in order for someone to be able to recognize their shortcomings on this aspect. Being aware is not a sufficient condition for being unbiased but it is far less dangerous than a situation where anti-intellectualism is rife. Irrationality‚ racism‚ xenophobia‚ hatred‚ ignorance and intolerance leads to tribalism‚ violence‚ and ultimately destruction. We fear and want to destroy what we do not understand / do not want to understand. And it is this fear that ultimately obliterates us all. What kind of
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Jack Zhou 1/5/2014 Jason Fisher AP European History Frederick and Peter 18th centuries in Europe is marked by the rise of two new power‚ Russia and Prussia. These two countries came into power within a few generation because of two powerful and wise leaders. These two leaders reformed and expanded their empire. Peter the Great reformed the Old Russian social system and reformed the country‚ while Fredrick the Great of Prussia fought and won the impossible war with Austria
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validate discrimination. Modern usage frequently associates racism and racial discrimination and describes the latter term only as wicked practices. Racism is generally associated with actions that are illegal or mostly considered detrimental‚ such as xenophobia‚ hate‚ extremism‚ mass murder‚ self-rule‚ racial supremacy‚ terrorism‚ etc. Webster’s dictionary describes racism as a conviction that race is the main
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1) Define Fear and Phobia Fear - An unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous‚ likely to cause pain‚ or a threat. Phobia - An extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something: "he had a phobia about being under water"; "a phobia of germs". 2) Give Examples of Phobias A Ailurophobia- Fear of cats. Albuminurophobia- Fear of kidney disease. Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens. Algophobia- Fear of pain. Alliumphobia- Fear of garlic. B Bibliophobia-
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The book begins with descriptions of what each of the six main characters was doing the morning that the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima‚ up to the moment of the blast and immediately after. Miss Toshiko Sasaki‚ a personnel clerk at the East Asia Tin Works factory‚ had awakened that morning of August 6‚ 1945‚ at three a.m.‚ to catch up on housework and cooking duties for her family. She worked until seven‚ then left her home in the suburb of Koi for her factory in a part of town called Kannonmachi
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InNei Chio Dr. Brennan Smith Cors 213 February 9th 2016 German Immigrants Germans present the biggest group of incomers to the American society. Indeed‚ about twenty percent of Americans links their origin to German roots. It should be noted that their immigration was not welcomed in the first decades of American history. For instance‚ one of the founders Benjamin Franklin expressed his disturbing about Germans overrunning American shores. He claimed them being too stupid for learning English that
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look the same or have the same beliefs‚ religion‚ or gender as them. People like to surround themselves with people they feel they can socialize with more. Although others do not like to surround themselves with different people because they have xenophobia‚ which means they have a fear of being around people of a different race‚ which illustrates the type of society we live in. Humans say they want to have peace and want everyone to care and get along with each other‚ but how can this happen if we
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Some machines can be complicated‚ yet do little or nothing. Others can be so very simple‚ yet change the lives of millions. Take‚ for example‚ the cotton gin. The creation of the cotton gin‚ by Eli Whitney was significant in history because it gigantically impacted the african american slaves in america’s lives‚ dramatically increased the number and use of slaves‚ and sparked a series of events of the course of 68 years that eventually led up to the start of the civil war. The cotton gin GIGANTICALLY
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Solitude Solitude is often feared or avoided because it is associated with isolation‚ abandonment‚ or loneliness. Yet for some people solitude is the occasion for the most serene‚ intense or exhilarating moments in life. Being alone may provide the necessary setting for spiritual search and attempt to understand life’s meaning. Solitude is a time to enjoy one’s sense of self. For a person to really experience solitude‚ it must be sought out with expectation and gratitude. Everyone is not happy
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radical change in the demographic composition of the population which will lead to a breakdown in the ties that bind the nation together. Furthermore‚ he suggests that this migration policy‚ which is designed to be free of any trace of racism or xenophobia‚ is not only creating an alien nation‚ but is doing so despite the wishes of the majority of the current resident population. The author also makes the case that immigration is‚ and always has been‚ of much less importance to American economic growth
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