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    The Great Depression had a huge effect on the people. Some people die but‚ some other people live but suffer from poorness‚ illness‚ and from hunger. But other people live and have nice lives but‚ deep down they still remember their depression. The people here are very poor and hungry. The people get only about 10 cents a week or about 69 cents a month. The people had to sometimes borrow money from other people or relatives. The text said that they were penniless and they need money so they could

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    2011 Throughout A Separate Peace Gene’s changes are due to his surroundings and the people that are surrounding him. Sometimes the people you are around can change the way you feel and your emotions. Gene is surrounded by many different people such as Brinker‚ Finny‚ and Quackenbush. When Gene’s surroundings change so does he. Throughout the book his emotions change‚ he gets hot headed and at times attacks people‚ he gets jealous of finny‚ he feels sorry for what he has done‚ and at times envious

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    Most of us pass by people we don’t normally notice in our everyday lives. Others pass by people and immediately ‘judge a book by it’s cover’. I usually never pay attention to those who I pass by because I am either too busy focusing on where I am going or have too much on my mind. I am not a multitasker. The only time I actually pay attention to someone is when they’re expressing their wardrobe‚ creating attention‚ or having a unique hairstyle. That is when I judging them inside my mind which is

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    Depression affected the people that lived through it in many ways. The things at I am going to explain are some of the things that affected the people who lived through the Great Depression. Having barely any money was one of the things that affected them. Also having less supplies affected them too. Having to take care of kids too also might have affected the people during the Great Depression. First‚ I am going to talk about how having almost no money affected the people. It affected them because

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    affected people in many ways. Machines were built‚ jobs were lost‚ cities became overcrowded‚ young children started working‚ and poverty spread. Before the Industrial Revolution‚ most people lived in the countryside‚ which was quite isolated. People were generally poor‚ and often went to bed hungry. There were no machines. Those who weren’t involved in agriculture made their income with ‘cottage industries.’ This was usually sewing‚ household manufacturing‚ or lace-making. Most people were illiterate

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    What are stereotypes? Stereotypes are an overgeneralization applied to an entire group of people. There are many ways that stereotypes are portrayed in society such as jokes‚ literature‚ and other forms of media in our culture. They are typically based on minimal knowledge about a group. People may be grouped based on race‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ sexual orientation‚ gender or community. A number of theories have been derived from the sociological studies of stereotyping and prejudicial thinking.

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    and atmosphere of models lies the world and atmosphere of stereotypes and misconceptions. Stereotypes categorize a group of people and tend to be exaggerated within those categorizations. Misconceptions are formed by built up stereotypes‚ are also exaggerated and are concluded by faulty thinking and facts that are incorrect. Humans tend to turn to making stereotypes because its a natural instinct to do so as in ones mind‚ one controls how they perceive others usually starting upon ones intitial appearance

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    Redheaded people are a rarity in this world. Their genetic makeup allows them advantages over non-gingers as well as disadvantages. Inevitably‚ there are also plenty of misconceptions and stereotypes about redheaded people that have led to taunting‚ mistrust‚ and even violence throughout history. If you have ever wondered how to become a ginger‚ sit down because Zoe is about to give you a step by step guide. Step one: You must have the gene that causes red hair. This gene is recessive and

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    Stereotypes around people with disabilities Imagine going down a hallway at school or work and seeing someone with a disability stopped in the hallway talking to someone who is not his or her caretaker . Other people in the hallways are waving and saying hello to that person. Once that person is done interacting with people‚ he or she walks into his or her own office to work his or her own day job. This seems like a fairly normal scenario except the fact that the person who has a disability is getting

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    1. In the podcast episode “How using Ebonics affects Black people”‚ linguistic John Rickford introduces the argument that where Black Americans live affects how they speak. When black Americans move to more prosperous neighborhoods‚ they tend to talk less in Ebonics. Instead of talking in their native dialect‚ black Americans adopt more of mainstream speech to help navigate them in larger society. Rickford even contends that they are bidualectal and are fluent in both standard English and Ebonics

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