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- 421: Racism
- ... decisions formed before the facts were known. If a person allows their prejudiced beliefs to block the progress of another, it is discrimination. Those who exclude all members of a race from certain types of employment, housing, political rights, educational opportunities, or a social interactions are guilty of racial discrimination. For centuries conflicts have taken place among three main races, Caucasian, Asian, and Negro ranging from snobbish social exclusion, to state ...
- 422: For the White Man, Of the White Man, and By the White Man
- ... same drinking fountains, and go to school with their white neighbor. After the civil rights laws were enacted, military personnel were sometimes needed to protect the black children going to school. Affirmative action ensured fair employment practices. The civil rights movement was undeniably the pivotal point in this countries history for social equality. What our forefathers fought for in the American Revolution was freedom form British rule. The Civil War was ...
- 423: Street Gangs: A Guide To Community Awareness
- ... are better equipped to address the issue with their child, as well as not becoming victims of gang crimes. Communities must recognize the problem and work together to solve the problem. Structured after school activities, employment, awards for good grades, community outreach and organized youth activities help lessen gang activity. Working with school and law enforcement officials aid in eliminating the anonymity that allows gangs to grow. Whenever graffiti occurs in ...
- 424: A Role of Ethics and Social Responsibilities in Management.
- ... of management, the way managers treat employees is another parameter of evaluation of companies ethical well- being. Unfortunately, the most concern of managers is theirs own job rather than theirs employees. Another problem is equal employment opportunities for everyone. Although a lot was done to destroy the system that kept women and minorities away from the top management positions, many corporations still rely on white men's stereotypes and prejudice. Women ...
- 425: Poverty and Welfare
- ... to be moving in the theoretical plane. Our country has had successful anti-poverty programs that were effective back a century ago, effective because they were based on these seven points: affiliation, bonding, categorization, discernment, employment, freedom, and God. But a key element in all of them is personal involvement and challenge, both material and spiritual. If folks a hundred years ago could help others to move out of poverty, and ...
- 426: Feminist Backlash: The Unconscious Undermining of Genuine Equality
- ... restructuring of family, individuals free to determine their own life style, sexual preference, occupation, and personal values. They were concerned with the availability of abortion, and called for 24-hour childcare, and equal education and employment opportunity. In the 1980's, the feminist movement had many of the same concerns. Women had lobbied legislatures, initiated lawsuits, marched in demonstrations, and boycotted major corporations to secure their rights. The women's movement ...
- 427: Poverty
- ... one can distinguish will only improve the amount of influence of what is done in the future. People who have become victims of poverty also suffer from learned helplessness. For instance, if an individual's employment is terminated, one would take the first job opportunity that came their way and make less money. However, if they would have chosen to reexamine their priorities, they could have exercised delayed gratification by going ...
- 428: The Civil Rights Movement: Some Progress Is Better Then No Progress
- ... Farnham. As the desire for equal rights intensified during the Civil Rights Movement, Congress created the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited the discrimination of workers, as well as the creation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to ensure this right. Congress then created the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which extended these guarantees of civil liberties. Congress also issued affirmative action plans in order to correct past racial discrimination ...
- 429: Biomedical Engineering
- ... can serve the biomedical industry as a sales, field service, or manufacturing engineer. Eventually, the biomedical engineer may work in federal and military branches of the government. (Milwaukee School of Engineering) The biomedical engineer have employment opportunities in the biomedical device and diagnostic instrumentation and systems industry and in the biomedical engineering aspects of urban organization, city planning, transportation, accident prevention, air and water pollution, marine biology, and life support systems ...
- 430: The Invention of the Telegram
- ... suggestion that he should, on his own initiative , invite Japan to immediate adherence and at the same time mediate between Japan and ourselves. Please call the President's attention to the fact that the ruthless employment of our submarines now follows the prospect of compelling England in a few months to make peace" - ZIMMERMANN Considering this telegram was sent to Mexico, it shows Mexican importance in this war. Mexico had two ...
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