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Organized Sports and the Increasing Trend of Violence

violence in sports has serious implications for the direction of Western society in general, as well as negative implications for ...

Racism and Cognitive Dissonance

into a state of psychological dissonance, which, in turn, produces an unpleasant tension (Rudolph, 2003). According to Festinger, ...

Arguing Against Racial Profiling

voice, it can be present in attitude, or behavior and no matter its vehicle, it is painful to those on the receiving end....

Concept of Worldwide Sports Federations

the times" (Internet source). Clearly, the most recent Olympics that took place in February, 2002, served as the proverbial "bully...

Professional Sporting Venues and Public Funds

is a mark of prestige throughout the country and, in many cases it is. Think of Salt Lake City, Utah. It is famous for the Great S...

The Strategy of Marketing at Sporting Events

They advertise heavily-or even once which could cost a great deal-and sometimes they lose. Other times, companies become household...

Golf and Its Benefits to Health

The connection between body and mind is unmistakable, particularly in relation to the positive benefits of golf. As advantageous ...

Urbanization in the 20th Century

This 6 page paper examines the theory put forth by the Chicago School sociologists that all urban areas assimilated their immigran...

Overview of Arab American Racial Profiling

all of the terrorist acts in the recent months have been committed by Arab Nationals. But to start profiling everyone who simply ...

Sports Origin and Theories

recreational sports such as cycling. The author notes that the influx of the sport paralleled and reinforced the embrace of values...

TV Viewer Types Types Of Television Viewers: Home Shopping Addicts, Diehard Sports Fans And Public Television Loyalists

available around the clock due to the technological advancements television has bestowed, shoppers are not only able but they are ...

Assimilation Ideologies and Ethnic, Racial, and Cultural Diversity

Emphasizing that the complex social organization which is in existence is shaped by race, religion, nationality alike; Gordon (196...

Assimilation and Cultural Diversity

a cultural traditional or characteristic rather the way which it may have been interpreted b others. Racism may be seen in ...

Racism in William Shakespeare's Othello

that is perverted by the subterfuge and overt evil of Iago. Examining the character of Iago is enlightening to anyone who has ever...

Coming Back from a Sports Injury Mentally and Physically

In ten pages this report discusses an athlete's return to sport after an injury in a consideration of physical and mental recovery...

Football and Human Relationships

In five pages this paper discusses the role of human relationships in the sport of football in terms of psychological effects upon...

Mexico During the Late 19th Century and Sport

war had ended in 1848 and since that time, American-Mexican relations would change. The latter nineteenth, and early twentieth, ce...

The House on the Lagoon by Ferre from a Racial Perspective

In five pages this paper discusses the novel in terms of how narrators Quintin and Isabel reflect racial prejudices and difference...

Incidences of Prostate Cancer

are about 50 percent more likely than white men to get this kind of cancer. Black men also have the highest mortality rate from pr...

'The Odyssey' by Homer and Sports

Antinoos and Eurymakhos, presided" (IV 654-657). In this way, sports is used as competition for a womans hand in marriage. The c...

Dispelling the Myth of the American 'Land of Opportunity'

once was very much part of the dwelling where the evidence was found. Would a white man have been given the benefit of the doubt t...

Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain and Its Racial Implications

In seven pages this paper examines the crimes of slavery and racial discrimination within the context of this novel by Mark Twain....

Arguments for Making Ballroom Dancing an Olympic Sport

In five pages the high degree of skill involved in ballroom dancing is included in an argument that it qualifies as an athletic sp...

Pros and Cons of Intramural Sports

In eleven pages this paper evaluates intramural sports in an assessment of pros, cons, management and design factors. Twenty sour...

Legal Changes and Their Influence on the Roles of Sports Agents

In twenty three pages this paper discusses how legal restrictions will influence the roles played by sports agents and how they se...

To Be A Slave In Brazil, 1550-1888 by Katia M. De Queiros Mattoso

In five pages the slave trade and the foundation of cultural and historical racial prejudice it cemented are examined within the c...

Racism in the United States

This researech paper offers an overview of American racism, describing several famous incidents that portray the nature of racism ...

Bias and Sensory Perception

In eight pages this paper discusses cultural, racial, and physiological process biases as they influence sensory perception. Eigh...

TV Sports

In ten pages this paper discusses the evolution of sports television over the past five decades. Seven sources are cited in the b...

Futures Market and Brazil's Electricity Market

In ten pages this paper discusses how futures and sport prices can affect the Brazilian commodities market with the emphasis upon ...