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  • Race and Racism

    Race and Racism

    ISP 200 Spring 2008 Final Exam DUE: Tuesday June 10, 12:00 Noon Using the chart (attached) write an essay or lecture which illustrates the relationship between race and racism. Your essay should discuss all the terms on the chart and any definitions should be drawn from course readings, web sites or lectures. In this essay you should: • discuss Audrey Smedley’s definition of race as an ideology that characterizes social relationships in North America; •

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    Essay Length: 271 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 26, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Project Plan for Whitbread World Sailboat Race

    Project Plan for Whitbread World Sailboat Race

    Running head: PROJECT PLAN FOR WHITBREAD WORLD SAILBOAT RACE Project Plan for Whitbread World Sailboat Race University of Phoenix April 6, 2008 Project Plan for Whitbread World Sailboat Race This paper is a preliminary project plan for Whitbread World Sailboat Race. First the sailing industry and history will be discussed. Then the strategy of Bjorn Ericksen will be discussed. Project duration and reduction is explained and put in context for the project at hand. Lastly

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    Essay Length: 394 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Yan
  • Crash: A Look at Race and Prejudice in America

    Crash: A Look at Race and Prejudice in America

    Crash is a complex and thought-provoking Lion’s Gate film that takes a provocative, unflinching look at the intricacy of racial tolerance in contemporary America. Diving headlong into the diverse melting pot of Los Angeles, California, this compelling urban drama tracks the volatile intersections of a multi-ethnic cast of characters’ struggles to overcome their fears as they careen in and out of one another’s lives. The various characters include a White housewife and her district attorney

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    Essay Length: 902 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: November 28, 2009 By: Bred
  • Review of the Race Riot: Chicago in the Red Summer of 1919

    Review of the Race Riot: Chicago in the Red Summer of 1919

    The Other Side of the American Revolution The focus of the essay will be on Chapter 4, Evaluating One Historian's Argument: The "Other Side" of the American Revolution in the textbook, Thinking Through the Past by John Hollitz. The American Revolution involved more than the War of Independence and the elite; the Revolution unleashed a struggle to achieve greater equality and rights at home amongst the common people. The Stamp Act of 1765 imposed unjust

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    Essay Length: 1,073 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 2, 2009 By: Mike
  • Race in My Community

    Race in My Community

    Prepare a 1,400- to 1,0-word autobiographical research paper that analyzes the influences of race as it relates to your community. In your paper, write your first-person account of how human interactions in your community have been racial zed. For the community, you can consider relations within your neighborhood, local government, service groups, clubs, schools, workplace, or any environment of which you are a part. In your paper, be sure to answer and provide examples for

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    Essay Length: 397 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 3, 2009 By: Jon
  • The Last of the Mohicans: Life, Race, and Human Relations

    The Last of the Mohicans: Life, Race, and Human Relations

    The major theme of Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans in relation to the allegoric nature of the novel's climax and to its denouement is the lesson of revenge. The antagonist of the novel, Magua, was a former soldier in Munro's army. During that time his taste for whisky, or “firewater”, causes him to be punished by a brutal horsewhipping and he looses his dignity. This dent to the pride of Magua sets him

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    Essay Length: 1,607 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Jon
  • Hip Hop and Race Relations in America

    Hip Hop and Race Relations in America

    KRS One once said, “Rap is something you do, Hip-Hop is something you live.” The difference between how Hip-Hop is portrayed (rap) and what the Hip-Hop movement is, is that Hip-Hop is a lifestyle but the Hip-Hop we see on television is a media creation. We have to look at hip-hop as a whole culture and rap as something that comes out of it. Although Hip-Hop was originated by a mostly Negro constituency, it has

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    Essay Length: 862 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Vika
  • Race Riot

    Race Riot

    This book review was on the book of Race Riot: Chicago in the Red Summer of 1919. It was a long-term study done by William M. Tuttle, Jr. Its objective was to make a comprehensive documentation of the events of 1919 in Chicago. The book dealt with all aspects and perspectives of the event. The author’s objective was to leave no stone uncovered. That every aspect would be talked about in detail. Some important aspects

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    Essay Length: 2,279 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: December 4, 2009 By: Mike
  • Race in My Community

    Race in My Community

    Legalized Marijuana Analyzing Sources Joshua S. Watt Axia College CRT 205 Critical Thinking Instructor Jeremiah Nelson December 10, 2006 Legalized Marijuana There does not seem to be any issues with my chosen hypothesis, “If the government legalizes marijuana, they can reduce the crime and violence associated with the sale of marijuana.” I believe my position can be argued effectively, there are plenty of documented incidents. There are several issues with the legalization of any

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    Essay Length: 338 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 6, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Race and Your Community

    Race and Your Community

    In this paper I will go into detail of the effects that illegal immigrants have on our system as well as our society. The pro's and con's of these effects are how far we should go with border control, what the benefits are on hiring illegal immigrants, and how immigrants affect healthcare costs. Illegal immigration has many economic effects on the United States and needs to consider making more boundaries. Illegal immigration has affected our

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    Essay Length: 725 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 7, 2009 By: Anna
  • Race & Ethnicity in Social Sciences

    Race & Ethnicity in Social Sciences

    Hazel Taylor December 2004 Q A Describe some of the ways in which the terms ‘race and ethnicity’ are used in the social sciences Defining identity can be complex and therefore we have to investigate the factors involved that make us who we are and how we are seen by others, collectively or individually. Social scientists have to consider the key elements which shape identity, the importance of social structures and agency involved. The differences

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    Essay Length: 921 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 8, 2009 By: Mike
  • Race and Community

    Race and Community

    Final Project: Race and My Community What defines a community? Is it a group of people that live in the same area? Or people that share the same culture? Or maybe is it a group of people that share the same religious beliefs? Economic status? Skin color? Well, I happen to think that a community can be any or all of these things. My community is just part of the larger community of Americans and

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    Essay Length: 1,639 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Jack
  • Street Racing

    Street Racing

    Street Racing To race or not to race, what will keep you safe? Racing can be safe but not always if you race illegally. There are a lot of safety items that some racers don't even use, I mean they keep you safer but they don't spot the buck for the equipment. They spend so much money on their cars to make them faster, yet most of them don't spend money towards safety. I know

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    Essay Length: 258 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 9, 2009 By: Tommy
  • Race

    Race

    Although I was able to witness many different examples of inequalities in most of my daily encounters, a situation occurred that has had the ability to overshadow all of my other observations. While at work, I was able to have a conversation with a co-worker about her father’s recent loss of a job promotion. What makes this situation, such a powerful example of the force of stratification is more that just the conversation that took

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    Essay Length: 793 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Race Car Safety

    Race Car Safety

    Race Car Safety Introduction This paper is going to explain the major safety devices built into the race cars used in the sport of auto racing. The paper is intended for the general readers that have little knowledge about auto racing and the safety features of a race car. Most readers will have a general grasp for the vocabulary and graphics used, since the sport of auto racing has been growing very rapidly in the

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    Essay Length: 1,094 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Race, Class, & Gender in Early America

    Race, Class, & Gender in Early America

    Throughout history, much of society, more or less, accepts the structure of our industrialized labor force. One hardly takes a moment to stop and think of how it all started. The industrialization of a nation had to begin somewhere. After reading Leith Mullings article "Uneven Development: Class, Race, and Gender in the United States Before 1900", many issues that I previously hadn't considered were brought to light. The development of our nation and the structure

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    Essay Length: 1,244 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Janna
  • Race

    Race

    RACE Othello is of a different race from his wife and all the other main characters, he being a black Moor and they white Venetians, except Cassio who is from Florence. The hero is alien to the other players. He is an imposing man much respected due to his vast experience maintaining the security of the Venetian Empire. The Duke of Venice depends greatly on Othello and when the crisis over Cyprus arises, Othello is

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    Essay Length: 300 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Fatih
  • Race

    Race

    Today Mr. D’Souza, I will argue, that race is not a factor of incompetence, or being unable to get out of poverty. Race can be closely matched to stereotyping. Someone’s race is as unimportant as the car they drive. Yet both tell us something. It tells us how much better he or she is compared to another. It has nothing to do with that person’s abilities or intelligence. The fact is a better car equals

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    Essay Length: 1,491 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Sociological Concept of Races, Interracial Relations and Punishment Theories

    Sociological Concept of Races, Interracial Relations and Punishment Theories

    Part One: Sociological Concept of Races, Interracial Relations and Punishment Theories The majority of the countries in the world comprises of different racial, ethnical and minority groups. The relations between these various groups significantly influence the stability of the country. Therefore, the group interactions are to the great concern of the sociologists. To evaluate the relations properly, it is important to understand the term race, ethnicity and minority first and be able to distinguish between

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    Essay Length: 1,889 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Answers to Race

    Answers to Race

    Race vs. Ethnicity Race- A group of persons characterized by common physical/biological traits that are passed down from their descendents. Ethnicity- (ethnos- nation) Defined by similar genetic inheritances (visible to most members of that group) and held together by language, culture, group spirit (nationalism or group solidarity) and geography. 2. Indian Removal Act (1830)- Policy that forced tribes to emigrate from their places of origin. All eastern tribes had to move west of Mississippi. Many

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    Essay Length: 1,228 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Vika
  • How Popular Culture Affects Race

    How Popular Culture Affects Race

    HOW POPULAR CULTURE AFFECTS RACE The popular culture particularly visual media affects our opions and attitude towards race and racial minorities group. our assumptions about race and racial minorities are both successeded and reflected in the streotypes presented by the visual media. i strongly believe in the George Gebners scientific examintaiton of televison that how we perceive ourselves and how we view those around us are affected by what we see on television. Visual

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    Essay Length: 1,362 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Artur
  • Ways in Which Race and Ethnicity Relate to Culture

    Ways in Which Race and Ethnicity Relate to Culture

    Ways in Which Race & Ethnicity Relate to Culture ----------------------------------- Examining the ideas and beliefs within ones own cultural context is central to the study of Anthropology. Issues of Race and Ethnicity dominate the academic discourses of various disciplines including the field of Anthropology. Race and Ethnicity are controversial terms that are defined and used by people in many different ways. This essay shall explore the ways in which Anthropologists make a distinction between

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    Essay Length: 1,689 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Street Racing

    Street Racing

    Judi Lin is 19 year old former street racer. She used to tear up the streets of her hometown until she got torn up herself. "I've been through six cars in the past five years," Lin admitted. "Two out of the six were (demolished) in street-racing accidents. Both of them were a total loss. The first one, I was street racing a Mustang on a rainy day and I broke my collarbone. On the second

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    Essay Length: 911 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Race

    Race

    Well the big difference for those comparing the swatztika and the confederate flag, is the swatztika was a flag for a political party, the Nazi party, as if the Democrats or Republicans flew a flag. The confederate flag was a flag for a whole country, the Confederate States of America, at least until their surrender. Then thank the KKK for turning it in to a symbol of hate, hence if you truly want to fly

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    Essay Length: 448 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Street Racing: On the Inside

    Street Racing: On the Inside

    For 19-year-old Jeff, weekends begin on a long strip of highway near Atlanta. rather than browsing the mall or going to the movies like others his age. Jeff joins a group of his comrades and spectators to witness a spectacular show of speed. As we pulled up to the meeting spot he looks over at me and says, "Welcome to the world of illegal street racing." "We have a cruising area where all the cars

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    Essay Length: 1,488 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: December 26, 2009 By: Tommy

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