...Ropes of Hatred Tammy L. Boyd-Polk SOC/315 Mr. Hassan El-Amin Week 5, Individual Assignment 9/31/2007 Ropes of Hatred Hatred is not a behavior that humans are born with, it is a behavior that is taught and bred into people. In most cases this act of instilling hate is incepted during child hood, by a parent or a close relative. In some cases people who breathe hatred may have been introduced to this way of thinking out of their household by close friends or acquaintances. In either case this way of thinking has caused a strain on intercultural relationships in past years and it stills haunts our current society. The Deep South still wreaks the singe of racial discrimination, it seems the further south you travel the more you can experience or hear about how prevalent racism still is in these areas. It is always bad when the common citizens have this mentality; however when your judicial system is comprised of individuals who still embrace this thought pattern, then you really have to ask yourself who can you trust ?or who can you even turn to? when the officers that are suppose to up hold the laws are tainted along with the laws that are suppose to govern the land. It is apparent that the governing body of the United States places racial issues on the back burner; it seems to me that the government will only address certain issues if media attention warrants it. There is no excuse why all laws are not equivalent...
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...Sexual Orientation and the Law Stacia Mayhew Columbia Southern University Just because you are different than other people, you may feel lost or alone. That is hard enough to deal with, but now there are people around you that are uncomfortable with the fact that you are gay, a lesbian, or bi-sexual. How can you tell your family and friends when you honestly have no idea that you don’t know how they will react? I, personally, am not a lesbian, however, this subject strikes a nerve with me because I feel that it doesn’t matter who people choose to spend their life with. Why does society care so much about whom people choose to love? There are some family and friends who will accept you for whom or what you are or become in life. Some may not say it right away, but I think they will eventually come around. I would be torn to pieces if someone I loved rejected me because of who I was and my sexuality. Coming out is hard enough and now you have your entire support network not talking to you because of it. Who do you confide in now? Imagine if you have no gay friends that truly understand what you are going through. Then you have everyone around finding out and picking on you making things worse. People can be seriously cruel and not care about their actions. The case in Oxford, CA with Lawrence King, 15, is a tragedy. He was in middle school and announced to his class that he was gay in front of his classmates. It takes a lot of nerve to be who you are as a...
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...novelist/ writer. He lives in New York City, New York. II. Chief Complaint/Presenting Problem The main complaint from the patient is obsessive-compulsive disorder. He seems to have problem with germs, cracks on the floor or side walk, taking pills, and with keeping people out of his house. Mr. Udall’s germ problems cause him to use multiple soaps when washing his hand. He has to use plastic utensils at the only restaurant he eats at. He is cannot have people touch him and he covers his hands with gloves. He is in constant fear of other will touch him and the germs that they could possibly be carrying. He hates walking on crack on the ground or flooring but does not know why. The other problem he has is, he is misanthropy which a hatred or distrust of humankind (Merriam-Webster, 2014). He states he does not get along with other tenants on his floor. He doesn’t keep a relationship with other people and is irritable. He understands the society’s norms and rules but because misanthropy makes him inapproachable and seeming to not care. This does not help with his obsessive-compulsive disorder because he seem to use it to keep people away from him because he is ashamed of it. He has stated in the past that he does not like gays. So he could be homophobic, however it is believe it is part of the misanthropy and how he keeps people away. The other main problem that is being portrayed is that he is compulsion. Compulsions are repetitive behaviors such as excessive or unreasonable...
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...In Mitch Albom’s book The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the main character, Eddie, meets five people, and each person teaches an important lesson. Eddie learns all about sacrifice, forgiveness, and the meaning in life. Each of these lessons greatly impacts Eddie. When Eddie meets his old commanding officer from the military, he learns about the importance of sacrifice. The Captain teaches Eddie about the necessity of sacrifice throughout life. Eddie was upset about the sacrifices he had to make but The Captain explains, “You didn’t get it. Sacrifice is a part of life. . . . It’s not something to regret. It’s something to aspire to,”(93). Eddie did not understand that sacrifice is a good thing, but this made him realize that all his losses happened for a reason. At the time, Eddie could only think about the things he lost, but The Captain says that they are not really gone. “Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to someone else,” (94). This made it feel better because it meant that his captain didn't die for nothing. His captain died making sure that the rest of the men got home safely. Eddie was finally able to accept that all the bad things that happened, happened for a reason. When Eddie ...
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...“The Parsley Garden William Saroyan” Lauren Rennie 18/3/13 Mr. Campoli ENG104 Perspective- The perspective of The Parsley Garden is 3rd person. It is an all seeing point of view. The narrator frequently uses the characters names or him and her to address them. This point of view demonstrates an understanding of each action of a character as well as each characters feelings and emotions. I know this because, "One day in August, Al Condraj was wandering through Woolworth’s without a penny to spend when he saw a small hammer that was not a toy...
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...characteristics but it would be stereotyping the whole group if stating everyone of that age or race acted or did the same things. * From Ch. 3 of Racial and Ethnic Groups, describe at least one cause of discrimination and one effect of it. There are multiple reasons why one might be discriminated against it could be there genger, race, beliefs, sexual origin, or their age. These types of reasons would used to prevent people from participing in activities with others or from getting employment. One cause of discrimination is Hate Crimes. Hate Crimes are when offenders are motivated to choose a victim because of some characteristic—for example, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or disability—and provide evidence that hatred prompted them to commit the crime. Hate crimes also are sometimes referred to as bias crimes. Because of this many effects can happen. The most prominate effect is that many innocent people...
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...Hate speech is highly prevalent in American culture, especially in our youth today. I believe this to be because of the desensitization of those that grew up during the 90’s and the fact that the concept of words are always changing. For example, I recall many kids using the word “gay” and the more derogatory version of it to signify that something is foolish or uninteresting. This constant misuse of the word desensitized many to the word and as the meaning of the word changed and that it was used in more literal contexts, as well, resulted in the abuse of the word. I do not perceive many situations that allow hate speech to flourish but I can see some immensely rare circumstances such as in the context of war on foreign soil. The textbook...
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...Hate Crimes Kelly Brynn American Intercontinental University Abstract There are several things in this world that prejudice can lead to. One of these things and something that every person should concern themselves with, are hate crimes. Though one would think that race would be the biggest if not only target, social classes are a target as well. Hate crimes are not always necessarily random or even uncontrollable acts. Crimes that are motivated by race typically happen when a racially or ethnically person begins to notice a migration of individuals without the same racial or ethnic roots. Hate crimes with social classes happen when people feel as if they are need to improve their communities by ways of getting rid of what they would call the “trash”. Prejudice continues to exist and will always exist simply because of our own human nature. Hate Crimes Hate crimes can be described as crimes that violate the civil rights of an individual or group and feed off of aggression towards the individual’s religion, race, gender, sexual orientation, creed, origin, and/or religion. Usually when one thinks about a hate crime it is assumed that it involves only those of different races. However, many places experience...
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...POINTS ON HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR LIFE Personality: 1. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about. 2. Don't have negative thoughts of things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment 3. Don't over do; keep your limits 4. Don't take yourself so seriously; no one else does 5. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip 6. Dream more while you are awake 7. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.. 8. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner of his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness. 9. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others. 10. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present 11. No one is in charge of your happiness except you 12. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime. 13. Smile and laugh more 14. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree. Community: 15. Call your family often 16. Each day give something good to others 17. Forgive everyone for everything 18. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6 19. Try to make at least three people smile each day 20. What other people think of you is none of your business 21. Your job will not take care of you when you are sick. Your family...
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...Hate Crimes: Criminal Profile, Causes, Victims, and Minimization Abstract Discrimination and hate crimes are nothing new. The Civil Rights Act of 1968 enacted the Federally Protected Activities Law in 1969, allowing the federal prosecution of any person or persons, who because another's race, color, religion or national origin, while participating in a federally protected activity, such as voting or going to school, willfully injures or attempts to injure, intimidates or attempts to intimidate or interfere with them(18 USC § 245, n.d.). In 1994 the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act was passed where in Section 280003(a) a hate crime is defined where a person intentionally selects a victim, or a property crime, to commit a crime because of race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, or homeless status of the victim (28 USC § 994, 1994). The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, was signed by President Obama on October 28, 2009 as a rider to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2010 (H.R. 2647) as a result to the murders of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., expanding the 1969 United States federal hate-crime law to include crimes motivated by a victim's race, sexual orientation, gender identity, actual or perceived gender, or disability (Weiner, 2010). As we can see, hate crimes are felonies but they are still committed every day, and sociologists continue to study what drives...
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...Criminology: Hate Crimes A hate crime is “a crime motivated in whole or in part, by the offender’s bias against a race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin or disability” and is “committed against persons, property, or society” (FBI, 2007). Certainly, hate crimes are daily happenings in American society, but this hate is not something that is inherent within individuals, this hatred is disseminated by a network of people that it has selected as a common enemy. In Hate Crimes: The Rising Tide of Bigotry and Bloodshed, Jack Levin and Jack McDevit assert that “[c]rimes motivated by bigotry usually arise not out of the pathological rantings and ravings of a few deviant types in organized hate groups, but out of the very mainstream of society.” Essentially, this means that society itself, especially the media creates these rifts between groups because it decides which groups are to be labeled as either in-groups or out-groups. Due to these distinctions, things like fear, hatred and resentment are built inside the consciousness distinct groups of people, producing a rising sentiment of “us” versus “them.” Hate crimes have always been a part and parcel of U.S. history, and the number of organized hate groups has increased in recent years, “as a result of the ease with which [group] messages are spread through Internet websites” (Conklin 59). What attracts people to these ideas of prejudice is what Gordon Allport calls “functional significance” in his The Nature...
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...Teniesha Hayes CJC 214 John Annis October 28, 2010 Hate Crimes The word hate is described as having a strong distaste for something or someone. It is a very harsh word that is loosely thrown around in conversation without thinking of the negativity that word can bring. To some individuals who feel they have to act out their hate end up committing hate crimes or a criminal act against the very thing they hate. According to the UCR (Uniform Crime Report) from the FBI databases in 2008 there were 7,783 hate crimes reported. Of the reported crimes religious, racism, and sexualism are a few that cause so many communities to be divided against each other. Religious discrimination is defined as treating a person or a group differently because of what they do or don’t believe. Freedom of religion is an individual’s constitutional right. We should be free to express our religion without feeling we will be prosecuted for doing so. Our country is so culturally diverse and every individual culture has embraced a specific religious practice that speaks to them and their family. Our different religious practices range from Jewish, Muslim, Buddhism and Christianity beliefs. Now there are some that believe that their religious practices are superior to others and that can cause conflicts between cultures. But really people are afraid of what they don’t understand and to those particular people they seem to commit harsh crimes against individuals who are embracing their human...
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...Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “ I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character”. For thousands of years one problem has plagued cultures around the world. Close-minded individuals have continued to try and push their way of thinking on others. When I group of people do not agree with the beliefs and values of others and resort to violence to enforce their way of thinking hate crimes happen. Hate crimes have been around for centuries and come in many different forms such as Racial, Religious, and Sexual orientation. Congress defines hate crimes as a “criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, ethnic origin, or sexual orientation”(FBI.gov). The Hate Crime Statistics act was passed by congress in 1990 and required the Attorney General to collect data “about crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on race, sexual orientation, or ethnicity.” In 2012 the Federal Bureau of Investigations reported 5,796 hate crime incidents in the United States involving 6,718 offenses. Throughout time the punishments for hate crimes have varied and have become harsher. The punishment for hate crimes is harsher then for crimes that are not motivated by any type of bias. Most crimes are directed at an individual for no other reason then personal gain, hate crimes are directed at an entire population segment. When a crime is...
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...Remembered event Growing up for me was one of the best occurrences that made my life interesting. I got to explore things that meant so much to me, that included items and equipment in the house. My parents’ support made me feel that I was doing the right thing. Like a chick which hides under its mother’s feathers, I would always run to my mother whenever I messed up things, for instance when they started crumbling down. I would also be devastated when things did not work out for me and my experiments failed. This always made me sad as I felt as if I was a failure. However, life did not stop at any instance to let me continue enjoying the toddler things. I had to undergo changes that were meant to make me better and grow into the man I am today. However I do recall some of those instances that I find interesting about my childhood. When I was eight years old, it was the best time for me to leave home and become a pupil in a junior school. This was the worst thing that ever happened in my life. I felt as if all the weight on earth was being laid on my back. I had to leave my mother at home and go spend time with other kids in school. I hated everything about school at that time and no matter how hard my parents tried to convince me that it was good for me to be at school, I still could not take it. When I was eight years old, it was the best time for me to leave home and become a pupil in a junior school. This was the worst thing that ever happened in my life....
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...Hate Crimes- Are they that common? Dr. Joseph Carrier – Multicultural Diversity In Columbia Missouri, we pride ourselves on making national news for our sports programs, academics and becoming one of the top places to live in the country. We live by a code of inclusion and acceptance and have become a liberal Mecca. However, recent events in the growing city have shown another, less attractive side to the home of the University of Missouri. With making national headlines and social media uproars, Mizzou has become a symbol for the fight against hate crimes. However, these crimes aren’t just happening in small towns and conservative states; hate crimes are everywhere. With the introduction to the internet and social media taking off like wildfire, the past twenty years that should have created progress, have created convenience. It’s now easier than ever to target and seek out individuals and to receive recognition for these crimes. Many people have heard the term, but few know its actual definition. A hate crime is defined as a criminal offense committed against persons, property, or society which is motivated, in whole or in part, by offender's bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity/national origin according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol website. In 2007, a hate crime occurred once very hour of everyday, totaling an estimated 7,600 crimes. That is a staggering number when you think about all of those crimes being motivated by prejudice...
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