Majority

Affirmative Action is an unjust practice in the college admission process due to the fact that it is sometimes valued more highly than factors that involve merit. The University of Michigan is merely one of the multitude of universities in the United States that gives minority applicants an unjust advantage in the admissions process. The admissions program of the university was examined by the Supreme Court in a case regarding the constitutionality of the Affirmative Action practices in their…

17.315 Recitation Reaction Paper In class, we discussed the multitude of factors that influenced the longevity gap between impoverished individuals and more affluent individuals. This also overlapped with our discuss of obesity and how while it is a useful analogy to compare tobacco to obesity, it is not a perfect analogy as there are countless caveats in the obesity crisis that have no counterparts in the argument used against tobacco. Similar to obesity, it seems like there are caveats that…

There have been countless attempts at perfect societies around the world, but they all have one thing in common, failure. In theory the communities seem well, perfect, but in reality they never work out due human nature. While I think that a society that is close to socialism would be the most ideal system, the best type of government we could actually have at this point is something along the lines of a democratic republic. Every citizen should have the same power, the same right to be heard…

Supreme Court is split 5:4 on a decision, it is not unlikely that a second look at the same issue or one that is similar may lead to the minority decision becoming the majority, resulting in inconsistency and change in principle. This is evident in various criminal procedure cases. Also the stark disagreement between the majority and the minority decisions also raises questions about consistency and principles that the court…

The apology of Socrates Never could I have imagined that a book just short of 50 pages could intellectually liberate me and take me straight out of the doldrums. The apology of Socrates showed me beauty and innate importance of philosophy. It showed me the rigid individual rowing up the stream, whatever the cost Socrates never deviates from his just life. By now I have read it more than five times and it never ceased to pay dividends. I never had the idea that life has an inherent or divine…

whilst the majority of people who posted a reply suggested that they were not bothered either way, 54% of the vote was a clear "Yes", with only about one third (32%) saying "No". It is obvious that there is a difference in what people say to what they actually mean. No surprise there though. If you look at the search results…

discrimination have recently been decried as going so far as to implement “reverse discrimination” because of the benefits they inure to those who have historically been harmed at the expenses of the majority. Reverse discrimination occurs when those in power discriminate against members of the majority group in favor of the minority group (Lerner & Nagai, 2000).This type of discrimination includes policies such as preferential hiring and college admissions…

Taking all of the latter factors in mind, to what extent are Latino ethnic enclaves in Los Angeles influence assimilation rates and are beneficial or harmful to Latinos? Let 's first review the negative factors that ethnic enclaves can generate in terms of assimilation, then the pros. The first is the prospect for potential limited educational, economic and social prospect. The second is the relative or perceived social independentness and separateness from the rest of American hegemony has…

Fidel Castro’s famous speech during his court trial in 1953 gave the majority of the working class within Cuba a voice that they would rally behind. Castro’s speech “History will absolve me” contained great elements of revolutionary determination to relieve Cuba of its corrupt government and the passion to address the country’s issues and to ensure the people of Cuba justice and freedom. He called for the people to fight for their justice, “These are the people, the ones who know misfortune and,…

disobedience inhibits a majority from negatively impacting a minority. Spitz argues that democracy means that people should follow what a majority says, but this removes debate from issues and stops people from changing their minds on issues with the release of new viewpoints and information. It stops the ability for a democratic system to be adaptable and squashes debate for the sake of comradery. Civil disobedience does a good thing in fighting against tyrannical majorities and should be…