The Crack

Southern Illinois University Carbondale AVM 371 Aviation Industry Regulations Spring 2017 Case Study #2 – – Southwest Airlines: FAA Safety Inspectors and Cracks I. Summary: • In 2008, the Department of Transportation (DOT) investigated allegations that certain FAA inspectors became “too cozy” with Southwest and failed to inspect for cracks in the skin of aircraft. The failure to inspect occurred during 2006 and 2007. • Southwest self-reported after learning that there were a couple of FAA…

Anti-Drug Abuse Act. This act established a mandatory sentence of five years for 500 grams of powder cocaine versus five grams of crack cocaine (Vagins, McCurdy). Why the same sentence for basically the same drug but vastly different quantities? The answer lies deep in a racial argument. Cocaine is more expensive and therefore sought by higher-class white individuals, while crack cocaine is cheap and utilized by the poorer class, mainly African Americans. Compile that with he fact that a…

must prove themselves by working long hours and better than above average to succeed or move ahead. When the worker can prove they are the best worker they have a change to move up a level. Crack cocaine dealing is the example that Levitt and Dubner came up with in their book, Freakonomics. Dealing crack cocaine is a “winner take all” or tournament labor business where there are many street salesman who…

When you notice cracks in your foundation there is generally an underlying issue that needs to be evaluated by an experienced foundation repair company. Your homes foundation is the structure that supports your home and is in direct contact with the ground. The foundations job is to transfer the load of your home evenly over the ground. When you have uneven movement of the foundation (soil shrinking and swelling) and the load is dispersed disproportionately, this movement causes cracks and other…

drug problem but changed his mind as he became more educated about the drug problem. Mr. Hart found out that the crack cocaine laws of the 80’s were unfair when compared to the powder cocaine laws of the same year. The punishment for crack was a hundred times harder (a five-year minimum for possession) than powder cocaine! In the 80’s, 80% of blacks were convicted under this law. Crack and powder are virtually the same drug, they both raise…

chapter Levitt tries to dispute the different points of conventional wisdom. Levitt compares conventional wisdom to drug dealing which is one of the highest paying jobs in America to a certain type of crack cocaine dealing. Sudhir Venkatesh, a University of Chicago…

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dominated by whites, but also how his success affected the relationships of his family and friends. Dr. Hart shows us how the media distorts the facts of drug use. As well as how the government uses drug policies as institutionalized racism on the "crack-cocaine epidemic." How the knowledge Hart's gained throughout his research helped to debunk common myths about drugs as we know them. When it comes to the relationship between; drugs, crime, and violence, the media/government has a flawed…

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Nelson George’s “Gangsters–Real and Unreal” 1. “Gangsta rap (or reality rap or whatever descriptive phrase you like) is a direct by-product of the crack explosion...first came crack rocks, then gangsta rap” (paragraph 32) What examples does George use to prove his point? Do you agree with his statement? Explain why. If not, then what do you think gangsta rap is a direct product of? Be specific in your response. Present in George’s “Gangsters– Real and Unreal”, the extensive details revolving…