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- 1381: Role Of The Sexes
- ... the shopping and cleaning. Eveline obeyed without a word for fear that he would strike her. She says, Even now, though she was over nineteen, she sometimes felt herself in danger of her fathers violence (Joyce, 428). Eveline wanted to move onto a better life. She did not want to be treated as her mother had; she did not want to be forced to succumb her entire life as had ...
- 1382: Prison Alternative
- ... America has to wake up and realize that the current structure of our penal system is failing terribly. Take a group of people, strip them of possessions and privacy, expose them to constant threats of violence, overcrowd their cell-block, deprive them of meaningful work, and the result is an embittered underclass more intent on getting even with society than contributing to it. There is a better way to deal with ...
- 1383: Communism East Europe
- ... a compromise, that is, the reinstatement of the moderate communist leader Nagy. When it became clear, however, that Nagy had every intention of pulling out of the Soviet communist bloc, Khrushchev resorted to force and violence to maintain the communist grip on Hungary. He ordered the return of Soviet tanks and troops to Budapest on November 4th 1956. (11) Thousands were killed in a bloody street battle until the Soviets had ...
- 1384: La Cosa Nostra
- ... Nostra, or This Thing of Ours. In the 1700s,Wealthy people would receive a card with a black hand drawn on and if they did not pay the money, they could expect murder, theft, and violence. During the time Mussolini was ruling Italy, this secret society was under heavy persecution and many fled to the United States. Don (term for the boss or head of a Mafia family) Vito Cascio Ferro ...
- 1385: KKK
- ... before with hundreds more people joining their "movement". The Klan doesn't use the same tactics as they did years and years ago. Realizing they would get more attention using intelligent words as opposed to violence, the Klan changed their image. Although they continue to burn crosses in front of Black's homes and churches, their reasoning behind it sounds harmless. One KKK web-site says, "The fiery cross is used ...
- 1386: Jackie Robinson
- ... in the United States racial controversies were, of course, serious issues that often held deadly consequences. Lynchings were common. And each time blacks attempted to expand their limited citizenship, the response was usually accompanied with violence"(Dorinson 159). For Jackie to take all the horrible injustices that he saw an had done to him is an extraordinary sign of what kind of man Jackie was. When Jackie was young he and ...
- 1387: Is Perception Reality?
- ... An inmate assaulted me right in front of witnesses. I was not injured due to the help of another officer who came to my aid in subduing the individual. The inmates use the threat of violence and intimidation to attempt to get what they want. Some even have succeeded in getting officers to bring them in their drugs by threatening their families. Using their gang connections on the streets. Prison gangs ...
- 1388: Industrial Revolution
- ... fair treatment. In that challenge, more and more workers would turn to labor unions to help their cause. As Confucius says, a twig can be broken, however, a pile of twigs cannot. Laborers would endure violence, cruelty and bitter defeats. Consequently, this suffering ensured them that in time, their cause will be fully worth. Word Count: 823
- 1389: Human Rights In China
- ... on Human Rights Practices for 1999). The Government also continued to restrict freedom of movement, meaning they do not permit independent domestic nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in order to monitor public human rights conditions. Discrimination and violence against women, including coercive family planning practices, which sometimes include forced abortion and forced sterilization is a major problem, as well as prostitution, trafficking of women and children, abuse of children, and discrimination against the ...
- 1390: Filial Piety In China
- ... Society", in Charles A. Moore (ed), The Chinese Mind - Essentials of Chinese Philosophy and Culture, East-West Center Press, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu 9. Jing, Lin, (1991), "Educational Factors", The Red Guards' Path to Violence: Political, Educational and Psychological Factors, Praeger Publishers, New York 10. Kinney, Anne Behnke (ed)(1995), "Dyed Silk", Chinese Views of Childhood, University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu 11. Lee, Peter King Hung (1974), Key Intellectual Issues ...
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