today. People may think that racism doesn’t exist anymore‚ however‚ racism has just been redesigned because of the media scaring white americans. Cory Booker acknowledges that right now‚ the United States has more African-Americans under criminal supervision than they had slaves in the 1850s because of racism today. Angela Davis said that the war on drugs in the 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
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A lot of times when we hear the word prejudice we automatically assume it has to do with race‚ which could be the case but not all the time. Prejudice can be found everywhere when it comes to gender‚ culture‚ religion‚ and sports. The definition of prejudice is an unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge‚ thought‚ or reason. So our own prejudices basically are for no reason or what we have been‚ though. We learn these prejudices because of our parents‚the news‚ our experience
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You Are What You Wear Research Paper Sarah Griffin B6 Our assignment was to dress up a day and to dress down a day. I participated in the activity. I dressed up on Friday the 14th‚ and dressed down the following day (Saturday the 15th). We’ll start with the day I dressed up. I liked it because I felt good and was‚ for the most part‚ sure about my appearance. People told me I looked nice and that made me confident. I also disliked it because I hardly ever do that‚ so I felt superficial
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Do You Believe In Aliens Are we alone or do you believe in aliens? Most people would say no in public‚ but in truth most do believe. A survey was taken of 29 people; they were asked one to three questions depending on their answer. Question # 1‚ “Do you believe aliens exist?” out of 29 people asked 24 said yes‚ they do believe aliens exist. Those 24 went on to the next question‚ Question # 2‚ “Do you believe aliens have visited Earth (even if just to fly past)?” of the 24 that
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election. As I mentioned in the first paragraph‚ the electors vote for a candidate based on the states popular vote. Take Virginia for example‚ if you were to look at the counties‚ you would see that a majority of them voted for Governor Romney. If you were to look at the heavily populated (urban) areas like Richmond or D.C.‚ they voted for President Obama. So‚ what candidate did the electors place their vote for? President Obama. Just by looking at the map‚ one would think that Virginia voted
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“You are what you eat” Did you know that 31.8 percent of the children in America are overweight‚ and 16.9 percent of that 31.8 percent is considered to be obese? Though America is not the only country with an obesity rate over 20 percent‚ America definitely takes the lead. Some seem to believe that Americans are overweight because we are spoiled as a whole. While others may believe that‚ you are what you eat. Meaning if you over eat you will be overweight. Personally‚ I have to agree with the
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What would you do if you saw a Security or Researcher on the surface?: If they had a valid RP reason to be on the surface (EX: a code black) I would leave them be‚ otherwise I would warn them for failrp and promptly slay them. Explain what you would do in the event of each SCP opening a door: 035: 035 itself is unable to open any doors on its own. When 035 has a host‚ he may can command the host to open any door he pleases. If 035 breaches more than 049 and another SCP‚ I would warn 035 for failrp
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In December of 1777 to 1778 George Washington made a camp called Valley Forge‚ it was 18 miles outside of Philadelphia. Valley Forge wasn’t the best place for you to live it was very hard‚ but the sacrifices were worth it. If you were in Washington’s army would you quit? I wouldn’t quit Washington’s army because it says that there is a high chance to get sick but a low chance to actually die from sickness‚ also Washington is getting supplies from the Congressman because the supplies are low‚ Dr.
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a point in making sure I know never to lie to her. But that made me think‚ is it right for her to lie to me for the first 9 years of my life? Tricking children into behaving well in order to receive presents. Isn’t that bribery? Parents say that you should never lie and always tell the truth‚ but the way I see it is‚ they have gone against their word and become a hypocrite. On the other hand they could be enhancing enjoyment. But I know‚ even now Santa is not real my enjoyment at Christmas has
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several stereotypes that existed in our nation decades ago. To Kill a Mockingbird showed in depth stereotypes in the 1930s not only in fictional Maycomb‚ Alabama but throughout our whole nation at the time. The book emphasized on racial‚ class‚ gender‚ and even social stereotypes and how in many cases they were unfair and ridiculous in modern day opinion which is why it is a stunning piece of literature and was even turned into an Academy Award winning film. Probably the most portrayed stereotype was
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