CJA 344 Week 3 Assignment Jury Nullification Paper Ongoing debate exists on the issue of whether indeed ethnicity influences proceedings in the court room or not. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor said in a 2001 speech that a judge's gender and ethnicity does, and should, influence his or her decision-making on the bench. Sotomayor made the comments on October 26, 2001, at a University of California-Berkeley symposium marking the 40th anniversary of the first Latino named to the federal
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Perception of Social Class in the Classroom A two-story house, a white picket fence, parents with degrees and careers, non-divorced parents, three kids each with their own room, all European American descents. These are the attributes of how I was raised in a middle-working class family. To be able to step into my student’s shoes whether they are considered high, middle, or lower socioeconomic class I, as a future teacher, need to understand my students and the obstacles they face. “Socioeconomic
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Diversity Issues 1. Gender Diversity in the Workplace 2. Race Diversity in the Workplace 3.Age Diversity in the Workplace 4.Religious Diversity in the Workplace 5.Employees with Disabilities in the Workplace 6. Sexual Orientation Diversity in the Workplace Gender Diversity in the Workplace The Equal Pay Act (1963) prohibits discrimination in pay based on gender. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (1964) prohibits discrimination in all employment-related decisions based on gender Earnings Gap
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those in need "They often benefit the children of the middle- and upper-class black American who have been conditioned to feel they are owed something" (Paragraph 4). The arguments given as to why this person does not support affirmative action fail to support his or her studies with actual proof from previous studies. Based on a study conducted by the College Board American Americans and Hispanics have the lowest income of all races in America. Lower earning families tend to live in affordable areas
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the schools, and gender relationships as women became more active in the public sphere and transformed their social identities. Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz finds that the designs of early female institutions consciously intended them as a place and space for the exclusive use of women. Margaret Nash identifies class and race as more important than gender in the construction of such educational institutions, as individuals who saw themselves as members of a newly emerging ‘middling class” struggled for
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Through this class, I can broaden my points of view towards ways of persuasion in our lives, stereotypes, and discriminations. Reading, Age of Propaganda, was a very interesting book for me. This reading taught me that media, some companies, and politics know how to persuade people effectively. For example, I learned that, for persuading people, credibility is very important. I learned some companies understand that people’s feeling and desires when they buy something. In Japan, when we start job
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discrimination that has come to light in the case of Ima Shewin. Did Arthur King discriminate against Mrs. Shewin and engage in age discrimination practices that violated the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) laws, discriminate based on race and gender, as well as promote a workplace that engaged in sexual harassment practices that created a hostile work environment? These questions must be answered to determine if there is a valid claim and prima facie must be established. FACTS Ima Shewin
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Holtzman stated, “Socialization teaches us the culture of norms of our society. It may teach us that honesty and hard work are valued in the U.S. society. But it can also lead to the misinformation that contributes to racism, sexism, homophobia, and class oppression,” (Holtzman, 2000, p.30). Living in a socialized arena one has to make an analysis of information received. Mass media reaches most people and everyone more than likely interprets in a different way. Holtzman goes on to speak of media literacy
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intertwine with each other. For example, Bakha’s secret hockey game with his friends of a higher class, he is considered an equal and this brings him a sense of self pride, but only until he carries the hurt younger brother, of his friend Chota, to his mother and then is cursed at for touching the young boy. He had a glimpse of the upper class and wanted to be like them but is brutally reminded he is the lowest class, a dalit.
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meritocracy. A meritocracy is a system in which rewards are distributed based on merit (Ferris & Stein, 237). Although America has an open-class system, meaning that an individual has opportunity to move from one class to another (Ferris & Stein, 229), it is highly unlikely that a person will ascend (or descend) a great amount within the economic class structure. However, this social
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