Taking a leap into self-flagellation for the color skin they were born with‚ white students are wearing white pins to signify their "racial shame". Yes‚ students at Elizabethtown College have decided to wear white pins in the shape of puzzle pieces. The pins "remind them of their white privilege". This campaign was recently launched by the Elizabethtown College Democrats. They claim the goal is to make students "introspective about issues of race‚ especially in their predominantly white region
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In 1986‚ university students in China were dissatisfied with the lack of economic and political growth of China in comparison to other countries. According to Encyclopedia Britannica‚ “In addition‚ although the economic advances in China had brought new prosperity to many citizens‚ it was accompanied by price inflation and opportunities for corruption by government officials.” To express their distaste for the current government students began protesting for individual rights and freedoms. Accessing
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Nanking Massacre “What connects two thousand years of genocide? Too much power in too few hands‚” – Simon Wiesenthal. Genocide is the systematic mass killing of a specific group of people. For an event to be considered genocide‚ it must have the eight stages of genocide: classification‚ symbolization‚ dehumanization‚ organization‚ polarization‚ preparation‚ extermination‚ and denial. Nanking is an example of genocide because it included the eight stages. The Nanking Genocide was also known as the
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from the mob and knocked Private Hugh Montgomery to the ground. He stood up and fired into the crowd and several other shots followed. The event is known today as the Boston Massacre. Clearly these happenings occurred so quickly that it is hard for historians to see which side was responsible. However‚ the Boston Massacre was the fault of the British because they made the decision to station troops in Boston‚ they failed to remove the troops despite the rising tensions between the soldiers and
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The Boston Massacre‚ was the first bloodshed between the British and the American colonists‚ which ultimately lead to war between the two. Here‚ I will discuss the events leading up to the Massacre‚ which the hostilities of the colonial people will be discussed. I believe that the British troops fired the first shot‚ but were ultimately lead to this point through the colonists antagonization. I have broken this paper down into two main pieces. The first will be the events that lead to the Boston
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It was a bloody massacre. On June 3rd and 4th‚ 1989‚ Chinese protestors at Tiananmen Square were gunned down by the Chinese Military. Over 100‚000 protestors gathered in Tiananmen Square on May 4th‚ 1989 in order to protest the Communist government‚ the death of Hu Yaobang‚ as well as the increasing gap between the rich and the poor. After being warned of using force to break up the protests‚ Chinese soldiers and tanks entered Tiananmen Square and open fired. This bloody event killed and injured
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Have you ever wanted to know what read about what really happened in the Boston Massacre. It all started in Boston one fateful day. The British came to Boston and the people of Boston were not happy about it. By examining the boston massacre and the causes of it‚ It is clear that this was an important part in the revolutionary war. the Boston Massacre was that many of the colonist were upset by the fact that they had to share a house with a british soldier. This was called the quartering act.
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| * http://web.archive.org/web/20070928160208/http://www.windowsonhaiti.com/wucker1.shtml * | CloseHelp | * The River Massacre: The Real and Imagined Borders of Hispaniola Michele Wucker Sending letters directly between the Dominican Republic and Haiti has only recently become possible. For most of the last sixty years‚ their postal services routed the mail ninety miles north to Miami as if the two countries had decided that they no longer shared the island of Hispaniola. This is
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Columbine High School Massacre On Tuesday‚ April 20 1999‚ Columbine High School located in Columbine Colorado an unfortunate massacre happened and many teens lost their lives. The two students responsible for this incident were Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. These two senior students were responsible for killing twelve students and one teacher; they were also responsible for injuring an additional twenty one students on their rampage. A few other students were injured while trying to escape
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The Politics of Apology and the Nanjing Massacre History 2414-050: East Asia Since 1500 April 4‚ 2014 An apology given based on pride isn’t an apology‚ nor one given under duress. Such is the case with Japan and China. The Japanese have time and again expressed sympathy‚ remorse and many ministers have apologized for the 1937 Nanjing massacre‚ and other atrocities that the Chinese suffered during the Second Sino-Japanese War of World War Two‚ at the hands of
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