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- 481: Feminism And Gender Equality I
- ... not intend to argue that affirmative action is good or bad, but only wish to point out that the current backlash against these programs is heavily rooted in sexism and racism. Often blatant violence or unfair acts against a group of people will cause that group to pull together and empower themselves against their oppressors. The women's movement has made ...
- 482: Killing Us Softly A Film Revie
- ... were used to being. The film also shows that if media were used in a constructive way, it would help in a tremendous way to solve the many problems of racism and sexism that are discussed in the works studied throughout the course. For example, if there were commercials on how African Americans are treated differently than whites when applying for ...
- 483: Jackie Robinson
- ... there, not many owners- or players, fans, or reporters- were eager to change things"(Weidhorn 34). When Jackie was playing for a minor league team he had many encounters with racism. When Robinson's team was playing the Orioles in an exhibition game they beat them 4-2 and the white fans of the Orioles were not happy. Jackie and two ...
- 484: Gandhi
- ... South Africa were without political rights, and were generally known by the derogatory name of 'coolies'. Gandhi himself came to an awareness of the frightening force and fury of European racism, and how far Indians were from being considered full human beings, when he when thrown out of a first-class railway compartment car, though he held a first-class ticket ...
- 485: Ethical Issues In U.S. Immigra
- ... Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy who said, “It is only natural that the refugees experience should spawn well-founded suspicions that the treatment received by Haitians is the result of institutional racism. Only 55 out of 9,000 Haitians are granted political asylum, while there is no publicly recorded case of any one of some 10,000 predominantly white Cuban boat people ...
- 486: Eleanor Roosevelt
- ... Revolution after it barred the black singer Marian Anderson from its auditorium. During World War II, Eleanor remained an uncompromising voice on civil rights, insisting that America could not fight racism abroad while tolerating it at home. Progress was slow, but her continuing intervention led to broadened opportunities for blacks in the factories and shipyards at home and in the armed ...
- 487: Cult Leaders And Their Abuse O
- ... their power to manipulate those lower than them in social status. An example of a power-abusing "religious" leader is Reverend Jim Jones who initiated a ritual suicide to protest racism and fascism. Although in his own mind he had food intentions, to save the world from the Armageddon, he was insane and in the overabundance of power, he was able ...
- 488: Capital Punishment
- ... a defendant is more likely to be charged with the death penalty if the victim is white. While it is true that states like Georgia and Mississippi are notorious for racism (in Mississippi a defendant is 5.5 times more likely to receive a death sentence if the victim is white), these types of disparities are the case all over America ...
- 489: Austria
- ... protests against the new government, which were buoyed by the European Union response to continue although with less vigor than in the first days. About 15,000 demonstrators shouting "Resist Racism and Facism!" marched in Vienna on Saturday. Smaller demonstrates were held in cities throughout the country. A march that may be swelled by the trade union allies of the Social ...
- 490: Analysis Of Broken Windows
- ... of crime, and how it should be solved differs very much from that of what was determined previous to this article. Instead of crime being attributed to factors like poverty, racism, and abnormalities, one could add lack of care in a neighborhood. Instead of victims being the elderly or defenseless there are instead found to be the most capable of committing ...
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