...The incarceration system of the United States plays a very important part of what America is as the jail system has been with America for countless of years. The United States ended slavery with the introduction of the 16 Amendment. Effectively making slavery unconstitutional throughout America. Yet 228 years after the 16th amendment was approved we still find this issue of slavery. America now masks slavery through its jail system that legalized institutional slavery and racism. The United States boast that it holds 25% of the world's prison population yet only have 5% of the world's population meaning that it has the highest population of prisoners per size of the country. Yet even more shocking is the people that are incarcerated in these prisons have something in common they are...
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...Tess Gormley Comp 1 Capra March 6, 2013 Illegal Immigration WHAT IS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION Illegal immigration is the act of living in a country without government permission (LegalAnthropology.com). It is something that is becoming increasingly common in the United States. Many natives are upset by the number of illegal aliens in their country. However, others don’t see a problem with it, making this topic a very controversial one. HOW DO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS COME INTO THE UNITED STATES Someone who wishes to move from their current country to the United States will need to get approved for immigration. The country has quotas, and decides who to grant access to through an application process and a series of qualifications. A green card is the only thing that gets someone citizenship. This is very hard to get because there are more people wanting to become citizens than the government can accommodate, which leads to the great number of undocumented people residing in our country. Many who have green cards have obtained them through family ties in America or less likely through employment, but they also must be able to pass the tests that the Unites States gives immigrants. Because green cards are so hard to get, immigrants will usually settle for temporary visas. In the long run, having held a job and been successful while in possession of a temporary work visa will help you get a green card (LegalAnthropology.com) When they hear the...
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...state is not a new concept or term to us; rather this notion has kept repeating itself throughout the record. In today’s practical world, great powers are searching extensively and aggressively for opportunities to attain power over others, with hegemony being their ultimate goal. In present realistic and anarchic world system, power is all that matters to selfish and domination oriented states. In a very similar way, China, which has been making success by leaps and bounds, is in time aiming to gain the position of super power, the position which in the present day is being enjoyed and exercised by the United States of America. With around 1.3billion population; estimating for one-fifth of the world’s entire population, with world’s largest armed forces, China, while contributing about 13percent to the world economy, is at present the fastest developing country across the sphere, with raw potentials to becoming a super power down the line. (China: The 21st Century Super Power, September, 2005) China, for past few decades, has been observed making substantial progress in almost every sphere, not only with an aim to improve its international front, but also to maximize its share of international power and gain a position that is desired by a few of the known competing great powers. China has been implementing and devising a mix of very optimal agendas and policies to influence the world and counter the western capitalist approach. The fast paced and significant rise of China since...
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...Recently, the number of immigrants in America is increased sharply. The Americans protested because of the large number of immigrants in America, and they assumed that these immigrants take their jobs and regions and are potential for crime terrorism. Immigrants are also often used as a reason of Americans’ inability looking for work. In fact, immigration in America is not always associated with bad things. It can also be beneficial to America. Thus, there are some benefits of having immigrants in America. The first benefit is that imigrants can be good for economy development in America. As there are many immigrants come to America, the incompetent American workers would be automatically forced to compete for their occupations at lower salary unless thay will lose their jobs. Enterpreneurs and producers could deliver their products more productively and decrease the prices in order to increase the number of consumers. Finally, as Griswolt (2002) stated, keeping the prices down would create flexibility in America economy....
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...the paper, or at least that I had gotten the numbers pretty close to accurate. However, after the real data had been given out I realized that I had in fact not been accurate. On the male to female ratio I guessed 52 males to 48 females, which ended up being the one section I was most accurate about. Ever other section had been relatively far from what I had assumed, in world geography my numbers looked like this: 27 Asians, 24 Africans, 16 Europeans, 20 Latin Americans and 13 North Americans. The actual numbers looked very different, and were a lot less spread out between the different groups. I think I can attribute this error to my lack of knowledge on the geography of our world, and not knowing how big or small a country is, but beyond that, not knowing how heavily or little populated a place is....
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...Women Equality In the early years of United States, while it was still a fledgling country, Thomas Jefferson made the Louisiana purchase. Suddenly, America had doubled in size and was full of unknown land. Sacagawea, a woman, lead an expedition commissioned by the American government to explore this new land and document all its findings. Her knowledge and leadership was essential to completing the mission, and because of her work the United States was able to safely settle the land. While the United States has relied upon strong, powerful women such as Sacagawea since its formation, the number women that have been capable of holding powerful positions has far exceeded the number of women that actually have. Currently, women do not hold the same power as men in the workforce and the government, in the United States. It is evident that women have come a long way, but it is important that we continue to support the movement of women in powerful leadership positions. Historically, women have always been at a great disadvantage in regard to competitiveness in the workplace. As early as 1790 women were already being discriminated against. One of our Founding Fathers Alexander Hamilton was even quoted saying women are “a source of cheap labor” (Leckie). Women back then were often sent to work long hours, in hot sweatshops, performing undesirable tasks. Yet, they still made less than men. Organizations of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s such as the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association ...
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...STRICTER GUN LAWS IN AMERICA America needs stricter measures on gun usage because other countries have clearly shown that it is possible to have a much lower percentage of gun-related violence. The obvious changes that America needs to improve on are stricter gun-control laws, and a system of education before people are allowed to own guns. Guns were used in 11,078 homicides in the U.S. in 2010, comprising almost 35% of all gun deaths, and over 68% of all homicides (Statistics on, 2012). Between 1955 and 1975, the Vietnam War killed over 58,000 American soldiers less than the number of civilians killed with guns in the U.S. in an average two-year period (Statistics on, 2012). They can cause harm, death and even destruction. These weapons are powerful both socially and physically and thus very important to pay close attention to where these laws over gun control are headed. The directions of gun control laws not only affect our society and nation but also our future. In America close to eleven thousand people die in relation to handgun incidences in a year. This is a big number compared to other nations like Japan, Sweden and Great Britain where their death number in gun related issues is below one hundred (Prentice et al , 2009).The reason behind this drastic differences is that the above mentioned nations require safety courses on gun usage and their gun control laws are more strict. There is a direct relationship between number of deaths as a result of guns...
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...Get Prison” we basically read and learn more about the high crime rate in America, and what excuses we make for these high crime rates. We can see that the crime rates have fluctuated over time since the 1900’s, but even at some of the times of the lowest crime rates in America, it was still higher that even the higher crime rates in most other Western industrial societies. When making comparisons with the US and European countries, we learn that there is a much higher rate of lethal violence, such as suicide in the US. Even though the rates of violent crime in America has declined over recent years, author’s believe that this has more to do with changes in America’s economic status rather than law’s and government policies. Some of the changes in the crime rates could have to do with the “imprisonment binge”, but the number of incarcerated criminals does not reduce the number of criminals we have in America, it just reduces the number of criminals we have roaming free in America. We know that crime is not completely avoidable, and the government has been making changes to help reduce the risks and the likeliness of lethal and dangerous crimes happening. Some of the precautions that have been made include: effective gun control, decriminalization if illicit drugs, amelioration of poverty, the prevention of child abuse or neglect, and they also are taking precautions for at-risk adolescents. In America, there are many “excuses” for the high crime rates that we have. Some of the...
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...general statements. He gives the reader tools they can use in every day instances regarding statistics. Making sure that the reader knows how to ask basic questions about statistics they hear. This helps us to understand how sometimes numbers can become mangled within communication. That one cannot compare apples to oranges, that comparison must be fair. That we must be analytical, and critical of numbers, but to also not become naïve or cynical. I absolutely loved his explanation for the way society is often innumerate. He provided a perfect example of how many people don’t process the concept of large numbers. As his example he used a small child and a penny. To a child a penny is a lot of money, but to an older child a penny is not a lot of money. In the same aspect, if you ask an older child if one hundred dollars is a lot of money they would most likely agree that a hundred bucks is a lot of money, but to an adult it’s most likely not a lot of money. That to most people big numbers blend together. There are huge implications to being innumerate. Because some many people have issues in contemplating big numbers, they really can’t grasp the severity, or non-severity of an issue. In this example the conflicts between the Regan administration and activists, the estimate numbers were 300,000 homeless to 3,000,000 homeless persons. Knowing the difference between these two numbers is like knowing if you will have 3 people over for dinner, or 30 people...
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...Poverty is the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money or material possessions. It is the condition where people’s basic needs for food, clothing, and shelter are not being met. There are generally two types, absolute poverty is synonymous with destitution and occurs when people cannot obtain adequate resources to support a minimum level of physical health. Absolute poverty means about the same everywhere, and can be eradicated as demonstrated by some countries. Relative poverty occurs when people do not enjoy certain minimum level living standards as determined by a government that vary from country to country, sometimes within the same country. Relative poverty occurs everywhere, is said to be increasing and my never be eradicated. There are over 48 million Americans live in poverty, according to a special report by the Census Bureau (money.cnn.com). The government programs such as food stamps, caps (childcare and parent services program) is designed to help low income families afford safe quality child care, and section 8 which is a rental housing assistance program that authorizes payments of rental housing to private landlords on behalf of approximately 4.8 million low-income households do help some of the people in the Unites States but it is not enough. There are still 16% of American children living in poverty according to a supplemental report. According to the census report the official poverty line was $23,283 last year for a family of...
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...Presentation Topic: Donate Life America Introduction I. Attention Getter: 22 people die every day as a result of not receiving the transplant they were in need of, and of all deaths in the US, only 2% are used for organ donation (Blood Center of Wisconsin). II. Credibility Statement: I have taken the steps to be a registered donor and have been one since I turned 16 years old three years ago. III. Relating to the Audience: As young people, we are used to being in good health, but not everyone is so lucky. Organ donation can turn a life threatening condition into a thing of the past, and it can even benefit someone you know and love. IV. Thesis Statement: The non-profit organization Donate Life America strongly promotes and raises awareness...
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...English 101 The Ancient Debate The legalization of marijuana is one of the most controversial topics in America and its debate has been fought over nonstop since the existence of the drug. This naturally found plant is known and used across the entire world. It is illegal in most places including the majority of the United States yet in reality it is safer than alcohol and tobacco. Today, more and more people are starting to realize this and side with pro legalization in America and are even questioning why it is illegal. There are many reasons why people support its legalization. Many say it would actually prove to be more helpful if it were legalized. Legalization could help America’s economy, health and crime. In one article journalist Ryan Schuette uses logos, ethos and pathos to support this claim and proves how legalizing marijuana as soon as possible could help America thrive in the near future. Schuette starts off his argument with his first supporting statement, that the legalization of the drug would bring our country economic relief. Its legalization would create jobs and help prevent bankruptcy, which America definitely needs at this moment in time. There is no way around this fact for anyone who is against the legalization of the drug. The United States has a total debt of 17 trillion dollars and with 20 billion dollars in debt alone in Detroit, who recently became the largest city in America to declare bankruptcy after years of financial instability. The author...
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...Opportunity” still fit what America is like today? Probably not because of all the issues that are currently going on. There’s no such thing as making America completely perfect, but there are definitely ways in which America could be improved upon. Improvement starts by finding the problems that are occurring. Issues that are currently happening are problems with illegal immigration, violence, unemployment and the health care. Each of these are completely different from the other, but with improvement in each of these, America can be one step closer to the beautiful country that it once originally was. One problem in America is that there are immigrants that come in the country illegally. They’re called undocumented immigrants. This wouldn’t be a problem if it was just like 20 people, but in total there is more than 10 million...
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...Homelessness in America Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Homelessness remains to be a complex problem in the American society given the ever increasing number of the homeless people as time goes. There is a need for the government and the American society at large to help the homeless since it is shameful for society as wealthy as America to have homeless people in the society. On the other hand, there are several people who are perceived to be homeless in the streets of America's cities but are capable of sustaining themselves. The opponents of assisting the homeless argue that such people have the potential to sustain themselves if the government and the society’s support system are withdrawn and therefore, assisting them only burdens the government and the society. For all the stakeholders to develop an effective homeless policy, there is a need for the development of mechanisms that will lead to a proper identification of the homeless. Identifying the correct population of the homeless people involves coming up with a proper definition of homelessness. Different definitions of homelessness are widely used in America. Those definitions are controversial since different stakeholders use a specific definition of homelessness to justify their action. One of the most effective and all-inclusive definitions is called the point in time definition. It is a one-time survey of all the institutions, the shelters, and all the other places on the street with a high tendency of...
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...American Ways Chapter One Class Guide Dr. Wilma Parker 1. Life in the United States; A Nation of Immigrants 1. What are two important factors that influence the beliefs, values, motivations and behaviors of the American people? Give examples of how these factors might influence. 2. What was the population of the US in 1815 and where did most immigrants come from and settle? And, what about 2010? Same two questions. In 1815 populaton was 8.4 million and immigrants were northern Europe. In 2010 population was 39.9 million from Latin America 3. Zangwill described America as a “Melting Pot.” What exactly did he mean? Diversity of culture. 4. Describe the general pattern of immigration between 1815 and 2010. Has it always been steady, or have the patterns of influx fluctuated? Firstly northern Europe immigrated it because of poverty then Latin America. It is never steady to immigrate to U.S. 5. When and why did immigration laws begin to change and how has this affected us today? 1921 U.S did some limitation to immigrants because a lot of people started to come to U.S 6. How has the flow of European immigrants changed since 1825? 7. How does the population of “foreign-born” residents differ now from 1900? In 1900 number of foreign-born living in the U.S almost doubled . 8. Which of these two minority groups is currently largest: African-American or Latino? African-American 9...
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