https://www.echeat.com/ We are all living in a world full of discrimination, we are bounded by how each individual is different and how our race limits our capabilities and our ability to interact with people of other races. Does this kind of mind-set within us is the real nature of the human being? Did we come to this world to label each other differently because of our race? Maybe there are more to this than to fight each other just because we don’t have the same set of beliefs that they have. Can we, of different races, come together as one where we look into each other’s eyes and see a human being not different from you and from everybody else that is also able to understand and to love and nothing less. At first it may sound impossible because throughout the history, man are the ones making its own path to destruction through war. How ironic that humans seeks peace through the use of force and war. We just can’t get along with each other but maybe there is something we can do about it. It would be a great world where Man are able to work together as one and help each other and by then there will be true peace. Our racial diversity is the result of the geographic distribution of every human being. In the early ages, humans have no choice but to live in an extreme area on Earth where they are force to adapt gradually and change in favour of the environment they are distributed. Through the changes that the early humans have undergo, some became tall and some became small, some had darker skin tone to survive the direct exposure of UV light coming from the sun that is harmful to the skin and some had white skin tone. With these different traits that the early humans obtain to survive, we classify each other’s race and suddenly this became the main reason for the diversity of races in terms of our place in the community. I wholeheartedly disagree to this way of thinking. There is a way we can obtain peace and unite the diverge races of the human being and that is to “understand” and “accept” each other. If we learn to understand the differences between us and not see it as an advantage or disadvantage we will be able to see that races are just labels 2017-08-28T09:18:59.613-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Escaping-The-Diversity-of-The-Human-Race-45367.aspx Women in the work place. The Battle over equal Pay. Dr. Cindy Waugh GRST 500/501 Introduction to Graduate Writing Date Taryn Jones Imagine yourself going into work every day, punching the time clock with your fellow coworkers who complete the same job tasks as you but when payday comes around you have only earned about three-fourths of what they were paid. Wouldn’t you be a little outraged or even feel somewhat belittled? In America today statistics indicate there is a gender income gap where women and men do not make the same money for the same job. This is a profound exploitation of women in the workplace. It has been proven over time that women are just as capable as performing jobs that are or were traditionally dominated by men and women should be paid for these jobs equally. Even though there are many stereotypes about women in the workplace, women should earn the same amount of money that men do when performing the same job. By addressing the negative stereotypes of women, understanding the causes of the gender income gap and bridging that wage gap, we are ending a social injustice against women and ensuring gender equality in the workplace. The notion that a woman’s work is not as valuable as a man’s is an archaic way of thinking. This idea comes from early America which was a Christian society where many of the beliefs held at that time came from the Bible. And in the Bible it says “ The Lord says to Moses, ‘Say to the people of Israel, when a man makes a special vow of person to the Lord at your valuation, then your valuation of the male from twenty years old up to sixty years old shall be 50 shekels of the sanctuary. If a person is a female, your valuation shall be thirty shekels.” (Leviticus 27: 1-4, Revised Standard Version) Briefly this means that men are more valuable than women therefore a man’s work is more valuable than a woman’s. Fundamentally women were viewed as the weaker sex and not as valuable as a male. At that time in our history many people also felt that the women’s work was less valuable because they were not supporting an entire family as a man would. This may have held true then because woman rarely did the same work as men and normally tended to the house and 2014-10-22T18:31:29.303-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Gender-Wage-Gap-35057.aspx 1) INTRO (normal news picture) Attention getter: Normal. N-o-r-m-a-l. Conforming to the standard or the common type. You could say it’s a quite simple term, but what exactly does it mean? Not in a dictionary sense but in a theoretical sense. What is normal? Science says it means free from any mental disorder; in other words, sane. Well, what is sane? And is it really all that common in today’s society? What ever happened to that world where you could be told you’re special, unique, different, and no one would question what that meant? Claim: Mental illness is a serious problem in today’s society and makes the lives of those affected a much different “normal” than most are used to. Preview: Innocent, lost, and frightened. They walk through life not knowing where they’re going. The universe is altered and distorted. Tasks that seem so simple, such as waking up in the morning, become a mountain nearly impossible to climb. Many don’t seem to understand that. 2) BODY A) Teens (teen sad statistic pic) -Mental illness can affect anyone, anywhere, anytime, but its main prey is teenagers. - According to Ronald Kotulak, writer for Chicago tribune,” teenage eating and emotional disorders are generally under recognized and undertreated”. -Most parents mistake mental illness symptoms as hormones or just being a teen. - In result to parents being utterly oblivious to their teen’s needs “nearly 60 percent of emotionally troubled adolescents [don’t] receive any type of therapy”. -To most this wouldn’t seem like a huge deal, but what most people don’t understand is that “the failure to diagnose and treat [these teens] condemns many of [them] to a lifetime of mental problems”. B) Adults (sad wall man pic) -Mental illness doesn’t strike only teens. Many adults also live with the weight of a mental illness on their solders. -In fact according to Sarah Glynn, writer for Medical News Today, “1 in 5 people over the age of 18 in the United States [have a] mental illness”. -think of that, that may be a bigger number then you realize. Imagine 4 of your friends grown up and in college. One of you is likely to have a mental illness of some type, even if you don’t realize it. C) Friendship (friend quote pic) -now that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t be friends with people with mental illness. It’s not their fault and you shouldn’t punish them for it. -The mental health foundation 2014-05-16T14:09:36.063-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/mental-illness-speech-outline-35035.aspx Annotated Bibliography Bullock, Susan. 1994. Women and Work. London; Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Zed Books. This book had a very good global view of this issue, excellently covering subjects such as women in rural employment, home working, exploitation of women in developing nations, education and the need to organize for change. In the context of the question asked, I used this book to take a more global look at women in work, in particular women in developing countries. It had an extremely insightful chapter on women in rural employment, which I cover during the course of answering the question. Coyle, Angela. 1988. Women and Work: Positive Action for Change. Basingstoke; Macmillan Education. The scope of this book initially covers a fairly broad view of the problem of discrimination against women in the workplace. It then proceeds to give varied accounts of the hardship women face in the workforce, taking different professions and areas of work, as examples of how this burden was faced. It also gives an interesting perspective on solutions to these problems, with the use of positive action. In relation to the question asked, this book contributed to my research in a couple of ways. Firstly, because it was published in 1988, it made for a good comparative study to view against more recent trends in women’s equality in work. It was useful as well because it gave a good synopsis of, not only trends in 1988, but also how the situation changed from the 1950s onwards, to arrive in the late 1980s. In addition, it also was helpful in so much that it took particular work environments and highlighted the various discrepancies between the male and female workers. Garcia-Beaulieu, Carmen. August 2004. ‘Women’s Employment among Blacks, Whites and Three Groups of Latinas: Do more privileged Women Have Higher Employment?’, Gender and Society. Vol: 18, No. 4, pp 494-509. This journal entry is a comparative study dealing with more privileged ethnic, national origin and education groups and how likely they each are to work for pay. In the study, conducted in the United States of America, the author compares white women to black and three groups of Latinas, namely Mexicans, Puerto Ricans and Cubans. This study was very helpful for my question because it brings up another side to gender discrimination in the workplace, namely race discrimination. It contains a lot of useful data to show these comparisons between these different women. 2013-08-10T17:48:12.9-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/How-have-women-been-discriminated-against-in-the-workplace-and-how-has-it-improved-34918.aspx Bullying in Schools - Behaviours. School bullying occurs in every realm of society. Students suffer harmful effects when they are emotionally and physically abused. Preventing and stopping bullying requires a great responsibility from the school. They must a commitment to creating a safe environment where students can thrive socially and academically, without being afraid as well as to make the students understand the consequences of their actions. Bullying in school is usually a hidden problem, so teacher and administrators should be knowledgeable and observant of interactions between students. “The ultimate goal is to stop bullying before it starts”( Farrington 4). They need to be aware that although bullying generally occurs in areas such as the washroom, playground, crowded hallways, and school buses as well as via technology, where supervision is limited or absent, it must be taken seriously. If a teacher observes bullying in a classroom, he or she needs to immediately get involved to stop it, record the incident and inform the appropriate school administrators so that the incident can be investigated and prevented from happen again. Since the actions are taken seriously, the conflicts between students will be quickly addressed and resolved, then bullying will promptly disappear in schools. Without a strong determination and willing attempt to eliminate violence, schools will not be able to stop the act of violence on their property. Otherwise, the message that the bullies receive is to keep proceeding their inappropriate behaviors toward other students because it is easy to follow the beaten track. Furthermore, in order to reduce and eliminate bullying, schools and classrooms must offer students a safe and friendly learning environment. “School must be a safe place for all students to grow and learn without fear of psychological or even physical abuse. Students cannot explore who they are and what they want to become if they are facing constant abuse" (Neil 1). Teachers and coaches need to explicitly remind students that bullying is absolutely not acceptable in school, and such behaviours, will have detrimental consequences. For instance, creating an anti-bullying documents and having both the student and the parents/guardians sign and return it to the school office helps students understand the seriousness of bullying. If students develop an improved awareness of how serious and intimidating bullying is, the act of violence 2012-10-25T23:06:28.663-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Free-Essay-on-School-Bullying-34726.aspx The long term impact of the Atlantic Slave Trade begins under the slavery act of the North American colonies within the year 1619. Since that time an estimated figure of about 500,000 Africans were enslaved and removed to other western countries in Africa and then over to America by ships, which was then been called the Atlantic Slave Trade. When transporting the slaves they sometimes stop in the Caribbean before going to their destinations in the United States where other colonials lived. This form of the trade has shown direct and indirect effects on today’s African Americans. The psychological aspect during such slave trade is that the traders sometimes take the slaves from all over the world from different tribes, nations and mix them up together, causing different nations to be together at once. These traders at times does not take into account the descent from which these slaves come from, but to either affixed a name to each slave whether or not they liked it, causing an disruption in the African ancestry family of persons who sometimes try to track their family ancestors and the country of origin which they are associated with and come from. This even disrupts the identification of African Americans disconnection to Africa. Within this the trade of the Atlantic Slave Trade, is that an era of hostility occurred, where slaves have been beaten, raped, murdered, splitting up from families and been humiliated which now cause for today’s world to be in so much disarray of pain and confusion of the African American decent which is most likely understandable to what they have to cope and endure, which makes some of them less likely wanting to research their history. With all the physical aspect of what has happen in the trade, the economic situation has been drastically affected in the sense of the Atlantic Trade who frequently robbed the African Americans of their finances and showed their skill of unfair behavior. African Americans were brought to American, where they have to start over from scratch having no collateral to survive on, seeing that they have been robbed by the royalty every time they come by. After all the suffering in which slaves had endure, and after all that controversy that they faced and have to deal with, they was then freed from slavery in the year 1865 in America, where the African Americans were then freed to 2012-05-20T16:56:25.027-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Discuss-the-long-term-impact-of-the-Atlantic-Slave-Trade-on-social-divisions-in-the-Americas_-34569.aspx “No need girl’s education, they are born only for taking care of their families”- this idea was stereotype in the early past of Bangladesh. The birth of a boy child was a blessing for the parents and a girl child was like a curse. It is a surprising matter that a girl child also comes like a boy child from mother’s womb and father’s blood but still that child is unexpected to her parents. In reality, a father and mother can never hate their children. Actually, the society made the rule to neglect the girl children. As Bangladesh is considers as a Muslim country, most of its population are Muslim. The Bangladeshi people thought that their religion had ordered them to keep their women and female children inside the house and keep them in safe. As a result, the parents always wanted a male child to earn for the family and protect their old age. From a theological research, it has found that the beliefs which were followed by our ancestors were based on wrong concepts. The holy books actually suggested keeping women in safe, not to confine them into four walls where they do not have any liberty. These books also suggested that a woman can even participate in the warfare if she is able to protect herself. Very slowly but the people started to change their mentality when they were becoming educated and started realizing that it was useless to achieve success without women as a mother is the first teacher of a child. If a mother is illiterate there is much possibility that the child will be uneducated. 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Discrimination can be justified in many cases - such as discriminating against homosexuals country singers - but in general discrimination is unacceptable. Perhaps the heinous form of discrimination is that which takes place between white Americans, and people of any other race, in particular Asian-Americans. The total reasons entailed in making Asian-American Discrimination (AAD) so atrocious are innumerable, but there are a few that bear mentioning, and I will do so forthwith. The first reason to avoid and defend against AAD is the nature of birth. That is, people cannot control where, in what manner, or of what ethnicity they have been born. An Asian male will fornicate with its wife or sister and an Asian spawn will happen. Nowhere in that process does the spawn have any power . Obviously, if it was left up to this creature, it would have chosen to be born American. The Asian spawn are thus blameless. 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These established teams played with a rubber ball, and made their own uniforms. For the poor these soccer clubs became a way of life, people made close friends during work and made the friendship stronger on the soccer field. The game of soccer to these people represented their lives and the hardships that they faced. This is exemplified in the idea of a “Picardia” or person who is quick witted and doesn’t get kicked or hit. It showed that a lower-class person opposed to power had to weaken it or wear it out. There was a huge progression in the sport of soccer; in the beginning it represented “a material sacrifice, not a material reward.” Poor players could feel things that they had never experienced before. They were still poor, but soccer made them feel valuable, like Gods. The crowd loved the players and cheered for them. In the 1920s more tangible rewards were given to these skilled soccer players. The rich factory owners who watched the games and saw the players skills, decided to form their own teams. Soccer allowed the lower-class to obtain jobs, as long as they played for the factory team. Here they got to play a sport that they loved, have a job and earned money. These factory teams also formed bonds between the workers, managers and owners. The only downside was that it created a division among the working-class, because these people used the sport and the players to benefit themselves. Soccer became a way of escaping the burden of everyday life, as well as escaping the oppression by the upper-class. In the 2008-04-19T04:47:47-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Soccer-Brazil-Race--33560.aspx Women's Rights in the Workplace Women still face job discrimination in the business world of today. From fashion accessories, to social expectations. From family needs, to a professional ambition. Women face difference challenges in the work place everyday. However is the work place really level? Are women treated equally to men? Some women are discriminated in the business world of today. This is called Sex discrimination. Sex discrimination means being treated unfairly because of your sex or because you are pregnant. Some women who are faced with job discrimination are doing nothing about it. We should all (employers and employees) be well informed about our rights and responsibilities. During the 1990’s women have progresses so rapidly and are know as the worlds fastest growing market. Women now have more money and power than ever before. Although women are increasing their number in managerial and executive positions, those positions are still generally dominated by men. A lot of high class businessmen find it frustrating and to their disadvantage to employ female employees due to maternity leave and family issues getting in the way of business. However this issues shouldn’t be a problem. It is not a women’s fault that her and her partner decide to have a baby. Why should she be not accepted or even dismissed due to her personal life? It is not privilege to work while pregnant. It is now law, under the sex discrimination act (1984). Another reason why some businessmen don’t hire “family” women is because a mother’s time is more limited compared to a “non mother's” time. Mothers find it harder to work over time or weekends, while single people find it a lot easier due to not having to find a babysitter ect. Also a mother is more likely to take more time of due to a sick child, than obviously a woman with no children. In the tradition times (1800-1970’s) men were always known as the provider for the family and women as the home and children careers. Attitudes are changing but have not all gone away. Some men still feel as if they have to be the provider and only provider of the family. As we progress we realize that women can do, as good, and maybe a better job in many cases. It is now socially expectable for a man to stay at home and 2007-04-25T21:05:15-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Women-s-Rights-in-the-Workplace-33158.aspx African Americans And Law Enforcement It was late one mourning, and the well- dressed young African American male was driving his Ford Explorer on I-85, sees the blue lights of the Georgia State patrol car behind him. The officer pulls behind the sport utility vehicle. The young man’s heart is beating like thunder. He is on his way to Norcross for a job interview. The stop, obviously for speeding, should not take long, he reasons, as the highway patrol officer walks cautiously toward the Ford Explorer. But instead of simply asking for a driver’s license and writing a speeding ticket, the trooper calls for backup. Another trooper arrives speeding, his blue lights flashing as well. The young man is told to exit the vehicle and sit in the back of the patrol car, as they announce their intention to search it. “Hey, where did you get the money for something like this?” referring to a palm pilot as one trooper asks mockingly while he starts the process of going through every inch of the Explorer. Only minutes later, an officer pulls off an inside panel door. More dismantling of the vehicle follows. The driver had an idea about what was going on. Eventually, they say they are looking for drugs. But in the end, they find nothing. After ticketing the driver for speeding, the officer casually drive off with a look on his face that said ‘you may have gotten away this time, I’ll remember who you are and I will catch you the next time. Sitting in his now trashed sports utility vehicle, my brother murmurs in his anger and humiliation. Unmotivated searches like this are daily occurrences on our nation’s highways and there is more contacts between African Americans and law enforcement than there are between police and whites when officers initiated contact. Many conservatives, on the other hand, feel such complaints as the exaggerations of overly sensitive minorities. Or they say if traffic cops do in fact pull over and search vehicles of African Americans disproportionately, then such racial profiling is an unfortunate but necessary component of modern crime fighting. The incident above should give pause to those who think that racial proofing is simply a bogus issue cooked up by black leaders such as Al Sharpton and Rev. 2007-04-18T22:53:17-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/African-Americans-And-Law-Enforcement-33028.aspx Civil Rights and Gays in the Military I am a 7th grader at Manhattan Country School. There are many issues that I am very concerned about. The “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy is one of the most serious. I would like to see changes in this policy. Is discrimination fair? Have we worked all those years in the Civil Rights Movement for discrimination to still exist? The “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy prevents homosexuals from being in the Armed Forces if they are open about their sexual orientation. This means that people who want to help fight for our country do not have the legal means to do this because there is a wall of hatred blocking them. This wall of hatred is discrimination. Is it fair that the only way for them to serve is to lie or to be someone they’re not? Why would you reject so many people who would be able to help the country? Is being homosexual a crime? Is it fair that being homosexual prevents people from doing their jobs and performing their duties? The “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy became a law in 1993. It was meant as a compromise between those for and against homosexuals in the military. The ultimate result of this compromise, however, has been anti-homosexual. Almost each year since the policy was implemented the number of discharges for being open about being homosexual has risen. In total over 7,500 homosexuals were discharged from the military. Does this mean anything to you? Well it certainly does to me. To me it means that thousands of people are being denied the right to do what they want to do. Our country is losing the services of so many because of discrimination. Furthermore this policy has given anti-homosexuals a sense of legitimacy. In addition to discharges the level of harassment against homosexuals is on the rise. I grew up in a school that’s main focus is equality, creating a community of many different races, ethnicities, and cultures. The school brings together a community of teachers, teachers of different sexual preferences. My school’s atmosphere is warm and friendly. Whenever we cluster together in a small room for assemblies we always sing in unison and you get a great feeling of equality. Differences melt and we are all human beings. Each one has a unique to gift to offer to the Manhattan Country School community. 2007-01-12T03:34:30-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Civil-Rights-and-Gays-in-the-Military-32395.aspx Hate and Racism in Society Living overseas for the majority of my life, racism was never a subject that I had to deal with. I was raised in a multi-cultural household; therefore, I was taught to appreciate people for who they are, not for the color of there skin. In relation to the story of “Boyhood with Gurdjieff”, my attitude had to be reevaluated when I encountered a situation dealing with racism. One night, a couple of friends and I gathered together to watch a boxing match between a Mexican-American fighter and a Puerto Rican fighter. With the massive adrenaline rushing throughout the room, arguments began to flare up about who was the superior warrior. This type of arguing is expected; however, one senseless soul (whose name is insignificant; nevertheless, I will refer to him as “D”) decided to yell out that, “Puerto Ricans are generally better then Mexicans!” I was outraged! I could not believe that “D” had the dignity to blurt out such a racial statement over a boxing match. To make matters worse, “D” tried to convince me (a Mexican-American) how literal his statement was. My manner towards “D” changed immediately from friendly acquaintance to enemy. How do I overcome such stupidity and immaturity? Does my hate put me in the same category as this racist? These questions and more run through my mind constantly as I think back to this unforgettable moment. Hate is a word that I rarely use in my vocabulary; however, hate is the feeling that I had throughout that entire night. As I arrived home all I thought about was, “Why I didn’t knock this guy silly?” I called my father and I asked him how people are supposed to deal with situations like this? He calmly said to me, “Son, there will be horrible people where ever you go. Your job is to exclude yourself from that category.” I said, “Dad, don’t you feel any sort of hate or disgust?” He said to me again, “Exclude yourself son.” I felt betrayed. I thought my father would rebel with me and stick up for our culture; instead, he advises me to turn the other cheek. In frustration I said to him, “Where is your sense of nobility and self-respect!” The hate 2006-12-18T22:12:21-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Hate-and-Racism-in-Society--32033.aspx Historical Discrimination in America The events in Birmingham, Alabama is evidence that the unfair treatment of African Americans led the call of direct-action. Suffering humiliating court rulings, police brutality, unsolved bombings, and broken promises by city officials are the reasons for the actions taken by the black community. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a non-violent movement that opened the eyes of millions of Americans witnessing the protest on the streets of Birmingham. Dr. Kings actions of bringing justice for his people where just, his evidence regarding non-violent action comes from four basic steps; “the collection of facts to determine whether injustice exists; negotiations; self-purifications; and direct actions; are his reasons for the out roar and fight for equality by African Americans(66)”. King first researched the problems before taking any steps toward protest. Merchants had made promises of removing the racial signs from stores if demonstrations were to be stopped but that came out as an broken promise, within weeks the signs were back up again. The 1954 Supreme Court ruling, desegregate all schools in the nation, yet in Birmingham, that law was never enforced and segregated schools still exist(71). Birmingham is also a city known for the most unsolved bombings of black houses and churches(66). Police brutality was also known throughout. Beatings, hosings with enough pressure to take the bark off a big tree, police dogs attacking people of all ages, are all factors to the non-violent movement taking place in 1963(66). Bringing the African American community together, to prepare and organize was a task. Dr. King made workshops directed towards non-violence. He questioned his people, “Are you able to accept blows without retaliating?”(67) “Are you able to endure the ordeal of jail?”(67) The community in turn sacrificed themselves and made headlines in Birmingham. Boycotting stores during Easter, putting pressure on the new Mayor and getting the media involved, opened the eyes of America. Dr. King’s critiques criticize his demonstrations for being untimely and unwise. Eight clergymen during the south wrote a letter condemning Dr. King for his actions said, “…we are now confronted by a series of demonstrations by some of our Negro citizens, directed and led in part by outsiders.” which is written toward Dr. King to stay out of Birmingham’s political 2006-11-02T15:24:00-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Historical-Discrimination-in-America-31663.aspx Issues Regarding Ethnic Discrimination Ethnic discrimination in our schools is a growing concern. Ethnic discrimination in schools can be defined as not giving a person an equal education on account of their race. I believe that this is a big problem because that if we discriminate against our students we will ultimately lower our college attendance rates. There are classes that stress anti-racism for not only the students, but the teachers as well. Students of all races lose when they are not given the chance to learn from teachers of all races. Teachers also lose out when they are not given the chance to learn how to teach to students of different races. We students and faculty at Washington Union might think that this “ethnic discrimination” is a long way away. However, how many African-American students do we have in our honors or AP classes? How many times have you heard students complaining that members of a different racial class receive “special privileges”? As you can see there is discrimination right here at home. Ethnic discrimination in our schools has been going on since the emancipation proclamation, but in the last thirty years it has been making a drastic comeback (www.harvardstudies.com). Ever since the governor of Arkansas had to call soldiers to try and stop the “Little Rock 9” from attending Central high school there have been a barrage of other discriminatory acts committed in our schools. One of those acts that set the standards for the others was the class action suit “regents of the University of California v. Bakke”. This case was filed by a young black man that claimed he was not admitted to college on the account of him being black. The Supreme Court ruled that quotas would be prohibited and that colleges could use ethnicity as a factor of admission (www.blkhismonth.com). After this case, another case in the seventies was brought into the court system that was on the account of a white man not being excepted to UCDavis on the account of his being white. This was after a later Supreme Court had named the University v. Bakke decision unconstitutional (www.chicagotrib.com). One might think that these cases weren’t that big of a deal, or that they would not affect them. Au Contraire, when a certain bunch of people are 2006-11-02T14:57:04-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Issues-Regarding-Ethnic-Discrimination-31660.aspx Modern Forms of Discrimination Who says discrimination doesn’t exist in present day? Newspapers, television, and people all around us are methods of seeing that discrimination occurs everyday of our lives. There might be those people who say that it is extinct, but then again, do they come in contact with people outside their own race? Discrimination is something that is here with is for as long as we live. It’s an issue 2006-10-29T22:31:17-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Modern-Forms-of-Discrimination-31625.aspx Is Society Against Interracial Relationships and Marriage Interracial relationships have long been a key issue in societies since the beginning of time. Many people find the mixing of races disgusting and immoral. The question is, should they? In my opinion the answer is no, however, this paper is not about my opinions, but about how others, who are supposed Christians view this very same topic. America was founded to be a nation where everyone would have the freedom to do what he or she believed was right. However, it has notably been one of the countries in the world that has the biggest problems with race mixing. Fortunately, today this controversy over interracial relationships in general has seemed to die down. Unfortunately, these seemingly racists beliefs have not disappeared from our society altogether. It would be my opinion that the majority of people who have problems with multicultural people, as well as the mixing of the races, are opposed because of ignorance. They do not understand other cultures and nationalities and therefore, in part, fear them. Either way, the goal of this paper is to find out how a small sample of today’s Christian society will view interracial relationships, dating, as well as marriage. Literature Review “As Americans struggle with racially charged issues from affirmative action to record-breaking immigration, high school students have started a quiet revolution that could signal a shift in the way the nation will come to look at race.” According to a new USA Today/Gallup poll of teen-agers across the country, fifty-seven percent of teens who go out on dates say they've been out with someone of another race or ethnic group. Not just interracial dating has seen a rise, but also interracial marriages. There were nearly 1.3 million married interracial couples in 1994, the Census Bureau reported, four times the numbers in 1970. In most cases, many of the teens polled in this survey said that their parents were not a major obstacle in this issue. Sixty-four percent of teens say their parents don't mind that they date interracially, or wouldn't mind if they did. Almost three/fourths of black, white or Hispanic students polled agreed that interracial dating was not a big issue at their schools (Peterson). Unfortunately, the majority of society still has problems with interracial dating. People 2006-07-22T17:47:14-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Is-Society-Against-Interracial-Relationships-and-Marriage-30471.aspx Racism in American History Slavery originated in Africa. It was a punishment for those who broke the law. It also was part of the wars in Africa. However, slavery in Africa was more like indentured slavery. Those enslaved had a certain amount of time to serve. It was a way of putting back what was wronged. Slavery was never at the magnitude, until it got to America. When slavery first entered into America, it was more so indentured slavery. This is when people would work for their transportation over to the colonies and would be free after serving five to seven years in servitude. The colonists tried to enslave Indians also, but were unable to due to the fact when they escaped they were able to find refuge in the outskirts. Takaki, also wrote about how the Irish were indentured servants, but they had problems with them running away with black slaves and also sleeping with them. The colonist of Virginia thought that white slaves were too costly and were a high risk for flight. They decided that white indentured servants would serve their terms and receive fifty acres of land and some other attributes like a gun for their service. This was the beginning of the “peculiar institution”. Once the white slaves where on their way out the colonists saw fit to enslave the blacks for life. They began to make laws that hindered slaves from all freedoms. They were considered the property of plantation owners and could be bought and sold at any time. The blacks that happened to be free were not allowed to hold office, bear arms, testify in court, or vote. Colonists put more restrictions on mixed children and whether or not they were considered black or white for the purpose of having more slaves. In my opinion, and in Takaki and Hackers, slavery was an institution. Cornell West and Hacker, gave the best descriptions of what is like to be black and in America after slavery. With the ideas, of D’Souza, I was able to see exactly what blacks were working against. D’Souza believed that blacks are due nothing. He believed that blacks benefited from being slaves. He thought that without it blacks would have never gotten the chance to be in America in 2006-07-13T19:02:58-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Racism-in-American-History--30234.aspx Pursuing Justice, Peace and Unity Where do we go from here? Many have asked this question, but few have the answer. During Dr. Martin Luther King’s time he was one of the few with the answer. Dr. King preached of the pursuit of justice, peace, and unity. own eye and can’t see or feel the justice, peace, and unity. At the sight of September 11th the whole world froze not knowing what to do or where to turn, we were in total mayhem. We felt that an unjust act had plagued our world. At that moment we were that nation that we pledge our selves to be each day. We found peace in the hands of people we may have never come in contact with. This one event united our nation that way it was suppose to be. Witch is very sad to say when their were men and women white and black such as Dr. King that had been there all along to try to unite us to be that people. Now as the months past and the guard of the people continue to stand, we fond our selves pursuing the justice that is ample in our eyes. For that seconds that we were blind to the world we allowed our neighbors over seas to be brought into a state of bondage were they had no freedoms of life. Now we see our selves sending our closes love one over seas to help not only break the bondage of our neighbors but to pursue justice for the thousands of lives that were took that day. When may ask the question. Did it have to come to this? We still don’t know what to say as we continue to prepare for what the future might bring. We find ourselves looking back to those leaders as Dr. King to inspire us to look forward to the future. And as we see the future manifesting itself we find more leaders like Dr. King that encourage the people of today to be better that the people of yesterday. Now we find ourselves fighting for the future fighting for tomorrow with yesterday behind us to strengthen us and prepare us for today. We as a people have come together for this moment in time but it may not always be that way. So do we now look to the hills or 2006-07-05T17:35:54-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Pursuing-Justice,-Peace-and-Unity-30026.aspx Common Occurences of Racial Profiling in America Driving eastbound on highway 18 around 12:00 a.m., me and four other friends were targeted by the Iowa State Patrol. As they were enroute to my house, a state patrol car whipped around and followed us with the lights flashing brightly. Five teenagers early in the morning were prime targets. All of us fell victim to a police bust practiced throughout the nation by police officers. This nasty police procedure is called racial profiling. With this tactic, everyone behind the wheel can be considered guilty. Racial profiling shows its ugly head today in America. Despite the civil rights victory 30 years ago, racial prejudice is still reflected throughout the criminal justice system. Any one person can fall victim to racial profiling. Many states nation wide have made this procedure illegal. The color of skin can be the most common area of racial profile to attack, but any race, ethnic group, religious followers, or age group can be subjected to racial profiling. Tens of thousands of innocent motorists on highways across the country are victims of racial profiling. And these discriminatory police stops have reached epidemic proportions in recent years - fueled by the "War on Drugs" that has given police a pretext to target people who they think fit a "drug courier" or "gang member" profile. We must put an end to the practice of racial profiling (ACLU). When concerning the African American race, many people think that all they boil down to are a bunch of “gang bangers”, drug dealers, rappers, and athletes. Not all black people follow this suit. Just like any other race, there are always those bad seeds. There have been many successful black people who helped shape this country into what it has become. Countless role models have emerged from the dark shadows of the negative stereotypes that the blacks have portrayed over the years. Take Michael Jordan into consideration, his athletic ability took basketball to all new heights. He will go down in history as one of the best basketball players to dribble a basketball. Martin Luther King Jr. changed the way that people will look at his race. He led his people through the cicil rights movement. He influenced people to get past skin color and he 2006-06-14T23:29:20-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Common-Occurences-of-Racial-Profiling-in-America-29500.aspx Class, Race and Gender in American History “The United States government’s support of slavery was based on an overpowering practicality.” (Zinn 171) Before America even had a history it was busy creating a lower ethnic class for it to look down on. To work the fields and other low wage high risk jobs. To be there when a scapegoat was needed but to be as separate as could be maintained at all times. The history of black people in the United States begins with slavery. African Americans were seen not just as a lower class of people, but simply as property, creating a struggle for equality that may never end. Slaves were subjected to the poorest of living conditions, whippings not uncommon, and often having tight knit families, mothers and daughters, fathers and sons split when sold apart from each other. Early slave resistance was often to the effect of stealing property, sabotage, running away or just working slowly but sometimes went as far as killing masters or overseers and burning down buildings. In some instances masters were fast to try and remove themselves from this by making lower class whites overseers hoping they would bare the brunt of the slave’s anger (Zinn 177). The United States would eventually give into the great pressure placed on it to abolish slavery, but not without a war. With slavery ended black and white people were able to live together as equals. Some would say that this is still not fact. After slavery oppression of black people did not end. While slavery remained in the memories of African Americans discrimination was constant and as accepted in the society as much as slavery had been in years previous. Black people still lived in fear from race related violence and lynching like a slave owner relationship. In the 1930’s some African Americans began to align themselves with the Communist party. The communist party had long pointed out the inequalities of race even if they were accused of doing it for their own purposes. Those black people aligning themselves with the Communist party did not do so simply because they obviously needed the help and admired the parties ability in organizing rallies and protests (Zinn 447). Of course the union of the black men at the time to communism put a new even more frightening idea of the young militant black in everyone’s mind more than ever 2006-06-14T23:19:58-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Class,-Race-and-Gender-in-American-History-29494.aspx Evaluations of Racism in Society It is possible to maintain dignity in the face of racism and bigotry. I think Cassie would agree with this theme statement. During the book she did many things that showed this. When they were shopping at the Barnett’s store was one incident. The people working at the store did not wait on Cassie and her family because they were black. This made them very upset. Cassie asked Mr. Barnett politely to wait on her. Mr. Barnett used bad language and still did not wait on Cassie. Cassie stood up for herself and did not let Mr. Barnett call her names. She did what was right and did not believe that blacks should be treated different than whites. Another example of this theme is the relationship between Lillian Jean and Cassie. Lillian Jean was very racist, mean, and disrespectful to Cassie. Cassie befriends Lillian Jean and then while they are alone Cassie gets revenge on her for all the mean and embarrassing things she had done to Cassie. Cassie maintained her dignity in this situation. She beat up and punished Lillian Jean for all the evil she had done Cassie. I agree with the statement “It is possible to maintain dignity in the face of racism and bigotry.” I think this theme means you don’t have to use violence and other bad things during racism. It is better to use other tactics such as boycotting or making powerful speeches than to use violence. This is important because if you use violence you can get hurt or killed. I think this theme has a lot of meaning. It is each person’s responsibility to correct injustices in society. I think Pa would agree with me on this theme. Pa did a good job correcting injustices in society. An example of how he does this is he saves TJ. When TJ is being beaten and hanged Pa sets a fire on his own property to distract the people from killing TJ. TJ really didn’t steal or do anything wrong to be beaten but because he was black they accused him of doing it without truly knowing what happened. So Pa went as far as lighting his own property on fire to do what was right. Another 2006-06-11T19:14:15-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Evaluations-of-Racism-in-Society-29209.aspx Examination of Sexism in Society Don’t you think it’s about time women are treated equally to men? Women are treated unjustly all over the world, even in the United States, but isn’t the U.S. looked upon as the epitome of freedom and equality? The constitution states that all people are treated equal and it is against the law to be discriminative. Even so, women in the United States are looked upon as inferior to men. Everyone has heard million of times that women are equal to men and sexism isn’t a part of our society anymore, but it is. Women are harassed and discriminated everyday and we just deal with it. Isn’t it time for women to demand the same respect and opportunities as men? Sexism is everywhere, but the most common place is at work. Have you ever noticed that women don’t have as high job positions that men do? We aren’t given as many chances in jobs, raises, and wages like men are. An example of this is our government. There aren’t half as many female representatives as there are males. Even if a woman is as able or skilled as a man is, chances are the man will get picked and paid better. Wages and job positions aren’t the only acts of sexism and discrimination committed in the workplace; harassment is also a problem. Females are verbally and sexually harassed by fellow male workers and rarely is anything done about it. School is another place where sexism and discrimination is an issue. The administration usually isn’t very sexist, but the males attending that school are. There is verbal abuse and sexual harassment, but everyone thinks it’s all in fun. Most teenagers go along with it, without even knowing its discrimination. Even if anything is reported to the administration, nothing is done about it. Whoever did it might get yelled at, but most of the time that is the worst that will be done to discipline them. Other than school and the workplace, sexism even occurs in the media, it is on television, movies, and music. Rap music is mainly focused on sex, drugs, and has many vulgar names referring to women. Since all age groups listen to this freely, they think it’s acceptable to do and 2006-06-11T02:49:13-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Examination-of-Sexism-in-Society-29188.aspx Communication and the Media In western society, stereotype is commonly placed onto what Anglo-Saxons believe that they are not normal to their culture. Fundamentally, the media also play a part in how people "think" and generalise a group of individuals, based on the other's gender, race, religion, hair colour and so forth. This essay will discuss the stereotype that is reinforced in specific print and broadcast media representations, concentrating on three examples of gender-roles, blondes, and African-Americans, and what it tells about dominant ideologies. Firstly, we have fixed beliefs, opinions and attitudes that individuals hold about typical characteristics of female and male gender roles. These may relate to personality, where males are tough and intensive, while on the other hand, the females are usually the weak and sensitive (Williams, La Rose & Frost, 1981). A popular example of this is in the television series of "The Simpsons", an American cartoon series. In "The Simpsons", the man (i.e. Homer Simpson) is portrayed as a drunken, obese ogre who is stupid and doesn't know how to behave appropriately, or be a proper father figure to his children. The woman (Marge Simpson, the wife and mother of three children) however, is portrayed as a sensible, musically orientated, and fun-loving person (Jorian, 1997). Furthermore, Gunter argues that there are two major traits to female stereotyping; firstly, there is a severe under-representation of women in action-drama films in terms of actual numbers relative to the males. Secondly, even when women do appear, they tend to be portrayed only in a very selected range of roles. An example of this the James Bond movie "The World Is Not Enough", where he is the witty, handsome hero, while the female actress is portrayed as the helpless victim, even though she plays the role of a professional nuclear scientist. Moreover, women were more likely than men to be presented as product users in commercials. Women were shown more often than men in the home, as housewives. The nature of the differences in the sex-role portrayal was common and in accordance with traditional sex roles. Men were typically portrayed as having and knowledgeable about reasons for buying particular products, as occupying roles with the practical consequences of product purchases (Gunter, 1986). For instance, the commercial for 'Demtel', where a man tells the viewers about how reliable the product is. Where for the 'Continental Pasta' commercial, a mother prepares dinner instantly for her family, 2005-08-05T05:21:47-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Stereotyping-in-the-Media-27565.aspx Fannie Mae and Loan Discrimination The stock market crash of 1929 served a devastating blow to the national economy. Many people suddenly found themselves out of work as the nation spiraled into The Great Depression of the 1930's. Many Americans were forced to default on their mortgage loans. The Federal Housing Administration (FHA), a wholly owned government corporation, was established under the National Housing Act of 1934. Its primary goals were to provide an adequate home financing system through insurance of mortgages and to stabilize the mortgage market. In 1938 Congress created Fannie Mae to refinance FHA insured mortgages. (http://www.fhatoday.com/fha.htm) Fannie Mae has developed into a dominating force in the home finance market since its introduction in 1938, undergoing some major transformations along the way. The organization was privatized in 1968, while at the same time retaining a number of connections to the government, converting it into somewhat of a governmental - private organization hybrid. Examples of what make Fannie Mae unique to most other "private" organizations include being exempt from state and local income taxes. Furthermore, the organization is not required to register their securities with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The secretary of the Treasury is also authorized to invest up to $2.25 billion in their securities, and to approve their issuance of debt. (Wallison, Nationalizing Mortgage Risk, p.6) Since the company's "privatization" in 1968, Fannie Mae has provided $4.0 trillion in financing to millions of American families. Homeownership is considered to be one of the major components of "The American Dream." Not coincidentally, Fannie Mae's slogan is "Our business is the American Dream." The company claims responsibility for increasing the country's homeowner rates by reducing the cost of buying a home. The company has generated a great deal of capital from investors as well as government subsidies to become America's second largest corporation asset-wise. "Keeping low-cost funds flowing to mortgage lenders to lend to home buyers in all communities, at all times, under all economic conditions" (Fannie Mae, Annual Report) is what the company states is their primary objective. Whether or not this is Fannie Mae's focus at all times is debatable. Aside from the stockholders, middle to low income loan applicants are the primary stakeholders of the company. Making housing affordable for working families is what Fannie Mae prides itself in doing. Most of these stakeholders' primary concern is the availability and affordability of mortgage loans. Fannie Mae claims 2005-08-05T03:32:47-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Fannie-Mae-and-Loan-Discrimination-27562.aspx Proving Discrimination in the Workplace "Although many women feel they have blossomed in middle or old age, there are some people in our society who believe that a woman's value declines as she ages. Some employers require women workers to meet youthfulness or physical attractiveness standards. If these requirements exclude women 40 or over or are not equally applied to men, they may be illegal" (Williams). Under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, employers who have at least 20 workers are not allowed to: Recruit, or ask an employment agency to send, only younger applicants; withhold training opportunities from older workers; fire or force a worker to retire because they are older (some occupations are exempt); or allow younger workers benefits such as flex time that are not given to older workers. If an employee believes they have been discriminated against on the job or while applying for a job on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, or disability, they may file a charge of discrimination with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). If the employee feels that they have been discriminated against due to age they must show that they are a member of a protected class, show adverse employment action, show that he or she was qualified for the position and show that there was dissimilar treatment (Bennett-Alexander 414). In Parrish v. Immanuel Medical Center, Mary Parrish, "a 66-year old employee resigned after being summarily transferred to a new position and after her supervisor made age-based remarks. She sued for age discrimination" (418). Parrish is over 40, which satisfied the requirement that she is a member of a protected class. The adverse employment action, which lead Parrish to resign, was assigning her to a new position without giving her a choice. Her employer claimed that she was transferred because of her inefficiencies. Parrish was able to show that she was qualified for the position. She was capable of performing the required duties and had received above average ratings on her yearly performance evaluations. The jury found for Parrish. Immanuel Medical Center appealed and the judgment was upheld. An employee can bring a claim of disparate treatment or disparate impact against an employer. A claim of disparate treatment by an employee would be a claim that the employee is treated differently than other employees because of her age. A claim of disparate impact would be a 2005-06-19T08:27:44-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Proving-Discrimination-in-the-Workplace-26964.aspx The Glass Ceiling The glass ceiling starts to form itself very early on. From the moment a woman enters the work force after college, she is faced with much discrimination and unjust belief that she will not be able to do as well of a job than a man. A man and a woman, who both have the same education and training for a job, will have a considerable gap in their yearly income. In a first year job, a man will make approximately $14,619 compared to a woman who will make only $12,201. That is a pay gap of 17%(Gender Pay 1). There is no reason why there should be any gap in their incomes during the first year of their jobs. They have both had the same formal education and both have the same qualifications necessary for the job, yet they are being treated unequally. The woman has not shown herself to be incapable of accomplishing her job and has given her employer no reason to doubt her commitment to her career other than the simple fact that she is a woman. And this discrimination does not go away. After five years of constant working, at the same rate and level as each other, the pay gap actually increases. A male will get paid an average of $28,119 while a female only receives $22,851 (Gender Pay 1). This is how things have been done for years. The man typically gets paid more money and holds more executive jobs than women do, simply because they are males. A man will be paid an average of 47% more than females in the course of their lives (Gender Pay 1). Although this is wrong, this has been tradition for so long, both men and women have accepted this way of thinking as right and have just gone along with it. There have been changes in regards to women in top positions within the last few years. However, although those advances are positive, they are still no where equal. A certain statistic may say that there has been a 14% increase in the number of women in executive jobs for a certain company. However, although that increase is no doubt positive, it fails to tell the true story. That increase is only increases from a very 2005-05-17T07:01:29-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/The-Glass-Ceiling-and-Discrimination-26655.aspx What is Equality? Equality in John Locke's Second Treatise What is equality? Equality is a loaded term that can be used many different ways. It could be utilized to describe the same political rights that people may have, including males and females. Or it can be applied to describing the identical opportunity for one to accrue wealth. With a myriad of different uses and interpretations, equality is a confusing concept that can be hard to grasp. However, John Locke in the Second Treatise of Government outlines his theory of equality and how it works in his political society, known as the common-wealth. This political community, as will be discussed in greater detail, is constituted of all people because they are inherently born with the natural right to be free from subjugation. This natural equality is the foundation for civilization as it leads people out of an isolated existence into a political community. The aforementioned is envisioned through the passage of humans traveling from the state of nature into family organizations that gain properties and then ultimately towards a political society. Prior to substantiating the argument of Locke’s theory of equality as the foundation for his common-wealth state, it must first be understood. The natural equality of all people, as written by Locke in the Second Treatise emphasizes that all men are born in an equal state. No one is greater or lesser than another and therefore subject to no one, unless one willfully permits. “A state also of equality, wherein all the power and jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one having more than another…that creatures of the same race and rank …should also be equal one amongst each other without subordination or subjection.” This type of equality stresses that all people are free from being ruled or dominated by another person or group. However, Locke writes later in the same paragraph that they are equal and free “unless the lord and master of them all should, by any manifest declaration of his will, set one above another, and confer on him, by an evident and clear appointment, and undoubted right to dominion and sovereignty.” In this passage, Locke directly refers to the monarchy. During his lifetime, it is still widely believed that the kings and queens of the world are selected by God to rule over that 2005-04-20T04:38:34-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/What-is-Equality-Equality-in-John-Locke-s-Second-Treatise-26522.aspx The American Misconception Of Islam On September 11, thousands of innocent civilians became casualties of an unspeakable act of terror. As the day progressed, the events took most Americans on an emotional rollercoaster that brought dismay, fear, sadness, pride, anger and vengeance. This despicable act left fingers pointing to radical Muslim terrorist groups. Consequently, Muslims and/or of Arabic ethnicity, have become victims of hate and discrimination here in the United States. Examples include an Arabic gas station attendant in Indiana, who ducked behind a counter as bullets flew at him by a masked gunman; In San Francisco, a mosque was splattered with pig's blood. Women in Washington DC have had their head scarves snatched while walking down the street. Sadly, Arab-Americans will have to face the scrutiny of increased suspicion from the law enforcement, even though they promised them protection from intolerant persecution. The Internet and talk radio have become anonymous ways people are spreading their messages of hate towards Arabic ethnicity. Ironically, it would seem the television news media has played a role to spark anger in Americans by, for example, showing footage of Arabs celebrating the attack in America. Islam is a religion that promises peace, harmony and justice for those who do the word of God (Allah). There are many similarities between Islam and other religions such as Christianity and Judaism, which for example, recognize Moses and Abraham as prophets of God. Islam is divided up into many different denominations and sects like Christianity. All Muslims do hold to fundamental religious practices such as fasting, the pilgrimage to the holy shrine of Mecca, and daily prayer 5 times a day. Many Muslims generally have a negative view of the United States because of our lack of religious morals and our secular lifestyle. Even if the America established itself as a Christian nation, it would be more highly respected among Muslims. Muslims believe that the moral decay of the western civilization is bad for Islam, and refer to the Quran's stories of jihad, or "holy war". The word has various meanings, including the fight to control one's conscience, convert unbelievers and improve morals in society. In addition, Muslims believe martyrs go directly to heaven. More recently, the martyrdom belief had expanded to include volunteer suicide in battle, as demonstrated in Iran, when thousands of young Iranian soldiers volunteered to sweep Iraqi 2005-02-21T03:27:06-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/The-American-Misconception-Of-Islam-26290.aspx Gender Inequality The question on how gender inequality shapes peoples' life chances is one that has been echoing widely through minds of modern society in the recent decades. Historically sociologists have suggested, amongst various other reasons, that biological differences between men and women constitute as one of the main reasons for males having better job opportunities. Thus males were always branded the breadwinners of the family whilst a female's place was at home (Joanne Naiman 1997: 250-51). However, during the latter half of the 20th century these views began to slowly change but still stained with the ideologies from the past they still exist at the brink of the 21st century. Nevertheless, this is in a more subtle form and it is culturally reasoned to be normal and acceptable. This paper will discuss from a sociologists point of view how gender has come to determine ones future due to ideas instilled into society some time ago intervened with that of the present. Examining this from the root one can see that historically males have shaped the society in which we live. The policy-makers have almost always been male and therefore it is not surprising that our society mirrors those ideas, which exist as a result of this male-domination. For example in Joanne Naiman's book, there is an excerpt from Gustave Le Bonne, a Parisian in 1879, in which he openly compared most of the female brains with that of gorillas and stated " the inferiority (of women) is so obvious that no one can contest it for the moment; only its degree is worth discussing." (quoted in Joanne Naiman 1997: 250) Another instance closer to recent times is from Carol Travis' book titled "The Mismeasurement Of Woman". She states that in the beginning the left hemisphere of the brain was considered to deal with intellect and reason, while the right side dealt with passion, sex, irrationality and similar concepts -- thus males were considered to have a superior left brain. However in the 1960's and 70's scientists found that right brain was intellectually superior and was the source of genius, inspiration, creativity, imagination, mysticism and mathematical brilliance hence conveniently males now had a more developed right brain (Carol Tavris 1992:48). Both these citations clearly show historically how society regarded for the females as a species and how they were not considered smart enough to do jobs that entailed thinking or decision making. 2005-01-08T06:21:17-05:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Research-Paper-on-Gender-Inequality-26142.aspx "In Edinburgh, a homosexual man is four times more likely to be attacked than a heterosexual man." This fact has been iterated so much by the media over the past few weeks that it would be a challenge to find one Scot who could not quote it accurately. One would think that this alarming statistic could be greatly improved if people were educated from an early age in the aspects of homosexuality, and taught, even if not to agree with it, at least to be tolerating towards it. Why, then, is there such an opposition to the repealing of Section 28 of the Local Government Act, a clause which prohibits the "promotion of homosexuality", thereby increasing homophobic prejudice, legitimising the bullying of homosexual and bisexual school pupils, and encouraging hate crimes against gays, lesbians, and bisexuals? Currently, there is a great deal of controversy concerning whether or not this law should be repealed. Is it that this law protects children or encourages ignorance and prejudice? Section 28 was invented in 1986 by the Conservative Party. The actual wording of Section 28 is as follows: A local authority shall not: (1) intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality (2) promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship. Those in favour of Section 28 would argue that educating children in matters of homosexuality is morally wrong. They believe that children are extremely susceptible to what they see and hear around them, and that hearing from teachers about homosexuality would encourage them to try it for themselves. Claims have been made that children could be "turned" gay in this way. This would certainly be backed up by the unfortunate Jamie Bulger murder, where two young boys admitting to killing two-year-old Jamie after watching a violent film on television. If the media did not make an impression on people’s minds, advertising companies would go out of business. Another argument is that school pupils learn many things from their teachers, that is the reason that they go to school, so could learning about homosexuality not teach them to be gay? Firstly, the media can not be blamed for individuals eradicating the blame for their own actions. Religious programming on television has not caused a nationwide surge of Christianity. It is true that advertisements on television and in magazines can have a strong influence on the things we do 2004-07-05T22:59:27-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Homosexual-Laws--25533.aspx Hate based on race, religion and sexual orientation exist within any cultural rich societies. When this type of hate fuels a person into taking violent actions upon those they hate, it is called a hate crime; a topic which the American public is seriously concerned about. It has been a widely discussed subject on the media, and often debates of whether or not a crime should be attributed with hate are the center for discussion. Does hate crime imply on any case when a person is convicted for inflicting damage on someone "different"? It is often difficult to set a benchmark for measuring sufficiency of hate as a cause to label it in front of crime. The term can be conveniently stretched and squeezed by people with different ideas and biases. The four white policemen who brutally beat Rodney King Jr., a black man, half to death for merely speeding is determined by the court¡¦s judgment, as officers performing their duty. Hate, to those particular jurors and judge, was not a valid concern. To them, the beating was not due to the officers¡¦ resentment for a black man, but because they were simply disciplining an offender of the law. To the minority groups, the court¡¦s ruling was outrageous. From their point of view, the savage beating was unnecessary and hate was obviously the factor which induce the four cops to perform such a nasty feat. Because people have varying views and opinions, application of the term "hate crime" is not always relevant. Can we assume the murder of Nicole Simpson by OJ Simpson a hate crime since it involves a black man killing a white woman or are there more in depth twist to the case? People who are willing to do a little thinking, do not just look at the difference of the victim and the convicted and draw conclusions of whether or not the crime is hate related, they examine all the other psychological elements also. The most common way of judgment is to ponder: if the victim was of a different race, religion, or sexual orientation, would the same injurious action still have taken place? In order to picture the virtual scenario, we would need to think critically and be able to delineate out hate, and to do that, we need to understand why people hate. No one is born to be prejudice. It is the society people grow 2004-07-05T22:58:56-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/Essay-on-Hate-Crimes-25531.aspx Over the years many people have created groups to support their beliefs. These groups allow people with the same ideas to gather together and work out plans to advance their ideas. All of the groups that have been established have not necessarily gained a positive image from the public. One example is the Ku Klux Klan. The Ku Klux Klan originated over one hundred years ago and has gone through many eras and changes since its beginning. Although many people know the Ku Klux Klan exists, they do not understand its purpose or how it has changed throughout its life. After the Civil War ended, the Southern states went through a time known as Reconstruction. Ex-Confederate soldiers had returned home now, and they were still upset about the outcome of the war. It is at this point in time that the Ku Klux Klan became a part of everyday life for many Southerners. In the beginning the Ku Klux Klan was started to be a way for people who had the same views to spend time together. The original members meant of the Ku Klux Klan to be a "hilarious social club" that would be full of aimless fun (Invisable Empire, p.9), though in later years the Ku Klux Klan became known for their violence against people outside the white race and people who associated with them. Contrary to what most people believe, the Ku Klux Klan was started because of a few people wanted to have some innocent fun, not because they were intending to start a chain of violence on anyone outside the white race.(The Klan, p.2) The Ku Klux Klan began in Pulaski, Tennessee, a small town south of Nashville. On the night of December 24, 1865 six ex-confederate soldiers were sitting around a fireplace it the law office of Judge Thomas M. Jones.(Invisible Empire, p.9) These six friends were having a discussion and were trying to come up with an idea to cheer themselves up. One of the men suggested that they should start a club and the rest of the men agreed with the idea. After discussing the mew idea, the men decided to meet again and retired for the night. The second meeting was again at Judge Thomas M. Jones' law office and was attended by the same six men. During this meeting the group decided it needs a name. After many hours 2004-07-05T01:06:26-04:00 http://75.150.148.189/free-essay/The-Klan-Of-Terror--25273.aspx