Acknowledgement Essay

American society has long been hailed as the melting pot of the world, a diverse amalgam of culture and ideology that welcomes all the world’s people. But the Land of Opportunity’s quintessential ideology does not always mirror the actions of its citizens. Discrimination based on skin or culture has always been the dark byproduct of America’s great diversity. Merriam Webster defines racism as “a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities” (Merriam Webster) and as…

Fundamentalism refers to the static adoption of a given ideology in ones life (3), often leading to a firm rejection of alternate beliefs and a strictly authoritarian world view (1). Religious fundamentalism employs a literal acceptance of the ideology and scriptures of a given religion (11), driven by the psychological character of the fundamentalist who 's primary aim is to create a society based off their religious ideology (6). The ways in which fundamentalism affects human behaviour can be…

A split identity creates an internal struggle for an individual. One has to battle within themselves to determine which identity is their true self. In literature, the use of a doppelganger or a double allows the reader to see the internal struggle of the character expressed externally – essentially uncovering a hidden nature. In the deathbed confession style tale of “William Wilson” by Edgar Allen Poe, a young man by the name of William Wilson travels the world attempting to escape his double.…

trans-Saharan slave trade can be seen primarily through the Middle Eastern culture. Assimilation to societal norms contrasts the prolonged effects of racism and how it has entwined itself within Arab culture. There has been no real recognition or acknowledgement at large regarding the trans-Saharan slave trade. Having spanned over 14 centuries dating back as far as the 7th century, estimates claim as many as twenty million lost their lives to the infamous trade…

Volatile liquids require a small amount of thermal energy to vaporize due to the fact that many contain nonpolar molecules. This property of volatile liquids was utilized in this experiment to determine the molar masses of unknown volatile liquids by employing the ideal gas law in the course of vaporization and condensation of the liquids. This was done by taking measurements of volume, temperature, mass, and pressure throughout various steps of the experiement. These findings were then applied…

Bullying in todays world does not just exist at a grade school level. Bullying can follow for years after you graduate college and enter the world of business. Top management can make accusation toward lower management. Entry level employees can intimidate other entry level employees. A person can easily find themselves the victim of bullying or be the person that inflicts the pain. By definition bullying is “the repeated mistreatment of an individual or individuals by aggressive or unreasonable…

Cohen will argue that Southwest Gas applies here. We disagree. Southwest, while somewhat factually similar to our own case, is heavily distinguishable. There, the court found that prior to the plaintiff accepting the manual and signing its acknowledgement the plaintiff was given verbal assurances that nothing was changing in regarding termination procedures or length of employment. The plaintiff’s reliance on this assurance in essence nullified the attempt to modify the employee manual with…

Inherited identities become a reality for many victims of transgenerational trauma victims. In the case of many second generation Holocaust survivors, their parents describe in detail the horrors of the Holocaust, and their family’s losses to the children. These memories of the past are transferred to the next generation unintentionally, and they become engrained within the next generation’s identity. Cited in “Representations of the Holocaust” by Karein Goertz, Nach Der Shoa Geboren who was the…

Natural rights and utilitarianism are two ethical philosophies based on human nature and dictates on the fundamentals of humankind. The two concepts are incompatible since they are disparate in aspects such as; their principles on human nature and judgement, beliefs of the government’s purpose and responsibility, and their application of principles to achieve social and political unity. Natural rights are heavily based on the entitlement of rights, whereas utilitarianism emphasises the notion of…

With tensions running between President Donald Trump and NFL players, an action such as the protest by Vice Pence can cause an uproar. Author Jemar Tisby, a writer for the Reformed African American Network, expresses his thoughts about the actions of Vice President Mike Pence in the article titled “Pence’s Stunt Further Inflames The Nation,” published on October 9TH, 2017 on CNN.com. He argues that rather than uniting a divided nation, Vice President Mike Pence makes matters worse by exiting an…