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He first distinguishes between voluntary and involuntary actions, citing actions done by ignorance and by force as the only conditions of an involuntary action. According to Aristotle, an action done by force “has its principle outside the person forced, who contributes nothing,” and an action done by ignorance is caused by ignorance of the particulars (Aristotle, 31). These particulars are specific aspects of a situation and…

Race Relations in the United States has been a volatile subject dating back as far as we know and can read in history. The United States and its citizens have long created plans to tackle these conflicts that arise from race relations, yet they seem nothing more than good simple ideas that have grown into forced approaches on society. Ideas that have changed and evolved over time to be only a sliver of the original tone and plan to begin with. If one doesn’t follow these opinions, you could be…

The Industrial Revolution of the 18th century brought a rapid expansion of industrial society to Europe, and specifically Britain. Industrialization lead to a large increase in the work force, as people moved from rural areas to urban city centers. As businesses rushed to capitalize on the market they hired workers without any systematic hiring scheme or contract. To maximize profit on the part of the owners, employees would be forced to work long shifts for very low pay. Working conditions in…

Job Discrimination is when someone is denied a job or assignment for non-job related reasons. Job discrimination can happen without one’s knowledge. For example, a close friend of mine told me he quit his job. The company he worked for would not promote him due to his skin tone. They told him he would be a great fit and most likely would get the position, only to give it to his colleague. Also, at my place of employment, they do not hire male teachers. We have one male teacher as a floater but…

When Affirmative Action first came into existence, it was not well received. A lot of scholars did not believe it was necessary. A scholar specifically named Thomas Sowell believed that Affirmative Action had a reversed outcome than what the creators had intended. He asserts that “Policies initiated to help the disadvantaged ended up helping the privileged within the preferred groups instead. Policies intended to insure intergroup harmony led to intergroup resentments and violence.” Also he…

Affirmative action is a policy favoring people who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education; affirmative action is considered positive discrimination. Nicolaus Mills wrote this article Rethinking affirmative action after analyzing Columbia University’s professor Manning Marable 's biography, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention. In the biography, Marable examines the late Malcolm X ideas, theories, and ideologies in many different aspects in which Mills…

College Paper 1 Paper 1. College Essay It is high time that corporations and economies as a whole embrace the value that diversity plays in both the work place and our communities. Too long has this been thrown under the table and not given the attention it deserves. According to the Business Journal “Diversity represents a broad spectrum of people and perspectives, and includes acceptance and respect” (businessjournal.com, 2016). As a matter of fact, diversity is the bonding agent that leads…

During this course, there were some prejudices that I have discovered that I did not think I had. One of the prejudices discovered was against Euro-Americans, believing that most of them had it easy because they were white. I learned that me believing in this, came from how I grew up. I am a multiracial man (African American and Latino), but I was raised by my Black father. So, for most of my life I was around my Black family and for the most part I had black and non-white friends. Growing up my…

Reflection on "A Class Divided" Discrimination has been prevalent in many cases throughout U.S. history and still is today. People do not always realize the effect that discrimination and their actions can have on the group they chose to discriminate against. It can cause them to feel lesser of themselves simply due to the fact, that they are different. This feeling of difference was made very clear in the film “A Class Divided.” In this experiment, the way the children viewed themselves and…

Affirmative Action—the consideration of race in college admissions—allows colleges to admit students based on their race to increase campus diversity, even if their academic standing is not as high as other students applying to the university. A common fallacy is that minorities are underrepresented in higher education, and while this may be historically accurate, there is a new group that is losing the benefits of higher education—lower class students. By extending more opportunities to these…