The Official English Question page: 88-90 James Crawford‚ in his article “The Official English Question‚” evaluates whether it is proper to declare English as America’s official language. Historically‚ there has not been much success in trying to declare English as the official language. In 1923‚ there was a bill designating the national language to be “American‚” designed to offend the British Empire but the bill was never passed. In 1780‚ John Adams faced opposition when he tried to set
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relation to race and ethnicity in sentencing decisions. Empirical data demonstrates vast disparity and reveals a juxtaposition of conflicting theories pertaining to race‚ ethnicity‚ and sentencing outcomes. For many years‚ people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds have been over-represented throughout the criminal justice system. Walker (2003)‚ Spohn (2000‚ 2002)‚ Kault (2002) and DeLone (2000‚ 2003) have researched extensively on this topic and theorise that there are several facets of what
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Racial and ethnic groups ETH 125 Racial and ethnic groups Habeeb Akande (2013) said “Religious discrimination is not like racial discrimination. One you choose for yourself‚ the other God chose for you”. When a person is born into a group‚ like Hispanic‚ they make no choice. When a person joins a religion‚ like Jehovah’s Witnesses‚ it is by choice. Some people are brought to a religion by family‚ but at some point they make a choice to stay‚ or not to stay‚ involved. Whether it is religious
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In “Racial-Ethnic Identity among Afro-Latinos on the Los Angeles Region”‚ Anulkah Thomas talks about afro-Latinos who struggle with their identity. They struggle with their identity because they have two or more different ethnicity. There is this study which involves college and graduate students in Los Angeles area. When the authors talks about afro Latino‚ she mentions that their community is the most affected by it. Their community is affected by it because Americans don’t know about this community
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Examine the reasons why some sociologists choose to use official statistics when conducting research. Firstly‚ official statistics are a source of secondary quantitative data which are gathered by the government or other official bodies. Many reasons for their use by sociologists when conducting research stems from the fact that they are a form of secondary data; meaning that they are not collected by the sociologist themselves. This makes them high in practicality‚ representativeness and reliability
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Government Responses During the Great Depression‚ Canada’s federal governments were slow to respond effectively to the crises that were provoked. Mackenzine King’s government (1925-30) felt it was best to leave the problems alone; he believed in laissez- faire‚ in other words the economy would get fixed on its own. King was impassionate in balancing the budget and a limited government role. He also believed that the downturn was caused by the business community and an adverse climate cycle‚ which
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|Cultural Diversity | Copyright © 2010‚ 2005‚ 2004 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course focuses on the issues‚ challenges‚ and opportunities presented by U.S. population diversity. Workplace issues related to employee diversity in terms of gender‚ race or ethnicity‚ socioeconomic class‚ and cultural background are emphasized. Policies Faculty and students will be held responsible for understanding
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Ethnic Diversity and Economic Performance Citation Alesina‚ Alberto‚ and Eliana La Ferrara. 2005. Ethnic diversity and economic performance. Journal of Economic Literature 43(3): 762-800. doi:10.1257/002205105774431243 October 7‚ 2012 10:32:49 PM EDT http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:4553005 This article was downloaded from Harvard University ’s DASH repository‚ and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material‚ as set forth at http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL
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Official statistics are published by the Home Office regarding the number of different types of crimes committed and the backgrounds of those responsible. Official statistics are published annually and are used to compare the difference in crime year by year‚ from this government policies are revised and adjusted where they see fit. Some sociologists see the statistics as an invaluable source of information whereas others question their accuracy. Positivists and Functionalists have taken official
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Our Governments Education System If you stop random students on campus and ask their opinion on the governments handle on the education system you will undoubtedly get a different response every time. From students having a grasp on the topic and others being virtually clueless in both formal and informal education this begs the question “does society as a whole place any value on education today?” If so how much of this alleged value has changed through the years? For most of my formal education
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