Southern Poverty Law Center

INTRODUCTION: For years people of color have been disproportionately affected by environmental hazards. There are many reasons why people of color are more susceptible to environmental hazards. In simplest terms, the main reason for this injustice is environmental racism. Environmental racism can be described as environmental health discrimination based on race, mostly low income communities of color (Shelton & Miller, 2016). Environmental discrimination can take the form of placing…

My parents raised me with a Baptist Christian faith. The role of religion (Activity 1.3 – Role of Religion), was evident in my upbringing – we went to church every Sunday until I turned 18, spanking was an acceptable form of discipline, evolution didn’t exist, we said prayer before eating any meal, etc.) As I got older, forms of punishment like spanking moved on to time alone from distractions in my room, where I had to reflect on my actions – similar to therapy in Japan (Nathan, 1990). My…

messed up.” Furthermore, Butler qualifies his definition of a prosecutor by saying the job of some prosecutors is to “mitigate the harshness of the system.” This is a failed attempt to mend the system because their principal work applies the criminal laws instead of ameliorating its negative effects. According to Abbe Smith, prosecutors are the main actors in the moral…

group and forming White Lives Matter (WLM) as a response, who dedicated themselves to the, “preservation of the white race,” and to stand against, “integration and preservation.” (Stack 2016) Ironically, WLM was declared a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (Stack 2016), but that doesn’t stop them from protesting against…

millions of Americans around her, thinks she needs a raise. A raise, all though small, could be the deciding factor that sends millions of Americans into joblessness and poverty. The forty-fourth president of the United States, President Barrack…

of Justice has expanded. The attorney general’s role expanded as well due to Homer Cummings, Roosevelt’s attorney general, who was present when the New Deal was in crisis going through judicial review (Simon, 2007). The crisis “helped place law at the center of executive authority and drove the function of the attorney general from being a bridge between the president and the Supreme Court to one of being the president’s chief strategist…

Haskins points out that Tammany Hall, a governmental and political organization, was at the center of much of the corruption and even aiding the gangs in gang activities. In the early 1830s, several politicians bought grocery stores in Five Points and the saloons and dance halls in the Bowery, the gathering places for the gangs. In return for their…

bringing him before the Federal Communications Commission for, “obscene, indecent and profane racial slurs against Native Americans.”12 However, Donald Trump has been outspoken in the drug crisis citing is as one of the reasons he hopes to build a Southern border, specifically to, “stop the inflow of opioids into the US.”13 Furthermore, Trump has been outspoken in his willingness to invest in treatment programs for susceptible populations including a comment made at a town hall meeting in August…

grandmother wants to show her the identity of the nobility ladies. Before the family died, the story focus on the grandmother. In the grandmother’s thinking and behavior, she can not forget her past dream. The grandmother is a tradition representatives of southern, and is a addicts in the wonderful past. The grandmother…

Lindsay’s who was an activist for minority groups’ demands for a civilian review of police activities (Fink, p. 626). Since other “minority groups’ also desired for the identification and representation of the Lloyd Sealy, a Negro career law-enforcement officer, and was promoted to Commanding Officer of the Community Relations Bureau of the Police Department (Fink, p. 626). Through this “government activity of interested parties that the complaints about police conduct on the Lower East…