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- 481: Affirmative Action
- ... favoring members of one group over another simply goes against the ideals this very country was founded on. However defenders of affirmative action say that the playing fields are not leveled yet. Meaning that granting modest advantages to minorities and women is more than fair, given hundreds of years of discrimination that benefited whites and men. No issue is more controversial or affects more citizens and no program has more potential ...
- 482: Status of Women In Society
- ... city-state, which practiced slavery during the fourth and fifth centuries BC. Plato observed that the status of the women in his society was barely better than that of the slaves. In the Republic, his proposal for the best possible state, Plato expressed revolutionary and unconventional views on women. He believed that the "original nature" of men and women is the same. According to Plato, both sexes initially had the same ...
- 483: Reform Movements Of The Nineteenth Century
- ... a colony in Africa. The group felt that this would end some of the hostilities between blacks and whites in America (Tindall and Shi 631). When the freed slaves were allowed to vote on the proposal, it was an astounding no. Even though the freed blacks felt that America was now their homeland, a land charter was organized and the first freed slaves arrived in West Africa in 1822. Eventually the ...
- 484: Japanese Marriage And Wedding Traditions
- ... became a serious step in the Japanese marriage. A "Nakodo" (go-between) would make further certain of a proposed marriage by the ceremonial exchange of drinks with the bride side immediately upon acceptance of the proposal. "Yui-no", as still observed and later described more in detail, is the exchange of various items between two families concerned assuring the engagement to be followed through.6 The wedding ceremony also became more ...
- 485: Hate Crimes
- ... problems. Back in the 1930's, Hispanics were targets for mass deportation, with a half million "dumped" just over the border in Mexico. In November of 1994, 59% of California voters approved a statewide referendum proposal, Proposition 187, "which declares undocumented immigrants ineligible for most public services, including public education and non-emergency health care." On November 12, 1994, sometime after Proposition 187 had passed, a 54 year-old woman named ...
- 486: Skaters and Stereotypes
- ... years in a row (Hawk interview). He has won the X-Games three out of the four years he skated on it. If this industry has an establishment, he is its leading citizen, a modest, fan-friendly, clean-cut, regular guy who transforms into a gravity-defying gambler.Hawk, the dominant figure in extreme skatboarding in the past two decades, hasmade a career out of being a creative risk taker ...
- 487: Knights and Chivalry
- ... act as they should. The Knight was an honest and a just person. He would have fair fights, treat people with respect, and he would not brag about what he accomplished, he was a very modest person. Most people today are rude and ignorant, you'll be lucky if a person holds the door for you. The way the Knight lived is better than the way most people live today. You ...
- 488: What is Wealth
- ... It really does not matter what religion one follows. If this religion gives them peace then it is the true giver of wealth. I believe that a middle-class worker with a family and a modest income can easily be more happy than a millionaire with seven wives and no morals. Another way a person can acquire wealth is through family. To have someone whom you can pass down your experiences ...
- 489: Abilities of People With Disabilities
- ... job as well as an employee without a disability. Fact: Over two thirds of Pizza Hut employees have mental retardation. The average turnover rate (the rate at which workers quit) of these employees is a modest twenty percent compared to a one hundred and fifty percent turnover of employees without disabilities. It is this kind of thinking that limits the ability of people with disabilities to find employment more than any ...
- 490: Bad Choosers
- ... of companionship is the man. That is not to say that women do not do their own, voluntary, share, but who is typically the initial solicitor, delivers the flowers and eventually looked upon for a proposal? This aspect of male life is among the most trying of all. A man rarely finds emotional companionship here. He serves as his own confidant and council. He must deal with his significantly stronger sexual ...
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