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    That statement alone creates an objection to Epictetus saying that a person should change their outlook on a law. Why should one change who they are to fit the image of what someone else wants them to be? The reason for King’s movement was for the minority group to be respect for the people they are not for what everyone else wanted them to be. Therefore, King’s way is the correct way to go because his way provides equality to for the community. Epictetus is only keeping things the same and…

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    providing research concerning the political and social threat explanations, specifically from the years 2001 to 2010. It is clear that there is an overrepresentation of racial minorities within the prison system, and the authors further analyze the likelihood that one will be more punished if they are a visible minority. There is a comparison shown with the United States alongside Canada, and the authors also provide a comparison from province to province. There is an emphasis on…

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    often unsafe. Students attending these schools do not have as good of an education as students attending majority white schools. However, minorities still face discrimination in integrated schools, where many teachers have extremely low expectations for minority students. Schools that have multiple curriculum tracks tend to have a high percentage of minorities in lower tracks, which make those students less desirable in college…

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    are grossly overrepresented. According to Marcelo Ledezma, the diversity that our world has is not represented by most school curriculums, and this needs to change. If diverse perspectives are included, it would benefit all students, non-minorities and minorities alike. It is the school's responsibility to seek out these perspectives, not the students. If diverse perspectives are included in the curriculum, it would have many benefits to students. Diverse perspectives could include thoughts from…

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    and enabling of special right for certain cultural and national minorities that reside in a larger liberal nation. In essence, group differentiated rights might be counter intuitive to the liberalism, treating a minority group differently by ways of exclusion or special treatment, however according to Kymlicka, group rights should exists in order to uphold the main agenda of liberalism. Kymlicka strongly reasons that these minority groups have rights to preserve their culture and way of life…

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    supports the claim that Hamilton is a vital intertextual literate activity that positively impacts the lives of members within marginalized communities. For example, within my preliminary research with first-year college students who occupy certain minority groups, I found that the overall consensus was that Hamilton provided community outreach because of intertextuality of the text. Collectively, my two interviewees stated that Hamilton’s lyrical components truly has positively influenced their…

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    reproduce or to have a better life. “All of our behaviors, actions, thoughts, and beliefs are influenced by our inner drive to succeed” (Rabideau, 2005, para. 2). Your inner drive to succeed influence your motives which then influence your behaviors. Emotional responses such as depression, anxiety, and anger can influence your stress level. Emotional response makes it harder for you to cope with obstacles in your life. Sometimes “stress within your comfort zone can help you perform under…

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    world due to rising issues of identity and rights for minority groups. Will Kymlicka is a Canadian scholar who “focuses on issues of democracy and diversity, and in particular on models of citizenship and social justice within multicultural societies.” Kymlicka proposes that states should protect minority and cultural rights, attempts to categorize minorities into two groups, identifies that culture is a synonym to a nation and states that minorities in a liberal state like Canada have more…

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    What Are Minority Groups?

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    While the term “minority” is most commonly used to reference a socially subordinate ethnic group based on one’s culture, beliefs, nationality or language; multiple other types of minorities also exist. Minority groups can also consist of individuals with physical disabilities, or economic hardships such as the poor or unemployed. The term “age minorities” refers to members of the work force that are younger or older than the typical working age. Sexual minorities also exist in the general…

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    However, minority influence also played a huge role in inspiring the world to take action against this construction and help save their reservation. Minority influence is described as “the case where a minority of group members influences the behavior or beliefs of the majority” (Aronson et al., 2016, p. 248). The Standing Rock Sioux tribe is a minority compared to other groups in the United States, yet they have made a lasting…

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