...lead to opinions that the female body, especially the black female body, is available for men at their leisure, thus leading to a society tolerant of prostitution and sexual violence against low-income black women. Race is one of the predicting factors of sexual violence. Although 80% of all victims are white, minorities are more likely to be attacked (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, 2008). Since the black female body is hypersexualized, due to negative media images, black women face injustices when trying to pursue justice for an unjust attack on their bodies. Societal male dominance has created an environment where sexual violence is tolerated; this environment combined with the social position of low-income black women in the United States has lead to disproportionate sexual victimization of black women, which is exacerbated by injustices in the United States legal system. The intersection of oppression due to social position, race and gender results in poor black women being extremely vulnerable to sexual violence. Class and societal inequalities are the underlying forces that cause poverty. Greco and Dawgert (2007) state that society tends to dismiss the problems of...
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...Whereas the New Deal was had established the Conservation Corps and the Great Society created the Job Corps the two programs diverged in the people they assisted. Johnson's aims were to more help impoverished Americans and the minority impoverished whereas Roosevelt sought to empower a majority of Americans. The differences also presented was Johnson's social programs unfortunately also created what was regarded as, "entitled liberalism." Unger defines entitled liberalism as, "some groups in society remain victims of social injustice and thus were entitled to the unconditional generosity of the federal government." (Unger. Ch. 3) Because of this mentality, the idea of a, "welfare state" was only pushed greater upon the public's conscience. The New Deal and Great Society both presented many ideal reform ideas that reformed the nation for the...
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...state government. Progressives also were in favor of ballot initiative and the referendum which put constitutional amendments before voters. By taking down political machines who were placed in office, there would now be elected, non-corrupt, representatives that citizens could vote for to be in power. These representatives would actually help the people rather than having the political machines in power that only did what was right for the rich and themselves. During the Progressive era, the people of the country needed those in office who would be beneficial for the growing middle-class, and that would help the impoverished, being mostly the new influx of immigrants who were trying to adjust to their new American life. President Theodore Roosevelt, was the first Progressive Presidents to stand with the working class and do everything in his power to help the impoverished. Roosevelt did a lot to help lead the Progressive movement and improve the political world, freeing it from corruption. Roosevelt developed the “Square Deal” which controlled corporations and gave consumer protection. With this, along with a lot more policies, Roosevelt proved that he was a...
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...discrimination has run rampant throughout, whether it be prejudice against race, gender, or sexual orientation. The four women in the video "Out in the Night" were no exception from the ignorance and intolerance that plagues so many even to this day. This video shows the phobia people have of others with same sex orientation as well as the unfairness people tend to have towards people of different races and backgrounds. The women who were prosecuted in this video showed courage in making a stand against unjust action which unfortunately spreads like wildfire today as well. The video "Out in the Night" began with the seven brave women who pleaded innocent and were in turn 'proved' guilty. These women came from hard communities that were impoverished and troubled by an unbalanced amount of crime. Nevertheless, the video showed how the people in the neighborhood were close knit and many were open or unconcerned with the women's sexual orientations because it didn't seem to make a difference to the part they played in their community. The women in the video decided to go to an event where there would be other LGBT people where they could be themselves and not feel ostracized or out-casted by communities outside of their own. This event led them to going out on the town where there was a man who made a sexual advance towards one of the women. Once she told him to leave them alone and that she was gay, a flip switched and he became a vicious-hyped up version of most people who are unable...
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...In his essay, he gave several examples of how when nations became richer, the people became poorer. The poor had no chance of becoming rich because the odds were stacked against them. The poor were stuck being poor. Porcher assumed that political philosophy favored the rich by urging them to use their advantages. However, this philosophy also urged the poor to use their advantages, which were almost nonexistent. He considered this to be a mockery of the poor. According to Porcher, capitalism caused the conflict between capitalism and labor and therefore, poverty. Laborers had to work for bare means of subsistence because the capitalistic workplaces only had a certain number of jobs. Once this amount was reached, the workers’ pay became less and less. Their hard work was exchanged for little pay. Porcher’s complaints were not new. In Rochester, New York, the greatest rewards went to the masters or businessmen, while the workingmen experienced harsh exploitation. This revealed that it was not just Southerners who experienced the injustice of poverty, but the entire...
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...Freedom History Student Name Tutor Date Since the year 1863, Americans have for a long time defined freedom as a battle that was required to be fought in order for the American ideal and moral justice to be preserved. The struggle for freedom in America was enriched with events that are essential for the shaping of the history of America. On the issue of the struggle for freedom, America has been at war with itself as well as with others. Martin Luther King Junior wrote “letter from Birmingham Jail” at a time he was fighting the battle on freedom in 1963. He wrote this letter as a response to some of his critics. He also noticed that there were injustices in America against the population composed of African Americans (Foner, 2005) Anne Moody reveals how impoverished her life was as an African American due to injustices brought about due to lack of freedom. She would take beans for dinner and survived on only one shoe. All of this was due to the fact that her mother never had a decent job. Her last words in her context of coming to age, “I wonder. I really wonder” clearly portray the war on freedom she was going through. America faced a lot of problems during period such as, voting rights, political participation, freedom of expression, and inflation of goods. Many of these problems resulted in rioting and also boycotting of goods. Freedom of political participation was hindered, in that, one had to qualify in terms of property to be declared legible to vote (Foner,...
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...term bad can be defined as having profit-loss, disadvantages or destructive consequences. Therefore, globalization is bad for business in that it depletes the environments natural resources, has led to labor exploitation, and job loss in developed countries. (1, Premise) Globalization has caused the individual to desire more additionally on an unparalleled, unwholesome and unmanageable scale, in such an overabundant amount that we are deteriorating natural resources to the point of not being able to recuperate from it. (1, Conclusion) Globalization takes away from the environments natural resources depleting the ozone layer through the likes of carbon monoxide production in factories and contributions to other pollutants in air and waterways globally. (Huwart, J.Y, Loic,V. 2013) (2, Premise) Another disadvantage of globalizing a business is that although we can outsource products to other countries to make often times these products are being made by people that are under aged, impoverished, and or societies tossed aside individuals leading to labor exploitation. (2, Conclusion) Globalization will not benefit anyone other than the richer Transnational Corporations those in the lower and underdeveloped countries are providing cheap...
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...Seattle, Washington for the World Trade Organization conference that was being held there. They were there to protest corporate globalization and better inform the world of the WTO and what it meant for earth as a whole. But as history shows, they were attacked with tear gas, pepper sprayed, shot with rubber bullets, and beaten. The movie, "Real Battle in Seattle", varied from what actually happened on November 30, 1999 even though its purpose was to accurately portray these events. Between the Hollywood version and the actual version a couple of things stick out. One of the main characters, Jay, was a key player in the organizing of this protest but it doesn't seem that he does it fully because of a belief against the WTO. It seems as if he does it out of revenge for his brother who was killed in the movie by some police at a different protest. This comes off to me as a viewer as if he's doing it partly out of hatred towards the police/government rather than because of an underlying belief that corporate globalization is wrong. Also, Django who was an activist portrayed in the movie, seemed more focused on the WTO's ruling against the Endangered Species Act which left sea turtles at harm towards the international fishing industry then he was towards the more major points at hand such as the injustices at companies such as Monsanto and Cargill and also towards patents that prevent third world countries from being able to obtain medicines and food necessary for survival. The other...
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...Introduction In the United States our minority youth are targets of the cradle to prison/school to prison pipeline. This is one of the many challenges and stigmas that minority youth are encountered with on a daily basis. In a racially stratified society, there are certain ideas, racial stereotypes and norms that affect our meaning making and decision-making. These biases are roots in our subconscious behaviors, our implicit reactions to individuals based upon latent, involuntary preconceptions (Morris, 2012). Schools have low expectations for low income students and students of color (Fiester, 2010). Minority youth predominately live in impoverished neighborhoods and attend underprivileged schools. Unless, their families are college educated; many minorities face generational poverty. Generational poverty is defined as a family having lived in poverty for at least two generations. Children who face generational poverty lack adequate resources such as: food, clothing, shelter, transportation, higher education, and adequate funds....
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...which a group of impoverished somewhere in the vicinity of 600 individuals most of whom were African American were used without knowledge as case studies to figure out the disease process of syphilis. The experiment began in 1932 in with initial details for it to last only 6 to 9 months, but the study ended up lasting close to 40 years. The study took place in Macon County, Alabama where people were promised free food, health care benefits, and free burial expenses for being a part of a bad blood experiment. The study itself was all wrong considering that the subjects had no idea what they were taken part in and that they were never treated for the disease. The sole reason for the study was to see each participant die in order to study the process of the disease. None of the participants signed informed consents to the study because to their knowledge they never even had a disease. It is just an outrage for professionals for whom we depend so heavily upon to intentionally deceive the people for the sake of gaining knowledge for themselves. To add insult to injury, in 1947, penicillin was widely known as the cure for syphilis and the subjects were not given the treatment or even told that such a treatment ever existed. The study also affected wives and children of the persons involved. They even went to the extreme of not allowing the subjects to attend health fairs and seminars that came to the county in order for them to continue their research. Due to this injustice, two organizations...
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...or None at All "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere," a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. before he was assassinated in 1968. There has been a trending epidemic on white on black crime beginning from the Emmett Til case in 1955 and stretching to the Mike Brown case of 2014. It seems white men have taken the law into their own hands and have not been prosecuted to the fullest extent. Some are even saying we are living in a new Jim Crow era. Majority of white men want to continue to control African Americans, they don’t see any value in us and they fear equality in all aspects. There are three propositions that can be used in order to gain justice for the way white men treat Africans Americans. Those three include becoming more educated, unifying and fighting back in order to decrease the violence and become contributing members of society. Education is the key to success and respect in America's society. High schools across the country strive for high graduation rates along with a high percentage of their students to pursue higher education. Looking at recent years, dropout rates have increased significantly in African American communities. Our parents and grandparents fought for our rights to education, beginning with the Brown vs. The Board of Education case in 1954. Before this African Americans weren't allowed the same education as white people. African Americans are one of the highest minority groups in America that are impoverished. It is imperative...
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...ethnic group that has suffered at the hands of the media is the Latino community. The media has become a numbers game, driven by ratings and demographics, seeking to provide information of a shock value-centered subject matter, which will draw more viewers. Latinos have generally been negatively stereotyped in the media as poor, uneducated, lazy, and violent. Another popular representation of Latinos is that they have poor language skills, and that they are gang members, teen mothers, illegal immigrants, drug dealers and traffickers, and common criminals. When it comes to stereotyping Latinos, the media tends to translate everything negatively. Comfortable sexuality is labeled as prostitution; having a lot of kids is associated with being impoverished and acting assertive is viewed as ‘macho’. I would say, however, that without a doubt, the most overwhelming Latino representation in the media deals with immigration. With states such as Arizona and Georgia establishing immigration laws and Latino Profiling Laws (specifically in Arizona), there has been a dramatic increase in anti-Latino activity and hate crimes as well as a growth in white supremacist hate groups. The internet is bombarded with images of White males holding picket signs and banners that...
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...Thesis: In her novel, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Skloot uses events from the lives of the Lacks family and examples of medical treatment from the time, to construct and defend the argument that minorities and members of lower socioeconomic statuses receive worse medical treatment than upper and middle class non-minorities and are subjected to exploitation. Topic Sentence 01: Many medical professionals at the time, had negative attitudes towards non white, uneducated or impoverished peoples. Evidence: “But Carrel wasn’t interested in immortality for the masses. He was a eugenicist: organ transplantation and life extension were ways to preserve what he saw as the superior white race…”(Skloot 59). Commentary: Carrel, a nobel prize...
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...by enemies or turned into a battlefield. Homes were burned, animals killed or lost, crops destroyed, the plebeians were left without the basic necessities for life. They fought for their country while their country neglected their needs (Morey, 1901). The plebeians were typically poorer than their patrician counterparts, but the war had left them in absolute poverty. The society then trapped plebeians by allowing them to borrow money from wealthy patricians. This created a new socioeconomic standing, the debtor class. When borrowers could not pay back their debts, they were arrested and thrown into slavery, working for their creditors (Morey, 1901). The patricians had created a vicious cycle of financial and physical slavery for the impoverished...
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...political change Michelle Clark WGU Themes in U.S. and World History GKE August 1, 2013 Leaders for social and political change Over the course of history, there have been many battle stories, both political and social of how nations have become what we know today. Among these stories are those of social injustices, hatred, and racism, as well as personal and political struggles. From the many injustices our predecessors have overcome, leaders have emerged. Individuals who will forever be revered by millions and will hopefully continue to inspire our youth. Nelson Mandela and Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. are two leaders that have greatly impacted not only their country, but the world. Both of these leaders had a significant impact on the people of their cause, both in a political aspect as well as for social change. In 1948, The White Nationalist Party empowered South Africa, instituting apartheid in an attempt to ensure white domination, control over the economy and its social systems. There were three racial categories for South Africa; Whites, Colored (mostly Indians or Asians, or multiracial), and Blacks (African decent). Non-white people were impoverished, humiliated, and oppressed. Black people were required to live in rural areas and carry a passbook containing their fingerprints, photo and information on access to non-black areas. If they were caught without a passbook, severe penalties ensued. On March 21, 1960, a group marched into Sharpeville in a peaceful...
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