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- 961: Racism
- ... 1963 the civil rights reformation was speed up by Martin Luther King Jr. As the speech, of "I have a dream" was performed in washington, on August 28. By this time discrimination, social issues, and violence, such as the Ku Klux Klan, was already present. We must sadly confront the issue that his dream, hasn´t become a reality yet. Although there are laws meant to end racial discrimination, in what ... rights, education and jobs, we still find it more than present. Martin L. King´s widow, Coretta Scott King, believes "We have made signifgicant progress in reducing social segregation however, …sores of poverty, racism and violence continue…" statistics show that the progress made by Black Americans has come to be rather slow. "The percentage of families receiving income in each range, computed from 1986 dollars, show that since there is more ...
- 962: School Uniforms and Discipline
- ... uniforms have been documented and the results are prominent. Young people these days need to be taught the “we” aspect of society and learn how to contirbute to it positvely. After the outrageaous amount of violence that has been occuring in the United States society should be ready to take immediate action whether or not their children agree. Mandating school uniforms is a way to break the chain of violence and to promote the importance of self-discipline, self-control and above all self respect.
- 963: Ernest Hemingway 4
- Ernest Hemingway was a major American novelist and short story writer whose principal themes were violence, machismo, and the nature of what is called now male bonding. His renowned style for his firmly non-intellectual fiction is characterized by understatement and terse dialogue (Riley 231). Hemingway had a life that included ... none of the stories has a love interest. (Lesniak 70). In conclusion, Hemingway was a major novelist and short story writer of his time. By having the influences, like his father s suicide, painters and violence. His writing approaches were his ways of approaching his identity of discovering himself in the projected metaphors of his experiences (Lesniak 165).
- 964: Racism - The Future
- ... to happen to the world if people don't start realizing what is happening? Will we be plunged into a time where racial tension is everywhere? Will we soon start having racial wars? Will racial violence be a normal every day occurrence? I don't know. No one could know. Unless we start taking action and helping people come to grips with the way they are, we can't combat racism ... to blacks. That’s one of the main reasons racism is very bad across America. Blacks think they are a better race and whites think they are the better race. Therefore, we fight and create violence to justify who is the greater race. Gangs can be associated with this view. In the sense that every gang thinks that they can’t be stopped. And if someone wears the wrong colors on ...
- 965: Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry -
- ... not like Uncle Hammer s hot temper. He tells Cassie, you got yourself a bad temper like your Uncle Hammer. That temper can get you into trouble. Uncle Hammer s way of handling situations, using violence against violence, and his inability to control his temper, would not only affect himself, but could also involve the rest of his family. If Mr. Morrison had not stopped him from going to the Simms , the end ...
- 966: Censorship In Society
- ... that a younger audience can see the movie. Also, some movies are deemed inappropriate and theaters will not play them. Music is heavily censored, because some believe that music is the reason for most teen violence. They have stickers that are labeled ‘Explicit Lyrics’ pasted on them, or the bad word is simply ‘beeped’ out, along with that small portion of the song. It ruins the song. One band, the Insane ... the Rye was banned because of the loner kid that it described. Even the bible has been banned. Some say that censoring inappropriate material, prevents young children from viewing that material. And, that censoring the violence on television and movies, will stop kids from committing violent acts. I don’t believe that what you read, listen, or see will make you commit a violent act. I do believe that most people ...
- 967: The Infinity Mirror
- ... has only one flaw. He believes that what he created should not be destroyed. Whenever this happens, should it be school, work, or fantasy, Tularecito defends his creations with the only thing he can understand, violence. It is not like true, calculated violence, but very much like a motor nerve reaction. He reacts with pure emotion and pain, and eventually he kills. Steinbeck tells an interesting story with Tularecito as a mirror. In fact, all the characters in ...
- 968: Social Criticism In Literature
- ... and, for some of us, overly ambitious. Both these books are similar in that both describe how, even with the best of intentions, our ambitions get the best of us. Both authors also demonstrate that violence and the Machiavellian attitude of "the ends justifying the means" are deplorable. George Orwell wrote Animal Farm, ". . . to discredit the Soviet system by showing its inhumanity and its back-sliding from ideals [he] valued . . ."(Gardner ... as she wants to have Charles Darnay killed, not because he has done something wrong, but because he is related to the Evr monde family, which killed her relative. Though "Dickens seems almost to regard violence as the one way to bring about social change,"(Lucas,288) he then began to denounce the actions taken by some of the revolutionaries. The citizens let their righteous cause turn into vengefulness. Even servants ...
- 969: Indian Affairs
- ... attacked without provocation by a militia commanded by colonel Chivington. Overall the expansion into the West did not advance the quality of the culture. This occurrence was a set back for the culture, it gave violence and intolerance an approval and set roots for hatred and racism. One of the least noble occurrences between 1865 to the 1900 was the Spanish American War and the forceful control of the Philippines. The ... laws that were aimed at prohibiting black vote, and also created legal segregation of the blacks from public facilities such as schools, universities and housing. Along with these harsh and discriminatory laws, came terror and violence in order to reinforce the laws. In 1882 49 blacks were lynched in the South, ten years later there were 161 victims of the white mob. During this period racism and hatred is clearly apparent ...
- 970: Migrant Labour
- ... psychopathic personality(Wilson & Ramphele, 1989). If the very sense of right or wrong is lost by the present and up coming generations of South Africa. South Africa will be headed for a society filled with violence, hate and non respect for human life. Therefor it can clearly be seen that no society built on such values can be a productive one, but a destructive one. Of children become adults it has ... psychopathic personality(Wilson & Ramphele, 1989). If the very sense of right or wrong is lost by the present and up coming generations of South Africa. South Africa will be headed for a society filled with violence, hate and non respect for human life. Therefor it can clearly be seen that no society built on such values can be a productive one, but a destructive one. Of children become adults it has ...
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