Gangs in the United States

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    African American people more and they would always abuse them. Then the trend started to come about “ Black Lives Matter”. Some issues that i see in my school about civil rights is people around my neighborhood sell marijuana illegally , a lot of gang members just loiter in our local liquor and young people are scared to go in there to buy chips because there is always something going on. There is a lot of segregation in schools to like people separate themselves and just hang out with their…

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    Chinese Immigration Dbq

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    legislation was passed today, in regards to any demographic, there would be national uproar. But, because of negative stereotypes, as well as fear of societal changes; the United States passed the act that forbade Chinese immigrants from seeking opportunity within the United States. Chinese men began to arrive in the United States in substantial numbers in 1848. This was shortly after the beginning of the Gold Rush, when gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill, California. These Chinese miners…

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    DREAM Act Analysis

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    Everyone who lives in the United States deserves the opportunity for their chance at higher education and a job, but there is a group of Americans who are restricted to the access of this opportunity. This group is known as undocumented students. For all Americans, in this case the undocumented, to have the same access to that opportunity, a piece of legislation needs to be passed in Congress. This legislation is known as the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM Act).…

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    The CIA’s Shadow: Contras, Drugs and Lies By the mid-80s, a series of official and journalistic investigations that assured the involvement of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with the Nicaraguan Contra and cocaine trafficking, came to light. This studies claimed that the government of Ronald Reagan, US President at the time, had illegally helped an army of counterrevolutionary mercenaries in Central America. However, and despite the conclusive evidence, the intelligence service executed a…

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    Dropout Rates

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    Statement of the Study Issue African American males drop out at a higher rate than other groups proportion to their population in the United States of America. There must be extenuating circumstances to this dilemma in education. There is no evidence that African American males can’t learn or don’t want to learn, therefore, other factors clearly contribute to this event. This research paper will highlight those factors. Purpose of the Study The purpose of the study is to identify the reasons…

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    Like an open door freely swinging in the breeze, the southern border of the United States of America has been unlocked, making the entire home of the nation susceptible to the realities of disease, violence associated with drugs, and economic demise. Running through our great nation’s backdoor, illegal immigrants invade the U.S. in billions, like a herd of untamed beasts, ready to devour the jobs, homes, and families of legal American citizens. As they enter our amazing nation, the aliens lug…

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    Political commentator Rick Amato says, “It doesn’t take a congressional hearing to figure that al Qaeda or associates are about seventy feet of the Rio Grande away from entering the United States”(Amato). In recent years, the congressional hearings being held to come up with some effective solutions to the U.S.-Mexico border problem have turned into nothing but pointing fingers, and blaming the opposing political party for the problem. As Representative J.D. Hayworth of Arizona says, “This is…

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    Urba Urban Poverty

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    In urban areas, it is very clear and visible as to who is poor and who is not. In the poverty stricken urban areas there are problems with gangs, violence and crime. One example is Camden, New Jersey, which is the poorest city in the country. This was a city that people took great lengths and pain to ignore or drive past. The clip shows two children living in Camden who, in their young, lives…

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    Immigration in the United States has grabbed a lot of attention in recent months. Few game changing immigration reforms were brought into action by the president Obama to raise the United States economy. President Obama initiated “ Dream Act” on June 15 2012 also known as Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), which was applicable to undocumented immigrants who were under age of 31 and the youth brought to the country as children, and entered United States before the age of 16 and…

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    Imagine the world without mass shootings, homicides, or gang violence. This same world can exist with hunters that collect guns as well as families that own guns for self-defense in households. Most people do not see that there is a strong need for an increase in gun control in the United States. Americans take pride in the pioneering role and the United States’ culture being built on the Second Amendment. This amendment states that Americans have the right to bear arms. The population of firm…

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