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    Racial Profiling

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    Hypothesis/Outline Hypothesis: The events of September 11th has caused racial profiling‚ a practice that was vilified by many just months ago‚ to become a common and accepted practice used by the government‚ airline officials‚ police agencies‚ and the American public. Profiling has also become a necessary tool used to prevent further terrorist attacks on the United States. Map of the Territory: I. Racial profiling is the practice of "selecting someone for investigation or stronger action

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    Using material from Item B and elsewhere‚ assess sociological explanations of ethnic differences both in offending and in victimisation. (21 marks) In terms of offending‚ official statistics tends to over represent ethnic differences in offending and victimisation. However‚ self-report studies carried out by Graham and Bowling found that black and whites have very similar rates of offending‚ while Indians‚ Pakistanis and Bangladeshis had much lower rates. In terms of victimisation‚ black people are

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    Ethnics of Sherman's March

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    Cited: Barth‚ Linda. "What Sherman Missed." American Heritage Vol. 50 Issue 2 (1999). EBSCO Host. 21 Feb. 2005. Elmore‚ Tom. "Head to Head." Civil War Times Illustrated Vol. 40 Issue 7 (2002). EBSCO Host. 21 Feb. 2005. Kennett‚ Lee B. "Hell or High Old Times." America ’s Civil War Vol. 17‚ Issue 6 (2005). EBSCO Host. 19 Feb. 2005. Woodworth‚ Steven E. "The March to the Sea." America ’s Civil War (2004): 70-78. EBSCO Host. 9 Feb. 2005

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    Religious and Ethnic Groups Part 1 Buddhism and Asian Part 2 Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gautama. This is an archetypal figure‚ so he tried to bring him up to life. Buddha formulated the four Noble Truths: suffering exists‚ suffering is caused by attachments‚ ending suffering is possible‚ and there is a way to end suffering though the eightfold path (right view‚ intention‚ speech‚ action‚ livelihood‚ effort‚ mindfulness‚ and concentration). In this way‚ humans can break the cycle of

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    Racial Equality

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    and provides for equality amongst all people. Over the past several decades racial equality has played a significant role in the making of history. America is a country in which racial equality has become an issue that has deepened the measures of civil rights. Before discussing racial equality one must know what racial equality is and why it is imperative to understand how it is portrayed throughout the United States. Racial equality assures that there is fair treatment and theory of equal opportunity

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    English: To Be or Not To Be the Official Language of the United States? For years‚ there has been debate over whether or not the Congress should pass legislation which would make English the official language in the United States of America. On one side of the spectrum‚ supporters of the issue feel that official English would help to unify America under one language‚ thus promoting a faster‚ cost-effective and efficient way of communicating. On the other side of the argument‚ opponents feel

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    Racial Discrimination

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    for years. The origin has a closely bound with the historical slavery and racial discrimination in the US‚ and drives question self to the problem at the first place. From the beginning of the 1960s‚ in order to ease ethnic tensions‚ U.S. federal government actively implements the "affirmative action" policies‚ trying to compensate for centuries’ persecution on blacks and other minorities and promote social justice and racial equality. William J. Wilson points out that the great movement achieved from

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    Racial Disparities

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    Racial Disparities in America’s Judicial System The mandatory imprisonment policies written for the judicial system are creating disparity of minority inmate population primarily due to non-violent drug crimes and the unjust mandatory minimum sentencing laws. America’s prisons are the most populated in the world‚ and they are disproportionately populated by minorities due to the set of mandatory imprisonment policies set in place. Over the past five decades‚ the disparity between races has widened

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    Racial Profiling

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    Racial Profiling By: Lakesha London Could you imagine if you were label as a terrorist because of what you wear‚ skin tone‚ what race you are or what countries you are from? But on the inside of you are just as scared as terrorist yourself. But for hundreds of years racial profiling have been going on‚ not because of when 911 occur. Being a person of color in America automatically put you a caterogy. In my essay I would talk about: racial profiling is a form of discrimination‚ who was the people

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    Philippine Ethnic Architecture - Ethnic culture lies on Phil. Architecture‚ an amalgam on Anglo-Saxon‚ Latin‚ Indian‚ Chinese‚ Japanese & other foreign influences with sensibility of Pre-Hispanic‚ Pre-Western & Southeast Asian. Its Ethos’s is linked with elements and creatures. It draws inspiration from environment. It also responds to man’s communal and social needs. General Characteristics - Ethnic Structures are made of natural materials such as wood‚ vegetations & sometimes molds. The

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