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- 5741: Sexual Harrassment: We Need to Take Action
- ... to work hard together and speak up about it. Sexual harassment is, according to one top female official, "the culture of the Hill." The Hill-Thomas case provides an important insight into the fate of American feminism; "specifically why, after flourishing in the activists 1970s, it was driven underground to stagnate, at least in the mainstream, throughout the individualists 1980s (Sexual Harassment, page 103)." Although, Anita Hill has kept silent for ...
- 5742: 1929 Stock Market Crash
- ... all gains that had been made the entire previous year. (1929
) This day the Dow Jones Average would close at 230. (1929
) Between October 29th, and November 13 over 30 billion dollars disappeared from the American economy. (1929
) It took nearly 25 years for many of the stocks to recover. (1929
) By mid November, the value of the New York Stock Exchange listings had dropped over 40%, a loss of $26 ...
- 5743: 1950s Youth Culture
- ... white community on to his music which at the time sounded like music from the black society. The fad for the black culture kept growing. TV shows like the "Ed Sullivan Show" and Dick Clarks "American Bandstand" began showing an integrated style of television. This is where people started seeing a problem, black culture was for the first time ever being shown to white families. Black people were beginning to be ...
- 5744: Body Modifications
- ... show their position as weavers in their culture (Leo 16). Also documented in history is tattooing for religious reasons. Burmese tattooing has been associated with religion for thousands of years. Tattooing among the indigenous North American groups including the Arapaho, Mohave, Cree, and Inuit is rooted in spiritual realm as well. Tattoos resembling spirit birds were common in all of these societies. It was an ancient Japanese tradition to tattoo convicted ...
- 5745: Saddam Hussien War
- ... energy supplies in order to manipulate the U. S. public opinion in favor of war. After consulting with U. S. Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney in early August 1990, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia invited American troops onto Saudi soil. He had seen Kuwait's destiny; therefore, he wanted protection. It was also the interest of the USA to stop any further advantage of the Iraqi army. The deployment was called ...
- 5746: The Hype: Television
- ... and a happy family are farther away from being attained than they were for their ancestors. Why? What has changed so much over the last fifty years that have driven families apart and crippled the American Dream? The answer is obvious. It is obvious at school, at work, and at home. Consumerism. In the last twenty years, there has been a rapidly increasing trend towards mass consumption. We are no longer ...
- 5747: Organization Leaders In The Workplace
- ... wants to always be in a constant "power struggle"? So it is likely to have mixed feelings about using power as everyone wants to be powerful, but it's not polite to show it. In American work environments, leaders do not talk about power nearly enough in their organizations, let alone deal with it effectively! And this is showing to be a costly mistake. So let's take a better look ...
- 5748: Child Abuse: Who's at Risk and the Outcomes?
- ... abuse, all kinds, are found in every class, race, and religion. References Daniel, J.H., Hampton, R.L., and Newberger, E.H. (1983, October). Child Abuse and Accidents in Black Families: A Controlled Comparative Study. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 53(4), 645-653. Elmer, E. (1977, February). A Follow-up Study of Traumatized Children. Pediatrics, 59(2), 273-279. Gerbner, G., Ross, C. & Zigler, E. (1980). Child Abuse: An Agenda for ...
- 5749: Black Soldiers In The Union Ar
- ... the Black people of Africa as slaves to benefit their interests. White people created a climate of superiority of their race over the Black African race that in some places, still lingers on today. The American Civil War however, was a key turning point for the Black African race. Through their actions and the political actions of President Lincoln and his administration, Black Africans set a presedent for their freedom, equality ...
- 5750: Is Spanking A Safe And Effective Way To Get Children To Behave?
- ... 1996) Unintended consequences of punishment. Pediatrics, 98, 831-834. Ritchie J., & Ritchie J. (1981). Spare the rod. Sidney: George Allen and Unwin. Straus, M.A. (1994a). Beating the devil out of them: Corporal punishment in American families. Lexington, MA. Lexington books. Straus, M.A. (1994b). Corporal punishment of children and adult depression and suicide ideation. In J. McCord (ED.), Coercion and punishment in long term perspectives, (chapter 4). New York: Cambridge ...
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