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- 2041: Entertainment During The Renaissance
- ... led invasion forces during the decline of the Roman empire. Hawking was popular among European nobility between the 10th and the 17th century. But its popularity began to decline with the later introduction of guns. Interest in the sport revived after World War 1, particularly in Great Britain and Europe. An organization for falconing established in the United States in 1942, was succeeded by the North American Hawking association. The style ...
- 2042: Multiculturalism in the United States
- ... in common with persons of their ancestral group living in Lagos or San Juan or Hong Kong than they do with other New Yorkers who are white (Chavez 491). Multiculturalism is generating a lot of interest among concerned people in the United States. Americans are becoming more aware of the importance of multiculturalism in the country. Both the public and private sectors are focusing more time, money and energy in the ...
- 2043: The Influence of Black Slave Culture on Early America
- ... seed planter, and Augustus Jackson, for the invention of ice cream. The sad truth of the matter is, as with accomplishments in art, early inventions and scientific discoveries by Blacks were simply not heralded with interest. It was not until much later, after the slaves were freed, that Blacks would be respected as scientists. It may be that Africans had scientific methods native to Africa that they brought to the New ...
- 2044: United States of American: Personal Freedom
- ... attitude toward the ever important freedom of expression and the growing significance of personal rights throughout American history. In Colonial America, members of diverse nationalities had opposing views on government, religion, and other subjects of interest. Serious confrontations were prevented because of the vast lands that separated groups of varying opinions. A person could easily settle in with other like believers and be untouched by the prejudices and oppression of others ...
- 2045: The Conflicts of the Black Race: Delayed Economic and Educational Progress
- ... is so subtle that some argue we cannot blame racism for our problems. Unfortunately, they are wrong. The effects of racism can be seen in the segregation of our neighborhoods and in our high unemployment rates. White people want to keep their contact with us to a minimum. In 1991, USA Today reported that the 1990 census "concluded that 'the majority of the nation's 30 million black people are as ...
- 2046: Black Supremacy
- ... own economy. Solve our own problems instead of waiting on the American white man to solve our problems for us"(Perry 68-69). Clearly, in 1963, Malcolm X feels full segregation is in the best interest of the black race. The quote appears fairly peaceful, however, two years later, Malcolm X changes his mind about peaceful action: "We're for peace. But the people that we're up against are for ...
- 2047: Blacks, Prison, And Institutional Racism
- ... Also most do not care. In the sentencing project it was pointed out that the "get tough" approach to crime in which there was an increase of arrests, convictions and lengthy sentences has decreased victimization rates less than 5% since 1973 . Despite the statistics the "get tough" trend, which is disproportionately aimed against Blacks, has continued. What I feel the only solution is, degrading as it may be, is for Blacks ...
- 2048: Is There A Population Problem?
- ... to 2 billion humans are now malnourished, indicating a combination of insufficient food, low incomes, and inadequate distribution of food. This is the largest number of hungry humans ever recorded in history. Based on current rates of increase, the world population is projected to double from roughly 6 billion to more than 12 billion in less than 50 years. As the world population expands, the food problem will become increasingly severe ...
- 2049: Animal Cruelty
- ... for a year or more had definite social problems. To attempt to find more out about our sexuality we of course turn to cats. After some nerve surgery, the cats involved became disoriented and lost interest in sexual activity. There was also the dastardly one in which some silly scientist removed a cat's brain to see if it could still walk afterwards. Vivisection is of course the live dissection of ...
- 2050: Renewables, the Energy Source for Americas Future
- ... This can be accomplished by imposing penalties and high taxes on fossil fuels and desirable incentives on the use of renewable energy. Just a few of these include: increase government funding to help spark private interest, reinstate solar panel tax cuts, rewrite electric utility regulations to favor environmentally friendly sources and encourage banks to give favorable lending terms to those who use renewable energy.(2) If the public is fully educated ...
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