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Affirmative Action
<view this essay>.... of lower quality work produced by African American students and other minority students is an example of the problems caused by . Although intends to do good, lowering the standards by which certain racial groups are admitted to college is not the way to solve the problem of diversity in America's universities. The condition of America's public schools is directly responsible for the poor academic achievement of minority children. "Instead of addressing educational discrepancies caused by poverty and discrimination, we are merely covering them up and pretending they do not exist, and allowing ourselves to avoid what it takes to make a dent in the .....
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Sexism-Patriarchy
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traditional sexist viewpoints has hindered allot of female job promotion. Women
with the same qualifications as a man that applied for a job would be turned
down based on the simple fact that they are a woman. Prior to the Women's
movement women were constantly discriminated against in this manner. Sexual
discrimination still exists but its occurrence has drastically reduced, subtle
discrimination is however, still quite prevalent in our society. Salary is one
aspect of this still present discrimination, a vast majority of women employed
in the work force today receive less of a paycheck for the same amount of hours
worked on the same jo .....
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Alienation Of Living Activity
<view this essay>.... a prerequisite for survival, then they find themselves locked into a vicious circle. Since they have no commodities, their only exit from this circle is to regard themselves, or parts of themselves, as commodities. And this is, in fact, the peculiar 'solution' which men impose on themselves in the face of specific material and historical conditions. They do not exchange their bodies or parts of their bodies for money. They exchange the creative content of their lives, their practical daily activity, for money.
As soon as men accept money as an equivalent for life, the sale of living activity becomes a condition for their physical and social survival. Life is .....
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Effects Of TV On Children
<view this essay>.... with a maturing brain sits in front of the TV for several hours every day, it can instigate loss of creativity, impatience, and violence further along down the road.
The ability to be creative is an important factor in the development of a young child’s mind. By sitting down and watching TV for a couple hours, the child is entertained, but is also not thinking. Information in spoon-fed to them, so when it comes time to read a book in school, some can have a hard time grasping ideas. They are so used to having images flash before them to provide understanding; they have trouble moving their eyes side to side to gather the information for themselves. With the .....
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Other Minds
<view this essay>.... issues relating to the other two will also be involved.
Firstly, it is imperative to assert that, in looking for ‘knowledge’, we
are not aiming for logical certainties - we are not aiming to show that
any propositions about other minds can be demonstrated with absolute
certainty equivalent to that of mathematical truths. Philosophy ever since
Descartes has tended to be defined by scepticism: either it aims to
produce sceptical theories or it aims to refute them. And sceptics tend
towards extremity in their doubts. It must be stated here and now that
there are not, and never can be, any theories that prove demonstratively
that other minds exist, or that I kno .....
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Nazism
<view this essay>.... and dominant from 1933 to 1945 in Germany. The party's
principles were essentially antidemocratic and racist. Hitler borrowed
considerably from the Italian Fascist and Soviet Communist Systems, but the
Nazi pseudoscientific racist theories were original German contributions.
In the past storm troopers and communists had contested the streets on
fairly equal terms. Now, three days after the formation of Hitler's
cabinet, communist meeting were banned in Prussia. To enforce such
measures, there was a new and ominous agency. A minor department in the
Berlin police, detailed to watch anticonstitutional activities, was put
under Goring's command. As .....
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Child Abuse In Today’s Society
<view this essay>.... and enforced long before any cases against child abuse were argued. The first court case centering around child abuse was in 1874 when the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals challenged the court to recognize that a child was covered under the laws which prevent the cruel treatment of animals. This was the first time in history when society accepted the responsibility to protect children, even if it is from their own parents. (Bender and Leone, 1994, p. 12)
Child abuse data is collected in many inconsistent ways from state to state and from study to study, many instances of abuse, especially neglect, are not always documented, and th .....
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Parental Guidance Against Television Violence
<view this essay>.... their children have seen on TV? Today the television sends the message to children that violence is common and that "everyone's doing it"(Eron 617). This message desensitizes children and even numbs them to the reality of violence. By nature, children are naïve and inexperienced, so they need rules and regulations enforced by their parents for their own personal protection and well-being. Parents desire their children to grow up in a safe and stable environment and look to the government for support. However, our government can not be expected to support or solve the problems associated with censoring violent television programs.
One of the main reasons .....
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