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- 4551: Gays In the Military
- ... be expected of its members. The United States Military is still enforcing archaic policies which threaten to harm the principles our nation was founded upon. The principles of freedom and equality are those that every American holds closest to their heart, that is unless you are in the military and are gay. The issue of gays in the military has developed into a case of whether our country should discriminate against ... group merely because of involuntary sexual orientation. Two persistent principles are evident within this topic: that homosexuals are ever present throughout all branches of the military and a persistent hostility against this group is in American society and the military. In order to effectively examine this topic the following concepts will be discussed: an analysis of the current Department Of Defense policy concerning gays, solutions to reduce homophobia in the military ...
- 4552: Society's Restraint to Social Reform
- ... receive from social assistance alone. To actually show that workfare does not work, we must observe the United States, which has had federally mandated workfare programs for welfare recipients since 1967. Although the research on American workfare programs is inconclusive to some extent, many findings suggest that workfare is ineffective in reducing welfare costs and moving people from the welfare rolls into adequate employment. It was found that low-cost programs ... programs with extensive supports and services were more likely to place people in employment, there was a definite point of diminishing returns where the expenses outweighed the benefits.(10) Even the limited success by some American workfare programs is highly questionable. Largely missing from the research is the discussion of workfare's major limitation: The lack of available adequate jobs. In the wide scheme of things, it doesn't matter whether ...
- 4553: Immigration Into Canada
- ... these centers are within the city, while three are without, but the growth is in the suburbs - Scarborough, Mississauga, North York. The transition is from a central, condensed Chinatown area into more sparsely populated North American style neighborhoods. Chinese have been more slow to move to the suburbs than other ethnic groups, mainly due to the extremely harsh racism which was outlined earlier. The Chinese, it is thought, needed Chinatown to ... Vancouver" Canadian Geographer 38, No. 3 (1994), 354-356. Anderson, Kay J. "The Idea of Chinatown: The Power of Place and Institutional Practice in the Making of a Racial Category" Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 77(4), 1987, 580-598. Ford, Ashley. "Canadian Land Boom Goes West" Far Eastern Economic Review Mar. 29, 1994, 44-45. Fung, May. "Passport to a New Beginning" The Hong Kong Standard Feb. 4 ...
- 4554: The Effect of Viewing Television Violence on Childhood Aggression
- ... L.D. (1963). Relationship of television viewing habits and aggressive behavior in children. Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, 67, 193-196. Eron, L.D. (1982). Parent-child interaction, television, violence and aggression of children. American Psychologist, 37, 197-211. Eron, L.D., Huesmann, L.R., Lefkowitz, M.M. & Walder, L.O. (1972). Does television violence cause aggression? American Psychologist, 27, 253-263. Freeman, J.L. (1984). Effect of television violence on aggressiveness. Psychological Bulletin, 96, 227-246. Friedrich-Cofer, L. & Huston, A.C. (1986). Television violence and aggression: The debate continues. Psychological Bulletin ...
- 4555: Family, Marriage, and Gender Roles
- Family, Marriage, and Gender Roles At the core of American identities and American dreams lies a family. Throughout time, families serve as a connection between the individual and the outside world. The individual's identity, his or her dreams, in large part depend on the family of origin ...
- 4556: Women's Fashion And Cosmetics
- ... and newspapers. These gorgeous models have big breasts, small waists, long legs and lashes. Women think that this is the image of the "perfect woman" when really she weighs almost 23% less than the average American woman. As a result, each year 150 000 American women die of anorexia. Because of these false images of ravishing models, women are prisoners of hunger. Finally, high heels are a major cause of foot problems among women. Many women place their rectangular feet ...
- 4557: Concerns Facing the United States in the 1990s: Crime, Education, and Employment
- ... are crime, education, and employment. But fortunately our government and several organizations have attempted to deal with these problems to help our world become a better place. Crime has been a big concern of the American public in the 1990's. In many poles it was found to be that Americans thought that crime was the number one problem facing the U.S. today. Robberies, manslaughter and rape are just a ... days than allowed. To improve this, committees have been organized will develop voluntary national and state standards for education and authorize grants to develop model programs to improve learning. Employment is an issue that every American must deal with. In society today, women are forcing their way into the business world. Although females' incomes are generally less than males, both incomes are needed for general household expenses. One problem which sometimes ...
- 4558: Anti-Affirmative Action
- ... also on the W.W.W., is one example which reveals that Duke, a very famous and prestigious university, adopted a resolution requiring each of it's department to hire at least one new African-American for a faculty position the 1993 date. More proofs of Affirmative Action in action is the admission practices at the University of California Berkeley. In the same article by Pasour, it states that while whites ... they were treated like affirmative action cases though they were not, conjured more of the racial discriminatory feelings. As described by the above author, Ernest Pasour, professors at those colleges already assumed that the African- American students lack the qualifications, thus always seeking to help by asking if any tutoring or other assistance is needed. Solutions to the Affirmative Action policies may be simple and complex. The example alternatives provided by ...
- 4559: Medical Testing On Animals
- ... has been grossly overrated. Although researchers have depended on animal test data to achieve medical advances, there should be other means of research because testing on animals is cruel and inhumane and often unnecessary. The American Medical Association believes that research involving animals is absolutely essential to maintaining and improving the health of the American people. They point out, that virtually every advance in medical science in the 20th century, from antibiotics to organ transplants, has been achieved either directly or indirectly through the use of animals in laboratory experiments ...
- 4560: RACISM TODAY
- ... 17). Frequently throughout history the ethnic group with the most power has assumed that its race and culture are superior to others. The same incident even occurred in America with the introduction of slaves. Throughout American history, racism has been strongly prevalent. "Racism's roots lie deep within the foundation of our society" (Tucker 19). These roots undoubtedly are the source for a great many of the racist groups and covert ... epitome of racial thought and speech (Ridgeway 10). The following represent various racist groups found throughout the United States: John Birch Society, Ku Klux Klan, Knights of the KKK, Invisible Empire, NAAWP, White Aryan Resistance, American Front, Nazi Skinheads, Posse Comitatus, Aryan Nations, The Order, and National Alliance (Ridgeway 15). All of these groups are given the freedom to express their ideas of racism because of the First Amendment (CIEQ 16 ...
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