...In their respective critiques, both Nathan Glazer and Sandra Stotsky tore apart Kozol’s main arguments in The Shame of the Nation, including his claim that a major reason for the large academic gap between urban “segregated” schools and predominantly white suburban schools is the large discrepancies in school funding. Kozol discusses how the “per-pupil spending levels in the New York City schools is $11,700”, but in Manhasset, a wealthy suburban neighborhood just under 30 miles away from New York City, districts spend around $22,000 per-student yearly, (Kozol 45). Kozol enriches his argument by illustrating how the lack of funding limits basic resources, such as textbooks or even chairs, in inner-city schools and negatively affects the learning of the minority children...
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...American social norms emphasize that race defines a person And their value in academic and social areas. There is segregation in public schools, although Administrators do not intend for this to happen it just does either because there's an underlying thought of racism in children bestowed upon years and years of TV, music and other social media. Kozol states in his lecture “The Shame of A Nation” that “Racial isolation Does tremendous damage To the young mentality of these children by giving them the message That that they have been set apart Infectious subset The population So they cannot contaminate The education of the rest of us.(Kozol)” Kozol also Points out that schools who are named after an important leader of the civil...
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...For the March the headline reads: "The Rise of the Woman = The Rise of the Nation", which makes me wonder. The rise of a nation; didn't we just have eight years filled with opportunities to rise this nation offered by the leader that promised change? Were the expected promised changes not made? If these expectations were not met, wouldn’t you finally want the change you asked for and was promised to you eight years ago; and would another party’s leader have more chance at change than continuation with the same agenda, instead of the same party with a different leader? Have your expectations changed from four or eight years ago, or have the elections changed? Facts are overwhelming that the elections were fraudulent, rigged, whatever you want to call it, however, they have been as long as there have been...
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...put the gangster in a mostly retributive frame with the negativity of the gangster myth ratifying the belief in the public enemy system. This would be seen as the result of the collapse of law enforcement in a society or loss of morality, and ultimately social disorder. William Wellman’s The Public Enemy (1931) starred James Cagney as the fast talking and cocky Tom Powers and his most famous line, “I’m on top of the world Ma!” This is an example of a well dressed man with street smarts who is a criminal bootlegger and womanizer. One of the films most controversial and pivotal scenes is when Tom Powers assaults his floozy girlfriend with a grapefruit by slamming it into her face at the breakfast table. Howard Hawkins “Scarface: The Shame of a Nation” (1932) starred Paul Muni as a Immature, power hungry, monstrous and beastly hood in prohibition era Chicago, whose character was loosely based on Al Capone. This is the first movie to use the machine gun by a gangster, depicted by Italian-American immigrants, who goes on a murderess spree killing 28 people in all. Enrico (“Rico”) Bandello who epitomized the rise and fall of the gangster. Edward G. Robinson was the first Gangster star in this genre. These career criminals live double lives as respectable business men, who defy the law, and are tough who also operate under...
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...The collection of works reports of the detailed working of corrupt political and business machines in the big cities, recognizing that there had been very few efforts to fight off the machines. He also expresses his skepticism of reform movements by claiming that popular reform movements are not enough to really clean up the damage the government has done. However, Steffens admits that he still has faith that the US can be made to care about their nation and their government. He writes, "We Americans may have failed. We may be mercenary and selfish. Democracy with us may be impossible and corruption inevitable, but these articles, if they have proved nothing else, have demonstrated beyond doubt that we can stand the truth; that there is pride in the character of American citizenship”. In this statement lies the idea that the public could be shamed into exercising action against the government, thus explaining the title The Shame of the...
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...Shame punishments are a nightmare that live on forever in the memories of people who witnessed the medieval sanction. The real penance comes after, in the form of ignominy. Shame punishments are a cruel way to demean the accused into submission. They say punishment fits the crime but what if the punishment is just as bad? Alternative penalties such as shame punishments are an unjust way to correct undesired behavior. They are an abuse of power that is entrusted in the judges hands. This abuse of power is striking up all over the nation. Authority in the wrong hands is the reason these absurd penalties even exist. It's a selfish way for the judge gets an adrenaline rush from the control they have over degrading the convicted person. There are more humane ways to correct illegal behavior than humiliating people. Community service is a great way to get the offender on the right path and making connections with others. Giving back to your community not only feels good but has a change that lasts longer. Jail...
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...We need to appreciate the complexity of the past and not reduce history to a shallow field of point scoring. I believe that there is much that is worth preserving in the cultural heritage of our dispossessors as a nation, the Australian community has a collective consciousness that encompasses a responsibility for the present and future, and the past. To say that ordinary Australians who are part of the national community today do not have any connection with the shameful aspects of our past is at odds with our exhortations that they have connections to the prideful bits. If there is one thing about the colonial heritage of Australia that indigenous Australians might celebrate along with John Howard it must surely be the fact that upon the shoulders of the English settlers or invaders-call them what you will, came the common law of England and with it the civilised institution of native title. What more redemptive prospect can be painted about our country's colonial past?(65) From this perspective, the black armband view of history is a strand of 'political correctness'-the dominant but erroneous view of how we see ourselves and what we see as worthwhile in our culture. Historical understanding cannot be fixed for all time, Out of the present emerge new problems that require a re-examination of the past. The question we must ask is not “does history have to be rewritten?” but “does the re-evaluation of history lead to the discovery of historical truth?” In other words, does...
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...organization culture of any company is largely determined by what has been the way of working in the past and the degree of success achieved using those ways. The ultimate source of the past behavior is primarily the influence of the founders of the organization. The founders contribute to formation of early organization culture in three ways. 1. Founders only hire and keep employee of certain types who conform to their image of the persons with the right attitudes, behavior and background. 2. They mould these people to their way of thinking and behaving. 3. Employees tend to follow the behavior of the employer as a role model for their own behavior. Explain the sources of differences in ethics between people, companies and nations. People are individuals with their own identities,...
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...It is unfortunate that stereotypes exist all around us, including setting a foundation of our culture, especially as Americans. Speaker Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie of Ted Talk "Danger of a Single Story," further exploits this idea. She talks about, from personal experience, the sad reality of a single story creating a basis of stereotypical ideals for an entire culture to be seen as. She believes, "Show a people as one thing and one thing over and over again and that is what they become." This idea conceptualizes a stereotypical mindset that inevitably cheats people and places of their true essence. Chimamanda was of Nigerian origin and grew up in a modernized world with a passion for British and American literature starting at a very young...
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...Honour killing, india’s continuing shame Honour killing, india’s continuing shame SUBMITTED TO SUBMITTED BY Prof. seema dutta AMAN BANSAL ROLL NO-212017 OBJECTIVES Every research has an objective in mind when he or she starts his or her research on any topic and in the course of the research process the researcher’s job is to fulfill his or her objective. In my present research endeavors to show why honor killing take place, the concept of honor killing, the communal aspect of honor killing,history of honor killing, and, finally, the increasing trend of honor killing in india Why Honor Killing? Honor killings are part of a community mentality. Large sections of society share traditional conceptions of family honor and approve of “honor” killings to preserve that honor. Even mothers whose daughters have been killed in the name of honor often condone such violent acts. Convicted killers often speak with defiant pride and without regret about their actions. The Concept of Honor Killing Honor Killing is one form of extreme violence perpetrated on women by men in certain societies. Most commonly, it is premeditated killing of a girl or a woman who is perceived to have besmirched her family’s honor by her sexual conduct. It is committed by the accused woman’s male kin in the name of restoring family’s...
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...back resulting in the beginning of a war, breaking the peace of our nation. In response to the events, I present to you an individual...
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...provided by the mother. This is achieved by providing a degree of familiarity, consistency, and continuity in the care, the child develop a feeling that the world is a safe place to be, that people are reliable and loving. But if the child cannot resolve this crisis, the child will leave the infancy stage with a sense of mistrust. The child will be apprehensive and suspicious around people. This sense of mistrust will be carried over to the next stage and the child would have a lot of struggles in the next stages of their life. The second stage is the stage of Toddlerhood of 1 to 3 years of age. In this stage the crisis that child needs to resolve is the crisis of autonomy versus shame and doubt. This stage is important because the child will emerge feeling confident and capable or will have self doubt and shame. The most significant social influence at this stage is the parent. The caregiver should be able to show tolerance and firmness. The child should be able to develop a sense of independence through exploration. This is manifested by the child making choices for himself/herself in regards to her food, toys, and clothes. Erikson believed that toilet training is important in this process. Learning to control one’s body functions will lead to a feeling of control and a sense of independence. According to Erikson, this is important if we would want the...
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...all prophets. 2. What were they concerned about? Faithfulness to god, justice for the poor, hope for the future, messianic prophesies, god as lord of all nations. 3. Where did they preach their message? Isaiah 1: Israel, in a time of war and strife. They knew that they were going to have to go to battle but were unsure that God would defend them as they were not obeying his rules. that if they return to God their homeland will be returned too. Isaiah 3: Israel , Having turned back to God they have their homeland back but Isaiah is warning against becoming complacent again. 4. When did the prophet live? 742-500 B.C. Isaiah 1: 6th century Isaiah 2: 8th century Isaiah 3: a short while after the return from exile 5. How did the prophet communicate god’s message to the people? Poetry, narrative, and example. 1. Warning the people 2. Redemption 3. Redeemed them – keeping the good up. 6. Quotes. The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners * He was called to set people free both physically and mentally from their bonds e.g. stereotypes Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance. And so you will inherit a double portion in your land...
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...and film. It can be said that arts and the world of science with their moral systems come to form culture. These are constantly in a spatio-temporal flux that renders an inexhaustible range of meanings and a catalogue of the elements. In this process of evolution a particular aspect dominates or fades off at some space-time coordinate. The pattern of human activity and the symbolic structures give such activities significance and importance. Rushdie, like other postcolonial writers not only reflects upon the political aspects of history but also deconstructs the interrelationships between history and individual to delve into the moral and psychological tensions of the native homeland. His novels are the fine example where ethics of the nation are well represented in the aesthetics of his works. Rushdie himself has come to represent pop culture and has always been a powerful figure in re-presenting culture in his writings and this paper is an attempt to decipher a pattern in this representation. Rushdie’s self-avowed purpose in writing the novels is to highlight ‘the connection between public affairs and private lives.’...
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...There was a point in Germany when the hostility towards Jews had to have rubbed the conscience of its citizens, but at that point the confidence of the nation was so intoxicating that denying what was morally wrong seemed easy. So Germans pretended not to be aware that their Jewish neighbors were being sent off almost certainly to die, knowing that this denial could not last forever. Another author, Carol Travis, refers to this phenomenon in an essay titled, In Groups We Shrink, in the book, Between Worlds. Psychologists call this social loafing, or diffusion of responsibility, where people seem to lose even common sense when in large numbers. A sustained honeymoon, so to speak, as an entire group of people pretend not to notice the sounds...
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