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    The question that I chose to do my research paper on was “Should the “affirmative action” programs that allow race to be considered in the college application process continue or do they violate the “equal protection clause”?” This has always been a controversial topic, in fact, race has and still does play a big role in our country today. My hope is that by the end of this paper, you as the reader will be able to answer this question and make the decision for yourself. During the Civil Rights…

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    Collective agreement. That’s the biggest separation between union and non-union work places. Employee’s who work under a non-unionized work environment are subject to being employed under “management conditions.” They have no legal protections about the conditions in which they were hired, so if a manager changes his/her mind about the terms and conditions of the employment your subject to those changes. Where as in a unionized work environment you have set terms and conditions in which you were…

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    He stresses, throughout his arguments, that what one deserves solely depends on their own past actions (4. Rachels, cc. 319). So in the case of reverse discrimination, if minorities are actually more deserving given that their past activities render so, reverse discrimination is justified. He serves an example of one black and one white students…

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    A lot of people get discriminated against every day for anything and everything. The most common type of discrimination to me is black and white, and that dates back ages in slavery and all other things. It seems like every time there is a type of discrimination it always has to do with black people. These past years or so the most common type of discrimination is cops and black people. Not white cops and black people but cops in general and black people. It seems likes cops just target black…

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    Affirmative action is a policy that was designed to end discrimination in the United States Of America, by making sure that all minorities and people of color, even women. They would all be given the equal opportunity to get hired into a job or get accepted to a school. No matter what color their skin is, what country they are from or what religion they believe in, They all should be treated the same as every single race out there. It was first used in the United States in “Executive Order…

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    Caste System Essay

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    carry a negative impact. A last name could mean the difference between closing a deal or not, and a business retaining customers. Division by caste can also be seen in the affirmative action policies India prides itself on. To make up for the injustices the lower caste was historically subjected too, an affirmative action-esque quota was put in place to give social mobility to the new generation of lower caste citizens. Many Indian of the newer generation come from families who are not wealthy,…

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    every day; while some might have a better opportunity at grasping anything such as a degree we are all humans and make mistakes. Some of us are smarter than others no matter how we look. Affirmative action is a topic we all have different opinions about. As defined by the Merriam-Webster Affirmative Action, “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.” It gives them a boost in…

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    Ketogenic Diet Case Study

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    The researchers used two groups of rats: one fed the ketogenic diet regimen and the other a control diet. They found that chronic ketosis resulted in the increased production of mitochondrial proteins as well as proteins associated with oxidative phosphorylation, the cells primary mechanism for producing ATP. The researchers used electron micrographs from the dentate-hilar region of the hippocampus, and visually analyzed the micrographs from ketogenic diet fed rats and control diet fed rats.…

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    class action lawsuit by Wal-Mart employees was filed in the Alameda County Superior Court for wage theft. Workers were refused proper breaks and reclassified to avoid paying for overtime since 2011. At the same time, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court ordered Wal-Mart to pay $151 million in compensation for wage theft to 187,000 employees deprived…

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    Chapter 4 is started off with a meeting Dr. Moore had with a professor at Presidential Law School. The professor had questions about Dr. Moore’s Research at Presidential, the professor did not see a point to her research, the professor believed that no matter what they did to make a black student feel welcome they will still complain, he made this clear when he said. “ We give them the moon but they still complain” (Page 89) This conversation is a clear representation to what many of the…

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