Hijab

Did you know one billion dollars of back to school sales are uniform purchases (OCCUPYTHEORY, 2014)? Uniforms are fairly expensive, especially for families with low-income and multiple children, although, some may argue it saves money for parents. An interesting study that focused on students’ physical activity found that uniforms prevent girls in partaking in physical activities during recess (Hannah Norrish, 2012). The excessive focus on uniforms has averted the attention away from more…

Can someone intentionally walk away from a person in distress on the street? People assume that onlookers nearby will help the distressed person by assisting or phoning emergency services. Yet, most people will not lend a helping hand. For example, in 1964, there was a bizarre crime in New York City; a young woman named Catherine Genovese, commonly called Kitty, was murdered and thirty-eight onlookers witnessed the act and yet nobody came to her assistance or phoned the emergency services.…

crying every single day to my parents and begging them to transfer me to another school. My parents simply said, kids are kids and you just have to move on. I just could not accept that as an answer. I decided that just after 1 year of putting on the hijab (head scarf); I decided to take it off in hopes of being accepted by my peers. *** Flash forward to 2007, first semester as an engineering student, new faces, new classes, and new rules. How was I going to adjust and make friends? This…

Stereotypes. Racism. Discrimination. These three controversial topics make up a metaphoric holy trinity that is a huge focus point in the media of the United States today. Black on black crimes, white on black crimes, vice versa, and terrorist stereotypes are just a few examples of the stories in the news that persuade the perspectives of American viewers. Prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination always negatively affect individuals but never truly benefits the evoker. Americans are…

The subject of race has been continuously rousing various different concepts especially in the US. The notion of racial triangulation is one of them. The concept of racial triangulation means White is the privileged racial group among whichever races. Whereas through comparison Asians are measured superior to Blacks in the United States yet they are considered outsiders. On the other hand, blacks are still reflected as insiders like the Whites even though they are not being reflected superior…

and psychological safety. The Charter also protects everyone’s reasonable expectation of privacy in their homes, private spaces and personal information. “Stop this before someone truly gets hurt. We’ve had women attacked in the streets for wearing hijabs and niqabs. This not Canada” Trudeau told Chris hall, host of the house .In this quote that Justin Trudeau has said to Stephan harper applying that many women wearing a niqab were physical attacked. This is just disgusting because many women…

I had never worn the hijab before and decided that I would begin this new spiritual journey when I was in The Holy Land. As it was my first day back, I was already very nervous because I had missed the first three days of school and I didn’t want this to effect the school year…

What drives consumer behavior in fashion in the Uk? In general, I would like to talk about our research Poster project on consumer behavior and the theme of the projects is "fashion". The poster about combines text and graphics, present in the way that is visually interesting. The projects allow us to display our work to a large group, to talk, to receive feedback from interested viewers, and this makes it interesting. To be important, we have to design the research questions in groups. We need…

Rebellion, Marjane and her past Because Marjane's parents were revolutionary progressives, her daughter adopted a correct attitude, she does not accept the oppression and social injustice that lived in her country by the Islamist regime, with its political, social and economic changes. From there, Marjane's rebellion began, because since she was a child she has differences in the way of thinking and acting with respect to other friends and colleagues. Is Marjane's rebellion for everything she…

According to a 2007-2008 study, made by the National Center for Educational Statistics, 16.5% of all schools in the United States wear uniforms; while 54% have a strict dress code. Proponents of uniforms agree with the rise of uniforms (Fast Facts). They believe uniforms improve schools. Opponents believe the rise of uniforms is a problem. What most adults do not realize is how much students dislike uniforms. Middle school students should not have to wear school uniforms because this takes away…