According to data from the 2010 Census‚ there were nine million individuals in the United States that identified themselves a multiracial (Jones & Bulluck 2012). This was an increase of 2.2 million from the 200 Census. The increase in the number of self-reported multiracial individuals in the U.S. was due partly to the fact that the Census for the first time in 2000 gave the option to choose more than one box when indicating racial identity and in part to the US society’s increased tolerance
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Still to this day‚ slavery and the following inequality in race have brought down the African race in America. Examples like the Freedom Train in the 1940s that made concessions to white Southerners‚ and even as far as today in Hurricane Katrina where government support took incredibly long to respond and aid the people of mostly poor African communities that were flooded. Another example is of the differences in home ownership. “Equity in Owner Occupied Housing is most of the wealth for most Americans”
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The AIDS outbreak in the United States in the late 1980’s prompted education on the prevention of the spread of AIDS by the use of condoms. The AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) Program was established in 1987 by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). A similarity between Thailand and the US is that both countries were concerned and had been for many years regarding the AIDS epidemic. Mechai’s work inThailand focused on prevention
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Social inequality in any society is a multi-faceted and complex issue. This is especially true in the United States‚ which possesses a large and diverse population. Some aspects of the social inequality we experience can fall under the umbrella of "survival of the fittest". For instance‚ competition over the best jobs‚ which in turn lead to more money and enhanced social status would appear to be a clear case of "survival of the fittest". But under closer examination‚ the playing field for this competition
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Research Paper I. Introduction The death penalty in the United States is a constant source of controversy. Efforts to abolish capital punishment in America date back to over 100 years and continue to expand in present-day. In addition‚ all 50 states vary in their retention and application of the death penalty. Currently‚ the death penalty is legal in 32 states‚ the distribution of the actual executions however‚ is quite wide. The five states with the highest number of executions performed account
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Illegal immigration in United States In this text I am going to write about illegal immigration in United States. First I will talk about what illegal immigration is and give you some facts about it in U.S. I will also discuss for and against illegal immigration. I will give you some of mine point of view in the end. When you go to a country without permission and stay there for a long time‚ that´s illegal immigration. Many of these people search for visa and as an answer they get no‚ but still
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A Comparative Study of Abortion Regulation in the United States The United States was defiantly founded on principles of freedom and democracy‚ both of which are held in the most important governmental document. Since this nation’s conception‚ the US Constitution has served as a foundation for identifying the separation of powers between branches of the government‚ and the rights and civil liberties of citizens. In the First Amendment‚ it states‚ “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment
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republic system of checks and balances between the Executive‚ Legislative‚ and Judicial Branches of the Federal government were created with the idea that the people of this nation would be heavily educated in the system and involved. By having a system written out clearly in the Constitution for government to follow‚ the forefathers would be ashamed of the current path of the fed and the lack of respect to Bill of Rights. | “We the People of the United States‚ in Order to form a more perfect Union
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nationalities for religious‚ recreational‚ and medical use. While it is currently illegal in the United States‚ marijuana is legal in European countries such as Holland and Belgium‚ and Amsterdam. Marijuana‚ in its natural form‚ is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man. It can be safely used within a supervised routine of medical care. For marijuana to be illegal in the United States when alcohol poisoning is a major cause of death in this country and nearly half a million premature
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REDUCING TEENAGE PREGNANCY Although the rate of teenage pregnancy in the United States is at its lowest level in nearly 40 years‚ it remains the highest among the most developed countries in the world. Approximately 67.8 per 1‚000 women aged 15–19 — nearly 750‚000 American teenagers — become pregnant each year (Kost and Henshaw‚ 2012). The majority of these pregnancies — 82 percent — are unintended (Finer & Zolna‚ 2011). Moreover‚ because the average age of menarche has reached an all-time low
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