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The comic that was chosen was of the two police officers stopping a citizen. The citizen clearly looks harmless, but one officer has a gun pointed at him anyways; the other officer has colored sticks out that represent different types of races. He is racially profiling the citizen and is more focused about the color of his skin rather than the “crime” he committed. Racial discrimination and racial profiling has ruined lives of many people and their families. The law enforcement needs to stop…

In the early 1930’s, right after the end of the prohibition, Marijuana was outlawed in the United States. Now, almost a century later, the nation is moving towards the federal legalization of recreational marijuana. This paper will examine the issue of marijuana legalization, and how both the pro-legalization and anti-legalization sides are fighting for what they believe. Reasons for the support of legalization broadly include: the belief that marijuana cultivation and research can boost our…

The alignment of the stereotypical characteristics of men and the stereotypical characteristics of good leaders makes it easier for men to be perceived as successful leaders, a phenomenon known as role congruity. In contrast, women are perceived as less fit for leadership because traditionally feminine characteristics are less consistent with our perceptions of successful leaders (Eagly & Karau, 2002). Women therefore face a double bind: When they conform to feminine stereotypes and behave…

Physician-assisted suicide should be made legal so that people with terminal illnesses who may be suffering are not put through a drawn out death and their families are not forced to watch them fade away. Though assisted suicide has been a highly debated issue since ancient times, a consensus has yet to be reached and it remains a controversial topic, especially in today’s society, where many are hopeful of finding a cure for everything tomorrow. In ancient Greece, assisted suicide was legal,…

According to a survey conducted by Gallup October 8-10 of 1999, less than half of the American people were so called ‘tired’ of Clinton - 43% to be precise# and most of this faction consisted of the Republican Party base. The majority 56%# actually disagree that they were tired of Clinton…

great again”, Trump has promised to bring China and Mexico down a peg, with renegotiations of trade deals and policies. One of his main promises has been renegotiating NAFTA, a free trade agreement between the U.S, Mexico and Canada. According to a Gallup Poll, only 37% of Americans think NAFTA has had a positive effect, while 53% say it has had a negative effect. Cite So what is Donald Trump doing? He is appealing to the…

So who should be responsible for what children are watching on television? A 1999 Gallup Study found that 56% of Americans felt that the Federal Government should do more to regulate television violence (Carlson). Is it really the government’s job to raise American children? Sadly, many feel that it is. Parents need to take responsibility…

The concept of what defines a marriage has highly been disputed over the past century. In 1996, the U.S. government passed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defined marriage as the union of one woman and one man, and allowed states to ignore same-sex marriages granted in other states. This federal law stood until June 26, 2015 with the case Obergefell v. Hodges, where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 stating that no state can deny a same-sex couple the right to marriage. The court’s…

this site shares information on the United States, the U.S opinions about spirituality in numbers. The researchers did some opinion surveys on spirituality and found out that that most people authorize with God or some higher power. “ In the 2007 Gallup Poll 86% of respondents indicate a belief in God, while only 6% stated they did not believe in God” (PTSD: National Center for PTSD, 2016). It is stated that abundant individuals would explain religious and spirituality as the most valuable…

discrimination from their fellow human beings because of this perception. Lisa the author of American Perceptions of Islam concluded “Even though two thirds of Americans (63%) admit that they have little or no knowledge about Islam, according to a recent Gallup poll, almost half of Americans acknowledge some level of prejudice against Islam (53%) and Muslims (43%).” (1). This level of prejudice because of a perception many have is out of hand. Muslims and Middle Eastern citizens of the Islamic…