In the essay “The Tyranny of the Majority”‚ Lani Guinier expresses her concern that the will of the majority may trample the rights of the minority‚ which I completely agree with. Guinier speaks of the Golden Rule and the idea that if the Golden Rule is not applied‚ the majority will lack in recognizing‚ and taking in account the desires‚ let alone consider the ideas of the minority‚ representing how this is in no way a democratic process. The Golden Rule is simply stated as “Treat others as you
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TYRANNY OF CUSTOM Customs‚ traditions and usages are the result of long experience of people living at a particular period. When certain things are found to be useful for a certain society‚ these things are being adopted by the people of that time. Later on those practices are transmitted to the posterity‚ and then they take the form of the customs and traditions. Customs an therefore‚ the expression of the accumulated wisdom of our ancestors Our ancestors in all walk of life setup. Customs and
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with the idea of the "tyranny of the shoulds." She described the "tyranny of the shoulds" as being are the forces pressed on us by parents‚ peers‚ socio-economic class‚ teachers‚ career counselors‚ pop psychology‚ opinionated relatives and friends and the elusive conventional wisdom ’ (Richardson‚ 2006) . They tell us the many things we should or shouldn ’t do. These "shoulds" can be seen in anyone ’s life‚ especially in the lives of college students. Three particular "tyranny of the shoulds" that
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The only character responsible for the tyranny of Macbeth is the man himself. Discuss. In the Shakespearian play‚ Macbeth cannot be solely responsibly for the tyranny that he causes. Macbeths close relationship with lady Macbeth and his own ambitions to become king lead him to many evil actions. This relationship causes many fatalities‚ which is turn leads to changes in the personality of lady Macbeth and this can be seen‚ as she has difficulty in coping with the situation that she has put herself
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Vin Patel AP US History Howard Zinn A People’s History of the United Sates Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States has been a moving and influential book till its first publication date in 1980. It has told the story of the conquers‚ the leaders‚ and the rulers but also the hardship of the enslaved‚ the oppressed‚ and the led. Like one of his famous quotes say “There is an underside to every age about which history does not often speak‚ because history is written from records left
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Outline of “Drawing the Color Line”‚ chapter 2 of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States p. 23 “. . . that special racial feeling . . . that combination of inferior status and derogatory thought we call racism.” Zinn says we need to understand how racism started in order to see how it might end. Factors that led to U.S. slavery 24 a—“The Virginians needed labor”—to grow food & tobacco 25 b—“They couldn’t force Indians to work for them” c—“White servants
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Howard zinn Christoper colombus They ... brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things‚ which they exchanged for the glass beads and hawks’ bells. They willingly traded everything they owned... . They were well-built‚ with good bodies and handsome features.... They do not bear arms‚ and do not know them‚ for I showed them a sword‚ they took it by the edge and cut themselves out of ignorance. They have no iron. Their spears are made of cane... . They would make fine
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political or religious views‚ however‚ Howard Zinn take his political opinions to an extreme in his textbook. If Howard Zinn was to be placed in a room with conservative Republicans‚ nothing good would come from it. Howard Zinn has extremely liberal views‚ and these views could get a class of high school students stirring and arguing against each other easily based on their own political opinions. I find that in learning about the history of the United States‚ Howard Zinn’s textbook is too biased for
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Steven Waldman wrote this essay with regards to the overwhelming number of choices that consumers faced each time they go make a simple purchase. The main purpose for writing this essay is to entertain and inform a simple situation we encounter every day. Waldman highlighted the stressful behaviors that people go through when making a right decision‚ which he illustrate using his personal experience as an example. After he portrayed his unfortunate day searching for socks in Sox Appeal‚ he observed
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A boy with no parents and in a bad neighborhood with bad influences as friends and is a minor that smokes and his older brother lets him do that and have those friends ‚ which also doesn’t give him a curfew and lets him go to places alone ‚ should be in the system. Ponyboy has an older brother Darry‚ but Darry doesn’t really take care of ponyboy like he should or gives him as much as attention as he should get for a teenager. Ponyboy should be in the system because he is a young boy that has bad
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