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- 601: Coming Of Age In Mississippi
- ... to do her work the way she wanted . Through her high school years Anne becomes more and more aware of what is going on in the world around her . Her first realization of extreme racial violence was when she learned of Emmit Till's murder . Through learning of Emmit's death she also learns of groups such as the NAACP . One Sunday afternoon Anne sits down with Mrs. Rice and was ... by whites in the South . " I was fifteen years old when I began to hate people " , that is not only whites to which Anne is referring but also the blacks who let these acts of violence to continue happening . During her junior year of high school Anne left home and went to live with her dad for the remainder of the school year , she and her mom had a falling out ... civil rights activist in the south . I had no idea what they went through ! I have seen a few kinds of light discrimination in my lifetime but never understood the extent of all out racial violence that occurred during this period . I have definitely developed a deep sense of respect for the civil rights activist of the sixties since reading this book . Like I said in my opening paragraph some ...
- 602: Gilgamesh
- ... and grew day to day. The difference pertaining to this, is the reason the flood was sent. Noah’s story rules that the flood was sent because the earth had become corrupt and filled with violence, (Genisis, 6). The only way to destroy this violence was to drown everyone but the chosen few. These chosen few were hand-picked by God as good people to start a new, more wholesome and obedient civilization. Gilgamesh’s story says the reason for ... this world is thought to come from one of Noah’s sons, descending down through him. If Gilgamesh brought craftsmen on the boat, this is a new place to lay the blame for today’s violence. The next discrepancy lies in the amount of time it rained. Noah’s story emphasized rain for forty days and forty nights. The number forty also appears in several other biblical stories. Gilgamesh’s ...
- 603: Juveniles: Too Young To Die?
- ... twelve states have lowered the legal age of execution to twelve. For whatever reasons the death penalty has been supported by the public since this country's existence. In this day and age of increasing violence, both juvenile and adult, it is time to re-examine the use of the death penalty as the ultimate solution to crime. The social repercussions of enforcing the state executions of juveniles far outweigh any ... the death penalty was allowed to resume in 1976 have been African-Americans, even though they constitute only twelve percent of the population."(Radic 4) We are living in a time of increased crime and violence. With teenagers growing up as murders there is obviously something not working. James Fox believes that "given the worsening conditions in which children are raised, given the breakdown of all our institutions as well as of our cultural norms, given our wholesale disinvestment in youth, we will likely have many more then 5,000 teen killers per year.... Our nation faces a future bloodbath of juvenile violence that will make 1996 look like the good old days." (Fox 71) When it comes down to it, it is time to start working on crime before it happens rather then after. One way ...
- 604: Player Piano
- ... fact like one of the proclamations that start wars. It is an ultimate message, it clearly says the people are bored and disgusted by current system and that they want a change. They would use violence if the government would not accept their requests. The letter is scribed by Paul Proteus's name although he had absolutely nothing to do with all of it. In fact he is being hidden in ... can see that the idea of revolution was not bad at all, but it turned worse with the people's want for might. So it happens. The government does not accept their request, which means violence is used. The common people go mad; most of them encouraged by strong drinking, and destroy machinery in general. They do not really care about which machine is really bad and which might be helpful or needful, they do not distinguish, so they just smash all down. The army makes a counterstrike, so the revolution is finished soon by violence. Paul does not belong anywhere now. The revolutionaries blame him for the bad success the industrial bosses treat him like a traitor and his own wife who said she loved him divorces him and ...
- 605: Nature Vs. Nurture
- ... criminal behavior but the way our body reacts to certain environmental toxins is not a valid explanation for criminal behavior. In today’s society there are many factors that are proven to provoke act of violence. Canada’s current rate of violent crime is one fifth of that of the United States, which proves that criminal behavior is not solely caused do to hereditary factors. Television contributes greatly to the idea of violence being imprinted onto criminals minds. In fact if you watch television for one hundred hours, you would witness at least twelve murders. As well Canada has a much stricter gun control law in comparison to ... then he killed himself. But it is quite evident what could have motivated him for committing this act of insanity. As a young boy LePine was brutally beaten by his father, and his father imprinted violence on his brain. His father considered women to be the slaves of men. Around the age of two, boys discover they are boys, and that their father is also a boy only a bigger ...
- 606: Censorship of Rap Music
- ... twice in the back, killing him. On December eighth, Snoop was arraigned for murder, but later found innocent. Many of the lyrics in Snoop's songs degrade women, encourage the use of marijuana and glorify violence against authority. Another publicized case involves rapper Tupac Shakur. Many know him for his starring role in the movie "Poetic Justice" with Janet Jackson. Tupac Shakur's song "Keep Ya Head Up" contains such lyrics ... president of the United States wife, Tipper Gore, has launched her own crusade. In her book, Raising PG Kids in an X- rated Society , she takes the music industry to task for glamorizing sex and violence in material targeted to kids. She has encouraged record companies to label all albums and tapes that have sexually explicit lyrics. Also, radio stations such a KACE-FM in Los Angeles are adopting policies to ban all songs that degrade women or promote drugs and violence. To determine the views of students here on the need for censorship of the recording industry, I conducted a survey which posed the following questions: 1. Do you listen to Rap music? Seventy percent ...
- 607: Queers
- ... public YES NO drinking fountains, restrooms? ______________________________________________________________________________________ Denied access by law to businesses, YES NO restaurants, barbershops etc.? ______________________________________________________________________________________ Verifiable economic hardships as a YES NO result of discrimination? _____________________________________________________________________________________ Unfortunately, some homosexuals have been the victims of violence because of their lifestyle. I do not condone this, nor do I feel violence is an answer to the homosexual agenda. It is also understandable that they feel threatened by the violence but as the table shows, homosexuals have not been through anything remotely close to what African Americans have been through. Homosexuals also have no right to special privileges, because according to world renowned scientists, “ ...
- 608: Gangs
- ... other one is the Martians. A lot of the gang members come from broken homes, or something is wrong. So the kids end up in gangs doing drugs, drinking, smoking, committing crimes, and getting into violence. Some of us consider our gang "family." Some of the gangs actually do have real families in them. There's the problem of joining gangs. I got jumped into my gang. But that's one ... find a majority to be full-fledged members. Associate - These youths have the second highest degree of commitment to the gang. Typically, these youths don't initiate the ideas to commit crimes and acts of violence, but easily become embroiled when trouble starts. These youths often like to intimidate those outside the gang, but without life-threating violence. One tactic is simply to surround others and taunt. It is common for 30%-50% of a gang to be made up of these youths. (The Grapevine, Texas case, where the majority of the ...
- 609: Feminism And Gender Equality In The 1990's
- ... national campaign by the National Organization of Women began on 2 March 1984, demanding that the US Justice Department investigate anti-abortion terrorism. On 1 August federal authorities finally agreed to begin to monitor the violence. However, Federal Bureau of Investigation director, William Webster, declared that he saw no evidence of "terrorism." Only on 3 January 1985, in a pro-forma statement, did the President criticize the series of bombings as ... to pass a law." Extremism on the right was no vice, moderation no virtue. Or, as Hitler explained in Mein Kamph, "The very first essential for success is a perpetually constant and regular employment of violence." (See Endnote #4) This mentality continued on through 1989 during the Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (109 S. Ct. 3040 (1989)) case. "The Reagan Administration had urged the Supreme Court to use this case as ... I do not intend to argue that affirmative action is good or bad, but only wish to point out that the current backlash against these programs is heavily rooted in sexism and racism. Often blatant violence or unfair acts against a group of people will cause that group to pull together and empower themselves against their oppressors. The women's movement has made large steps to eliminate many of these ...
- 610: Street Gangs: A Guide To Community Awareness
- ... pipe, "martial arts" weapons, knives, "look alike" pellet guns, and guns. These types of weapons have been seized from youths involved in gangs in this county. HOW GANGS FUNCTION Gangs thrive on intimidation and publicity. Violence is common in gangs and is used to maintain its status. Gangs depend on both individual and group participation. An individual will be pressured by others in the gang to maintain their status. Legitimate groups ... gangs. Graffiti is not just an idle crime and is a great source of gang information. Gang members actively seek violent conflicts. This includes murder, assaults with deadly weapons drive by shootings, and batteries. Gang violence often claims innocent victims. In 1993, almost nine out of every ten victims of gang related violence were non-gang members. These crimes are committed for economic gain or to enhance the gang's reputation. PREVENTION/EDUCATION Awareness is the key to stopping gang activity, many parents are not aware of ...
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