From the 1800’s to present day theses battles have occurred especially the one of September 11‚ 2001.

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    1960's Cultural Changes

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    Cultural and Social Change in the 1960’s The 1960’s in America was a decade characterized by evolving social issues and a rapid growth of many subcultures and culture in general. As their world changed around them and different issues presented themselves‚ people looked for areas of exppression in which their voices could be heard. This led to an explosion in all forms of art and literature. Areas like music changed in such dramatic ways as to rebel against past sounds and styles while civil

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    became a fashion statement. Because of the great depression the 1930’s women got even skinner. There wasn’t much control over this although. Once the second world war passed‚ hips got larger and wider. The women of the 1960’s had a more androgynous and angular figure. In the 1970’s is when men really had to start adapting to body norms‚ so now‚ it wasn’t just the women who had to constantly worry about their bodies. Some men even wore corsets. These ideals relate to the cultural values that exist

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