Civics

Washington believed that if they were equal they should be treated as such. DuBois stated about Washington, “He insists on thrift and self-respect, but at the same time counsels a silent submission to civic inferiority such as is bound to sap the manhood of any race in the long run.” DuBois was on the right track, if African Americans wanted to be heard they needed to make some noise. Asking for equality was not far-fetched considering that African Americans…

practices I was going through a lot because it was so stressful that I just wanted to pull my hair off, but at the end it was all worth it. When I first woke up we went to Bojangles to eat breakfast and then we went to go practice our dances at the Civic Center. We went back home to get ready because the limousine was waiting for us. We went to the duck park and take pictures after we got done we had a little more time left and the limousine took us to Wendy’s. People kept looking at me and…

The Post-Truth Era is essentially a grand scheme created by the media to deceive society into thinking a certain way. Before listening to this podcast, I have heard of the term “post-truth” associated with the US election and the lack of truth within these elections and media. Post-Truth is essentially a euphemism for the lies and deception within society. The term is often refers to the idea of reason and rationality being overpowered by one’s emotions. The reason behind this podcast was the…

Freedom of speech, Freedom of Religion and Freedom to public assembly are all in the first amendment and part of the Constitution of the United states. Compulsory voting is defined as voting that is required by law, and voting is freedom of the people. Now, how do these all fit together, well many countries have constitutions and they give freedom to the people, compulsory voting is not freedom it's not intrinsic, it does not fit in democracy, the right of the people. After examining these…

Voting across America Should we lower the voting age? This question comes to a very mixed emotion when asked among vast groups of people. We have groups of people that have got their rights only in the last hundered years. While this might be a tough guess to the outcome. The voting age has changed very little. I personally believe that the age should be left at 18. In the following response I will be reviewing both side of the topic and giving reason why I feel this decsion should stay…

becomes more dependent on highly educated professionals for every sector of the economy; technology, retail, healthcare, farming, etc., future education reform needs to include a plan to educate citizens who can maintain and grow the increasing complex civic infrastructure. To guarantee our communities can address the current and future demands of the 21st century and ensure that the next generation of highly educated professionals come from within our United States borders, all US citizens…

Drugs” to the “War on Terrorism” which has provided viable insights to country’s social, economic, and political trajectories. The program also includes a bi-weekly civic engagement session where two sides of opposing views form a panel and have a discussion to generate civil discourse with the audience made up of the student body. Civic engagement has been a positive aspect given the multiple tragic events that have taken place over the course of the summer. It is an enlightening experience…

These policies cannot be implemented, due to lack of political will. The best idea came out by civic agencies was to restrict the number of car per family. “Families shouldn’t own more than two cars”. Car pooling idea is implementing by many office going people, who belongs to same area. As no. of cars on road reduce which helps in managing traffic…

Cherry 3inside of the human body had to do so almost in secret” (Shaikh and Leonard-Amodeo). Michelangelo viewed and studied dead bodies, going against the established social norms of the time in order to gain knowledge about the human form. Michelangelo’s desire for knowledge surpassed his desire to conform, and this is a perfect example of what the Renaissance truly stood for. Due to Michelangelo’s unprecedented access to the actual dissection of human anatomy, he became enthralled with…

It influenced the culture and social economical relations. Aeschylus’ Oresteia is a story duscussing coming in being of Greek civic state . At one hand Oresteia as a tragedy endorses democracy and Orestes as an immediate ideal upholder of it but it also makes us realise how crucial it is to get rid of rulers like Clytaemmestra , Aegisthus and Agamemnon to establish law and order…