Group action

“ We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”. This quote is a direct excerpt from the United States’ Declaration of Independence from Britain, which established principles of equality in America. The ideology that Americans were created equal and had the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” generated the American…

Focus of the Reflective Paper Affirmative action was creating in an attempt to overcome past practice that discrimination against member of protects class’s race, color, gender, religion and national origin. Women, people of color, non-christen, and non U.Scitizens has historically not been given the same employment opportunities as those in the majority. Thus affirmative action is a practice designed to ensure that member of these group have opportunities for employment and advancement equal to…

Introduction Diversity; a small word with a large meaning. Diversity is present in all aspects of our lives. Whether we are talking about culture, race, ethnicity, gender, or even sexual orientation we are talking about diversity. Diversity is not always looked at in a positive manner but without diversity we would all be the same. We would all be normal; no one would have unique backgrounds or interesting life stories. Our society is built on diversity and the individualism of our population.…

on our group presentation and the work that led up to it. I will cover how are rules and norms contributed to how the group functioned. How the different roles we took contributed or took away from our group success. Just how far using your decision making and leaderships skills can take you within your group environments. I will also talk about how our group was effective what made it so, and what I learned from this experience. Finally, I will address just how cohesive we were as a group and…

For this Artifact Creation Task, my group consisted of Martina, Tesha and Sara, sitting beside one another; we decided to form a group. After we were briefed on this task, it was extremely necessary for us to have a way that we could communicate with each other effectively and efficiently. After discovering each of us had a Facebook account, it was unanimous that a Facebook group chat was the best way to go. Throughout the task, the Facebook chat was significant in connecting us together…

This is a heated age and the policy of affirmative action is a controversial topic. Ever since it was first introduced in the 1960s, the court has affected the use of affirmative action significantly because its rulings upheld the policy’s constitutionally and made it more acceptable to the public. To begin with, it is important to acknowledge that the court was not the only arena in which affirmative action policies have been challenged. It has also been challenged in arenas such as college…

the use of the phrase to coin such crimes deemed to be fuelled by strong feelings of hatred based on the grounds of race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or transgender identity. It is clear that hate crimes tend to be directed at minority groups in society. A selected example under discussion here is going to be racism. Also the way the Courts acknowledge and treat these hate crimes will be discussed. Racism can be defined as attitudes and opinions of others which bring about a…

The inspiration for my source analysis paper lies in Zora Neale Hurston’s essay “How it Feels to Be Colored Me,” an examination of her experience transitioning from an all-black community in Eatonville, Florida to a white community in Jacksonville and eventually to Barnard College in New York City. Hurston begins describing her childhood growing up in Eatonville, where the only white people she saw were those passing through her town. The whites and blacks did not have much interaction, but the…

In today’s society people are having difficulties getting into college because of affirmative action. Affirmative action is defined as “the practice of improving the educational and job opportunities of members of groups that have not been treated fairly in the past because of their race, sex, etc.” (Merriam- Webster 1).The use of affirmative action in colleges is making it harder for deserving white students who have always gotten good grades and those who have participated in extracurricular…

against minority groups. In order to reduce prejudice, we must support diversity. There are two different perspectives when view diversity. There is prevention focus and promotion focus (p.368). Prevention focus is when you are being motivated by feelings of duty, responsibility or obligation. While on the other hand, promotion focus involves desires to support others or to achieve a common goal (p. 368). Prevention motives have been seen to be in relation to a bias against an out-group (p.…