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    known as the Black Lives Matter movement targets the use of systemic racism internationally in response to the more recent use of violence against black communities‚ especially in the United States. There are members of the movement from all over the United States representing the thirteen distinct principles and values of the movement: diversity‚ globalism‚ black women‚ black villages‚ loving engagement‚ restorative justice‚ collective value‚ empathy‚ queer affirming‚ unapologetically black‚ transgender

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    National Discipline Awardee‚ What Can I Do To Make This Country A Better Place To Live In? Is our country still a better place to live in? If we will to analyze the situations now‚ there were many incidents that took place in our country. Our country suffers from addictions‚ poverty‚ corruption‚ injustices‚ murders‚ prostitutions‚ terrorism‚ environmental abuses and others. Amidst the perceived problems‚ we are still optimistic for our country. We still hope for the best. I am very fortunate

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    Why are people living longer? The fact that people today are living longer than in the past is obvious. A certain number of people can live over a hundred years these days. But why is that? There are many factors contributing to this which I would like to describe in the following paragraphs. It is commonly known that the cause of most deaths is illness. Thanks to technological and scientific advancement‚ we have discovered lots of ways to prevent them. Medicines‚ medical

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    world there are countries that are so underfunded which cause a number of issues for the people and city. Peter Singer believes the human race is liable for this poverty‚ to an extent‚ and we as a whole are not doing enough to help out and get these countries out of poverty. He has a plan so unrealistic for us to obtain that it’s almost silly to change our mindset about it and try to make a change. His ideas require everyone to work much harder than they already are to make the poverty go away. There

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    in a negative environment lets people become more responsible in society because human beings are rational creatures and they know what is beneficial for themselves. When “Black Lives Matters” movements were posting on the Internet‚ people quickly make judgments about this social events because under the current social norms and social values‚ it is an extremely negative event. There are wars and political movements happen in every generation and never doubt‚ people are learning lessons from it. The

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    Ridiculous” and “Bizarre” are words used to describe the meaning of grotesque. Typically if you are considered grotesque you are strange in a ridiculous way. This explains Sherwood Anderson’s collection of short stories: Winesburg‚ Ohio. These stories range from the lives of children‚ men‚ and women. Each character in the novel is considered as grotesque because of the way he or she views life and their concept of truth. This concept of truth‚ an absolute truth searched for by all of the people in

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    decency. My controversial issue that I chose was the Black Lives Matter movement and its major impact on our society. Black Lives Matter (BLM) is an international activist movement‚ originating in the African-American community‚ that campaigns against violence and systemic racism toward black people. The Black Lives Matter movement formed back in July of 2013 but has only increased its recognition into today’s media and society. The Black Lives Matter movement is noteworthy because the movement has

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    March 4‚ 2015 (Buchanan.) The conclusion of both of these investigations saw the massive uprise of the slogan Black Lives Matter‚ which is “an effort to realize a change in the treatment of black people by authorities and to hold those that shoot unarmed black people without valid reasoning accountable” (Reichle). In subtle opposition to the Black Lives Matter Slogan‚ arose the All Lives Matter Slogan‚ a blanket coverall statement that is meant for the inclusion of all humans. But despite the well

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    For many‚ Black Lives Matter is an American movement about an American problem. Not according to‚ Black Lives Matter UK‚ however‚ who insist that‚ “the struggle is global.” One of these struggles‚ apparently‚ is climate change. Last week‚ Black Lives Matter’s UK chapter chained themselves together on Britain’s London City Airport runway—shutting the airport down for several hours. On social media‚ the group explained that they were protesting against climate change‚ saying: “Climate crisis is a

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    movements‚ actions and protests many people in the United States are fighting against the vicious cycle of stereotypes and racial boundaries for the African American people. A part

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