Brown Verses Board of Education: One Domino in a Long Chain of Societal Change
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A 12 page discussion of the many societal changes which resulted directly and indirectly from the premises surrounding the landmark civil rights case involving segregation in our nation’s schools. Delineates the chain of societal events leading up to and following this decision. Outline a few key Supreme Court cases which were based on the same premises. Emphasizes that while equal treatment is now the law in the United States, it is not always our laws that shape social action. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Building Multicultural Communities
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This 10 page paper provides an overview of the process of building multicultural communities. This paper includes elements like establishing the power of different cultures and valuing differences. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Buying A Home: The Elusive American Dream
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5 pages in length. Buying a home is one dream for most Americans, however, the growth, decline and discrimination in the mortgage industry dictates how, what and where we can live, work and raise our families. Focusing upon the mortgage industry's supply and demand in the housing market and how it effects our society, we can began to narrow the income inequality gap of the middle to lower class American and, therefore, produce a better overall economy. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Can A Sense Of National Unity Be Constructed Through Cultural Policy?
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This 10 page paper discusses how cultural policies may help to create a sense of national unity. The paper uses a range of theories and concepts including those which look at the creation of maintenance of individual and collective identities, the role of shared values and heritage, the presence of ‘invented traditions’ the impact of diversity and the way tar cultural policies may utilize these concepts to develop policies that help create a positive national identity and encourages national unity. The bibliography cites 13 sources.
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Can People Work Their Way Out Of Poverty?
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8 pages in length. Breaking out of the poverty cycle requires more than merely finding a better job. In order to overcome the oppressive existence of poverty, people need to become educated, address the myriad cultural and political restraints placed upon them and perhaps most of all conquer the defining aspect of social determinism. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Capitalist Exploitation of Native Americans and Irish, Italian and Chinese Immigrants
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A 7 page overview of the discrimination and exploitation faced by Native Americans, and their immigrant counterparts in the early history of the United States. Emphasizes that while the situation was similar for all there were also many differences. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Case Study on Racism
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This 12 page paper analyzes a case presented by a student concerning a boarding situation between a white Moslem and a black African Christian. Reasons for their disagreements are explored through anthropological and sociological theories. Theories concerning racism are provided . The case is analyzed. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Caulfield and De Jesus on Women’s Issues in Brazil
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Caulfield and De Jesus on Women’s Issues in Brazil: This 6-page essay is based on the hypothetical question and answer panel set up to interview these two authors. Both Caulfield and De Jesus wrote extensively about issues relevant to specific gender inequities in Brazil in In Defense of Honor and Child of the Dark respectively. Questions are posed and based on their prose the authors’ answers are postulated. Bibliography lists 4 sources. SNPanels.doc
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Causes of African-American Poverty
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This 7 page paper will try to identify some of the factors that mire African Americans in particular in poverty. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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