...The article, “Reparations for Slavery?” it’s about the history and the meaning of reparation and how it will affect America with African Americans. The author of this article has three separate parts of the reparations, the idea that comes from it, explaining about the Conyers bill, and the positives and negatives of reparations. For the idea that comes from it, the article explains that it started before the civil war where a General ordered 40 acres of land and a mule for each family that were slaves, however it was rejected twice. There were several other reparations over time, with one the author points out mostly; and that was the second part of the article, Conyers bill. It was in November 1989, where a representative of state named Conyers have created his bill and according to the article the bill’s purpose is, “to acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slaver in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a Commission to examine that institution slavery, subsequent de jure and de facto and economic discrimination against African-Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African-Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes” (Costly)....
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...understanding of the system. Among Americans who have an understanding of the Electoral College system there is often debate as to whether or not America should still use the system that dates back to our founding fathers. These debates unearth topics such as how the Electoral College is the best compromise for our country, or how the system is outdated and was only created so the founding fathers could perpetuate slavery. Although the Electoral College is not a perfect system, it should not be abolished. What is the Electoral College? “The Electoral College...
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...According to the article of "12 Important Pros and Cons of Free Trade", the author had said that some manufacturers and employers are encouraged to hire foreign workers for reduce labor costs and relocate factories and plants to other countries as well as some workers are forced not to join labor unions and receive lower wages due to the threat of losing their jobs (Garage). Besides workers were threat by not letting them to join the Unions, workers may also be treated like slavery; as the author, Mr. Green, had said, “Workers live in desolate places to work and paid low wages. Opponents of free trade argue that free trade has led workers from poorer countries to work long hours and forced to live in shanties without electricity even, just so they can work and send money back to their families” (Garage). In additional, women and kid may also like slavery in unusual places in the U.S. and in other countries. as according to Mr. Kimberly, the author of “Free Trade Agreements Pros and Cons: Six Advantages and Seven Disadvantages and Their Possible Solutions”, had said, “women and children are often subjected to grueling factory jobs in sub-standard conditions”...
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...purpose being to equalize the education and economic gap between minorities and whites. Although it is not a perfect method to achieving equality in this country, it is essential to accept it for why it’s been put into place and that it is all part of a process. Of course affirmative action is far from perfect and has a fair deal of problems, like promoting reverse discrimination while backing up negative stereotypes. I researched all of these aspects while pondering the question “is affirmative action still needed in today’s society?” In this paper I will be explaining what affirmative action is.The history behind affirmative action like how it all unfolded, who made it, and the history as to why it is in effect now. I will also list some pros and cons of affirmative action, how the United States could better affirmative action for the future and finally a conclusion, which is my opinion on the topic. But what exactly is affirmative action? Born of the civil rights movement three decades ago, affirmative action calls for minorities and women to be given special consideration in employment and education acceptance decisions. Universities with affirmative action policies generally set goals to increase diversity. Affirmative action decisions are generally not supposed to be based on quotas, nor are they supposed to give any preference to unqualified candidates. And by no means is affirmative action supposed to harm anyone through "reverse discrimination." The purpose was to create...
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...state or federal prison. There are pros and cons pertaining to this particular subject. Comparing the pros and cons of whether felons should be allowed to vote will challenge facts and the opinions of others. Being able to vote is a right not a privilege. The right to vote in America is a key element of what...
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...Being president requires having consideration and the ability to think rational with the ability to put personal feelings aside when determining what’s actually best for our country. Instead of opposing Reconstruction I personally would have thought out the situation pros and cons and then if the pros outweighed the cons as president and reconsidered my approach especially if it’s going to be better for my country. Andrew Johnson’s lack of political skills estranged him from Congress, and his arrogance lost him the public's support. As president, he probably contributed to the national strife that followed the Civil War, and lost the opportunity to champion the rights of the...
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...3.) Describe the current distribution of power within the United States with regards to civil rights and race. What are the pros and cons of this distribution? Secondly, describe other social events from United States history that show a shift or change in the distribution of economic and/or political power during American history. Introduction Firstly, I will describe the current distribution of power in the United States. I will then weigh the pros and cons of the current distribution. After that, I will describe several events which shifted the power distribution. I will first describe events that disadvantaged black people. I will then talk about events that gave black people more power. Lastly, I will talk about events that shifted power to or away from other minorities besides black people. Current Distribution of Power The current distribution of power within the United States is that white people still have the most power and privilege, although the government has not been as blatantly racist as it has been in the past. The reason that white people have the most power is because in general, they have more money than minorities. In a capitalist society like the United States, whoever has the most money has the most power. White people have benefited...
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...1. Definition: The word “prostitution” can also be used metaphorically to mean debasing oneself or working towards an unworthy cause or “selling out” In this sense, “prostituting oneself” or “whoring oneself” the services or acts performed are typically not sexual. A person who works in this field is called a prostitute, and is a kind of sex worker. Prostitution is one of the branches of the sex industry. A person who works in this field is called a prostitute, and is a kind of sex worker. Prostitution is one of the branches of the sex industry. The legal status of prostitution varies from country to country, from being permissible but unregulated, to an enforced or unenforced crime or to a regulated profession. Prostitution is sometimes also referred to as “the world’s oldest profession”. Estimates place the annual revenue generated by prostitution worldwide to be over $100 billion. Both women and boys engaged in prostitution. Female prostitutes could be independent and sometimes influential women. They were required to wear distinctive dresses and had to pay taxes. 2. Origin: In ancient days, prostitutes were often foreign slaves, captured, purchased, or raised for that purpose, sometimes by large-scale “prostitute farmers” who took abandoned children. Indeed, abandoned children were almost always raised as prostitutes. In the early 17th century, there was widespread male and female prostitution throughout the cities of Kyoto, Edo, and Osaka, Japan. To entertain their...
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...A quote from The Philosophies and Opinions of Marcus Garvey: Africa for the Africans states “The world ought to know that it could not keep 400,000,000 Negroes down forever."Even with all trials and tribulations African American ancestors went through one well-known phrase is “Forty Acres and a Mule”. The thought of repayment for the injustice of slavery has been around for many years. This thought of reparations is a controversy topic in existence in political discussions, school systems, and newspapers. The ideas of reparations for slavery have different perspective from a white and black point of views. According to: Reparations: Pro & Con which states “As table 1.1 shows, whites overwhelmingly oppose reparations payments, and a majority of blacks support them”( Brophy 4). People believe that the reparation for slavery was Forty Acres and a Mule, which was supposed to given to each former slave family. However, it was never given to any of them. Will it ever be given? Was this concept used to pacify the cries for justice? The Reconstruction era of slavery begin when the slaves were being abolition of slavery and the final ends of the Civil War. The blacks were in need of economics independence . The need for money forced the former slaves to work for the white landowners to make a living. William T. Shermanwas a West Point graduate. He soon volunteered his services for the American Civil War when it first arose. While the Civil War was going on, he later became...
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...further hardening of attitudes toward slavery, both pro and con. Even in the early period of the American republic the lines of contentious slavery discourse had been drawn, with slavery-friendly grand juries accusing foes of slavery such as the Quakers of "agitating" unrest in the slaves and the Quakers responding "that it was not their pronouncements but the slave system itself that caused Negro unrest. The basis for opposition to slavery came from certain religious quarters, and it was articulated in religious terms. Meanwhile, in this context, there was the maturing figure of Nat Turner, referred to as the "smart nigger" of Southampton, Virginia. His personality appears to have been distinctive in various ways. As Oates explains, Turner was "generally regarded him with mixture of disdain, curiosity, indulgence, humor, and even a little respect. They let him have a last name. That is important because slaves either had no last name or were given the surname of their masters. Unlike many slaves, he was able to read. In his powerless situation and in a society that valorized Christianity and Christian texts in general, his reading preferences tended toward religion. Equally, they tended toward the apocalyptic; that appears to have been a function of the desperation of Turner's situation as a slave. The whole matter was aggravated by two events--one institutional and one natural and local in Southampton. By 1831, public discourse of slavery and antagonistic North-South debate...
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...imperialism evokes a negative emotion and idea. It is looked down upon as an old fashioned, cruel way of life. However, like everything in life, it has its pros and cons. To be able to make a definite decision, we first need to understand fully what imperialism is. Countries that endorse imperialism feel the desire to compete with other countries in order to gain tycoon, boost national pride and expand territories to spread science, laws, and religion. An important benefit of imperialism is the development of modern technologies, like steam-powered ships to aid in the expansion of European empires. Due to imperialism, exploration was in the minds of people. Their motive was to explore unidentified territory in order to perform scientific...
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...Throughout history slavery has been put in the spotlight. Whether it be positive or negative, slavery was at the forefront of an economy President Abraham Lincoln, in his second inaugural address said this, “One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the sourthern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war.” Was the civil war really about the freedom of slavery? Or was there an underlying reason for the Civil War? Before the Civil War began, we see the life of one young African American slave, Celia, a fourteen year old girl. Celia was bought by a man named Robert Newsom who had the mindset to make her his mistress, when he initially bought her. Throughout Celia’s life on the plantation, she was sexually abused, and gave birth to three children. George a slave himself, convinced Celia to confront Newsom about his abuse towards her. Since Celia was in love with George, she agreed. When Newsom came to her cabin intent on having sex with her, she resisted his advances, and has he counted to advance towards her, Celia began striking Newsom across the head until he was done. To help cover up her crime, she burned him in her fireplace, and had Newsom’s grandson to get rid of his ashes. When his daughter’s discovered he was missing they sent a search team to look for him, finally Newsoms neighbor figured out that Celia...
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...This meeting was intended for Jefferson to discuss about plans pertaining to the new government with James Monroe and the site of the capital. Monroe stopped Hamilton and his actions with the government already. This incident damages the relationship between the two. Another situation is that these men already had their own set ideologies and acts to pass within the government. While Hamilton did have allies, he and Jefferson founded their own group in secret. This was named as the Compromise of 1790. Chapter 3 was based on the topic of slavery. Thomas Scott and James Jackson supported slavery at the time. Slavery was discussed with its pros and cons such as the economic yield from it, but the morality against it. To remove all the negative emotion with this topic, the men agreed to make Congress not have the ability to remove slavery. Benjamin Franklin opposed this but had his hands tied because he feared of the southern states’ secession due to...
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...British o French and the Spanish also potential threats o Native Indian tribes also potential threat • States are left largely on their own (13 separate states, no unity) D) Shay’s Rebellion 4 Key debates 1. Representation of the states (large population vs. small population) o States might be equal but not for individuals o Creates a Bicameral Legislation (2 houses) 1. Senate 2. House of reps (representation based on population) which is known as “the great compromise” o Defensive compromise; better at not getting stuff done than getting stuff done. 2. Slavery (north vs. south) • In the constitution, Slavery is OK • Importation of slaves is allowed for at least 20 years (1808) • Slaves counted as 3/5 of a person for state population – representation bonus for the south • Slaves counted as 3/5 of a person for state population – for taxes • Return of escaped slaves *South wins on the issue of slavery 3. Chief Executive (single vs. multiple)...
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...the US would be forever separate. Slavery was ended because of the 13th amendment which stated that neither slavery and involuntary work could be accepted as a punishment for crime. (THEATLANTIC.COM) This whole thing was trying to get the south back on their feet even though there had been many damaged areas due to this war. There was many problems with this reconstruction such as the freeing slaves act. Many people didn't want to lose their slaves and this really “crippled the plantation.” This act gave over 4 million slaves their freedoms, at the end of 1865 is when the reconstruction started. Federal legislation took aim toward the klan in 1871 and blacks suffered other political rights. In 1874 economic depression plunged through the south into poverty of the Democratic party. “In 1875 Grant refused to send federal troops, making the end of the federal support for the reconstruction era state government in the south.” (USHISTOR.ORG) The civil war was fought from 1861 to 1865. “The confederacy known as the south was consisted of 11 states, the south really were the ones that destroyed the name of african americans.” They are the reason everyone thought and some still think today that they are separate from white people. If we never had slavery you never know black people and white people may never had been considered different we all might of been thought of as the same and never had any race issues with the world. Slavery was the biggest reason about reconstruction...
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