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    other numerous things. "Discrimination" means unequal treatment. One common element discriminated against is a person’s ethnicity, or their race. This is called Racial Discrimination. While there are many federal laws concerning discrimination, most states have enacted laws that prohibit it. These laws may have different remedies than the federal laws and may, in certain circumstances be more favorable than the federal laws. Racial discrimination happens when someone is treated less fairly…

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    defines inadequate treatment. One of the most communal features discriminated against is an individual’s ethnicity, or their race. This is known as Racial Discrimination. Even though there are various federal laws with reference to discrimination, most states have sanctioned laws that forbid discriminatory acts. Race discrimination consists of treating someone unfairly for the reason that the person is of a certain race or because of the particular physical characteristics connected with race,…

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    Japanese Jailed On December 7, 1941 Japan bombed Pearl Harbor base in Hawaii shaking America physically and mentally. The enemy crippled a major part or the Pacific Fleet. Before the attack Curtis B Munson released the Munson report. He was assessing the “danger” of Japanese descendants in America. He claimed there would be no armed uprising of the Japanese. He also said there was no problem with them. But after Japan bombed us our citizens were put into concentration camps even after Munson…

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    and Exchange Commission and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Brokers would lie and deceive to clients about the stock market, and then do inside trading together. The Securities and Exchange Commission set up agencies to monitor and ensure that the brokers are telling the truth. They also made it hard to commit fraud and or insider trading with other brokers. This act was a failure, because fraud, insider trading and lying still took…

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    The racial discrimination has been the biggest problem in the United States of America, which has been going on from so many years. The legacy of historic discrimination continues to weigh on the present; and current day discrimination persists throughout American life in access to healthcare, educational services, employment opportunities, wage levels, and media employment. Discrimination inhibits people 's ability to see the truth of another being and in our American history, we have witnessed…

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    In the late 1800s, people fled to the United States to escape crop failure, land and job shortages, rising taxes, and famine while other came seeking personal freedom or relief from political and religious persecution. In 1798, a period of diplomatic tension with France culminated in the passage of a series of laws known as the Alien and Sedition Acts in that it extended the period of residency required for citizenship from five to fourteen years and allowed the president to deport any “alien”…

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    Every day in the United States racism still occurs in society. Racism is a subject that still today has affected many groups of people. People see discrimination in customer service, schools, and jobs. People until this day are still not treated equally. In other words, people have suffered from discrimination such as, not having enough housing opportunities and living in poor conditions, also in employment not receiving equal treatment and pay, students are not obtaining equal education…

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    a rising situation that while it is justifiably different, has certain similarities. The Syrian Migrant Crisis, a topic that has recently surfaced to the public and has masses rallied behind the admittance of the civilians affected by the Syrian civil war, is…

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    Post, P. A.41. Retrieved April 22, 2012 from ProQuest Newsstand. (Document ID: 58154502). Peart, K. N. (1996). English spoken here. Scholastic Update, 129(6), 7. Schildkraut, D. J., Official-English and the States: Influences on Declaring English the Official Language in the United States, Political Research Quarterly , Vol. 54, No. 2 (Jun., 2001), pp. 445-457 Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/449166 Schlafly, P.. (2008, July). Obama Rejects English Language Assimilation.…

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    helped shape the world, especially the United States, in an abundance of ways. It was a time when people were stepping up and taking on more responsibilities, patriotism flowed throughout the veins of Americans. Men volunteered to serve in combat and women volunteered to serve in as many ways deemed possible. These brave women served in the Army and Navy Nurse Corps, Women's Army Corps (WAC), Army Air Forces, the Navy's Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES), in the Marine…

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