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Trump already achieves a high position of power, given the long history of the white man. In addition, Trump relays similar attributes that contribute to the continuation of racial prejudice in society. In the primary source document, 8.4 from James Mather and William Claiborne, Excerpts from Letter Regarding Caribbean Migrants in New Orleans (1809), discusses white views on immigration, “when foreigners and Strangers are daily arriving among us; of whom , many are of doubtful character and…

Exercise is very important for many reasons, especially for older adults. As people age, physical and mental health deteriorates. Incorporating exercise into everyday life can delay the weaknesses that accompany an aging body. Many people however, are not able to reap the full benefits of an active lifestyle due to several factors including laziness, lack of education, and a busy lifestyle.. Studies have shown that failing to exercise leads to a rapid decline in health. According to the Centers…

Roundup ready or herbicide tolerant soy crop has paved the way for conservative/no-tiling agricultural methods saving near to 1 billion tons of soil annually. GM-soy has reduced the use of herbicides, pesticides, water, and land globally with an increase in crop production yield creating a more…

The quaint town of Salem is found in Essex County, Massachusetts on the Northwest coast of the Naumkeag River. The town centre is an eight-acre common in Washington Square with a statue of the town founder. The square is “Surrounded by beautiful 18th-century mansions”, and other streets are aligned with historic buildings (OldSalem.com). Salem State College was started in 1954 but was originally founded as Salem Normal School and opened in 1854. During 1874, $25, 000 was anonymously donated…

When the sun rose on the morning of the twentieth of April in the year 1999, it seemed like it was going to be just like any other Tuesday, but by the end of the day that turned out to be about as far from the truth as it could possibly be. That is because two seniors, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, arrived at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, and made that small town a talking point for years to come when they began shooting at both their classmates and the staff members of their…

The word Salem once meant peace in Hebrew, and meant complete peace in Biblical times. Now it is associated with the horrifying events of killing hundreds of innocent people. The Salem Witch Trials in Salem, Massachusetts were a mockery of justice. as innocent men and women were condemned to death. In the 1630s, the Puritans from Europe sailed to the New World, what is now the United States of America. The Puritans believed that it was their task to create a utopian theocracy. As time…

usually long and last for hours. Since that can be in any form it makes the drug easy to conceal and keep it on hand. LSD has a wide range of affects with each depending on the amount that is taken. IT can cause your body temperature to raise and increase your heart rate and blood pressure. It can also cause profuse sweating, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, dry mouth, and tremors. If someone is caught with LSD and has less than 9 grams or mixture on them they can receive 5 years minimal. If a…

The Salem Witch Trials are known as some of the most notorious and infamous phenomena to ever occur in early American history. Historians who have studied these series of events have yet to determine an exact cause(s) as to why these events occurred. One explanation is that in Salem, people would accuse victims based on superstitions or unexplained events rather than use scientifically proven facts. Consequently, this flaw, along with a religiously-based court system and biased trials led to…

There is a big battle going on right in our back yard. It is the battle between labeling and not labeling. This battle has to do with the food industry not wanting to put crucial information on their products label. This information is about Genetically Modified Organisms. Most of the developed foreign countries have a law about GMOs being required to be on the label of food. Some countries have banned the sale of GMOs altogether, but not the United States. Europe requires a special label for…

The literature on the topic of police brutality encompasses various areas ranging from police-suspect interactions to the bias attitudes developed by particular communities in response to police brutality. There are four areas of literature to be reviewed pertaining most to my topic. First, the literature proposes how the identities of an individual affect their opinions of law enforcement, which formulates their response to interactions with the police. Next, I will examine literature…