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    Situation 9: Lauren Hill (Pay Discrimination Related to Gender) The example of Lauren Hill is an instance of gender discrimination in the sphere of material rewards for work because the company paid her less compared to male employees. The issue falls within the provisions of such legal statutes as the Civil Rights Act of 1991, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (Civil Rights Act of 1991, n.d.; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,…

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    The significance of the 1964 the Civil Rights Act in my Life Today “Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 amended in 1991, prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.” (Phillips, 2015, p. 57) The protections afforded me as a result of the passing of the Civil Rights Act is significant. I belong to multiple protect groups identified within the Act. As an African American female, I am afforded equal opportunities in hiring, promotion and…

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    Affirmative action is like a main tool to offer qualified individual with equal access knowledge or education and professional possibilities. These policy makes certain that all Americans are considered fairly and equally for educational and jobs opportunities. Affirmation action is about opening up equal opportunity and ensuring that equal opportunity with equal results. Also, affirmation is to improve economic and helps out women and minority groups. 1) People against affirmation action say…

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    2012). Another policy measure is Affirmative Action which introduces more diversity into college campuses and protects minority students from discrimination (Affirmative Action, 2014). From the National Conference of State Legislatures’s website, affirmative action overcomes hundreds of years of oppression, although this is debatable. This notion increases diversity enrollment to double or triple representation. When California removed their affirmative action opportunity in 1998, minority…

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    introduces us to two concepts that may appear similar if you don 't pay enough attention to the nuances. These two concepts are ‘managing diversity ' and affirmative action. Managing diversity is defined as the managing of a culturally diverse workforce by recognizing the characteristics common to specific groups of employees. Affirmative action, on the other hand, is defined as special efforts to recruit and hire qualified members of groups that have been discriminated in the past. Managing…

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    In neuronal development, the general rule is that cells are generated in sites different from those they later reside in. The Nervous System is the master controlling and communicating system of the body. Electrical impulses act as signaling device; they are rapid, specific and cause immediate responses. They also use sensory receptors to monitor changes called stimuli. This is where gathered information creates sensory input. Integration is the processes and interprets sensory input which…

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    The majority of the people I encounter at my school have a complete lack of care when it comes to important social issues. To even mention words like feminism or Black Lives Matter brings eyerolls and headshakes from various parts of the classroom.But I enjoy discussing and thinking critically about these issues. Discussions of social conflicts that are pervasive in our community are important and necessary. Martin Luther King Jr once said that “our lives begin to end the day we become silent…

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    All of our feelings, sensations, motor, thoughts and emotional responses, learning and memory, the actions of mind-blowing medicine, the causes of mental disorders, and the other perform or pathology of the human brain cannot be understood while not the data regarding the fascinating method of communication between nerve cells. Neurons should unendingly gather data regarding the interior state of the organism and its external setting, appraise this data, and coordinate activities acceptable to…

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    America’s second industrial revolution had a big impact on everybody in the late 1900s. However, the biggest impact was shown on to the American industrial worker, the working class. New technological advancements cause companies to impose new injustices, labor unions form to fight back; unfortunately, the government does not act on these injustices towards the working class. The government at the time was not only corrupt, but also not ready or prepared for the problems they were about to be…

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    King states that the word “wait” is wrong because the word “has almost always meant “Never”.” Thus the “wait” is wrong because, action had be taken. (¶13) 14. King suggests that the people break unjust laws with civil disobedience and gives several examples like the Boston Tea Party or, “Christians, who were willing to face hungry loins and the excruciating pain of chopping blocks…

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