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created the concept of “separate but equal”. The Plessy v. Ferguson decision…

project I have created a sign language review video and a sign language booklet, that are both specific to one individual who has a developmental disability and uses sign language. For this project I will discuss why the individual uses sign language and why these materials are useful to her. I will explain the need for the video and the booklet in addition to the process of creating them step by step. Additionally in this project is information from research on the use of sign language by…

Which one should I choose? People always ask this question when they are making a decision. And there are infinite choices on the list in our life, such as should turn left or right when people drive, which college I should go to, choose a career field, or elect a President. Normally, people are likely to choose one that most common, which means the choice that the majority would like to choose. However, “The Road Not Taken” is a popular poem, which is written by Robert Frost who is an…

Handshape In sign language there are a variety of handshapes that are used to create signs. The majority of these handshapes come from the manual alphabet and numbers and can have slight modification to the handshape and C hand shape. (For images representing the manual alphabet and numbers please refer to pages 4 and 5 of the booklet) Carol struggles to produce select handshapes, some of which are acceptable modification, some of which are due to lack of focus and need to be practiced. An…

Separate is Not Equal Tefari Bailey Student #: 5698006 POLI 1P91 TA: Cor Due Date: Monday November 16th Dr. Matthew Hennigar Introduction Segregation of education, for whites and coloured students has a mental effect on colored children. This stress becomes…

nationalities, religions and sexes to form a group, organization or community. Today, society still struggles to add diversity into schools. Some understand we must have a moral obligation to our future generations to be diverse and equal so that everyone is given an equal opportunity which is where the affirmative action comes in. While others do not see an issue in banning the affirmative action and creating a "Religious Freedom Law" which discriminates against specific members of people. Some…

of Education of Topeka is Plessy v. Ferguson. Plessy v. Ferguson was a court case that dealt with the issue of segregation and the racial definition of colored people. This was based on the Civil Rights Case in 1883, where the court stated, the equal protection clause in the fourteenth amendment provided no guarantee against private segregation. Adolph Plessy was of mixed descent (he was one-eighth African American and seven-eighth Caucasian). He was arrested on June 7, 1892 due to his…

The theory of Utilitarianism (a teleological system) is founded on the works of Jeremey Bentham and John Stuart Mill. In Utilitarianism () Mills argues for a normative model of ethics contending that the basis of morals is utility, or that “actions are right in proportion as they tend to produce the reverse of happiness”. Happiness is defined as the pleasure in the absence of pain while unhappiness is defined as pain in the lack of pleasure. (Utilitarianism book). An action that increases…

demanded for their civil rights to be respected, just as any other citizen of the U.S. Unfortunately the courts turned their backs on them in a patronizing manner. The court stated that as long as the facilities in which they would be placed where “equals” the constitution were not being violated. They also had the guts to say that segregation was not discrimination. In 1890 the Louisiana law demanded that railroads should have the same commodities on both sides. The outraged African American…

in a segregated school and were denied enrollment, have resorted to filing a lawsuit against the Topeka, Kansas, Board of Education. The district court reasoned that it was required to follow U.S. Supreme Court precedents supporting "separate but equal," the court ruled in favor of the school board. However, attached to the court's decision was a finding that "Segregation of white and colored children…