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    media coverage‚ and violence against innocent people. The “Black Lives Matter“ movement  was created to bring awareness to the atrocities facing the African American population today. But due to the reasons mentioned previously‚ their efforts aren’t doing much or anything to help‚ and as more and more people of color are being executed the more tension builds between minorities and the police‚ which continues the vicious circle. People of color‚ namely blacks‚ are being killed by the police in ways that

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    eradication of slavery‚ Black people were still ostracized and treated horribly in mainstream society‚ despite claims that they were free. There are widespread notions that Black people were and are treated terribly in the South but that when they move and migrate to other areas‚ the treatment ceases. The lynchings stop‚ the policy changes are better‚ and the micro-aggressions are nonexistent‚ but this is simply not the case. The idea that the South was the only place where Black people were mistreated is

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    Black Lives Matter is a chapter based movement‚ meant to affirm the importance of black life. It hosts protests and voices against anti-black crimes committed against black people. “Black Lives Matter is a unique contribution that goes beyond extrajudicial killings of Black people by police and vigilantes.” as said by the Black Lives Matter website. The “extrajudicial killings” referring to the deaths of Black Americans caused by the police and independent persons. Black Lives Matter also stands

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    issues affecting children with special needs background in and knowledge of educational issues and issues affecting NEW YORK‚ NY children with special needs. In the spirit of Pedro Zamora’s work to curb HIV transmission and improve the lives of HIV positive people‚ AIDS Action offers a public policy fellowship in his name. The Pedro Zamora Public Policy Fellowship is an excellent opportunity for young professionals‚ undergraduate and graduate students who seek experience in HIV related public policy

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    William Carlos Williams once said that there are “no ideas but in things‚” while Anne Lamott states “No spirituality but in people and places.” These two phrases might sound different from each other at first‚ but allude to the same concept. They both agree that ideas and spirituality comes out of people and places. This concept intercepts into Lamott’s central theme of Traveling Mercies: God’s grace works through people and places. This theme can be seen in various places of the book‚ but especially

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    bridge‚ I noticed someone wrote a message on the cement. In bold white letters the message read: “Black Lives Matter”. Usually I don’t get bothered by anything so easily‚ but seeing that just irritated me. The immediate thought that ran through my head was of course black lives matter. The fact that you state it diminishes its value. That statement should not even come to mind. That’s how racism lives; even though it can’t be subconsciously inevitable‚ we can stop talking about racism and that’s how

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    “The Black Lives Matter movement is a nationwide chapter-based organization that is committed to validating the lives of African-Americans” (About the Black Lives Matter network‚ 2016). It is made to be a support system for African Americans that are wrongfully abused and accused of crimes by law enforcement. “The Black Lives Matter movement represents a renewed effort on the part of the African-American community in the United States to counter the violent racism that continues to linger throughout

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    shows‚ people could get many positive effects about black people. When someone said that was negative things about the black people’s role‚ Bill Cosby said that how long must the black people postpone a drug addict or pimp? Black children should show a positive role model that they can take pride in. There were not easy to find the positive effects or opinions about black people because there were too many discrimination. A Korean friend who live in United States said that she felt the black people

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    All people who belong to INDIA have taken birth in INDIA and have grown up in INDIA and were educated in INDIA………everything in INDIA but why are they going to foreign countries and are living in other countries? What is there in those countries..? I never understand this. I think whatever there in those countries is also present in our country. Those people who go to those countries will be living in those foreign countries and will be saying bad words to our country and we’ll

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    There have been many movements and causes to push for equality such as Black Lives Matter‚ gender identity‚ and women’s rights. These movements thrive in college campuses due to the usual lack of diversity and the push of equality. The future for these movements are astoundingly bright and will always prosper in college communities. There is a huge possibility that these types of movements can impact the climate on campuses. With the push of gender equality on campuses‚ it can help diminish the amount

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