colonial theory has taken over my field, Native American studies. Comparative indigenous histories focused especially on British-descended “settler colonies”—Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States—have proliferated. And settler colonial theory is now dogma. At my last two conference presentations, a fellow panelist was astonished that I didn’t deploy it. My research on native New England whaling history made me more globally comparative, but it also forced a reckoning that many places experienced
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PROFESSION OF ARMS The purpose of this paper is to express a set of views on the ethical obligations of members of the American profession of arms in order to stimulate thoughtful discussion and broader debate about the proper limits of acceptable and effective professional conduct. These views are focused for most part on the obligations of commissioned officers, but they apply in many ways to the public and private conduct of senior non-commissioned officers, and indeed, all military
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Book analysis-----“Winner-Take-All Politics” Jingshu Xu This book discusses the rising income inequality in America. During the last 30 years, the very wealthy people enjoy the unbalanced government politics and the middle class goes missing. The richer you are, the more you have benefited from economic changes. On the opposite, the poorer get the worse economic life and the middle class become vulnerable. The author give some statistics, since 1978—the richest 1% gaining 256% after inflation while
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Ethics and the Food Industry By: Diana Rhyne and John Hanley In early 2009, Peanut Corp. of America was discovered to have allowed Salmonella tainted peanuts to be distributed across the United States causing an outbreak that resulted illnesses in 714 people across 46 states with nine resulting in deaths ("Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention", 2009). In this paper, we will explore the concept of corporate social responsibility and some of the
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In the state of Massachusetts, becoming a police officer is a competitive hiring process. In 2009 there were 2,247 state police officers alone, which is significantly higher than other states. Mass Labor and Workforce development predicts that there will be 810 fewer police jobs in 2020 than there was in 2010. This will make becoming a police officer in Massachusetts a lot harder as the years pass ("How to Become a Police Officer in Massachusetts", 2013). The Massachusetts Municipal Police Training
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Research Development & Statistics, ASB - A collection of published evidence, 2004): Family environment * poor parental discipline and supervision * family conflict (between parents or between parents and children) * family history of problem behaviour * parental involvement/attitudes condoning problem behaviour Schooling & educational attainment * aggressive behaviour (e.g. bullying) * lack
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World War 2 The U.S. were right in getting involved in the second World War, in fact we should’ve been involved earlier. ● When war broke out in Europe, US President Franklin Roosevelt recognised that the conflict threatened US security, and looked for ways to help the European democracies without direct involvement in the war. (US). ● After the bombing of the US Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor in December 1941, only one congressman opposed the declaration of war; the vote in the senate was unanimous
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The image below is a comic from Chainsawsuit, a website by Kris Straub that focuses on creating comics, podcasts, and videos. The point of the comic is to focus on the overall meaning and understanding of the Black Lives Matter movement. Following the comic, author and creator, Kris Straub, offers his opinion on the matter, saying, “the point is, all lives do matter, but lives in mortal peril need more immediate consideration than those that aren’t. That’s not to say there aren’t different levels
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A: Julianne Silva Survey Summary………………………………………………..Pg.17 Appendix B-1: ………………………………………………………………………………….... Appendix B-2……………………………………………………………………………………... Introduction One of the most controversial topics in police enforcement throughout history has been the issue between racial minorities and the misconduct of police officials. Throughout North America, high incidents involving police use of force has led racial minorities to mistrust the police and publicize the perception that the police
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because they could not give out any information about an ongoing investigation. Furthermore, the rise of technological advancements like social media outlets, i.e. Facebook and Twitter, are potential dangers that are beyond the reach of traditional policing methods to plan for. These social media outlets can allow for a flash mob to organize in no time and a potential crisis could spring up in the matter of hours. These outlets also possible led to the organizations of the mobs of Ferguson and Ferguson
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