...Bethany L. Coderre Theater-3 Ms. Kewley Hate Crimes After reading “The Laramie Project” your left with so many questions, ideas and emotions. The play is a series of interviews (reenacted exactly as they happened) to give the audience facts and true statements so that they can form there own opinion. The play takes place in Laramie Wyoming, after the “hate crime” that left 21 year old Matthew Shepard fighting for his life that ended soon after all because the fact that he was gay. Hate is a feeling and hate crime is acting on that hatred, but what exactly is a “hate crime”? What makes it so different from any other crime? Isn't all crime hate crime? “People would like to think that what happened to Matthew was an exception to the rule, but it was an extreme version of what happens in our schools on a daily basis.” (Laramie Project,47) This quote shows how people are going through hate on a daily basis and it sucks that the only way to get peoples attention was for something as tragic as Matthew Shepard story. The term ghate crimeh was given the name in the 1980's by journalists that were trying to describe a number of incidents directed towards Jews, Asians and African Americans. The federal Beureo of investigations defines hate crime as ga criminal offense committed against a person, property, or society that is motivated, in whole or in part, by the offender's bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity/national...
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...Although we may think blindness is something we’ve never encountered if you really analyze a situation any situation you will discover blindness. I can’t believe how blind women were in Vagina monologue and in The Laramie Project both disturbed me because I know people who could relate to both topics. Both are very close friend of mine. Starting off with Vagina Monologue the story that affected me the most was the situation with the girl who couldn’t speak English so she couldn’t tell her parents what actually happened so they assumed and treated her like she was washed up and a disgrace. She did nothing wrong and they were very wrong to assume without having and kind of communication with her. Not even to ask if she was okay being that they did think she was sexually abused. My friends Mom accused her of having sexual relations with her boyfriend which was totally gross!!! She didn’t want to hear her daughters side of the story so she just ------ her out. There was absolutely no communication going on what so ever and assumptions could go so far as to destroying something that means so much to you for no reason. Another part of the Vagina Monologue that made me think of a friend was when the girl was disgusted with her vagina!!!! She thought it was gross and she didn’t even want it… It reminded me of a girl I know who is gay, she hates her private part. She hates to acknowledge it and doesn’t even like to clean herself. She’s cried to me numerous times about...
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...THE LARAMIE PROJECT On Thursday February 24 the students of went to watch 'The Laramie Project', which was located in in the Jetpack. Laramie is about a small town, a gay college student; Matthew Sheppard, who was found tied to a fence after being brutally beaten and left there to die. The play talks about the death of Matthew, the parents, and the trial. The students of Victoria Park said " the play was very touching and the acting of the play was astonishing". The play was well done, the lighting, sound effects, acting, and costumes was spectacular. But, the play could've been even better by making the setting more clear. The students remarked " we couldn't understand the beginning very well. Until it got to the middle of the play it was clear to us." There was one scene in the play that caught everyone's attention. It was when Matthew Sheppard's killers Aaron James McKinney and Russel Arthur Henderson were explaining how they killed Matthew. Matthew Sheppard was in a bar and he got drunk. He asked Aaron and Russel for a ride, they gave him one. In the car Matthew was talking to Aaron and was going up his leg, that's when Aaron got mad at beat him brutally. They both tied Matthew against a fence and beat him even more, they left him there to die. The acting that was done for Aaron James McKinney was done very well. It was like the actress was actually Aaron because it sounded and looked so real. The vocal clarity was excellent, the actress was talking so clear and loud...
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... We tend to not speak our minds on a position unless we feel that it can make an impact on what others are thinking at the time. When a crime is committed such as in the Laramie Project it creates an opportune moment for people to discuss and bring to light their personal and cultural philosophies because it finally gives them a legitimate reason to do so. The beating and eventual death of Matthew Shepard could have gone unnoticed by the entire nation and just been a state wide issue had it not been for the fact that Matthew was gay. His being gay garnered national attention for the simple fact that he was gay. Laramie was known for it’s larger than average gay population, and that it didn’t bother most people. In the words of Marge Murray, “As far as the gay issue, I don’t give a damn one way or the other as long as they don’t bother me. And even if they did, I’d just say no thank you. And that’s the attitude of most of the Laramie population.” (Kaufman). So as you see most of the population in Laramie did not have too much concern with the gay population as long as they kept to themselves and weren’t coming onto people they shouldn’t. When people found out that the person who had been brutally beaten, was gay word spread fast and before the town knew it the whole nation was watching Laramie Wyoming. “Had this been a heterosexual these two boys decided to take out and rob, this never would have made the national news. Now my son is guilty before he’s even had a...
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...Cynthia Zamora TA 5 Amy Resnick September 18, 2014 Matthew Shepard Matthew Shepard was a young man who died at the age of twenty-one years of age. He was beaten and left to die tied up to a fence near Laramie, Wyoming on the night of October 6, 1998. These actions occurred for the reason that he was a homosexual. Six days after his attack Matthew Shepard died, October 12, 1998. Shepard was a student at the University of Wyoming. He had chosen to attend that school because that was the school his father had attended and wanted to make him happy since his dad was not okay with him being gay. Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson met with Matthew Shepard at the Fireside Lounge in Laramie, Wyoming on the night of October 6, 1998. Later on that night, McKinney and Henderson offered to give Shepard a ride home. However, instead of taking him home they took him to a rural area where he was robbed, but also beaten harshly. He was then left tied to a fence where he was left to die. Shepard was found shortly after by a cyclist but died six days after the incident. McKinney and Henderson were arrested shortly after the incident. They later testified saying that they had beaten Shepard simply just because he was gay. Today, Henderson is currently serving two consecutive life sentences and McKinney is serving the same but without the possibility of parole. Mathew Shepard's death has inspired several works such as films and plays. His death continues to be memorable and...
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...The play, The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman, uses long, uninterrupted monologues to show a character's full views about the murder of Matthew Shepard, and homosexuality in general. Juxtaposition is often used within a monologue to show the discrepancies that some people in the town feel about the Matthew Shepard incident. An example would be, “Moment: One of Ours.” In the previous moment, Harry Woods, and Matt Galloway give emotional interviews about all the support people had shown for Matt at the homecoming parade. However, this is all juxtaposed by Sherry Johnson’s monologue in the next moment, where she goes on to say, “A lot of it is my feeling that the media is portraying Matthew Shepard as a saint, and making kim a martyr. And I don’t think he was.” She then misinterprets facts about Matthew to justify her feelings about him. “It’s scary. You know about his character and spreading AIDS and a few other things, you know, being the kind of person that he was. He was, he was just...
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...Matthew Shepard’s Story movie was so horrifying. To think that human beings could do such an awful and hurtful thing to a fellow person just because they are different is scary. Occurrences like these happen everyday to all sorts of people. Matthew was hated against just because he was open about his sexual preference. He was tied to a tree, beaten, and was left in the freezing weather, begging for his life. Knowing that this just happened 10 years ago is a frightening thought. After so many years of learning how to be equal with other races and religions it's an awful thought that we still see people as different and it still scares us. What happen to Matthew was unfair. Everyone should treat each other equal. America is supposed to be the...
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...The struggle over the Dakota Access Pipeline reflects the indigenous struggles for sovereignty and survival in the history of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. Notably, these people were initially highly decentralized. The Fort Laramie treaty in 1868 reduced the tribe’s land to the state line of South Dakota in the west and the east of Missouri River. The tribe considers the Black Hills a sacred land, which is located in the middle of their territory. Five years after the treaty, gold was discovered in the Black Hills, and the government wished to exploit it ("History"). Therefore, the tribe was negotiated into renting or selling their lands. However, Sitting Bull, their spiritual leader, declined the offers. It led to a series of negotiations...
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...CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND As presented, this chapter discusses the problem and its background. This will help the reader to have an overview of the study specifically on the introduction, statement of the problem, significance of the study, and scope and delimitation. I. INTRODUCTION Teenage pregnancy is formally defined as a pregnancy in a young woman who has not reached her 20th birthday when the pregnancy ends, regardless of whether the woman is married or is legally an adult (age 14 to 21, depending on the country). In everyday speech, the speaker is usually referring to unmarried minors who become pregnant unintentionally. The average age of menarche (first menstrual period) is 12 years old, though this figure varies by ethnicity, and ovulation occurs only irregularly before this. Whether fertility leads to early pregnancy depends on a number of factors, both societal and personal. Worldwide, rates of teenage pregnancy range from 143 per 1000 in some sub-Saharan African countries to 2.9 per 1000 in South Korea. Pregnant teenagers face many of the same obstetrics issues as women in their 20s and 30s. However, there are additional medical concerns for younger mothers, particularly those under fifteen and those living in developing countries. For mothers between 15 and 19, age in itself is not a risk factor, but additional risks may be associated with socioeconomic factors. In developed countries, teenage pregnancies are associated with many social...
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...students, 1 teacher and injured 23 others before shooting themselves. While their motives behind doing so can not be ascertained, one possible contributing element which did surface was the influence of violent video games. At the risk of oversimplifying what is possibly a complex psychological mindfield, Harris and Klebold did enjoy playing a game called Doom, which is licensed by the American military for the purpose of training soldiers to kill effectively. Harris had customized his own version of this game and put it up on his website, which was later tracked by The Simon Wisenthal Center. This version of the game had two shooters with an unlimited supply of weapons and ammunition, and their targets lacked the ability to retaliate. A class project required them to make a video of themselves similar to the game, and in it, they dressed in trench coats, armed with weapons, and conduct the massacre of school athletes. Less than one year had gone by when Harris and Klebold played their videotape out, in real life, and became the protagonists of the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history (Anderson & Dill 772). There is nothing new about the presence of violence in our tools of entertainment. Whether they were ancient Greek dramas, theatre in the Elizabethan era or the modern electronic dramas of today, a healthy dose of violence was never missing. In Macbeth for instance, Shakespeare showed Macbeth’s head being brought on stage at the end of the play. The Great Train Robbery...
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...Men who have sex with Men has caused much concern among black community leaders, the general population, and not to mention HIV/AIDS researchers. There are questions which are not being addressed regarding communication patterns of stigmatized groups specifically the “Down Low” group. Why is there little research about the “Down Low”, when there is more than half AAMSM in this world? This paper will explain why so many African American men are on the “Down Low,” why there is a lack of communication when it comes to speaking about the “Down Low. This paper will also help Human Service workers learn how to help AAMSM and their families. “Down Low”: Homosexuals in the African American Community A Review of the Literature Today, while there are men who are openly gay, it seems that the majority of those having sex with men still lead secret lives, products of a black culture that deems masculinity and fatherhood as a black man's primary responsibility (Roscoe, 2008). The “Down Low” culture has grown in recent years out of the shadows and developed its own contemporary institutions for those who know where to look for example web sites, chat rooms, private parties and special nights at clubs (Roscoe, 2008). Dr. Molefi Kete Asante, of Temple University, states, “Homosexuality is a deviation from Afrocentric thought because it makes the person evaluate his own physical needs above the teachings of national consciousness.” Before one can...
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...Hate Crimes in American Society in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries Sample Student Research Paper Project of Sociology Table of Contents I. Thesis Statement…………………………………………….………….....Page 4 II. Introduction and Summary………………………………….………….....Page 4 III. Literature Review………………………………………………………....Page 6 IV. Methods………………………………………………………….......….. Page 16 V. Socio-Historical Analysis………………………………………………. .Page 18 A. 20th Century 1. Lynching 2. Ku Klux Klan 3. Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots 4. Matthew Shepard B. 21st Century 1. Post 9/11 2. Jena Six VI. Cause and Effect Analysis…………………………………………… ....Page 24 A. Causes 1. Prejudice a. Stereotypes b. Scapegoats c. Presence of Hate in American Culture d. Need for Status and Power 2. Reasons for Crime a. Sending a Message b. Thrill Seeking c. Defensive B. Effects 1. Psychological Trauma 2. Undo Social Progress 3. Community Unrest 4. Threat of Retaliation VII. Descriptive Analysis……………………………………………….........Page 30 A. Description of Victims 1. Bias against a Particular Race 2. Bias against a Particular Religion 3. Bias against a Particular Sexual Orientation 4. Bias against a Particular Ethnicity/National Origin 5. Bias against a Disability B. Description of Offenses and Offenders This must be your new section? VIII. Comparative Analysis…………………………………………………. Page 36 A. United States Justice Department Definition of Hate Crime B. International Justice...
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...Milkovich−Newman: Compensation, Eighth Edition II. External Competitiveness: Determining the Pay Level 7. Defining Competitiveness © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2004 Chapter Seven Defining Competitiveness Chapter Outline Compensation Strategy: External Competitiveness Control Costs Attract and Retain Employees What Shapes External Competitiveness? Labor Market Factors How Labor Markets Work Labor Demand Marginal Product Marginal Revenue Labor Supply Modifications to the Demand Side Compensating Differentials Efficiency Wage Signaling Modifications to the Supply Side Reservation Wage Human Capital Product Market Factors and Ability to Pay A Dose of Reality: What Managers Say More Reality: Splintering Supply of Labor Organization Factors Industry Employer Size People’s Preferences Organization Strategy Relevant Markets Defining the Relevant Market Competitive Pay Policy Alternatives Pay with Competition (Match) Lead Policy Lag Policy Flexible Policies Pitfalls of Pies Consequences of Pay-Level and Mix Decisions Efficiency Fairness Compliance Your Turn: Sled Dog Software Your Turn: Managing a Low-Wage, Low-Skill Work Force January is always a good month for travel agents in Ithaca, New York. In addition to the permanent population eager to flee Ithaca’s leaden skies (our computer has a screen saver whose color is titled “Ithaca”; it consists of 256 shades of gray), graduating students from Ithaca’s two colleges are traveling to job interviews with employers across the country—...
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...be a world class gas and utilities company, we will continue to see beyond the expected as we transform new opportunities into invigorating growth. ANNUAL REPORT 2 011 LNG Regasification Facilities Project PGB will own and operate the country’s first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Regasification facility which will become commercially operational in 2012. The facilities, strategically located on one of the world’s busiest shipping lane – the Straits of Malacca, will be a key gateway for reinforcing the nation’s energy requirements via regasifying LNG brought in from readily available sources worldwide. Once converted to gas form, the molecules will then be flowed into PGB’s existing Peninsular Gas Utilisation (PGU) pipeline to meet various energy demands. 1 a nnual report 2011 Our Vision, Mission and Shared Values 2 Milestones in the Making 4 Five-Year Financial Highlights 6 Corporate Information 8 Contents Our Operations 10 Our Presence 12 Organisational and Corporate Structure 14 Corporate and Management Directory 15 Board of Directors 16 Performance Review 36 Directors’ Profiles 18 Q&A Q&A with the Chairman 38 Management Committee 26 CEO’s Business Review 48 Management Committee’s Profiles 28 Financial Review 64 Statement of Value Added 70 Performance of Shares 71 Financial Calendar 71 PGB People 72 LNG Regasification Facilities 74 PGB in the News 76 Awards and Achievements 77 Corporate Responsibilities 78 Sustainability...
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...Journal of Business Research 63 (2010) 559–569 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Business Research Marketing to subsistence consumers: Lessons from practice Kelly L. Weidner a,⁎, José Antonio Rosa b, Madhu Viswanathan c a b c University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Managerial Studies, 601 S. Morgan Street (MC 243), Chicago, IL 60607, United States University of Wyoming, Department of Management and Marketing, Dept. 3275, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071, United States University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 61 Wohlers Hall, 1206 South Sixth Street, Champaign, IL 61820, United States article info Article history: Accepted 1 February 2009 Keywords: Subsistence marketplaces Subsistence consumers Bottom of the pyramid abstract Over 4 billion people live in what is commonly referred to as the “bottom of the pyramid” or as subsistence marketplaces. These individuals and families live in substandard housing, with limited or no access to sanitation, potable water, and health care, have low levels of literacy, and earn very low incomes. Scholars and practitioners alike suggest that the problems existing in subsistence marketplaces demand the attention and involvement of responsible businesses and that doing business with consumers in such marketplaces can be both socially responsible and profitable. This research explores the strategies and tactics currently being used across commercial and social enterprises...
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