Police Brutality: What's Really Going On?
.... the author talked to said they would have reacted
the same way and most of the police officers that were interviewed said
that was the right thing to do. Some said they weren't rough enough.
What people saw in this case was the police officers beating Mr.
King without mercy. I don't think that's what happened I think that's what
people wanted to see. "What people think they see in a police incident is
not always what happens" Sergeant Stacey C. Koon.
Now what the public thinks is a different story. According to the
author "the people of the United States of America think the police are
brutal and not only that but out of co .....
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Greek And Hellenistic Philosophy
.... was a dedicated student of Socrates. He defended him against
the unjust accusations of Socrates corrupting the youth. Regardless of how
dedicated he was to his predecessor his thought process was very different.
Plato wanted more than anything to solve the problem of how the mind can
experience and recognize truth. Plato began to analyze the politics of the
Greeks. He was an anti-democrat, and he often argued about the turmoil in
Greece, this thermal is what probably influenced his conservative political
views. Just like Plato was a pupil of Socrates, Aristotle another great
philosopher, was a student of Plato's. Aristotle wa .....
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The Civil Rights Movement: Some Progress Is Better Then No Progress
.... for African Americans was
left unanswered. Until slowly African Americans and abolitionists of
slavery banded together in order to resurrect the human rights of African
Americans. At the same time a small women's movement started to arise as
many women became politically active in trying not only to abolish slavery,
but also further their own social status in society. However because of the
vast networks of tobacco, and the reliance of slavery to support the
economy, this was not an easy task. As famous historian Howard Zinn said, "
It would take either a full-scale slave rebellion or a full-scale war to
end such a deeply entren .....
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Censorship Of Books: Freedom Of What?
.... of
the press (to publish any material they want.) This also means that we can
access any of these materials. It doesn't mean we have the freedom to
control what others access, that would be referred to as communism.
In Triverton, Rhode Island a middle school class was assigned to
read a book called Go Ask Alice. The book portrays a fifteen-year-old girl
who is trying to overcome a drug addiction. It is written as a series of
diary entries she kept during the rehabilitation process. A parent
complained to the school about a dirty word in the book. The “dirty” words
were an effect used to show what the girl was like w .....
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Constructive Criticism
.... is an indispensable facet of human improvement. The vast majority
of ideas and behavioral characteristics can be improved, often quite
substantially, by a different individual who possesses a contrasting
perspective. Every human is unique, and has ideas indigenous to his
personality and experience. A contrasting point of view can often be used
to provide legitimate, constructive input more effectively than could an
individual with a similar perspective.
Internet newsgroups abound on the world wide web. Newsgroups, or Usenet
forums, are servers designed for the sharing of ideas between thousands of
individuals, with di .....
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Stereotyping Of Teenagers
.... things.
I was surprised to find the number of people who just figured I was into
drugs. I couldn't believe it. Apparently, because I choose to dress
differently, I must be trashed all the time. However, such is not the
case. Police assume we are trouble makers. I have been stopped countless
times, sworn at, and threatened by arrest, for simply standing on a street
corner or holding a skateboard. Meanwhile, a handful of preppy teens
stand by, doing the same thing, yet not getting a word towards them. We
are assumed to be on drugs and trouble makers, as well as Satanists,
witches, and that we're depressed. I speak from exp .....
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Feminism And Gender Equality In The 1990's
.... called "A Weekend
with Daddy." A little girl who lives a lonely life with her mother,
divorced, an intellectual know-it-all psychologist, goes to the country to
spend a weekend with her father and his new wife, who is wholesome, happy,
and a good cook and gardener. And there is love and laughter and growing
flowers and hot clams and a gourmet cheese omelet and square dancing, and
she doesn't want to go home. But, pitying her poor mother typing away all
by herself in the lonesome apartment, she keeps her guilty secret that from
now on she will be living for the moments when she can escape to that
dream home in the country wher .....
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Relations Among The Races
.... races together. Will it work? Or will minorities look upon the effort
as nothing more than a Band-Aid covering a much larger issue? To some
extent, concepts such as affirmative action have their place in society,
yet they will do nothing to alter an individual's perception of one race or
another.
I. ADOLESCENT ASPECT
In the past, childrens' racial viewpoints have routinely been shaped by
their parents' perceptions. This is precisely how racial prejudice is
passed down from generation to generation. However, today's teens appear
to be breaking free of the antiquated procession by voicing their own
opinions about race relati .....
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Race Relations
.... races together. Will it work? Or will minorities look upon the effort
as nothing more than a Band-Aid covering a much larger issue? To some
extent, concepts such as affirmative action have their place in society,
yet they will do nothing to alter an individual's perception of one race or
another.
I. ADOLESCENT ASPECT
In the past, childrens' racial viewpoints have routinely been shaped by
their parents' perceptions. This is precisely how racial prejudice is
passed down from generation to generation. However, today's teens appear
to be breaking free of the antiquated procession by voicing their own
opinions about race relati .....
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Binge Drinking On College Campuses
.... One-third of all schools surveyed reported bingeing by more
than half the students (Kowalski 8). Many students feel they “know their
limits, ” and can act responsibly while under the influence of alcohol.
However, binge drinking affects speech, vision, balance, and judgment
(Monroe 26). Additionally, alcohol adversely affects the body by disrupting
certain brain functions that can cause drinkers to become overtly rowdy and
hyper, or lose their sense of judgment (Kowalski 6+). When tempers flare,
and the alcohol “starts talking,” people do things they often regret and
sometimes have no recollection of whatsoever. Alcohol also .....
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Gender Socialization
.... gets older though,
he or she will begin to develop an identity for his or herself and
establish a personality that reflects their masculinity or femininity.
During early stages of a child's life the mother is the dominant
figure in the child's life. The father plays a limited role until the
child reaches later part of his childhood. It is at this stage that
children begin to try to separate themselves from the clutches of their
mother and establish their own identity. I remember when I was in secondary
school, I found out that my brother received much higher allowance as
compared to me when I am at his age. I think i .....
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Ethnocentrism
.... big part of appreciating anything is knowing what it is you are
trying to appreciate. John Blackthorne went into this expedition searching
to find land that he new was there. A place he studied and learned about.
John new what he was looking for which made the land easier for him to
appreciate once it was found. For the crew, on the other hand, their
purpose for finding the new land was not for educational reasons or for
appreciating anything but for starting trade and a money flow right away,
they didn't even believe their were anything called the Japan's in the
first place. Appreciating the enchanting and new land was t .....
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