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    Dark Girls

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    “Dark Girls” The 2012 documentary Dark girls‚ is a fascinating and controversial film by American filmmakers‚ Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry. It goes underneath the surface to explore the prejudice‚ dark-skinned women face throughout the world. It explores the roots of classism‚ racism and the lack of self-esteem within a segment of cultures. Dark girls shows the many struggles which women of darker skin face. It allows women of all ages to tell their stories of the damage done to their self-esteem

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    Stand Your Ground Laws

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    Stand Your Ground Law On February 26‚ 2012‚ the 17 year old Trayvon Martin was fatally shot by George Zimmerman in Sanford‚ Florida. After the shooting‚ Zimmerman wasn’t arrested because of the "Stand Your Ground" laws. This sparked concerns and feelings during the trial and after. This paper will examine the "Stand Your Ground" laws in all aspects. Through this careful examination it will be revealed that the "Stand Your Ground" laws was relevant in the Zimmerman trial. The "Stand Your

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    A Girl Is Shunned

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    In the story “Shunned‚” a girl is shunned from society because she is different and has gone against what everyone else believes in. She was shunned “to keep bad things from happening in a community. But it doesn’t correct [her] life gone wrong” (Hall 50). Society shuns all the

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    Save Girl

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    Women are the receiving end in Indian society. They are will treated or tortured at every stage. A girl child is in bondage from her very childhood. She is under constant‚ vigil First by the parents‚ then her husband and finally her own children. Not only that‚ she is often condemned to death even before she is born. This is called female killing in the womb itself. In ancient India the birth of a girl child was hailed as auspicious. An old Indian proverb lies down that a home without a daughter is

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    Girl Monologue

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    Hi‚ so welcome to my new story‚ I’ll be trying to update quicker and more often with this story. So the girl on the bottom is Lily‚ and her outfit is the yellow&white one‚ and the one on the top is Izabella‚ her outfit is the black one. Izabella is 16 and Lily is 14. I hope you like the story and umm adios! ••••• Izabella’s POV "Will all the girls starting from ages 12 through 16 come downstairs please! We have visitors‚ please dress appropriately!" Our orphanage director shouts through the loudspeaker

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    Stand Your Ground Law

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    Stand your ground law Keion Samuel Mr. Jimenez 10 February 2014 The “Stand your ground” law is a very misused and misunderstood laws in the state of Florida. The law states that if a person feels threatened‚ they can retaliate with extreme force. Even if it is deadly force. The law actually states: Use of force in defense of person.—A person is justified in using force‚ except deadly force‚ against another when and to the extent that the person

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    Boys and Girl

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    Boys and Girls‚ a short story by Alice Munro‚ deals with the theme of female role in society‚ but more so with the theme of growing up. The narrator’s journey to acceptance of her female role is more important in the sense that it is her transition into adulthood than for the exact role she is growing into. However‚ as the narrator’s role changes‚ conflict between masculinity and femininity occurs. Munro uses the narrator’s parents as symbolic of their sexes‚ where the narrator’s‚ the girl’s mother

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    Juvenile Competency to Stand Trial Marcia Kasmarcik FPSY-6125 Assessment in Forensic Psychology Settings Walden University October 23‚ 2011 Juvenile Competency to Stand Trial In this paper we will examine competency to stand trial‚ more specifically juvenile competency to stand trial. Competency to stand trial has to do with the defendant’s state of mind at the time of the trial. An individual is judged competent to stand trial if he or she understands the nature of the proceedings

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    Antigua Girl

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    Women have been oppressed by those of the opposite sex for years‚ which has led us to where we are today. “Girl” seems to have been written during a time period when women were looked down upon and had to act a certain way in order to maintain a good image. A little back story on the author allows you to see the point of view from which this short story was written. “Girl” was published to bring Antigua’s rich history to light where the author experienced what is was like to be a female in a poor

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    A Teenage Girl

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    I chose the scenario‚ A teenage girl is "in love" with her 17-year-old boyfriend. He is encouraging her to have sex with him saying that he will make sure they only have "protected" sex. This actually happens often these days with youth; they have the want to experiment a lot. There are five components in which wise judgments could be used. First‚ there is emotional intelligence which has four components; emotional perception and expression‚ emotional facilitation of thought‚ emotional understanding

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