Environmental Racism in Los Angeles and its Formation The siting of a $500 million railyard project backed by BNSF Railroad Company‚ which recently won the approval from Los Angeles Harbor Commissioners and Los Angeles City Council‚ has been a highly debated issue in Long Beach‚ Los Angeles. According to a report from Pacific Swell‚ ‘The BNSF railway’s project would serve as a transfer point between the harbor complex and rail. Short-haul trucks would travel four miles up the freeway to move
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BERNIE CENICEROS Title: Say NO To Racism Topic: People must learn to avoid racism and correct those who don ’t Thesis: No matter how much we think we ’ve evolved as humans‚ racism holds us back Intro: I.Attention Gaining Strategy: how many of you have witnessed or been a victim of racism? II.¼ high-schoolers are racially abused every year III. No matter how much we think we ’ve evolved as humans‚ racism holds us back IV. My main points are why racism is wrong‚ why people move here‚ and
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Participatory Development: Theory and Practice. London: Intermediate Technology Publications. Paraskeva‚ J. (2006). Portugal Will Always Be An African Nation! A Calibanian Prosperity Or A Prospering Caliba. In D. Macedo & P. Gounary (Eds) Globalization of racism‚ (pp. 241 – 268). Boulder: Paradigm. Porter‚ C. (2005). IDS40 Roundtable Discussion. Retrieved on December 1‚ 2008 fromhttp://74.125.45.132/search?q=cache:8SOK6FMaCOYJ:www.ids.ac.uk/UserFiles /File/events/2006/mozambique_final.doc+%22often+afraid+of+donors%22+porter&
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Hispanic families and children are presented with many obstacles especially in accessing health care. The language barrier and lack of insurance make it difficult for them to access sustainable medical care. As a result‚ they become prone to communal diseases that are either water or air-borne. Hispanics and Latinos normally live in communities where their culture values relationships and the communal unit. This makes them more exposed to health hazards especially when there is an outbreak of a particular
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Alcohol Abuse among Hispanics Hispanics are the largest and most rapidly growing ethnic group in the United States‚ making up about 17 percent of the population‚ or more than 50 million people. Research shows that drinking patterns among Hispanics are different from those of non-Hispanic Whites and other ethnic or racial groups (National Institute of Alcohol and Alcoholism‚ 2015). Hispanics’ drinking problem is associated with low socioecomic status such as poverty and low education‚ acculturation
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Racism is still a major issue in America today. These two recent films‚ "Do the Right Thing" by Spike Lee and "Two Towns of Jasper" by Whitney Dow and Marco Williams‚ were made to expose these truths about American society‚ to better educate the people of America‚ and help prevent situations such as these from taking place. Both of these of these films‚ "Do the Right Thing" and "Two Towns of Jasper" relate to the theory of exclusive multiculturalism. Exclusive multiculturalism is when a group
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On October 12th I volunteered in union with the Multicultural Center at the annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration‚ the apex of a series of events that took place across Hispanic Heritage Month‚ helping to educate the campus about Hispanic culture. The celebration took place in the Galaxy rooms in the SU from 7to 9pm which featured a talent show‚ a country flag display‚ a mariachi performance‚ a poetry recitation‚ followed by a traditional cultural meal. I chose to volunteer at this event because
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takes away important minerals from the leaves and the soil. Minerals are like vitamins for trees and plants. Without them‚ trees and plants cannot grow properly. They lose their leaves and become very weak. They are no longer strong enough to fight against illnesses and frost. They become very ill and can even die. Acid rain has a terrible effect on water life. Even if the acid rain does not fall straight into the lake‚ for example‚ it may enter from rivers and streams. Some of the life in the lake
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or work because he/she is basing the student’s performance on his/her race and culture‚ then that student has a narrow chance of succeeding in the classroom. Systemic racism describes what happens when institutions discriminate‚ either deliberately or indirectly‚ against certain groups of people to limit their rights. Systemic racism in America exists and all students are not treated equally when everyone needs to have the same opportunities to excel. Accordingly‚ educational resources in the United
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Institutional Racism After reading the article on the Huffington Post titled Institutional Racism I see that this type of Racism is still running rampant in our American society. The article notes that “The old definition of institutional racism is simply put as racism that is done by habit‚ rather than one that is done by intent.” (Slayton‚ 2009‚ para. 3) This form of Institutional Racism is found within our political system‚ watched daily by the way that the right-wing conservatives speak
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