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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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    scale. Since there‚ there have been numerous findings about harmful effects of smoking cigarettes. They affect three problems: health‚ family and environment and society. However‚ according to Richmond (1994)‚ nicotine produces a good effect for the individual in a way that it helps people relieve stress and generates a certain “calming effect”. Besides‚ Hollywood and other media productions associate smoking with manliness‚ and maturity Harmful effects of smoking on our health Every year thousands

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    The “Great Colonial Divide” with the 3 prominent colonial powers competing for power and control of the continent. Various methods and strategies are utilized to their advantage. France‚ for example‚ prioritized alliances with the natives and endorsed the idea of trading using fur. The Spanish however sought gold and silver and wanted to gain power via religion‚ therefore the catholic church was a major turning point when it came towards conquest. The English were a mix of both‚ encouraging trade

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    Racial Microaggressions

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    The idea of racial microaggressions has been around since the 1970s‚ you may not know any extremists‚ you think “I don’t hate black people‚ so I’m not racist”‚ but you benefit from discrimination. There are certain privileges and opportunities you have that you do not even realize since you have not been deprived in certain ways. Racial microaggressions are a type of perceived racism. They are more subtle and ambiguous than the more hostile or explicit expressions of racism‚ such as racial discrimination

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    The Racial Contract

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    In The Racial Contract‚ it is argued that contemporary structures of white domination in the United States operate by means of an epistemology of ignorance for white people. White people inadvertently suffer from cognitive dysfunctions such that they cannot understand the racially (and racistly) structured world in which they live and‚ indeed‚ helped create. For Mills‚ while no person of any race is self-transparent‚ becoming a white person entails a particularly extreme form of self-opacity regarding

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    Biofuels: Mandating Harmful Consequences Energy is the common currency of all living things; something all species need. While plants rely directly on the sun for energy‚ humans rely on an array of sources like wind‚ fossil-fuel‚ water‚ solar‚ and more recently biofuels. Of these biofuels‚ which are fuels obtained directly from living plant matter‚ ethanol and biodiesel are the most commonly used. These two sources are typically used to fuel cars‚ trucks‚ aircraft‚ and small-engine machines. Biofuels

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    Racial Institutionalization

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    post-colonialism‚ but the concept of race and phenotypical differences remained embedded in society and in the minds of people throughout different countries. The racial classification and racial hierarchization of the world was a deeply established sociohistorical fact (Winant 135). The post-world war II break brought to light the long gestation of racial tensions that had accumulated in the modern world over centuries‚ and made it clear that a social and political change must occur. The process of slow institutional

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    Is Gaming Harmful for Teenagers? Adults‚ think that children‚ who are in teenage period‚ should focus on their studies rather than gaming on computers or electronic devices. However‚ they still favor their kids to enjoy such healthy leisure-time activities like playing football‚ tennis‚ badminton‚ etc. There are different kinds of activities for young people‚ and video games seem to be one of the most favorite ones of almost teenagers. Playing video games can be good and can be bad to a certain

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    What is a group ? How are we to approach groups? In this article we review the development of theory about groups. We look at some different definitions of groups‚ and some of the key dimensions to bear in mind when thinking about them. [pic][pic] Groups are a fundamental part of social life. As we will see they can be very small - just two people - or very large. They can be highly rewarding to their members and to society as a whole‚ but there are also significant problems and dangers

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    build lasting relationships (Kotler & Armstrong‚ 2008). Direct marketing can be by internet‚ mailings‚ phone calls or in person‚ but is usually directed towards a specific person. The promotion mix is extremely important to marketing. Promotion is the way companies can communicate to the consumers. To build profitable customer relationships it is essential to understand and use the promotional

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