intentional discrimination can be carried out from an individual standpoint as well as in a more structured setting such as in the arena of the work place or education system. Many people see intentional discrimination only when it is at its most blatant. These are cases wherein there is direct abuse or sub-standard treatment based on race or immigrant status. It also includes hate crime attacks on homosexuals based solye on sexual orientation. These are very individually based acts‚ but intentional
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Both hint at the idea of their partners’ flirting and infidelity as the breaking point. Sprea says “How slobbishly he carried on affairs” almost as if the speaker’s husband was so blatant about his cheating that he didn’t even try to hide it—an absolute insult to the ex-wife. Browning‚ however‚ is a little more subtle. “She thanked men‚--good! But thanked somehow—I know not how.” Both spouses knew and tolerated it at first‚ but not in the end. I find it interesting how both speakers have such
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Rape by Adrienne Rich Adrienne Rich’s blatant poem‚ Rape‚ speaks a strong theme of a distrust of male authority. She establishes a male audience in the first stanza (the phrase "brothers" indicates male bonds)‚ in order to show them what one of their brethren a cop‚ a figure of authority perverted to one of death ("machinery to kill you") has a sexist attitude‚ not in despite of his morals‚ but because of them. Rich’s portrait of the cop is one that shifts from a physical
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Questions of Identity African American teens tend to racially group amongst themselves because race has been a central theme throughout American history; from the Constitution to the Civil War to the denial of African American citizenship and social participation. Tatum (2003) noted in her essay‚ “Why are all the Black Children Sitting together in the Cafeteria?” an excerpt from our textbook‚ From Inquiry to Academic Writing: A Text and Reader (2008)‚ that ‘racial grouping begins by the sixth and
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The death penalty is an archaic procedure which operates on a rampant racial bias. Its use is not only tremendously expensive but also ineffective in complying to its purpose : deterring crime and controlling criminal behavior. The courts have struggled to define “ cruel and unusual‚” because the term is ultimately vague and the definitions applied to terms like cruel and unusual change over time. Customs also change over time as societies viewpoints and ideologies adapt to into the future. An example
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States‚ as elsewhere‚ the risk for mortality‚ morbidity‚ unhealthy behaviors‚ reduced access to health care and poor quality of care increases with decreasing socioeconomic circumstances (CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report‚ 2011). Bias in the health care situation is most often indirect and universal (Halwani‚ 2011). Indirect discrimination occurs when "exactly the same services are provided to everybody‚ but when cultural‚ religious‚ linguistic or other reasons it is not possible
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It isn’t outrageous to assume that those in power will slight their influence and abilities in a manner that will best accommodate them; even at the expense of those not in power. The United States of America is no exception when one is to investigate their past actions. From its most primal beginnings‚ American law has been selective in who it will be applied to and who it will protect. The trend‚ in the cases of the native peoples of the Americas and the Pacific‚ has been to manipulate‚ oppress
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motorcycle this part travelogue‚ part voyage of self-discovery could‚ on the face of it be said to have been conceived and executed pretty much along the lines of Robert M. Pirsig’s Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. 1 However there are a number of subtle differences in style and approach‚ which I believe distances this book somewhat from Mr. Pirsig’s seminal work. Whilst Zen catalogues one man’s personal odyssey both literally and philosophically‚ Miss Pierson’s journey not only encompasses those
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descriptions of the geography and societal set-up of the Utopian cities‚ More challenges his readers to be witty and intelligent enough themselves to be able to pick up and gain the full effect of not only his blatantly satirical comments‚ but his more subtle jabs and side remarks as well (such as his use of particular Greek words). Some of his less obvious references require the reader to have some scholarly background‚ such as a general knowledge of the languages of Latin and Greek. He also‚ through
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Jackson begins with fairly subtle nudges‚ describing a group of schoolboys gathering stones in their pockets‚ “...selecting the smoothest and roundest stones...” and three of the boys making “a great pile of stones in one corner of the square...” (Jackson 122-123). The meaning behind
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