Dehumanization: Why do we do it?
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This five page paper explores why man is willing to inflict cruelty and death on other human beings. Focus is on the events during the Holocaust, but many other examples are given as well. Considers whether the new mechanical era is a cause. Argues a central thesis. Excellent paper showing the use of thesis and the support of that thesis. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JGAdehum.wps

Deviant Behavior: Crime
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A 4 page paper which examines the deviant behavior of crime involving people of lower class in America. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAdevib.rtf

Differing Perceptions of Civil Rights: Testimony for the Congressional Committee on Domestic Affairs
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An 8 page analysis of the outcome of the Civil Rights movement. Written in the form of an address to Congressional Committee on Domestic affairs, this paper contends that our approach to civil rights in this country has turned into what is perceived, among non-black minorities in particular, as a point of contention. They point out that while the rights of blacks were adequately addressed by the civil rights movement, their own rights were never sufficiently secured and the measures which were enacted now too often turn into a stumbling block for societal betterment rather than a stepping stone. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Differing Views on Affirmative Action
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A 4 page paper providing a broad literature review of current views of affirmative action, followed by a fictional university president's proposal that his university drop all racial and ethnic considerations from the selection process in favor of recruiting low-income urban students. This was the approach of Texas A&M in 2005, when that school was able to increase African American enrollment by 57 percent. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KSaffAct06.rtf

Discrimination Against Arabs Since September 11, 2001
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A 5 page paper that discusses the hate crimes against Arab Americans and others of Middle Eastern descent since the attack on America. There has been a huge backlash against these people, in terms of both physical and verbal assaults. The paper reports some of the incidents across the nation and the effect on these victims. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PGarabat.wps

Discrimination in Historic Immigration and Naturalization
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A 6 page analysis of historic immigration and naturalization laws which were designed to ensure a white majority in the United States. The author of this paper contends that the shortcomings in our current laws and policies are, in reality, just a continuation of the same bias and discrimination which have been in place for generations. The 1790 immigration law was the first of the legal biases which were put in place to ensure a continued white majority in this country. This law was reaffirmed throughout our history with such cases as Ozawa vs. U.S. Supreme Court and Thind vs. U.S, Supreme Court which reaffirmed that only select races and cultures were allowed to become U.S, citizens. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPimigWh.rtf

Diversity in the Twenty-First Century
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This 4 page paper reports on diversity in general, but focuses on media and television. the Old Adventures of New Christine is used as an example of programming that promotes diversity. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Do Children Learn Discrimination
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A 7 page paper. The common belief is that children learn to be prejudiced against those who are different than themselves through socialization. In other words, they learn these negative racial and ethnic attitudes from their parents and other important persons in their lives as they are developing. The research says differently. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PGkiddsc.rtf

Do women suffer more from discrimination than do blacks in America?
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An 8 page procedural analysis of this question. The author demonstrates that this question is too broad in scope and must be made more specific for conclusions to actually be reached. A thesis is proposed, a literature search conducted, and methodology identified to address the more specific question of whether pay discrepancies that exist for professors in the university system can be attributed to factors like race and gender or to more subtle factors such as time-in-job. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPgndDis.rtf