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    Betawi as Minorities

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    Everything and anything has a descendant‚ the origin of where someone or something comes from. The Betawi people are the descendants of the people living in Jakarta ever since the 17th century‚ and it has been that way since now. However‚ it has been mentioned quite often that Betawi is considered a minority. In this essay‚ I will be exploring more on why they are considered a minority and whether they know it. As the indigenous people of Jakarta‚ we want to know what they feel about the multicultural

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    There are over 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States the majority of those are from Mexico‚ Central and South America who are seeking asylum in this country for reasons like escaping poverty‚ gangs‚ cartels or corruption. What we belive is that we have to have an easy way for immigrants to be granted citizenship so that we do not keep seperating families like what is going on under the Obama administration which has led to the deportaion of around 2 million immigrants. We do however

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    Marquise Green United States Department of State v. Ray Part I Every year millions of young adults graduate from their respective high schools‚ pack up their belongings‚ leave their parental guided homes behind‚ and set off for college. The first thing that comes to mind when leaving the parents behind is their first true sense of freedom. The freedom to do what they please with no curfew‚ no guidelines‚ and no pre-disposed consequences for their actions is the freedom they’ve been working

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    1. What specific topic did you choose to research and evaluate? I decided to conduct research on stem cells for medical use. 2. List the resources that you used in your research of your topic. http://www.ama-assn.org//ama/pub/physician-resources/medical-science/genetics-molecular-medicine/related-policy-topics/stem-cell-research/basics-stem-cell-research.page http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/basics/pages/basics6.aspx 3. Describe‚ in a few paragraphs‚ the biotechnology that you researched. How

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    In the United States over 1.2 million students drop out of high school (US Census Bureau).That’s about a student every 26 seconds/7‚000 a day. About 6‚000 people that don’t get to graduate end up obtaining a minimum wage job for the rest of their life. They struggle‚ and many Americans question why the number one industrialized country suffers an extremely high percentage of poverty and what triggers it? People know that not graduating from high school is the number one factor that causes poverty

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    United States Undemocratic

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    nineteenth century‚ the United States of America was both democratic and undemocratic. As a newly independent country from Great Britain‚ the U.S tried to stay away from the tyrannical government which they had before. America believed that by giving people a say in the government and granting more rights to citizens‚ they would prove to be a successful government. However‚ although they seemed to be democratic‚ the United States still had some undemocratic aspects. The United States during the mid-1800s

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    Racial inequality is a very real situation in the United States. From Ferguson‚ Missouri to Baltimore‚ and Chicago to California‚ there have been extreme situations of racial inequality showing it’s true colors. Now more then ever‚ people are bombarded with videos and news stories of extreme violence against a minority‚ yet are completely ignorant to the fact that crimes happen the other way around. While it is true that minorities have faced many hardships in America‚ how much of it is valid

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    The Hippie Movement So what did these crazy hippies do for us? They were Civil Rights activists‚ and their motto was peace and love. What exactly is wrong with that? Take Woodstock for example‚ when in recent times has there been a group or a half a million people in one place for three days and have no violence at all it hasn’t happened‚ all they did was smoke pot have sex and listen to rock n roll and blues music. According to Adam Huber most of the hippies are in their youth between the ages

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    Recidivism Rate in The United States In the United States‚ crime is a problem that will not easily be solved. I believe that one of the most significant problems relating to crime is the number of inmates that are committing crimes after release and are incarcerated again‚ known as recidivism. Why is this happening and what can be done to further prevent it? There are a number of hypotheses on why offenders often commit crimes multiple times‚ even after punishment. Some of these include the

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    Ethnic Groups and Discrimination Scott Johnson ETH 125 January 15‚ 2012 Stephanie Perry Ethnic Groups and Discrimination The Chinese immigrated to the United States in during the 1800s; Official records show that before 1857‚ 46 Chinese immigrants were in the United States. Over the next 30 years more that 200‚000 Chinese had immigrated to the United States. This immigration wave was largely because of the push of the awful conditions in China and the pull of the discovery of gold‚ and‚ job

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