like to call “Black Death”. Black Death is not just the killing of African Americans but the incarceration of us as well. We are close to 1 million of the total 2.3 million incarcerated populations. We are incarcerated at six times the rate of whites. It amazes me just a little that African Americans were 58 percent of all prisoners in 2008‚ even though African Americans at that time only made up approximately one quarter of the US population. According to “Unlocking America”‚ if blacks were incarcerated
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world have stockpiles of these weapons of mass destruction. That is not the scariest part however. The effects of nuclear warfare are just as deadly‚ if not‚ worse. Nevertheless‚ the rapid extermination of the radioactive explosives ought to occur globally because not only is the explosion from one highly destructive to humans‚ animals‚ and the environment‚ it also brings deadly long-term side effects to the table by polluting the environment nearly hundreds of miles away from where the explosion occurs
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ThThe Black Death” is the name that was given to a disease called the bubonic plague which was widespread during fourteenth century. The plague according to modern biomedical science was a severe infection of the lymphatic system caused by Pasteurella petis‚ a bacillus carried principally by fleas that thrive on animals‚ particularly rodents such as rats. At the beginning of the outbreak‚ the cause of the plague was attributed to bad air‚ some kind of generalized pestilential miasma (Patel‚ 2011)
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THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE 21084661 UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON BSc (Hons) SOCIAL WORK HS60020E/0 Abstract Childhood sexual abuse is a serious concern that has been associated with long term effects amongst survivors. Using secondary data‚ this qualitative piece of research explores the long term effects of child
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How does Black Death Impact the Medieval History According to Robert s. Gottfried The Black Death‚ “the black death was defined as a combination of bubonic‚ pneumonic‚ and septicaemic plague strains. It devastated the Western world from 1347 to 1351‚ killing 25%-50% of Europe’s population and causing or accelerating marked political‚ economic‚ social‚ and cultural changes. People were astounded‚ bewildered‚ and terrified.” (Gottfried Robert S.‚ The Black Death; Natural and Human Disaster in Medieval
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Low Interest Rates Long Term Effect "The prolonged low-interest rate environment is transforming the banking industry from savings and loans to service and loans‚" said Dan Geller‚ executive vice president of research firm Market Rates Insight in San Anselmo‚ Calif. (Fitzpatrick) Consumers may think that the continued low interest rates are a profound thing‚ but banks on the other hand think much differently. Consumers are refinancing their houses at rates as low as 2.875%‚ while big banks like
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very difficult to comprehend the concept of “being” no longer. This is often amplified in times of widespread devastation‚ which was the case during‚ and‚ following the Black Death. Art often reflects the concerns of society at that time‚ and this was most certainly the case in the late Middle Ages. Due to the extraordinary death toll caused by the Plague‚ and the essentially nonexistent understanding of the mechanism
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“Scorched earth. Abandoned farms. Skies black with dust. Houses buried under great dunes of earth. Decades after the drought and depression of the 1930s ended‚ images of the Dust Bowl are still familiar to millions of people worldwide” (Wesson.) That is what a normal day during the 1930’s was like. Back then people farmed to get their profit‚ especially in the southern plains of the U.S. People’s lives revolved around farming. If they didn’t get their crops planted on time‚ there wouldn’t be food
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There are so many effects from sexually abusing a minor they need to be separated into two categories‚ short-term and long-term effects. The initial or short-term effect of abuse usually occurs within 2 years of the abuse. These effects can change depending on the circumstances of the abuse and the child’s development stages but may include regressive behaviors (such as a return
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Continued use of cocaine has both short-term and long-term effects on the function and development of a person’s brain. The drug produces an intense high immediately upon use then as the effects of the drug start to wear off‚ people suddenly feel intense edginess and depression and an insatiable craving for more of the drug. Cocaine use and the Long-Term Effects Cocaine takes a tremendous toll on a person’s brain. However‚ the effects vary based on the amount of cocaine a person uses and how frequently
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