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    Discuss the vision of future depicted in Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report. As many critics say‚ Minority Report is one of the movies that has a very realistic vision upon future. Directed by Steven Spielberg‚ Minority Report is based on a short story by Philip K. Dick. It’s a neo-noir science fiction movie and was officially released on June‚ 2002. The action in the movie happens in 2054‚ in Washington D.C and in Northern Virginia. An elite squad that enforces law named “PreCrime”‚ eliminates

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    Minorities make up a major portion of the population in the Unites States of America. As the minority population grows‚ the amount of minorities that will wish to attain a higher education will also grow. There are big gaps between the amount of minorities that graduate from college when comparing them to their white counterparts. The purpose of this report is to identify the barriers that discourage minorities from continuing and completing a higher education. Analysis and the identification of

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    At the same time‚ the government of the US‚ having passed the transitional stage long ago‚ is alarmed by the same issue of police brutality against minority citizens. While the Indian government excessively intervenes in the police conduct‚ in some countries‚ such as in the US‚ this is not the case (Chevigny‚ 2008‚ p. 1617). Since the country is ruled by the voice of the majority‚ this group of people has a certain control over politicians. The latter‚ especially the president of the US‚ represent

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    After much excruciating searches on digital and electronic records‚ it has come to the conclusion that minority groups have turned the Western civilization for the worst. The once prosperous West is now being challenged by violent‚ illogical-based minorities that seek to impose their twisted ideologies onto the innocents of the West. As a Middle Easterner‚ who is pro-American‚ pro-Western‚ and pro-Democracy‚ it has been an embarrassment to be categorized with a group of people who haven’t contributed

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    Educators need to recognize that they will have students with diverse cultures and ethnicities in their classrooms that will affect their students’ personalities‚ sense of selves‚ social skills‚ relationships‚ morality‚ and prosocial behaviors. Two ideas that may help my future students feel related or comfortable in the classroom while addressing cultural differences include: recognizing how ethnic identities influence my students‚ and incorporating lessons that permit students to use their interpersonal

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    The next topic discussed was the Model Myth Minority. From this conversation it allowed our conversation to venture into discussing agency vs structure as well as the labor market. “The Model Myth Minority holds that Asian Americans have been more successful in the United States than native ethnic groups and that they have been more successful because of their cultural heritage‚ not the material resources they brought with them‚” (Gerber and Kraut). Although Miguel’s family did come to American is

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    There are many people that use the health care system in the United States. What most of them don’t know is that they might be treated differently through their race‚ ethnicity‚ or class. One of the biggest aspects that affect this is that there is very little access to health care. The group of people that suffer in the US is the minorities. Most of them do not have the finances to afford medical insurance. Right now‚ medical insurance is being forced into every household in the country. Even the

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    equal and effective education‚ no matter their race‚ gender or economic class. Minority students aren’t receiving an equal education in schools compared to the non-minority students. Whether it’s the lack of school equipment‚ teacher inefficiency‚ or discouragement in the classrooms‚ minority students are at a disadvantage. In today’s society‚ there are very few job opportunities for people without an education. Minority students goes to school in an attempt to make a difference in their communities

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    Mexican American and Puerto Rican Religious Pratices Mexican Americans have a very interesting culture as a whole‚ and the way that it has evolved over the years is amazing. A big part of the Mexican American culture is their religious beliefs because they truly mean a lot to them. The main religions that are practiced throughout the culture are Catholicism and Protestantism. This was not always there main religion that was practiced among Mexican Americans. In the early 1500’s they worshiped idols

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    McGrouder’s is quoted to have said his comic strips are teaching children to become racists. The reader claims to understand the objective of the comic strips for the adult audience but she presents her pleas to the writer to consider the children who might read and misunderstand his representations. Moreover‚ another reader wrote that the same comic strips are “a clever way to get negative images and thoughts into the minds of youth without their parents realizing

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