...potential of more availability to resources. Administration convinced individuals that efficiency and privatization would lead to the improvement of social departments, which would benefit the population. Alongside privatization was surveillance, which was sold to the people through fear. The people believed they were gaining more protection and that life would be more efficient. Regardless of intent, the part of the population who suffered in this wake has not decreased and it has not lessened. A better society was promised, but what was given was anything but better. Segregation continued and while part of the population saw more efficiency, the other part of the population endured more disadvantage. Minority populations disadvantage levels rose and members of those communities were labeled as delinquents. Political powers enforced stronger forms of social control to account for the rise in dissatisfaction towards rising disadvantage levels. Social control and efficiency became the focal points of all institutions. Late modernity caused changes...
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...Minority Inmates in American Prisons Noreen Harman ENG122: English Composition II Instructor January Pearson July 7, 2014 There is a disparate rate of minorities in the American prison system currently. I will present evidence from scholarly resources proving that the reason why the minority population is so high is due to racial profiling. The judicial system imposes stricter and longer prison terms on minorities because of their culture. Blacks are about eight times more likely to go to prison than whites, which dwarfs black-white disparities in, for example, unemployment rates (2-to -1 disparity), infant mortality (2-to -1 disparity), and out of wedlock births (3-to-1 disparity). L.J. Geo (2010). African American and Hispanic offenders were more likely than whites to be sentenced to prison, especially if they were male, young and unemployed, S. Spohn (2000). Even though there may be a high rate of minority crimes being committed, I believe the reason for having so many minorities in prison is due to the current judicial system stereo typing. In the article Rethinking Drug Courts: Restorative Justice as a Response to Racial Injustice, it talks about the rate of drug crimes committed by minority and longer sentences imposed to blacks and Hispanics. Drug court offers offenders the opportunity to not do time in prison and get court supervised treatment instead. This is beneficial to the families of minorities so they can keep working and providing...
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...tells us that it came from the “Old-Age, Survivors, & Disability Insurance” federal program and is meant to provide welfare. There were actually a few similar precursors to what we know as social security, one example being a pension program following the American Civil War. After the Civil War there were hundreds of thousands of widows, orphans, and disabled vets. Even before this, an article informed me that the first national pension program began in early 1776; prior to the signing of our declaration. Not long after the Civil War had ended, America began to rapidly change. This had a lot to do with the Industrial Revolution and the urbanization of the population. This led us to stray from an extensive agrarian family unit that could support their elders to a more condensed American family living in cities. Combining demographic and social changes (including the increase of life expectancy by roughly 10 years), America had fewer and fewer people living on the land, and more of its population in the cities. Unfortunately, this led to a “fragile” provision of economic security. Social Security itself was created on August 14, 1935, when President Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act. Not only did this new legislature help with the general welfare of the public, but it also provided a way for retirees over 65 years of age to receive a continued form of income. It has since been combined with a more current version of itself to be able to cover more social welfare/insurance...
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...Professor Schnell PSC 101 November, 20th 2014 Paper 1 Poverty is a big problem in the world, and also in the United States. Even though the United States is one of the most wealthy and well off first world nations, there are still about 10% of the population that is in poverty. This was found by the 2009 U.S. Bureau of Census Statistics report. In the 2009 U.S. Bureau of Census Statistics report, Hispanics and African Americans have the highest rate of poverty at 21.3 and 22 percent respectably. Compared to Whites which is only 8.4%, there is a large difference. However, being a business major and taking many statistic courses, there are more Whites in poverty. The total percent in poverty is 10% of the population. A total of 303,820 people live in poverty, 197,164 are White-not Hispanic, 38,556 are Black and 48,811 are Hispanic. Looking at this, there are a substantial amount more of White people who live in poverty than Hispanic and Black people combined. I received all of these statistics from http://www.census.gov/prod/2010pubs/p60-238.pdf. As you can see, there are many more white people in poverty. By showing only a percentage it makes it seem like only minorities are in poverty. Even though a higher percentage of them are in poverty there are many more whites who live in poverty. Female lead households also have a higher rate of poverty than male lead households. This is due to the fact that in today’s society, women are still making their way up in the job totem...
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...Question 1 Section 1 1.1 – P1 – US has maintained a certain degree of dominance in the region that has ensured some degree of regional stability. P2 – A fundamental branch of Chinese soft power and a cornerstone of the Beijing consensus is the multilateralism that characterizes China’s shifting diplomacy. P3 – The rise of East Asian multilaterals in the wake of the Asian financial crisis and the formation of new regional bodies, such as ASEAN +3, has been a direct response to the failures of APEC and the IMF. Conclusion – The harmonious engagement of regional actors in multilateral frameworks has significant capacity to contribute to regional stability, rendering Washington’s role as an extra regional balancer redundant. The rise of a unified East Asia will undoubtedly recalibrate regional security arrangements. 1.2 – The US is a regional balancer due to its hub-and-spoke system. Many theories support this such as hegemonic stability theory, which priorities unipolarity challenges from disputing the status quo but with the failure of IMF and China’s diplomacy shift, China has a more active role with the region becoming more influenced by Beijing Consensus. Regional collaboration has increased with ASEAN +3 of Japan, China, and South Korea. This shows a power shift away from the hub-and-spoke alliance system (Ward, Alex. 2013). Section 2 US will not be the indispensable power in East Asia in the time to come as they are slowly losing their power because ASEAN +3 are...
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...Welfare Administration refers to various social, economic and health program that was designed to improve the needs of U.S population. The programs vary in eligibility requirements and are provided by various organizations on a federal, state, local and private level. They help to provide food, shelter, education, healthcare and money to U.S. citizens through primary and secondary education, subsidies of college education, unemployment disability insurance, subsidies for eligible low-wage workers, subsidies for housing, food stamps, pensions for eligible persons and health insurance programs that cover public employees. The largest of this program are social security system, Medicare and the housing programs. Welfare has come to be associated with poverty. Additionally, blacks have overwhelmingly dominated images of poverty over the last few decades. Welfare distribution is a topic that greatly affects various races, ages and social ethnic group in America. I strongly believe that welfare is not equally distributed among various groups in America. Though the constitution has been amendment over years ago I believe in these days and times that people should be treated the same and be given adequate and equal access to the U.S welfare system, to me it seems as though things are based on black and white and not in actualization. Researches have shown that in various aspects of American lives people are treated based on their race. According to research conducted by NAIC (National...
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...Hotel Rwanada Part I: Causes (What? Where? When? Why? Who? How?) The decades following Rwanda's independence from Belgium in 1962 saw growing ethnic tensions and periodic violent attacks and reprisals between Rwanda's Hutu majority and its Tutsi minority. Thousands of Tutsis fled into exile in neighboring countries and in 1990 a failed invasion by a Tutsi rebel exile group sparked a civil war that officially ended in August 1993. The film captured part of the terror of the situation for the Tutsi tribe in Rwanda during the time of the genocide. On April 6, 1994, the Rwandan president, a Hutu, was killed when his plane was shot down over Kigali airport. Hutu politicians blamed Tutsis for the president's death and within hours, loosely organized Hutu militia groups known collectively as the Interhamwe began mobilizing across Rwanda. The Hutus were told to kill the Tutsi population by the Hutus controlling Rwanadan radio. The Hutus take up 84% of the Rwanda Population when the Tutsis only take 14%. So the Tutsis didn't really stand a chance. In a preplanned campaign, these Hutu gangs killed roughly 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus over the course of 100 days. And, in full awareness of the situation, the international community did virtually nothing to halt the slaughter. Hotel Rwanda tells the true story of one man's courage in the midst of this genocide. The main character, Paul Rusesabagina, a manager at a Belgian-owned luxury hotel in Kigali, Rwanda's capital...
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...order to be partial, securing its protections and benefits only to some and used as weapon of oppression to others. One of the reasons for this is because laws are created mostly by the privileged people or the elected officials who in some ways are puppets of the wealthy and privileged people. The minority and poor people are always victimized because the laws are created by the wealthy and privileged. Most of the third world countries suffer from this dysfunctional system of inequality and oppression. But it is surprising and irony that country like United States, which is considered to be land of freedom and equality and the country built by the oppressed people who migrated here to escape the oppression, have used law as mean of oppression. In the civilized society, the oppression cannot be enforced directly like they used to in the past. Therefore, they often use technique of criminalizing the whole population based on the act of few. The United State Drug War is example of the authority using law to control the black population. In “Drug Policy as Social Control” Noam Chomsky writes “The so-called drug was started in the 1980s and it was aimed directly at the black population. None...
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...according to the federal States bureau of statistics, is defined by having a common tradition, language, belief, a common lineage, mythology and physical appearance that tend to bring a group of people together. Giving the feeling of being one family. However, the struggles of racial, ethnic, language and religious factions have often required continuous ordered efforts to overcome inequities. One feature of the fight to overcome inequality is the constant effort to identify approaches and services to help minorities in their struggle to overcome bias and discrimination. Among the recipients of programs aimed at tribal and ethnic minorities are White Americans, who, far from all being comfortable themselves, have also experienced challenges in their lives. Unfortunately, not all groups in every community are treated or viewed similarly. Identifying a minor group or a minority in society seems to be a simple task. In the United States, the sets readily identified as minorities are the Blacks and Native Americans who are outnumbered by non-blacks and non-native American. A marginalized group is one whose members have pointedly less control or power over their lives than do the members of a majority group. In the United States, a variety of groups makes up the cultural diversity present. These include racial groups. They include the association of people with a religion other than the dominant faith. With their belief allegiance often being misunderstood they face stigmatization...
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...Human Resource Management ■ Analyze the diversity Legal Framework. Introduction : Having the right people on staff is crucial to the success of an organization. Various selection devices help employers predict which applicants will be successful if hired. These devices aim to be not only valid, but also reliable. Validity is proof that the relationship between the selection device measures the same thing consistently. For example, it would be appropriate to give a keyboarding test to a candidate applying for a job as an administrative assistant. However it would not be valid to give a keyboarding test to a candidate for a job as a physical education teacher. If a keyboarding test is given to the same individual on two separate occasions, the results should be similar. To be effective predictors, a selection device must possess an acceptable level of consistency. Application forms: For most employers , the application form is the first step in the selection process. Application forms provide a record of salient information about the applicants for positions and also furnish data for personnel research. Interviewers may use responses from the application for follow-up questions during an interview. These forms range from requests for basic information , such as names ,addresses and telephone numbers, to comprehensive personal history profiles detailing applicants’ education , job experience...
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...This constant underperformance might be due to the high level of minority enrollment throughout the county. This paper uses census and other government data along with school accountability report cards to show that border proximity negatively impacts the performance of a school. While economic and immigration factors are probably not the only reason for this, this paper uses state testing reports and population demographics to compare the schools side by side and account for the difference in school achievement. 1. Introduction The economy of Imperial County ranks among the lowest in the state. This, in turn, reflects heavily on the level of academic achievement in the three main high schools. In addition to this, the county is also home to a large immigrant population, attributed to the proximity with Mexico and large farming sector. However, it is interesting to note the difference in school performance and how they relate with how far away they are from the international border. Taking a number of factors into account, we should observe a lower level of achievement in the school closest to the border. This paper attempts to examine the relationship between school performance and immigration. Specifically, does the higher level of minority students affect academic performance as a whole? This paper will examine the distance from the border, median household income, percentage of minority population, and test scores, among other factors to find that Calexico High...
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...possible to study politics separated off from economics, sociology, and history; that the state in our democratic capitalist society is politically neutral, that is available as a set of institutions and mechanisms to whatever group wins the election; and that political science, as a discipline, advances the cause of democracy.1 Politics, in the broadest sense, is the activity through which people make, preserve and amend the general rules under which they live. Politics is the process of who gets what, when, and how. Lastly, politics is a process of allocating scarce values.2 Various theorists and concepts define what the role of politics is in order to help us get a better understanding of how the study of politics is useful. Politics help us to understand the relationship between the government and the state’s minority citizens. Plato, the student of Socrates, defined politics in his own way. The ideal government proposed by Plato was the adherence of each individual to “universally valid principles” aimed at improving the lives of all the citizens instead of increasing power, prestige, or material wealth of a select few. Plato believed that this ideal government would be ran by individuals ho were full of wisdom and virtue instead of charisma and cunning. This is because in Athenian democracy, leaders were irrationally chosen based on irrelevant details such as family background, wealth, good looks, and persuasive speech. Being that Plato was born a aristocrat, he believed...
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...native Americans In this chapter, we learn about history and development of Native American. This chapter consist of three parts , history of native; how federal polices effect on native American ; what situation the native American in today. After reading this chapter, I think racism is a very painful problem in the United States. of the first acts of racism in American was against the Native Americans. At first, the Native Americans were the Europeans’ friends. The Native Americans showed the Europeans how to farm, hunt and live off the land in this new America. As time went by and the Europeans became comfortable, they no longer need the Native American people. The Native American people were in the way, they had land that the growing population of the Europeans wanted and needed. This was the start of many treaties that the American Government would make the Native people, and the start for racism against them. Out of all the treaties that the American Government made with the Native People, they kept all of them, but the United States only kept half of the treaties. For federal policies, American government gives an immense amount of respect to such diverse cultures and groups, but where is the respect for the Indians. When the United States first became an independent nation, it adopted the European policies towards these native peoples, but over the course of two centuries the U.S. adapted its own widely varying policies regarding the changing perspectives and necessities...
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...Explain why the Hispanic vote is becoming more important in US elections (10 marks) Hispanics are a growing group in the USA in terms of politics, this can be seen through demographics, according to the 2000 census, they did form 12% of the population, but by the 2010 census this figure has increased over 16% (51 million people) this was due to immigration and birth rates, therefore over the years they have become more influential as they are now a larger proportion or the electorate. Furthermore, because they are a young group and a significant proportion are not yet of voting age, with one quarter of Hispanics being under 18, Their full political importance is yet to show as they have not yet acquired the right to vote, which is one of the main reasons the Hispanic population is known as the ‘sleeping giants’ as their full potential of their impact towards the electorate has not been ‘awoken’ due to them not being able to vote. so over the years they will become increasingly important. Many Hispanic communities are also located in several vital swing states, for example, in California, Nevada, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico. Where the Hispanics make up more than 25% of the population. Particularly in Florida where they have a high number of electoral college votes, where their votes are even more important because of the closeness of the vote in these battle ground states. The fact that Hispanics are a disparate group- from Mexico, Puerto Ricco and Cuba as well as other...
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...Necessity knows no law. Bần cùng sinh đạo tặc. In December 2008, just a few months after the U.S. financial system imploded, New York City was hit by a flurry of bank robberies. On the Monday before New Year’s, four banks were attacked in an hour-and-a-half; one daytime raid took place just steps from the Lincoln Center in downtown Manhattan. The week before, San Diego had seen four bank holdups in a single day. Criminologists wondered if the holiday spree was the first sign of a looming crime wave in recession-battered America. Take an uptick in poverty and economic misery, toss in budget cuts to police departments across the country, and that should be a blueprint for chaos—right? Except, as it turns out, the exact opposite occurred. According to FBI statistics, crime rates went down across the board in 2009. Way down. Murder, rape, robbery, assault, auto theft—plummeted, one and all. Then, this week, the FBI released preliminary data for the first six months of 2010, and again the same pattern emerged. Violent crimes and property crimes alike have been falling in every region of the country. What gives? Have experts just completely misunderstood what causes people to commit crimes? There's certainly no shortage of theories for why crime rates have gone down over the past two years. The simplest is that crime just isn’t closely related to economic conditions. Consider, after all, the two big crime epidemics in the twentieth century—the first took root in the late 1960s...
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