Restitution

White Man’s Burden (1995), is a movie that was written and directed by Desmond Nakano, who is a third-generation Japanese-American. (Nakano, 2017). Nakano, born in 1953, was forty-two years old when the movie was released. Being a third generation Japanese- American, it is likely his grand-parents and/or his parents, or people they knew, were interned during World War II. That experience may have been a motivation for writing a story about race relations. The history of America is replete with…

” Yes, the chickens are still coming home to roost. One may think that this attitude or way of thinking, is just a resurrected argument or philosophy from the 60’s and 70’s that was adhered by many groups that espoused “Black Power” or the restitutions be made which were based on the “40 acres and a mule” idea, it is not. It is, however, a realistic evaluation of the fruit that is falling to the ground to ascertain the type tree they were produced. Making this determination will lead us to…

China existed in a state of political, social, and economic unrest at the dawn of the twentieth century. The Qing Dynasty, which had ruled for nearly three centuries, was almost incapable of exerting political control over China in the midst of Western aggression in the country. Foreign businessmen and merchants had been exporting wealth out of China for decades by 1900, and China was powerless to stop the unequal trading. Western military power, far more advanced than the Chinese military,…

The Great Depression, which lasted from 1909 to 1915, is considered to be one of the worst economic crises in the history of the United States and the world. It was characterized by a collapse of the economy, a stock market crash, a high unemployment rate, and the loss of jobs for millions of people throughout the country. The stock market crash had a far-reaching impact on all economic sectors, resulting in money devaluation, price increases, bank collapses, and business failures. The…

have been running well since the end of World War II despite of the invasion by Japanese to Indonesia. The official relationship was started in 1951 that Indonesia acquired ¥288 billion from Japan after Tokyo reached a decision to remunerate war restitution to South East Asian countries, and had an agreement for economic cooperation between two nations with total ¥140 billion (Malmström, 1996). In addition, Indonesia received Japan’s foreign aid for the first time in 1968. Japan sent its…

When one hears the name Shakespeare, what comes to mind? A playwright and a poet, love or death? Possibly both. That timeless tale of star-crossed lovers, Rome and Juliet. Shakespeare might be dead, but his stories and characters are still very much alive. “Shakespeare, after all, has long enjoyed more prestige than any other English–language author” (Evans). One of Shakespeare’s most widely known Plays, Othello has been remade into movies, and some T.V shows have even taken to borrowing similar…

The Black Panther Party was founded in October of 1966 by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton. Bobby and Huey were both studying at Merritt College when they met. They created the group to fight white oppression after seeing many African Americans suffer from police brutality. They had chosen the name Black panthers because the Black Panthers didn’t strike first, “but if the aggressor strikes first, then he’ll attack.” The Black Panthers had advised a 10 point plan that had everything they wanted to…

The Silk Road was an anonymous online marketplace that was created in 2011 that engaged mainly in the sale of illegal items, such as fake IDs and hard drugs. The site uses Tor to anonymize transactions and make the locations of computers using the site nearly impossible to locate. A study down from 2011 to 2012 showed that the most popular drug on the site was marijuana, which accounted for 13.7% of drug sales, which the second most popular item being the broad category of “drugs,” which…

build his Ponzi scheme, which resulted with Madoff defrauding investors of an estimated $65 billion; the eventual downfall of Madoff’s Ponzi scheme resulted with Madoff receiving a 150-year prison term and ordered to repay his investors through restitution (Shafritz, Russell, & Borick,…

Lawyers say that “Like all criminal laws, identity theft laws differ from state to state, and there are also federal identity theft laws that have their own penalties. Being convicted of an identity theft crime can lead to incarcerations, fines, restitutions and probation.” In my opinion, I think that they should get a lot more than this. People that try and do steal people’s identity should have major consequences such a large amounts of jail time, really big fines and no chance of probation.…