The Crisis of the Young African American Male and the Criminal Justice System Marc Mauer Assistant Director The Sentencing Project Prepared for U.S. Commission on Civil Rights April 15-16‚ 1999 Washington‚ D.C. 2 THE CRISIS OF THE YOUNG AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM Marc Mauer Assistant Director The Sentencing Project Introduction In recent years policy attention regarding the crisis of the African American male has focused on a variety of areas in which African
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wanted without control of outside countries. But without the encouragement of writers to help us in our time of need‚ things still would not have been that easy. Some of the great writers that influenced others to make history happen would be Thomas Paine‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ and Patrick Henry. These men wrote articles that encouraged others to stand up for what they believed in‚ and they wrote remarkable speeches that helped us become who we are. They had the courage to write their thoughts into writing
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Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1776. It was advocating independence from Great Britain to the people of the thirteen colonies. “It captured the imagination of the colonists as had no previous pamphlet” (Paine‚ page 9). The pamphlet was written clearly and persuasively in the fact of getting the 13 colonies to rebel against King George III and Britain because colonists thought that they should not be ruled by a king across the sea and have all these taxes and rules placed on
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Thomas Paine‚ Common Sense Common sense is greatly credited with encouraging the colonists to finally establish themselves independently from Britain as Thomas Paine attacked the principles of hereditary rule and monarchial government. He believed that society is constructive in that people join together to accomplish common goals and the government’s role is to protect the citizens from their own vices‚ thus being a necessary evil. In the first passage of the article‚ Paine criticizes the monarchy
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time through their writings as did Thomas Paine. Thomas Paine was born on January 29‚ 1737‚ in Thetford‚ England. He was apprenticed by his father at the age of thirteen‚ working as a staymaker. Thomas failed out of school and had little education and failed at many of his early life jobs. He later grew to be an English American writer whose ideas would have great influence on the American Revolution and the independence of America. Growing up in England‚ Paine had little academic education and was
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Jesus Chaveste HIST 1301 Dr. Olivares September 7‚ 2013 Thomas Paine Questions 1. Why do you think Thomas Paine writes Common Sense anonymously? How does he think his work will be remembered? Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense anonymously because the ideas he used in writing the book were contradicting the government at that time. If the government knew that he wrote it then they will take action against him to punish him. He probably thought that his work would remain as something memorable
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Education Crisis in Eritrea The 1960 UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education (CADE)‚ Section 1‚ states that “Everyone should have the equality of opportunity‚ access to free primary education‚ and the rights of minority groups.” Education is very important and it is a key thing to have in life. If you don’t have an education‚ it can cause other problems for you and your family. When girls don’t have an education‚ it can lead to early marriage and early childbirth. Early childbirth
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to wear a coat or a tank top. Seasonal Affective Disorder‚ also known as winter blues is episodes of depression that can occur during certain times of a year‚ most commonly in winter. According to CNN‚ it is estimated that around 4 to 6 percent of American have S.A.D. So if waking up in the early morning to scrape snow off your front lawn and car wasn’t a hassle enough‚ some people wake up with the same list of tasks but also carry the burden of winter influenced depression. Simple tasks such as
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Ethos – “Utterly‚ indeed‚ should I despair did not the presence of many whom I here see remind me that in the other high authorities provided by our Constitution I shall find resources of wisdom‚ of virtue‚ and of zeal on which to rely under all difficulties.” In this section Jefferson names the first official document of America and states that it has provide and will provide the U.S. with everything it needs to be successful. Jefferson mentions his trust that he puts in the document and all that
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attempt to make the Secretary of State‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ aware of the oppressive and horrifying nature of the slave trade that Banneker’s ancestors had been in for generations. Banneker uses tone‚ ethos‚ logos‚ pathos‚ syntax‚ juxtaposition‚ and scheme to sympathize with Jefferson about former hardships to perhaps reach common ground. The tone of the letter is elevated and sympathetic‚ the sympathetic tone appealing to the pathos of the reader‚ in this case Thomas Jefferson and the elevated tone appealing
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