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- 2571: Affirmative Action
- ... contractors take affirmative action to ensure the hiring of qualified blacks, women and other minorities in their work forces. The use of affirmative action was never limited to federal contractors. The legislative history of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 reveals that during the 1960’s, American blacks and other minorities were denied employment opportunities because of their race, color, sex, religion, and national origin. As a result, minorities and women received lower wages and their rate of unemployment was higher than the country’s overall rate of unemployment. In an effort to put an end to employment discrimination, Congress enacted Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Equal Employment Commission, established by the Act, is charged with enforcing the anti-discrimination laws through prevention of employment discrimination and resolution of complaints. The Act is designed to make ... applied, I will discuss some of its positive aspects. As you already know affirmative action was implemented with the idea and hope that America would finally become truly equal. The tension of the late 1960s civil rights movement had made it very clear that the nation’s minority and female population were not receiving equal social and economic opportunity. The implementation of affirmative action was America’s first honest attempt ...
- 2572: Touch Wood: Rene
- ... a Jewish girl during the German invasion of France. In 1940, Renée and her family were living in Alsace, France, where nothing ever changed. No one expected anything unusual to happen. Then one day, a war with Germany is announced on the radio. The Germans wanted to annex Alsace and forced the Jews to leave. France was split into two zones- the Free Zone and the German occupied zone. Renée's ... they have to hide from the police. Renée's parents decide to take action. They have friends who know Mother Superior. They send Renée and her sisters to a Catholic residence in Normandy until the war is over. Their father emphasizes for them not to tell anyone that they are Jewish. When they arrive in Normandy, they find a cozy bedroom, appetizing meals, and friendly people. Renée has to deal with ... Catholicism to perfect their disguise. Their parents have given permission for Renée and her sisters to be baptized and to take their first communion. They decide to pray to the Catholic god to make the war end soon, to help the French and their Allies win the war, and to protect the Jews. Renée becomes worried when she hears about the bombing of Paris, but she was relieved to hear ...
- 2573: Billy Graham
- ... and send him back out to the world, with his bible in hand to preach to all Gods Children. The fifties held some of Graham's greatest accomplishments, although they have often been overlooked. World War II had just gotten over and the world's weaponry had changed into nuclear warfare, with the dropping of the bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Not only that, but the Russians began a nuclear arms race with the United States. This had put pressure on the American public, and they lost all their sense of security. The thought of death, and war with all of its pain and suffering, creped into the nightmares of the American citizens and now they looked to religion for salvation. Graham introduced religion in a way that was friendly, and refreshingly honest ... it were in print, it was infallible truth. As a result, not only was communism a force from overseas to fear, it was a force within our own boundaries threatening to tear apart the post war threads that tenuously held the nation together. Billy Graham was not immune to what was going on. When he spoke about communism, he spoke as a person not completely removed from the attitudes that ...
- 2574: Martin Luther King Jr
- ... the world's best known advocates of non-violent social change strategies, Martin Luther King, Jr., used a combination of many highly admirable qualities to convey his message of equality and advance the fight for civil liberties both in the United States and throughout the world. His quest for knowledge and mission to enlighten others brought about rational and non-destructive social change; his speeches and remarks stirred the concern and sparked the conscience of a generation; his charismatic leadership inspired men and women, young and old, in the nation and abroad; his courageous and selfless devotion gave direction to thirteen years of civil rights activities. King’s desire for knowledge was evident from his early years. Due to high scoring on college entrance exams, he was only fifteen years old when he began freshman year at Morehouse College ... non-violent persuasion, which King had determined to use as his main instrument of social protest. King fouund ways to make all the things he had learned in his life usseful in his battle for civil liberty. King, with his new understanding of Gandi’s philosophy of non-violent direct action, was now prepared to use oration as his tool to spread the message of civil liberty. His words gave ...
- 2575: Hitler's Weltanschauung (World View)
- ... French as a hereditary enemy that was always looking for a chance to annex the left bank of the Rhine so as to have a "natural" frontier with Germany. Hitler was ready to support a war against France at any time and any cost. England was portrayed as one of Germany's absolute enemies, even though Hitler had considered making an alliance at one point. Hitler thought that England had been ... impressed with the British idea that "might makes right." In contrast, Russia was not considered an absolute enemy of Germany, but was rather an enemy because of unfortunate situations on their part. Hitler maintained that war had never really been necessary between Russia and Germany, that there was no real conflict of interests. He also maintained that Russia had become Germany's enemy only because of Austria and the failure to ... Japan later, or if he had racial qualms concerning an alliance with a non-white nation. Either way, Japan did not play an extensive role in Hitler's view of the world in the pre-war period, although Hitler had insisted that an alliance with Japan could help lead Germany "into a new future." Hitler saw the Japanese in a similar light as the Germans; hard-working, martially aware, racially ...
- 2576: Freedom Bound
- In his book, Freedom Bound, Robert Weisbrot argues that the civil rights movement is interwoven with American political reform of the time, and furthermore, that "the black quest for justice and the national crusade for a 'Great Society' are best understood in relation to each other ... breaking down racial barriers between blacks and conservative whites. He believes the Great Society was "an insidious enemy of black America," and that the federal government ultimately failed to deliever Johnson's original vision for civil rights advancement and reform (245). In the end, he claims, thegovernment was not committed enough to the principles of the Great Society and thus, it unraveled. In addition to detailing the Great Society, Weisbrot also ... book, struggle for racial equality in America, from the first sit-in at a Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworth'to the freedom rides to the 1963 March on Washington. He incorporates all the pivotal and influencial civil rights organizations of the time, inlcuding the NAACP, CORE, SNCC and SCLC, and details their actions in moving toward racial equality. He also enlists personal accounts from those involved with the movement, incluing highly- ...
- 2577: All Quiet on the Western Front
- All Quiet on the Western Front At the beginning of this chapter, Paul reflects back on how the war abruptly uprooted his life and the lives of his comrades. He ponders how the war has destroyed the lives of the men of his generation because they no longer have anything to return to. He acknowledges the fact that the war swept him away and now he doesn’t know what he can make of his life. He and the other men have become, in his words, wastelands. Even with all of the mental anguish ...
- 2578: Apocalypse Now and Heart of Darkness
- ... cultures new to them. This overwhelming cultural interaction caused some Puritans to go mad and try to purge themselves of a perceived evil. This came to be known as the Salem witch trials. During World War II, Germany made an attempt to overrun Europe. What happened when the Nazis came into power and persecuted the Jews in Germany, Austria and Poland is well known as the Holocaust. Here, humanís evil side ... Nazi counterparts conducted raids of the ghettos to locate and often exterminate any Jews they found. Although Jews are the most widely known victims of the Holocaust, they were not the only targets. When the war ended, 6 million Jews, Slavs, Gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Communists, and others targeted by the Nazis, had died in the Holocaust. Most of these deaths occurred in gas chambers and mass shootings. This gruesome ... that inside every human is this horrible, evil side. Francis Coppolaís movie, Apocalypse Now, is based loosely upon Conradís book. Captain Willard is a Marlow who is on a mission into Cambodia during the Vietnam war to find and kill an insane Colonel Kurtz. Coppola's Kurtz, as he experienced his epiphany of horror, was an officer and a sane, successful, brilliant leader. Like Conradís Kurtz, Coppola shows us a ...
- 2579: Argumentative Environment
- Arguementative Environment Currently, a controversy is swirling over the issues raised by the despoiling of the world's natural environment. Poet Stanley Kunitz in "The War Against the Trees" depicts a man watching his neighbor, "who sold his lawn to standard oil" (Kunitz 122), laugh as bulldozers ruin the natural beauty of the grounds with its "forsythia-forays and hydrangea-raids" (Kunitz 123). As industry wages war not just against flowers and shrubbery, but also against the town's pleasant past. Kunitz's speaker is angry that this war "against the great-grandfathers of the town" (Kunitz 123) is destroying these ancestors' attempt to preserve nature, not allow "the green world" (Kunitz 123) to be turned into a "death-foxed page" (Kunitz 123) ...
- 2580: A Separate Peace: Brinker Hadley
- ... the book A Separate Peace. Brinker is in the story for three major reasons: he is used by the author to bring to light Gene's misdeeds, he represents Devon's change from peace to war, and he personifies the general sentiment of those at Devon. Brinker is important for these three reasons. Brinker is used by the author to bring to light Gene's misdeeds. If not for Brinker's ... lived happily-ever-after. The author used Brinker to bring up this subject so that the final action of the story could unfold. Brinker was also used to represent Devon's change from peace to war. At the begining of the story, Brinker is obsessed with intra-school affairs: the Golden fleece debating society, being a class leader, and being "the hub of the class." As the story progresses, he loses all interest in Devon minutia, and he turns his attention to the war. This attitude represents very well the attitude of most of Devon's students and faculty. Finally, Brinker is used by the author to personify the general happenings at devon school. He is an icon ...
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