The Crack

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offset curbsides, building that are being torn apart, and cracks in the earth’s surface. The Hayward Fault is a strike-slip fault meaning it moves up, and down, thus giving us multiple locations in which the surface is affected. There are five different locations that I chose on the Hayward Fault line that showed that there was right-lateral movement. These locations have been moved by the creeping done on the fault. I observed curbsides, cracks on the floor of a parking lot, and brick walls…

Crack is a smokable form of cocaine that is significantly purer (75-100% pure) and stronger than powder cocaine (“What is Crack Cocaine”). Crack became popular in poor, urban black communities because it was highly profitable, easy to produce, cheap, easy to use and caused an intense and immediate high (“Crack Cocaine: A Short History”). The crack epidemic caused a surge in violence in the black community; between 1984 and…

perfect parallel cracks, and established a unique brand of climbing in a wild, untamed environment. For over 50-years the desert of Southeastern Utah, from the town of Moab to the towers of Canyonlands National Park and the smooth cracks and off-widths of Indian Creek, has been the sites of…

Racism: A Social Issue Kirsten Parsons Intro to Social Jennifer McDermott 11-28-17 When we as a society have a racial bias against people it not only affects us, it hurts everyone around us. Society has a very heavy bias on the African American people. We see the as sellers and users of drugs. Society sees then portrayed as scary thugs who do not care about anyone. Social media, newscast, television shows, etc play into this stigma very heavily. You see them portrayed in such a…

environmental issues. So, you may be wondering what any of that even means. What is Hydraulic Fracturing? The best way to explain this is to break it down step by step. Hydraulic fracturing is a process that begins by producing cracks and fractures in the specific rock formation. These cracks and fractures will stimulate a flow of natural gas or oil. This process helps…

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The fluctuations in the crime rate depend on the usage of crack cocaine and its markets. In “The Crime Bust,” the author elaborates on many possible causes to the unsteady rates, but only contributes to part of the downward cline (Witkin 1-4). For instance, one of the most cited causes to the crime rates, policing strategies, is not the key factor in crime reduction because it is not constant with every city. “The crime rate has also dropped precipitously in cities like Washington, D.C., where…

Ronald Reagan “War on drugs”, Bill Clinton’s “three strikes you’re out” which lead to a massive incarnation in the 1990s of minorities for a long period of time. In 1989, Ronald Reagan declared a war on drugs. Crack and Cocaine were rising and the usage of the products depended on social class. Crack was an inner city drug and the majority of consumers were from Black and Hispanic communities. Those who were arrested with the drug were sentenced of life, whereas, Coke which was a suburb drug,…

“We have made enormous progress in teaching everyone that racism is bad but where we seem to have dropped the ball is teaching people what racism actually IS” (John Stewart). Racism is a form of oppression. It is also a belief that some inherited characteristics, such as skin color: makes people feel inferior to their oppressors (Selfa, 2016). Racism has taken many forms throughout American history. The most notable form of racism in America was the enslavement of African Americans. During this…