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Some people believe racism is not a problem anymore. This is not true. Despite a prevailing attitude that we live in a post-racial society in the United States, prejudice is pervasive and informs every aspect of our society. Racism, specifically anti-black sentiment, is not only alive in the present day, but heavily and disturbing prevalent. Post-racial societies don’t feature anti-blackness, deliberate appropriation of black culture, and rampant police brutality that is directed towards the…

The Wife Of Bath can be described as many things; Crazy self centered controlling, but not necessary a feminist. The merriam-webster definition of “feminism” is the follows “The belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities.”. The Wife of Bath’s words and actions could actually be described as qualities that would counter what feminists stand for. The Wife of Bath treats men like her objects, to control and manipulate. “I'll have a husband. I'm not quitting yet And he…

Symbolism in A Worn Path In the short story, A Worn Path by Eudora Welty there are many symbols. The story takes place in the American South during the mid-twentieth century. The main character of this story is an elderly African American women named Phoenix Jackson, who is on her way to get medicine for her grandson who is sick. She ends up taking an extremely worn path to get to the clinic and on her way through the path she encounters a hunter. The hunter raises his gun and aims it at the…

or what backgrounds we come from. Without freedom of speech, there could be no freedom of ideas. On the other hand, hate speech has no precise definition, but can be narrowed down to “speech expressing hatred of a particular group of people” (Merriam Webster). The most harmful forms of hate speech, such as harassments, threats, and incitement of violence are already against the law. Non-violent hate speech technically falls under the realm of free speech. Therefore, as offensive as it may be,…

decision whether or not they want to have an abortion or keep the baby. Abortion should be illegal because it is the killing of an innocent human being, it can cause emotional distress in many women, and it is morally wrong. Abortion, according to Merriam-Webster dictionary, is “the termination of a pregnancy after, accompanied by, resulting in, or closely followed by the death of the embryo or fetus”…

exponential growth or logistic growth under these circumstances. Background Information In this experiment, they will be testing the population growth of Yeast. Yeast is a single-celled fungus that ferments sugar to produce alcohol and carbon dioxide (Merriam-Webster, Yeast). Yeast is commonly used in baking to help dough rise. The yeast population over time in this experiment can show exponential growth or logistic growth. Exponential growth occurs when the individuals in a population reproduce…

even if hackers have the best intentions in mind, should hacktivism be considered as an act of civil disobedience? In order to understand the answer to the question, we have to define hacking, hacktivism, and civil disobedience. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary website, hacking, in technological terms, is the “act or instance of gaining or attempting to gain illegal access to a computer hardware…

One way vaccinations protect is by preserving herd immunity. Herd immunity is defined by the Merriam-Webster English dictionary as “a reduction in the probability of infection that is held to apply to susceptible members of a population in which a significant proportion of the individuals are immune because the chance of coming in contact with an infected individual is less” (“Herd Immunity”). A “susceptible member” may include a person who has a weak immune system or cannot tolerate…

Merriam Webster defines ethics as “the code of good conduct for an individual or group” ("Ethics Synonyms | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus," 2015) and unethical as “not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable” ("Unethical Synonyms, Unethical Antonyms | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus," 2015) In conclusion, it is safe to say that the actions taken by Wheaton College were not unethical at all. First, Wheaton college has set a moral standard for themselves as well as their student body.…

(Merrian-Webster). There is textual evidence to let the reader know that this short story develops in the Victorian Era during the 19th century. “It was he who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received.” the reader could associate railroads with the 19th century. Another subtle examples of textual evidence are the fact that Richards was…