of the people arrested for drug-related offenses in America. 2. Studies show that police are more likely to pull over blacks or Latinos than whites. After being arrested‚ African-Americans are 33% more likely than whites to be detained while facing a felony trial in New York. 3. In 2010‚ the U.S. Sentencing Commission reported that African Americans receive 10% longer sentences than whites through the federal system for the same crimes. 4. In 2009 African-Americans are 21% more likely than whites
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Do people commit different acts of evil? Are all acts of evil equal or different? In current time there are different punishments for different crimes committed. If a person commits a murder then they could be put in jail for life. While another person who robbed a bank might only be in prison for ten years. If there were only one form of evil then should the punishment for all crimes be the same? The different types of evil can be caused by different reasons and lead to many different consequences
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different marshmallows. My hypothesis was correct. I had 7 people out of 14 people choose marshmallow three. I believe they chose marshmallow three because it had the most sugar. The first marshmallow came next in the highest votes. The first marshmallow didn’t have a lot of sugar‚ it only had ½ cup of sugar and 1/3 cup of corn syrup which balanced out and made the marshmallow taste better than the second marshmallow. I was confused when only two people chose the second marshmallow. I got responses that
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Rex Murphy’s “To Read or Not to Read” is a literary criticism on the works “How to Read and Why” written by Harold Bloom. Murphy explains his views on the importance of reading and asks the question “Why do we read?” His response to this question‚ he states “Plainly‚ we read because while it is not necessary to life that we do‚ life is much easier‚ more accessible‚ wider in its potential for those who can and do read‚ than for those who cannot and do not”. This essentially means that although reading
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In the article of “Some Languages are harder than others”‚ the writer tried to compare different languages to show their linguistic simplicity. The writer concluded that “some languages appear to be harder than others‚ but it is hard to explain exactly how and to what extent” (page 56 line 36 and page 57 lines 1-2). It is because the writer claimed that “simplicity in one part of the language may be balanced by complexity in another part” (page 56 lines 16-17). Although the writer used different
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People who willingly put themselves in life-or-death situations should have to pay for their cost of rescue. When they violate safety regulations in an obvious way‚ people should be taught a lesson. While some people violate the safety regulations‚ others are too scared to call because they fear the bill. When they delay the call‚ they make their situation worse. Above all‚ the mission is to save everyone‚ and you can’t put a price on that. First of all‚ people who violate safety regulations in
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together and neighbors watch each other’s back‚ then we can eliminate crime completely. However‚ we all know that as wonderful as that would be‚ it is simply unrealistic. On the other hand‚ it is possible to reduce the number of crimes to the minimum if the community come together and work with each other. Therefore‚ it is important to have a research on how effective a neighborhood watch program really is after its implementation. Developing an effective neighborhood watch program is crucial to
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liver‚ cornea and even heart and lung transplants. However‚ more then 5‚000 patients die each year in the United States not because of scientific reasons but because of social prejudices when it comes to organ donation. In United States‚ most of the people are in favor of
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Deaf people faced in their upbringing‚ I do know what it is like to feel oppressed and undervalued. As an interpreter‚ I keep that in mind when I am out on an assignment and whenever I am at a social in the Deaf community. One thing I try to do recognize my privilege as a hearing person so that I do not come off as oppressive or paternalistic toward Deaf people and lead then into reacting to me negatively. Earlier I mentioned my view on what “privilege” was and related it to how white people have
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Electronic cigarettes are one of the most common ways people are smoking now a days. These are newer devices and have not yet been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Since the FDA has not approved electronic cigarettes or what goes inside them‚ the FDA has no idea what companies are putting in electronic cigarettes or if it is even safe for users to be ingesting. These are newer devices and right now there is no information on how they will impact users in the future like if it could
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