Misrepresentation

provision set to require management to certify the accuracy of all publicly reported financial statements. This was set in place to give investors peace of mind about investing into a company based off of financial reports. In the event of fraud or misrepresentations, the investors had SOX to rely on to pursue any losses incurred based off of misleading financials The second key component is Section 404, which deals with the internal controls of a corporation. To give investors even more…

Non-criminal cases generally involve illegal border crossings, expired visas or no response to deportation orders. Today we see the similarities of the past with thirty-five year old adults dominating these case violations compared to younger undocumented person 's living in the U.S. for most of their lives. In some cases the DREAM ACT allows undocumented persons legal status requiring them to complete a college degree or two years of military service. An immigration lawyer can help with…

In D.H. Lawrence’s critique of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s protagonist in The Scarlet Letter, he expresses his distaste in how Hawthorne painted Hester Prynne throughout the novel. Rather than focusing on the potential consequences of sin, Lawrence focuses on the elements that comprise it and finds these facets in Hester Prynne. Lawrence employs abrupt syntax, mocking tone, and impactful allusions to express his antipathy towards Hester Prynne’s character. Throughout his essay, Lawrence utilizes…

incidence rates of health and disease among Aboriginal populations. It was noted, based on the current databases available to document ethnicity and disease, not all Aboriginal groups are well represented in health research, which can lead to misrepresentation and bias among the author’s findings (p.76). Aboriginal health studies predominantly document First Nations people, specifically those residing on reserves, and the Inuit residing in the northern territories (p. 75). There is a lack of…

The Good the Bad and the Barbie shows the creation of the Barbie, and how it changed and how it reflects from what time it is from. Showing each Barbie from its time and how and why it was created, such as how each style and job occupations Barbie had was based on the views and standards of that time. This book, set in today, and the Barbie today. Though it does show the past of Barbie, and even Ruth Handler (the creator of Barbie) it is as an informative of its past or compared to today’s…

Matthes (2016) explains that the First nations have been famous victims of “misrepresentation, misuse, and theft of the stories, styles, and material heritage” (p. 2). It is unclear what exactly about the Indian Bread recipe is Indigenous. There is the inclusion of Indian meal (corn), a crop that is a part of the Indigenous culinary knowledge…

Our country abides by the separation of church and state, but this interrelationship in our society creates oppression for underprivileged religions. Just like the other –ism’s we have discussed; religious oppression is also structural and systemic. The privileged religion in our society is Christianity; a religion that has become the “normative” in America. Christian hegemony refers to the everyday incorporation of Christianity through “U.S schools, neighborhoods, and workplaces” (228).…

In “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” Gloria Anzaldúa maintains the strong belief that Chicano people are, as expected, harsh on themselves due to their strict and forbidden upbringing and they will likely continue their refusal to conform to a particular set of biased guidelines—having been attributed to them by a cultural oppression—not through revolution but by communicating and connecting to the modern world around them. Throughout the essay, Anzaldúa shows her strong abilities to preserve her…

Expressing truth in art was important to early 20th century artist as they were trying to reflect the reality of the world they saw. If the world was thought to be ugly and fractured, artists were not focused on idealizing the world and creating a misrepresentation of it. They focused on creating a more realistic representation of the world exposing the ugliness that they believed to make up the world. “The Old Guitarist” by Pablo Picasso depicted “truth” in the world by recognizing the…

Disney, AOL/Time-Warner, and the News Corporation. These 3 conglomerates held control of many, if not all, of the most prominent media outlets in 2002. Media diversity has long been a problem especially via the radio. Media diversity is the misrepresentation of minorities and the constant same media being given to the public. For example, listening to multiple radio stations and they are playing the same music over and over. This is a lack of media diversity. Media ownership has reduced…