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- 5571: Social Deviance
- ... economic and political areas, then Socrates may have been embraced as brilliant, rather than being executed. The Marxian perspective is centralized around the idea of social change. “Marx suggested that the potential for resistance and revolution is present in all social situations, because the less powerful can always act against the status quo. Marx believed that smaller, less powerful groups could group together and instantaneously challenge the control of the more ...
- 5572: Curfews
- ... about them getting arrested every time I send them outside to play.” (“Do You Know Where Your Children Are?” 4). Parents aren’t the only ones upset with this problem-causing ordinance. In 1995, the American Civil Liberties Union, acting on behalf of thousands of law-abiding youth in California, filed suit in Federal District Court to challenge the state’s juvenile curfew ordinance (“ACLU Challenges California’s Curfew Law” 1 ...
- 5573: My Belief about Gay and Lesbian Families
- ... create a nurturing family and environment for them. Work Cited Clark, Don E. Loving Someone Gay. Millbrae, CA: Celestial Arts, 1991. Hoeffer ,Gerald B. "Children’s Acquisition of Sex-Role Behavior in Lesbian Mother Families." American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 38 ( 1997) : 82-9 Mandel, James L., and Roy P. Hotvedt. The Psychological Birth of the Human Infant. New York: Basic Books, 1989. Morin, Tammy H. The Place of Attachment in Human ...
- 5574: Riley King
- ... remember, B.B. King has reigned as the "King Of Blues." With his Gibson guitar named Lucille, along with his unique vocals, king has put out some of the most down-home sounds in African-American music. B.B. King, the world's greatest blues singer had- like a lot of people- had some hard times. Born in 1925 in Itta Bena, Mississippi., King lived with his mother until he was ...
- 5575: Stereotyping and Racism
- ... generous Scottish people. Stereotyping emphasizes many differences between groups while ignoring their similarities to other people. It ignores that many blond and brown-haired people also lose their tempers. Stereotyping overlooks the fact that many American, Brazilians and French people are stingy. Stereotyping redheads or Scottish people usually does little harm. It typically leads to friendly kidding and good-natured jokes. Simple-minded stereotyping can be dangerous. The danger lies in ...
- 5576: Violence on TV
- ... what's the world going to be like when the people who are now children are running the world? Works Cited Langone, John. Violence. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1984. Cheyney, Glenn Alan. Television in American Society. New York: Franklin Watts Co., 1983. Howe, Michael J. A. Television and Children. London: New University Education, 1977. Husemann, L. Rowell. Social Channels Tune T.V.'s effects. Science News 14 Sept. 1985: 166 ...
- 5577: Overpopulation?
- ... to disrupt nature's ability to provide essential ecosystem services, ranging from pollination to flood control. The atmosphere is also under assault. The billions of tons of carbon that have been released since the Industrial Revolution have pushed atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide to their highest level in 160,000 years-a level that continues to rise each year. As scientists predicted, temperatures are rising along with the concentration of carbon ...
- 5578: Kosovo Crisis 2
- ... t many that are fortunate. Another is of those who have given their lives, which amounts to hundreds of stories related. There are those who don’t even want to be there such as the American G.I. who is ready and willing to gibe his or her life for those caught in the middle. Yet even though there is goodness in the torn country an official describes it as, “if ...
- 5579: An Analysis Based on the Responsibility of the Rich to the Poor
- ... Chinese proverb: "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach him how to fish and he will eat for the rest of his days" (486). He also mentions the "Green Revolution" and how it brought out products like "miracle rice" and "minute wheat" (486). What Hardin means by this is that instead of providing them with finances, they must be educated about how to discover their ...
- 5580: The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara
- ... lives of the group of kids that Miss Moore takes on a field trip to F.A.O Schwarz, a toy store for the well to do. Miss Moore is a wise, college educated, African-American woman who felt a responsibility for the education of the group of kids in her neighborhood. She sets the stage with little lessons built into her outings. Miss Moore obtains the parents approval to take ...
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