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- 1511: Ethical Issues In U.S. Immigra
- ... value the ideal that Emma Lazarus penned on the Statue of Liberty when she wrote “Send these, the homeless, the tempesttost to me, /lift my lamp beside the golden door!” Now the consensus and un-American attitude has become “shut the door behind you.” We value our heritage so much that almost every generation has drawn up some barriers to immigration. Now we value keeping out the same people as our ... example is of a young man who was guilty of the “crime” of working in the United States without permission. He was doing work that most Americans won’t do in order to support his American wife and child. Carr had to break the news of his deportation back to Mexico to him. In another case, a mother was deported away from her six-month old baby. There wasn’t time ... does not understand why such laws were passed when several studies concluded that new immigrants contribute more to the economy overall than they take out. In addition, immigrants do not commit proportionately more crimes than American citizens do. Carr contends that immigrants bring energy and expertise to a jaded society (Carr, 1999, p.2). Proposition 187, California’s notorious ballot initiative to deny schooling and medical care to illegal immigrants, ...
- 1512: Death And Bereavement
- ... and the family had somehow worked their way through to Kubler-Ross' fifth stage: Acceptance. Attitudes toward death in the United States compared to other cultures One explanation for the difference between how Western (especially American) and non-Western cultures cope with death can be traced to the value that the elderly command in society. In Japan and other nations the elderly are revered for accumulating experience and perfecting spiritual development ... by professionals. All that is required it that the bill be paid. Denial of aging and inevitably death in America is an outgrowth of the liberal "pursuit of happiness" axiom that is central to the American political cultural and economic creed ( Hoefler, Kamoie, 1995). American culture tends to value youth and would rather deny their mortality. Basic to our failure to confront death is the fact that "American society in its preoccupation with perpetual youth, beauty and strength, has ...
- 1513: The Urban Underclass: Challenging THe Myths ABout America's Urban Poor
- ... Wilson, a contributor to the book, will conduct a public symposium from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, in the Brookings auditorium. Discussants will include James Johnson of UCLA, Charles Murray of the American Enterprise Institute and Isabel Sawhill of the Urban Institute. The conference is open to press and other interested parties. If you plan to attend, please call 202/797 6105. ___________________________________________________________________________ _ FOR RELEASE: April 16, 1991 CONTACT ... new Brookings book, The Urban Underclass. Edited by Christopher Jencks of Northwestern University and Paul E. Peterson of Harvard, this set of essays attempts to separate the truth about poverty, social dislocation and changes in American family life from the myths that have become part of contemporary folklore. According to a number of indicators the underclass is shrinking, writes Peterson in his introductory essay. A higher percentage of the minority population ... disability, school enrollment and low hourly wages for being impoverished. This figure dropped to 54% in 1987, thus diminishing public sympathy for the poor, he argues. The essays acknowledge the impact of recent changes in American society, particularly the increase in female headed households during the past 20 years. The trend leaves too many children with impaired financial support, inadequate adult supervision and instruction, compromised security, fewer alternatives for establishing ...
- 1514: Constructing Indentity In The
- ... to anther. However, there are some dishonest people in chat room. People on the net are not always honest people. In the internet Indian Wars by Glen Martin, a white software consultant running the Native American seminar and chat room offered by AOL, Rapp, said Basically, what we did was done in fun (127) after he was discovered that he was dishonest, he wasn t a native American. Rapp was a host of Native American seminar, discussing about Native American culture while he was not a member of any Indian group. All he was saying were fraud. As Marc Towersap, one of the first Indians to query about Rapp ...
- 1515: Social Criticism in Literature, As Found in George Orwell's Animal Farm and Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities.
- ... animal fable of a farm in which the farm animals revolt against their human masters. It is an example of social criticism in literature in which Orwell satirized the events in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution. He anthropomorphises the animals, and alludes each one to a counterpart in Russian history. A Tale of Two Cities also typifies this kind of literature. Besides the central theme of love, is another prevalent theme, that of a revolution gone bad. He shows us that, unfortunately, human nature causes us to be vengeful and, for some of us, overly ambitious. Both these books are similar in that both describe how, even with the best ... and the government in 1917-44 Russia. For example, Old Major, who invented the idea of "animalism," is seen as representing Karl Marx, the creator of communism. Snowball represents Trotsky, a Russian leader after the revolution. He was driven out by Napoleon, who represents Stalin, the most powerful figure in the country. Napoleon then proceeded to remove the freedoms of the animals, and established a dictatorship, under the public veil ...
- 1516: D-Day
- ... the strength to handle. Italy pushed the war into North Africa. Japan brought the United states into the conflict, on December 7th of that same year, by attacking Hawaii (Pearl Harbor) the Philippines and other American possessions in the Pacific. American military strategists, like the British, began to plan for the day when the Allies would invade Europe to destroy the powerful German army. In August 1942, when the United States was just beginning to turn ... in Egypt- the first in a series of defeats that was to drive them out of the North African desert. And farther west, nearer to the Atlantic side of Africa, a 1000-ship British and American invasion force had landed. As it advanced to meet Montgomery, the enemy was caught in a powerful two-way squeeze. In January 1943, Prime Minister Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt met at Casablanca ...
- 1517: Bay Of Pigs
- ... to one out of every sixty Americans (Goode, Stephen 76). Castro and communist Cuba was generating a military establishment ten times larger than that of Batista’s. Castro put together the best army any Latin American country had ever had (Goode, Stephen 76). Analysts in Washington were frightened by this news. They were getting scared that Cuba might try to attack the United States with Soviet missiles and missile launchers. Also, they were afraid that Castro might attack other Latin American countries. Both scenarios were not welcome in the United States, and the downfall of Castro and the Cuban government became the top priority of the CIA (Goode, Stephen 76). There were many Cubans that did ... to be excellent. His first move as leader was to get rid of all he suspected disloyal or unqualified. Next, he replaced many of the officials that had been training with the soldiers in Latin American countries with officers who had served in Fulgencio Batista’s army. These officers were said to be "thugs" who had been part of the former dictator’s brutal government (Goode, Stephen 79). President Kennedy ...
- 1518: African-Americans In The South
- ... by Eli Whitney in 1793 made it possible for workers to gin separate the seeds from the fiber some 600 to 700 pounds daily, or ten times more cotton than permitted by hand. The Industrial Revolution, centered in Great Britain, quadrupled the demand for cotton, which soon became America's leading export. Planters' acute need for more cotton workers helped expand southern slavery. By the Civil War, the South exported more ... In parts of the "Black Belt", enslaved African Americans made up more than three-fourths of the total population. Even though slavery existed throughout the original thirteen colonies, nearly all the northern states, inspired by American independence, abolished slavery by 1804. As a matter of conscience some southern slaveholders also freed their slaves or permitted them to purchase their freedom. Until the early 1800s, many southern states allowed these emancipations to legally take place. Although the Federal Government outlawed the overseas slave trade in 1808, the southern enslaved African American population continued to grow. By 1860 some 4 million enslaved African Americans lived throughout the South. Only Southern states believed slavery to be a major, and essential, economic factor. Whether on a small farm ...
- 1519: Panama Canal
- ... Canal"). The U.S. government started to show interest in the Panama Canal in 1887 when "the United States sent a regiment under Lieutenant Menocal" (Jones) to survey for a canal site. "In 1907, an American construction crew headed by G.W. Goethals journeyed to Panama to try their luck where the French had failed" ("Panama Canal Connects"). Before any work could begin, the most deadly of the problems on the isthmus had to be overcome - disease. The US was afraid of having as many casualties as the French did. To help prevent this American doctor William Gorgas was asked to examine the area. Gorgas goal was now to eliminate the mosquito population from the canal. Gorgas and his troops started to cover all standing or slow-moving bodies of ... chief engineer's requests would be confirmed through the Commission (Jones). During the US construction there was three chief engineers who made a major impact on the canal. The first was John F. Wallace, an American civilian engineer (Jones). He was elected and arrived at the isthmus by June 1904 (Considine). Before much of the work could be done Wallace began on fixing the problems of the French. New railroad ...
- 1520: Oppressed Slaves To Champion Soldiers
- This is just a small example of the doubt and hatred that was bestowed on the African American soldiers. However, during the war, they proved themselves to be brave and courageous men on and off the battlefield on many occasions. Despite deep prejudices and harsh criticisms from the white society, these men were ... all manner of appeal and remonstrances coming up from the warm and merciful heart of humanity, we have gone on like the oppressors of Egypt, hardenin! g our hearts and increasing the burdens of the American slave, and strengthening the arm of his guilty master, till now, in the pride of his giant power, that master is emboldened to lift rebellious arms against the very majesty of the law, and defy ... and ascendancy of slavery ! over all departments of Government and now, as our reward, this slave-holding power comes with sword, gun, and cannon to take the life of the nation and overthrow the great American Government (Long 26). "There is no more moving and telling an expression of the Black's view of the Civil War than this" (Long 26). On April 15, Lincoln called for Union troops to ...
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