Executive privilege

blacks could get blood form blacks and whites could only get blood from whites (Friedman). The rule was that there could be no white to black or vice versa. Also, there was a physician and nurse policy. African American physicians could only get privileges in black hospitals. Also, African American nurses were not allowed to supervise white nurses but you could not receive care from physicians the same race. Another thing was that black nurses were only called nurses nothing else. Patients…

Education has always played a pivotal role in my life. Like many students growing up in the United States and starting school at the young age of four, academics has had and continues to have an immense impact in forming my views on the world and shaping my identity. Aside from my parents, my teachers have been my role models in how I approach my school work, solving problems, and facing everyday life obstacles. Teachers have a life-long impact on us and they are the reason why we have…

The opportunity to attend college is a privilege, giving purpose and knowledge to those who seek it. Often students start out on that path and for numerous reasons they stray and may not follow their college education to completion. The college retention rate has been an issue for community colleges across the United States, including St. Johns River State College. Therefore, Alpha Xi Eta’s college project focused on raising awareness of the importance of completing a college education and…

company was unlawfully contradicting their “privileges and immunities”, and denying “equal protection of the law” (Finkelman, 1032). When the court delivered their decision, they dismissed all claims of 14th Amendment violation, and most importantly, they interpreted the context of the Privileges and Immunities Clause to apply to national citizenship, not state citizenship (“Slaughter-House Cases”). “The net effect of this ruling was that the Privileges and Immunities Clause could not serve as…

There are many factors seen as threats to the United States’ welfare and democracy. More specifically, the expansion of presidential power has implications that are a threat to our democracy. The United States’ democracy is seen as a form of government in which all citizens participate equally—either directly or, through elected representatives. The founding fathers also incorporated John Locke’s idea that the duty of the government is to protect the natural rights—life, liberty, and property—of…

(inclusions/exclusions) A phenomenological study of racial privilege as experienced by White people who have struggled to become more racially aware and socially active in dismantling racism and White privilege to give an understanding of whiteness was done. The primary conceptual framework for this study was Critical Race Theory with Trans-formative Learning. The study was meant to increase awareness of how White people come to understand their racial privilege and what change in behavior…

Alexander Parker, and The Cosmopolitan Canopy by Elijah Anderson. These books exposed me to the realities of the world we live in. The Autobiographies of an Ex-Colored man displayed the constant struggle of a biracial child navigating through a world of privilege, racism, and oppression while simultaneously, searching for his identity. Although both of my parents are African Americans, the constant confliction of seeking acceptance in places where a person may not belong is a lesson that…

All over the nations, there are different views, stances, opinions and even laws on affirmative action. In 1961, “affirmative action” was first said in an Executive Order signed by President John F. Kennedy. President Lyndon Johnson followed through with the advocacy for affirmative action by signing an Executive Order in 1965. That executive order required government contractors to use affirmative action policies in their hiring to increase the number of minority employees. Affirmative Action…

problematic economy of her country and how the country's semi-permanent obligation to international disposal organizations have contributed to the erosion of native agriculture and business, as well as interviewing everybody from United Nations agency executives, to a former Jamaican Prime Minister, a university economic expert, Rastafarians, and village farmers as well as more. The documentary makes the viewer responsive to political and economic realities facing several corners of the world…

Following graduation I was assigned to Naval Flight Officer Training in Pensacola, Florida. After completion of flight training, I was assigned to Patrol Squadron Four, in Marine Corp Air Base Kaneohe Bay Hi. While assigned to my squadron I had the privilege of serving in the Fifth Fleet AOR in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. While assigned to the Fifth Fleet, I flew combat missions over Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa, earning the Combat Air Medal. Also, during this deployment my…