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- 281: Analysis Of Gangs
- ... very dangerous for citizens in the area. Less that 40% of drive-byes kill their intended victim yet over 60% do kill someone. This gang application is one of the many reasons that sexual stereotypes and pressure to conform to the same must be stopped. Lastly one of the great factors in joining a gang is for protection. Although from an objective point of view, we can see joining a ...
- 282: Hate Crimes
- ... culture that distinguishes certain people as righteous, while designating others as sleazy, immoral characters who deserve to be mistreated (Levin 21). One cannot be disillusioned to think that we live in a society free of stereotypes. The three men who murdered James Byrd grew up in an environment that stamped all blacks as being inferior subordinates. So when they saw James Byrd walking down the road on the night of his ...
- 283: Lao-Tzu: The Moderation Of Rul
- ... with a message of dependence, violence and moral decline. Whether or not this is an accurate conception of American society, with this type of representation Americans will have to climb out the hole of the stereotypes as well as the actual facts before accepting a challenge such as the application of Lao-Tzu's tactics. The majority of Americans do not exercise the moderation that is essential in Lao-Tzu's ...
- 284: James Baldwin
- ... in The Black American Writer: Poetry and Drama, Vol. 2, Baldwin tries to use theatre as a pulpit for his ideas. Mainly his plays are thesis plays-talky, over-written and clichι dialogue and some stereotypes, preachy and argumentative. Essentially, Baldwin is not particularly dramatic, but he can be extremely eloquent, compelling, and sometimes irritating as a playwright committed to his approach to life. Baldwin was less concerned with the success ...
- 285: Billy Graham
- ... the faith that it offered was a rebellion against the norm, not unlike the Beat movement or the jazz music that was springing up around the country. The beatniks, for example, were rebelling against social stereotypes and complacent normalcy. Jazz musicians were rebelling more or less against ordered form and melody in music in order to express emotion, quite often the emotion of pain or hurt. The faith that was talked ...
- 286: The Harmful Effects Of Discrimination And Segregation
- ... have long term inferiority issues with the children. Fear is another result of discrimination and segregation. Segregation pushes the dominant group to believe they are superior to the other and justify their actions through false stereotypes, favored treatment, and excuses. Because of their actions the subordinate group develops feelings of fear and dislike for the dominant group. Through the subordinate groups fears and dislikes for the dominant group it may lead ...
- 287: Revelation By Flannery Oconnor
- ... in the way that Mary Grace probably hoped she would have. If this were a true revelation, Mrs. Turpin would realize that all people deserve fair and equal treatment and the labeling of people and stereotypes she uses are wrong. Instead, although Mrs. Turpin realizes that everyone goes to heaven, she still does not believe in equality on earth. She believes that when everyone arrives in heaven, God cleans up the ...
- 288: Martin Luther King
- ... the black southern community. He was able to accept and adopt wise counsel, i.e. in choosing to be a preacher. From the pulpit he could reach the people. MLK was well aware of Negro stereotypes and in college made pains to avoid such labels being attached to him. As he grew in understanding of humanity he knew to speak to individuals on a one to one basis to get a ...
- 289: Feminism
- ... Women had the right to an education and the progress of all society depended on the fact that both sexes must be equally educated. Wollstonecraft explains that women should move away from their old emotional stereotypes and see education as the fundamental access to achieve a place in society. The Rights of women contained other unconventional beliefs on society's standards of which Marriage was a constant theme. Marriage gave the ...
- 290: Billy Graham
- ... the faith that it offered was a rebellion against the norm, not unlike the Beat movement or the jazz music that was springing up around the country. The beatniks, for example, were rebelling against social stereotypes and complacent normalcy. Jazz musicians were rebelling more or less against ordered form and melody in music in order to express emotion, quite often the emotion of pain or hurt. The faith that was talked ...
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