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    still affect people of color today; therefore, affirmative action is needed to make up for inequities from the mid 1900’s. Segregation was and overbearing part of America, especially in the south just sixty years ago. As a direct result, African Americans continue to suffer in poverty, with an increased unemployment rate, and with less education. This poverty established by segregation has been passed generation to generation. Affirmative action can be a way to correct these past injustices…

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    Kyle Lascano Psychology Chapter 4 Journal As developing adolescents progress in their growth towards striving and being productive for their societies, their future adult-selves may vary physiologically, cognitively, and morally. Depending on the culture they were exposed to, the possible results after adolescences will have major differences. I, myself, am a child that spent majority of his childhood in a culture that revolved around the Asian standards; however, certain circumstances have…

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    self-consciousness and deep need to be accepted by the group. Such factors as not being to wear their own clothes She idleness that does not allow them to use up the surge of energy that occurs during adolescents of energy that occurs during adolescence, the boredom (to which teens are especially susceptible), I suppose the prevalence of tattooing in inmates (although I do not know how they obtain them) gives them a sense of identification with a group yet distinctiveness at the same time. It…

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    Affirmative action is defined as, “admission policies that provide equal access to education for those groups that have been historically excluded or underrepresented, such as women and minorities” (“Affirmative Action Overview” n.p.). Affirmative action is a controversial topic when it comes to college acceptance and admissions. The Grutter v. Bollinger Supreme Court case concerning racial diversity in public colleges across America had greatly impacted many policies on affirmative action in…

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    Overcoming Stereotypes

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    As minorities, my family and I resemble ants. We try not to get stepped on, we fight to bring home the most we can, and we constantly prove ourselves to be incredibly strong. Neverending challenges threaten to defeat us, but with the support of our community, we are ready to overcome them. Being a minority placed several obstacles on my path. I’m easily unnoticed, belittled, and underestimated. As a young hispanic woman, being stereotyped is not something unfamiliar to me. I constantly…

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    Civil Rights Act Of 1964

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    Today was the fifth day of class, and for the majority of the class, Dr. Bennett-Alexander discussed affirmative action, a set of laws, policies, guidelines, and administrative practices “intended to end and correct the effects of a specific form of discrimination.” It is remarkable to hear Dr. Bennett-Alexander name certain events from 1619 to 1980 from the back of her head, I certainly cannot accomplish that. From 1619, when the first recorded Africans arrived in the United States of America…

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    followed by numerous amounts of people. But, one of the more illegal and dangerous “follow the leader” game in high school, is underage drinking. From what I have seen happen with my peers, when one person starts to drink, their whole entire friend group is suddenly throwing a party over the weekend and everyone there is drunk. Freshman year, I noticed that none of my peers drank alcohol. It didn’t even cross my mind that people were drinking underage. Sophomore year, I started realizing that…

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    differences, while the term ethnicity describes a shared common culture. Race is variation among a group of human beings that is biologically determined—biological differences used to describe varies population. Physical differences; such as, the color of their skin, or texture or color of their hair; allow people to make a distinction based on looks. On the other hand, ethnicity is a form of identity—a group of culture whom share a common culture. This includes traits such as practices, norms,…

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    nationality, or racial group that may share some of the following foundations such as culture, religion, race, language, and even place of origin. Ethnic and racial identity are very important in today’s society especially in minority groups such as Native Americans for example. Ethnic identity plays a huge role among minority groups because they experience the contrasting and dominance of the major ethnic group. Although I consider myself as part of one of the mayor ethnic group, most of my…

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    Racial profiling is all too commonplace in modern society, and even in formal literature. Examples of such profiling are two poems, both entitled Incident, written by Countee Cullen and Natasha Trethewey respectively. In these poems a very tangible message of the difficulties faced by different races, is presented to the reader. Using the literary topic lens of values, we can dissect these pieces and find the similarities between them. Such similarities include the social stigma of being…

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