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  • Crash: Culture Shock and Race

    Crash: Culture Shock and Race

    The movie Crash incorporates aspects of anthropology such as ethnocentrism, race, and differing roles in society. Each of these aspects is revealed through the lives of different people colliding with one another and according to biases and personal prejudices. The title Crash metaphorically represents the culture shock we experience when we “crash” into people of different nationalities. Ethnocentrism, the belief in the superiority of one ethic or racial group over another, is an evident theme

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    Essay Length: 596 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Janna
  • Street Racing

    Street Racing

    Street racing is an illegal sport that is growing popular at an alarming rate. Street racing is the concept of high performance automobliles racing on public roadways illegally. Individuals will take a basic car and tune it up to be very quick and very powerful. The idea of street racing originates from the legal sport of drag racing. Drag racing is an internationally recognized sport governed by the NHRA, the National Hot Rod Association. Drag

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    Essay Length: 3,103 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Mike
  • Mission Statement for Success in My Life

    Mission Statement for Success in My Life

    Mission Statement for Success in My Life I believe that success can be measured in more ways than one. Perhaps the most gratifying measure of success is knowing you made someone smile or did a kind deed for another person. To others success is measured by your career and the amount of money you make. Personally, I believe that success is measured by a person's persistence. All it takes to succeed is persistence. I believe

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    Essay Length: 330 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Mission Santa Clara De Asis

    Mission Santa Clara De Asis

    Getting There: To get to Mission Santa Clara de Asis begin by heading North on Highway 99 for about 35 miles. After passing Madera merge onto Highway 152 West on the left toward Los Banos and Gilroy. Los Banos is a great place to stop and get snacks or take a bathroom break and Gilroy is a great place to shop at the outlets. Continue on 152 for about 85 miles until you get to

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    Essay Length: 1,416 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Jack
  • Race & Ethnicity Discrimination

    Race & Ethnicity Discrimination

    Aaron Ramos 10/16/07 Race & Ethnicity In 1880, two years before the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, fewer than 200 Japanese lived in the United States. From 1899 to 1903, another 60,000 entered the United States, largely because of the acute labor shortage in California. The exclusion of the Chinese had left many menial and unskilled jobs without takers. The Japanese population at this time was concentrated largely on the Pacific Coast, with the

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    Submitted: January 17, 2010 By: Anna
  • Is Sport an Area of Neighborhood Social Life Where Performance Counts and Race or Ethnicity Is Irrelevant?

    Is Sport an Area of Neighborhood Social Life Where Performance Counts and Race or Ethnicity Is Irrelevant?

    Topic: Structured Inequality: Neighborhood Sport and Race/Ethnicity Research Question: Is sport an area of neighborhood social life where performance counts and race or ethnicity is irrelevant? Neighborhoods in the United States are often segregated by race and have racial tensions. However, sport provides some opportunity for integration. Based on my reading for this assignment here is what seemed to be important points. Home neighborhoods matter more than sport in some instances, regardless of talent.

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: regina
  • If the South Had Won the Civil War

    If the South Had Won the Civil War

    If the outcome of the Civil War was different and the South had won the war, there would be a countless number of changes in history. A few of the most significant effects would be the changes of Southern territory, changes economically, and the continuing dilemma with slavery. If the North were to lose the Civil War, the South would unquestionably conquer the Northern territories. With the South conquering Northern states, those states might also

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    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Project Plan for Whitbread World Sailboat Race

    Project Plan for Whitbread World Sailboat Race

    University of Phoenix Terry Norris January 20, 2008 Project Plan for Whitbread World Sailboat Race This paper analyzes the Whitbread World Sailboat Race case scenario presented in chapter 9 in the Gray and Larson text, Project Management: the Managerial Process. The Whitbread World Sailboat Race is a nine month round the world race. Bjorn Ericksen has been chosen by his country to head up the project of getting a boat and a team ready for

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    Essay Length: 3,483 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: January 18, 2010 By: Janna
  • Online Race Courses

    Online Race Courses

    Online Race Courses Many people take college classes online as opposed to going to class twice a week. For many this is very convenient and provides a way to manage their busy lives while still going to school. Although online classes can be very informative and provide the same information as the student would receive in the classroom, some online classes should not be taught over the internet. Such classes that should not be taught

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    Essay Length: 374 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 20, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Car Racing

    Car Racing

    The world of motor sports has evolved over the last one hundred years. The cars have changed, tracks have changed, the fans have grown, and so has the competition. There are many different kinds of racing, some of the most popular are, Stock Car, Drag racing, dirt track, and rally/road course. Sock Car Racing is a form of automobile racing which is popular in the U.S., it features cars that are based on standard U.S.

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    Submitted: January 23, 2010 By: Mike
  • How Would You Use the Ethnicity and Race of Your Students to Teach a Lesson in the Subject You Are Planning to Teach?

    How Would You Use the Ethnicity and Race of Your Students to Teach a Lesson in the Subject You Are Planning to Teach?

    The culture of students is not the same. Students are raised in different environments. Some of them are rich; others are poor. The environment determines how students think, speak, dress, walk, etc. This leads us to know the fact that not all students are equal in terms of the way they living, speaking, intelligence, and so forth. Knowing students ethnicity, we know how they think and behave in the classroom by comparing them with their

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    Essay Length: 337 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 24, 2010 By: Bred
  • Apollo 13

    Apollo 13

    The Apollo 13 mission was scheduled to explore the Fra Mauro formation, or Fra Mauro highlands, named after the 80-kilometer-diameter Fra Mauro crater, located within it. It is a widespread, hilly geological (or more properly, selenological) area covering large portions of the lunar surface around Mare Imbrium, and is thought to be composed of ejecta from the impact which formed the mare. With the failure of the mission, the flight to Fra Mauro was done

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    Essay Length: 275 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Race: Social Concept, Biological Idea

    Race: Social Concept, Biological Idea

    Race: Social Concept, Biological Idea Gloria Ramon Race, in the common understanding, draws upon differences not only of skin color and physical attributes but also of language, nationality, and religion. Race categories are often used as ethnic intensifiers, with the aim of justifying the exploitation of one group by another. Race is an idea that has become so fixed in American society that there is no room for open-mindedness when challenging the idea of racial

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    Essay Length: 1,156 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Monika
  • Nascar Racing Teams

    Nascar Racing Teams

    NASCAR is the most popular type of stock car racing in the United States. One of the most popular NASCAR drivers is Jeff Gordon. He races in car number 24 and has won numerous times with his crew. Having a successful track record in NASCAR doesn’t solely rely on the car, but has much to do with the crew. Jeff Gordon has been cup racing since 1993 and became the youngest driver ever to win

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    Submitted: January 27, 2010 By: Mike
  • Ishmael and the Human Race

    Ishmael and the Human Race

    Ishmael An adventure of the mind and spirit The novel Ishmael by Daniel Quinn is by far the most thought-provoking book I have ever read. I have never thought of the human race, as a whole, the way Quinn has stated it in his book. This was a very hard story to take in the first time reading it through, although this has made me think about what I can do to spread the word

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    Submitted: January 28, 2010 By: Steve
  • The Political Impact of 9/11: The Post War Notion of Race Change

    The Political Impact of 9/11: The Post War Notion of Race Change

    "The Political Impact of 9/11: The Post War Notion of Race Change" After September 11, 2001, the world as its citizens knew it would never be the same, especially the United States. The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11) consisted of a series of coordinated suicide attacks on the United States of America allegedly by al-Qaeda, which is an international alliance of Islamic militant terrorist organization founded in nineteen eighty-eight. On that

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    Essay Length: 1,537 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: January 30, 2010 By: David
  • Race in Social Problems

    Race in Social Problems

    Last semester when I signed up for classes, I thought Sociology 260: Social Problems in the US would be a course where a minimal amount of time would be spent on discussing social problems and a maximum amount of time would be used to discuss public policies to combat such social problems. I wanted to jump the gun. I did not see that in order to implement a public policy, which would be of use,

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    Submitted: January 30, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Environmental Mission, Vision and Values of the Starbucks Corporation

    Environmental Mission, Vision and Values of the Starbucks Corporation

    Introduction Based in Seattle, Washington, Starbucks Corporation is the largest retail coffee company in the world. As the largest coffee company in the world, the environment is an important and ongoing concern of the organization. Starbucks understands this social responsibility and the organization’s impact on the environment and continuously takes steps to minimize any and all impact on the environment. An environmental mission statement was adopted by the organization in 1992. After Starbucks Corporation became

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    Submitted: January 31, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Race and Ethnic Relations - Reaction to Slavery Article

    Race and Ethnic Relations - Reaction to Slavery Article

    Race and Ethnic Relations Reaction to Slavery Article Reparations are intended to make up for the unjustified actions of the past. By doing so, it punishes the people of today to make up for the actions from the people in the past. Should a person in today's generation suffer for the actions of our ancestors? Should one collect special benefits for the suffering of their ancestors? By offering special benefits, would it solve or make

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    Essay Length: 474 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 1, 2010 By: Andrew
  • 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 Adrian D Brown University of Phoenix Project Plan for Whitbread World Sailboat Race In several months from now, on a misty spring morning the waters around London will be invaded by sleek designs of the latest sailboats technology has to offer. Approximately 14 countries will converge on the United Kingdom to participate in the Whitbread World Sailboat Race. One

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    Essay Length: 2,996 Words / 12 Pages
    Submitted: February 3, 2010 By: Monika
  • The Great Oil Race

    The Great Oil Race

    The great oil race: Cheney discovers U.S. is losing out to China Vice President Dick Cheney has been entrusted with a task regarded as vital to bolstering the Bush administration's sagging political popularity: the search for additional crude oil in order to help stabilize U.S. gasoline prices over the next few months. Mr. Cheney was recently sent to Central Asia and other regions to coax allies to significantly increase supplies to stabilize U.S. gasoline prices

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    Submitted: February 5, 2010 By: Jack
  • The Mission

    The Mission

    "The Mission" is a motion picture, directed by Roland Joffe in 1986, about a Jesuit mission that is threatened by greed and imperialism in the late 18th century in the Brazilian jungle. Father Gabriel, played by Jeremy Irons, climbs the mountains of Brazil to bring Christianity to the natives. He is successful and brings about a golden age among them. Mendoza, played by Robert De Niro, a slave trader, kills his brother, Felipe played by

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    Submitted: February 6, 2010 By: Mike
  • Presonal Mission Statement

    Presonal Mission Statement

    I didn't hand in my personal mission statement or my human metrics test on time. I only handed in the collage during the second week of school. I didn't know if there were going to be any similarities between the three. However I couldn't see the similarities because I never attempted to do the assignments. Today I actually finished the human metrics test and I wrote a personal mission statement. I can see that there

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    Submitted: February 9, 2010 By: Mike
  • Summary of "the Mission" by Robert Bolt

    Summary of "the Mission" by Robert Bolt

    This movie takes place in the 18th century. The main plot of the movie is converting Indians into Christians. The main character in the movie is Mendoza (Robert De Niro). Mendoza was a slave trader who kills his brother in a fit of rage. He is full of guilt from the murder of his brother and yearns for redemption. He gets it from the missionaries. The missionaries orders Mendoza to carry a bag of heavy

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    Essay Length: 294 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: February 10, 2010 By: David
  • Matters of Race: The Divide

    Matters of Race: The Divide

    Anthony Paris September 12, 2006 SOC244 “Matters of Race: the Divide” The documentary, “The Divide”, was very informative and enlightening. It focused on a specific area in America (Siler City) and the many effects that race has on it. The video focused on Siler City, North Carolina because it has been a hotspot of racial controversy over the years. Many issues have risen in Siler City that are prime examples if not better examples of

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    Submitted: February 10, 2010 By: Andrew

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