...After then end of World War II, a new conflict arose that was known as the Cold War. During the Cold War, two of the world’s greatest powers, the United States and the Soviet Union battled to show the world who was more advanced in technology. Over the next two decades, they battled to show who was the most technologically advanced within their knowledge of space. The first phase of the Space Race was focused on developing successful rocket and satellite systems into space. In 1955, both the United States and Soviet Union announced that they would be launching satellites into orbit soon. The Soviets had taken the announcement from the United States as a challenge for who could put their satellite into space first, which was soon a goal for...
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...After the WWII the Cold war had started where different nations competed to gain world dominance. They fought through the Space Race, Arms Race, and Containment. This was mainly between the United States and the Soviet Union. One example of the way the world competed for world dominance was the Space race. the space race was mainly between the United States and the Soviet Union where they tried to prove superiority through technology, military firepower and political/economic system. The soviets head put out the worlds first satellite a Soviet R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile named Sputnik in 1957. With this the United States launched their own satellite called the Explorer 1 in 1958. After this President Dwight Eisenhower signed and...
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...he Cold War was a period of tension and hostility between the US and the Soviet Union. The Cold War dominated a long period of time which began with the end of World War II. It was called the Cold War because there was no active war between the two nations. The two superpowers, US and the Soviet Union, each feared nuclear escalation. The Soviet Union was based on a communist system whereas the US was a capitalist country. There were several confrontations between them including the nuclear arms race, competition to space, and ideology. The nuclear arms race was central to the Cold War. People began to fear that the more nuclear weapons one had the more powerful the country was. Based on this thought the US and the Soviet Union rose to power. “In particular, American officials encouraged the development of atomic weapons like the ones that had ended World War II. Thus began a deadly “arms race.” In 1949, the Soviets...
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...Moreover, in her poem, entitled “Poem For the Young White Man Who Asked Me How I, An Intelligent, Well-read Person Could Believe in the War Between Races,” is similarly emotionally charged and autobiographical for the author. For instance, Cervantes was inspired to write this poem after her friend, novelist James Brown who is the “young white man” in this poem, asked her “How can you, an intelligent well-read person, believe in the war between races?” Brown was referring to Cervantes’s “allegiance to the experience of racism – even though he knew in heart and sense that [she] couldn’t ‘believe’ it” (Reflections On "Poem For the Young White Man Who Asked Me How I, An Intelligent Well-Read Person Could Believe In the War Between Races). As a result, Cervantes was so disturbed by his question, even angry, that she “felt like a beer in a bottle, shaken up and ready to burst” (Reflections On "Poem For the Young White Man Who Asked Me How I, An Intelligent Well-Read Person Could Believe In the War Between Races)....
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...THE ARMS RACE What is an arms race? An arms race is demonstrated through a rapid increase in the quality or quantity of material for military power by rival states during peacetime. The nuclear arms race during the cold war was due to the belief that the more weapons a country had, the more powerful they became. Russia and America took part in this arms race, massively expanding their stockpiles of nuclear weapons. Both countries attempted to gain more nuclear weapons than the other, creating tension and fear that their opposition could possibly use the weapons if a hot war broke out. Soon after World War II ended, new aggression and animosity emerged between the two super powers, USSR and the USA, known as the cold war. This conflict...
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...From the period of 1949 to 1963, the Arms race was a period were there which saw two superpowers the USA and the USSR increasing their nuclear technology developments. The arms race ultimately prevented tensions from escalating into an actual fully fledged war. On the other hand there were de-stabilising factors that put both countries on the brink of nuclear warfare and the world at risk of annihilation, such as the pressure of domestic politics, hot wars in Korea and Vietnam, and the Cuban missile crisis. Regardless of these factors the war remained a Cold war. This is because the arms race created the most important stabilising factor which was mutually assured destruction. Both superpowers realised the devastating capability of Nuclear weapons and as a result they did not use Nuclear weapons. Therefore the arms race (and fear of the consequences of an arms race) outweighed the other de-stabilising factors to a large extent from 1949 to 1963. An important reason why the arms race was a stabilising factor in the Cold war is because it led to Mutually Assured Destruction. This is based on the idea that the existence of massive nuclear arsenals prevented the conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States from devolving into outright war between the superpowers. The arms race helped to keep the war cold because both Kennedy and Khrushchev's administrations knew that due to the massive nuclear stockpiles on each side, outright war between the two sides would result in both...
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...To what extent was the nuclear arms race a stabilising factor in the Cold War between 1949 and 1963? (June 2011) The view that the nuclear arms race was a stabilising factor in the Cold War between 1949 and 1963 is a view that should be viewed as correct as the stabilising factors outweigh the de-stabilising factors because a nuclear weapon was never used aggressively. It allowed the Cold War to be just that, a Cold War, and not one of direct aggression between the USSR and the United States. Despite this, the anxiety of both nations increased drastically and there were also de-stabilising factors such as the pressure of domestic politics and the fear of each other from both nation’s publics. Also, the ‘hot wars’ in Korea and Vietnam show that indirect aggression remained. Moreover, Mutually Assured Destruction, or MAD, shows how the nuclear arms race was much more a stabilising factor than a de-stabilising one. There were many de-stabilising factors that occurred due to the nuclear arms race. The secrecy of the two countries was a major issue as it led to constant beliefs that one was in front of the other. An example of this is the ‘missile gap’ of 1957 that led to many Americans believing they were behind Russia in the arms race and therefore pressurised the increased development of nuclear missiles therefore costing the U.S a lot of money. This also shows de-stabilisation as it meant that the missile stockpiles continued to unnecessarily increase therefore unnecessarily...
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...In Director and Actor Clint Eastwood’s film Gran Torino (United States, 2008) race and cultural clash are the main forces driving the story of Walt Kowalski, a retired Polish American and his encounters with his Asian Hmong neighbours whom he grows closer with as his own family pulls away following the death of his wife. Walt’s isolation from his family as well as his bitter attitude toward the world that changed around him reflect the cultural shift society has undergone and how the American dream has become a nightmare of crime, gangs, sex, and money. Walt’s vintage Gran Torino becomes a symbol, encompassing a time when things were simpler and the future looked bright. As he copes with the changes that occur in every aspect of his life Walt becomes an antihero, driven to do good for the people around him by using the violence built up inside of him from his years in the Korean War. Eastwood embodies a dying generation through the single character of Walt and his personality and actions allow the audience to draw comparisons between the America of yesterday and the America of today, which has immigration, innercity violence, and racism. His direction brings the audience’s attention to these social and cultural issues through his extensive camera work and a well developed screenplay. From the beginning of the film onward, Eastwood uses the camera frame as part of the narrative to show Walt’s position on the world around him. This is first seen when his teenage granddaughter...
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...comes to ethnic relations but there is still a very high tension rate with certain ethnic groups. Two groups that I believe that have improved vastly but are still at war would be African Americans and Caucasians. War is not just countries at battling, war is also defined as being in a state of conflict. Of course war is usually recognized by two countries fighting against each other or even wars within the same country such as Korea, North Korea and South Korea for example have had many different problems but that is all because of leadership. The war amongst whites and blacks is one that takes place all over and as mentioned before it is not as bad as it used to be but there is still a lot of tension between the two races, especially in certain places in the world. Examples of Conflict There are many examples of the how blacks and whites are still at war. Although they are not as dominant as before, the Ku Klux Klan is a group that was at war against many different races, not just blacks but they did have a lot of hatred towards the black race. The KKK still exists today and will visit different towns from time to time trying to preach hate amongst people. They have changed their ways of getting their message through as it is not so much as violence but segregation. You don’t have to have violence to be at war with someone, even turning your back on someone...
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...1. Describe the culture for race car drives. Race car drivers of course accept a lot of risk when they compete in a race, and believe that in order to succeed they must take risks. Some risks include crashes with other vehicles and possible loss of life, either from crashing their cars into into the other vehicles, inanimate objects, or other people, as with the death of Kevin Ward Jr. (Daft / People.com) At the same time, race car drivers receive an adrenaline rush from racing. They receive this rush from the super-fast speeds, and pushing themselves and their cars to the edge. (Daft) 2. How does NASCAR show social responsibility? Many companies have started focusing on social issues, and NASCAR is no different. Since it started, NASCAR has been working with charity programs and non-profit foundations. Their main charitable contributions have been toward helping children. (Daft) NASCAR also has a Green Initiative to help reduce air and water pollution by reducing the amount of poisonous gases emitted by racing vehicles. They also extend their green initiative into their office environment through cardboard and ink recycling. (Daft) Additionally, NASCAR has also been working into improve the diversity in race car driving by increasing the number of minorities and women drivers. (Daft) 3. Describe the cultural tug of war. A Tug of War is described as “a contest in which two people or teams pull opposite ends of a rope in an attempt...
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...Introduction With practices aimed at reducing discrimination such as affirmative action, the argument has been made that racial discrimination is no longer a pressing issue in American society.[1] It has further been argued that the Constitution protects all citizens, and race has no weight in the American criminal justice system.[2] While the United States Constitution guarantees equal treatment of all citizens, regardless of race, racism still exists in the American law enforcement and criminal justice systems. In this era with the end of official institutional racism, there has been a corresponding shift from de jure racism to a de facto racism where members of minority groups, especially African Americans, are subject to unequal protection of the laws and excessive in the American criminal justice system, particularly in drug law enforcement.[3] Drug law enforcement is far more discretionary than for other offenses. It is for the police to decide when and where they will seek to make drug arrests, and what priority they will place on enforcing drug laws.[4] Since the war on drugs began in the 1980s, two general trends have been identified. First, there has been a substantial increasing in the number of drug arrests overall; and second, black males have constituted an increasing proportion of these arrests.[5] Based on this evidence, it would be natural to assume that the number of arrests is proportional to the crime rate – that blacks began using drugs in...
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...The Role of the American Government in creating Race Wars and Racial Tension There has been a long standing history of cultural divide in this country. The United States of America was built upon this premise. Race has always been a defining factor of what position you have been placed in society. America was founded upon a revolutionary approach, and once America was conquered by Europe, they set their government up to only include Europeans. The system was developed by Anglo-Saxons as a self-serving mechanism that excluded all other races. The Native Americans experienced this first hand when their country was occupied by British, French, and Spanish crusaders. This, amongst other invasions, led to the first examples of racial wars and tension in American history. We have seen this play out throughout the generations of our ancestors, who have experienced this state of racial tension, segregation, and slave ownership on both sides of the equation. America has always had racial tension from its inception. Several Civil Wars have occurred on American soil, and race has been an issue in most of them. We have been taught in society that being a certain race can define your future and potential for success. This has been proven in every aspect of American life. The infrastructure of the United States was built by several different races, some by choice, and some through slavery, and this is the driving force behind the deep seeded tension experienced by current Americans today...
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...collection of gathered facts that help law enforcement officers target individuals who are likely committing criminal acts. Law enforcement officers have long used profiling to help them gain understanding about the likely characteristics of the perpetrator of a crime, including but not limited to age, sex, race, and observed behaviors (Institute on Race and Justice, 2008). Police have used profiling to target...
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...hypothesis. However, people still believed these justifications and, in some cases, they are still used today to discriminate against people. This stems partially from the civil war era and the debate as to whether there really are more than one species of human. The civil war was largely triggered by southern plantation owners who didn’t want to give up their slaves. These slaves were of African descent, and many southerners regarded them as having less rights than white folk. During the civil war, there was a lot of debate about the science behind race...
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...immigration laws serves as a lens into this nation's soul. There is no better body of law to illustrate the close nexus between race and class than U.S. immigration law and its enforcement. The United States also has a long history of restricting (if not outright excluding) entry of certain racial minority groups into the country. Transference of hate and displacement of frustration from one racial minority to another explain much in the heated racial dynamics of the twentieth century. Cognitive dissonance theory teaches us how the nation can be so harsh to noncitizens of color while claiming that racism is dead in America. . Immigration law expressly defines who can and cannot enter...
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