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    eyes of the Western Hemisphere‚ I would be labeled as Asian. Hence‚ I would probably be classified as an Asian-American on the American census. Many groups of people and situations formed my racial identity. My family‚ neighborhood I grew up in‚ and the election of President Obama in 2008 influenced my racial identity as an Asian-American. Growing up‚ my family played a large role in shaping the American part of my identity. Although I grew up in an Asian family‚ I noticed that my family did not follow

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    Prejudice continues to exist in the United States in the modern era. Many decades have passed since the Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ yet major forms of prejudice and discrimination endure–some even in a more severe degree than before. The most prevalent: racial prejudice. Racial prejudice continues to occur all over the United States; however‚ Arizona’s state leadership has taken over a big role in perpetuating this with SB 1070. As a result‚ racial prejudice causes racial profiling in some states and

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    remember‚ racial profiling has been considers a major issue between enforcement and citizens in general. Racial profiling is the act of suspecting or targeting a person on the basis of an individual’s race‚ ethnicity‚ religion or national origin. Most often when people think about racial profiling‚ they think of police brutality‚ which is wrong. The idea of racial profiling should be acceptable as long as no one is being harmed and there is no racism involved. People are convinced that racial profiling

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    Theories of Prejudice. It is well known that the United States was founded on the ideology of freedom. The Founding Fathers wanted to see a free America and that all men should be treated equally. Today‚ it is very difficult to see the equally among different races. In a recent study by BMJ Journal Injury Prevention‚ journalist Melissa Healy‚ from Los Angeles Times‚ indicates that policemen are 82% to 85% more likely to arrest Latinos and African Americans. Minorities are more likely to be targeted

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    Causes of Prejudice Racism and prejudice have always existed in human history. Many persons have tried to explain and find the reason to such human behavior towards another group of people. Such researchers are the hope of many to see the racial discrimination ending. Vincent N. Parrillo‚ through his essay‚ "Cause of Prejudice" tries to explain the reason of racism and discrmination in the U.S. Parrillo divides his essay in two parts‚ one for the psychological causes and one for the social

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    Associate Program Material Stereotypes and Prejudice Worksheet Please complete the following exercises‚ remembering that you are in an academic setting and should remain unbiased‚ considerate‚ and professional when completing this worksheet. Part I Select three of the identity categories below and name or describe at least 3 related stereotypes for each: Race Ethnicity Religion Gender Sexual orientation Age Disability Category Stereotype 1 Stereotype 2 Stereotype

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    which is experiencing of excesses of thought‚ emotion‚ and behavior. The second is negative symptom which feels of deficits of thought‚ emotion‚ and behavior. The third is psychomotor symptoms is patient have unusual movements or gestures. Reasons cause schizophrenia are varies. For genetic factors perspective‚ people who have schizophrenia may have their relatives have this too. Also twins with this disorder are genetic link between their families. From

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    The story Pride and Prejudice is about Elizabeth Bennet –the protagonist- her four sisters‚ her mother and her father live in England in Harfordshire. Mr. Bingley a handsome‚ rich young man goes and visits where the Bennet’ s live and Mrs. Bennet tries to get one of her daughters married as soon as she sees the opportunity. Mrs. Bennet missing no time gets Jane Bennet (Elizabeth’s sister) to counter with Mr. Bingley- who she later marries- and falls in love but‚ Mr. Darcy separates them because of

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    late 1900s was actually just a war on colored communities. Saying that it was a war on drugs was just a way of hiding what white americans were actually fighting. While Bill Clinton was in office he passed new crime which made it harder on criminals. His new laws consisted of a three strike policy which means on your third crime or felony you must spend life in prison no matter what the crime was. Another part of it was that judges must give mandatory sentences to anyone who committed a crime no matter

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    Racial Profiling by Evelyn Racial profiling can be described as having any person with government authority‚ pull another person aside because they feel unsafe because of the person race or religion or any other features. Racial profiling happens all over the us‚ and is a heavily debated topic. Some people of authority say that it is indeed necessary to use racial profiling in order to distinguish if a person is bad or not. Other people would say that it is very racist and should not be used by anyone

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