...Racial Profiling and Male African Americans Racial Profiling and Male African Americans INTRODUCTION Imagine driving to the store on a cold winter day, dressed in a hoodie to keep warm. You simply pull into the parking lot in hopes of getting something nice for your daughter for the holidays. Driving the posted speed limit, you pull slowly into a parking space in the back of the store. All of a sudden, a car pulls up behind you, blocking you in. You look in your rearview mirror only to find the community crime watch officer staring you down. The officer immediately treats you like a suspect, smothering you with questions concerning what you’re doing, where you’re going; yet never really had any reasoning behind the questions. After an aggravating experience, they send you on your way. Now imagine you are black and the officer is white. You have probably just experienced racial profiling. WHAT IS RACIAL PROFILING? One of the most important civil rights facing our nation today is racial profiling. The main source of those accused of racial profiling are police officers. In the eyes of citizens, racial profiling by a police officer can be defined as “any police-initiated action that relies on the race, ethnicity or national origin rather than behavior of an individual or information that leads the police to a particular individual who has been identified as being, or having been, engaged in criminal activity” (Ramirez, 2000). For instance, concerning traffic stops...
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...June 28, 2012 The Corporation and Modern Society: Crises of Capitalism It’s a Wonderful Life – Trust, Respect and Personal Responsibility in Business We tend to think of the past with nostalgia. The stories of our grandparents about simpler times when there was trust and respect, when families lived and stayed together, doors could be left unlocked, shopkeepers and businesses knew their customers. Some grandparents lived through the early 20th century untouched by the Great Depression. However, others struggled against forces that they did not understand. The banks and businesses that they had trusted had “failed” and they were suddenly without jobs or homes. Most Americans did not have any idea what had happened to the banks or how a bank could “fail”. With only newspapers and limited radio to rely on for information, they felt abandoned by the institutions they had trusted. The film It’s a Wonderful Life addresses the impact that a loss of trust has on a community and equally important, the failure of big business to respect those they serve. Frank Capra recognized that his film would be more than “good versus evil” in the form of George Bailey versus Mr. Potter. The citizens of Bedford Falls represented every small town in America where the lives of working class people centered on cooperation, sharing equity, fairness, and justice. They had a perception of trust and respect built on these values in which business and friendship went hand in hand. Capra...
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...basis of Social Security was] to give some measure of protection to the average citizen and to his family against the loss of a job and against poverty-ridden old age” (Borick, Russell, & Shafritz 2012, p. 462). Since then, the Social Security (SS) program has paid benefits on a timely basis through to a plethora of American citizens. This program provides income for workers who have reached a certain age, have become disable, or have died on a monthly basis. Unfortunately, these benefits now face a dire crises—depletion. The problem is that projections of the program financial status provided by the Social Security Board of Trustees predict that moneys invested could be exhausted by year-end 2016....
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...30 November 2015 Body Cameras Providing Accountability Thesis Statement: Yes, body cameras should be worn by police officers because they provide accurate accounts of what happens at crime scenes, help civilians trust police officers, and give Americans an idea of what it is like to be behind the gun to more appreciate officers. I. Introduction II. Body cameras provide accurate account III. Body cameras help civilians trust officers IV. Body cameras gives an idea of what it is like behind the gun V. Refutation VI. Conclusion Body Cameras Providing Accountability The shooting of Trayvon Martin has elevated a necessity around the country for police officers to be equipped with body cameras. Yes, it is necessary for police officers to wear these cameras for accountability for oneself and a potential victim. Body cameras can rule out possible suspicions of wrongful deaths or mistreatments, such as racism. Police officers should want to protect themselves and their jobs with this device that records what is actually happening and being said at the crime scene. Yes, body cameras should be worn by police officers because they provide accurate accounts of what happens at crime scenes, helps civilians trust police officers, and gives Americans an idea of what it is like to be behind the gun to more appreciate officers. Body cameras provide an accurate account of what happens at crime scenes. The use of body cameras is a great way to get first hand evidence...
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...Darius Norris History: 150 Dr. Linda Wynn Research Paper 4/1/2015 Darius Norris Dr. Linda Wynn History: 150 April 1, 2015 Male African Americans & Racial Profiling in American INTRODUCTION Considering our time and age racial profiling one of the most untouched subjects in history, especially in the law-enforcement community. Most people get it confused with criminal profiling which is not the same. Racial profiling is any police-initiated action that relies on the race, ethnicity, or national origin rather than the behavior of an individual or information that leads the police to a particular individual who has been identified as being or having been, engaged in criminal activity. Criminal profiling is any police- initiated action that used the compilation of the background, physical, behavioral, and motivational characteristics for a type of perpetrator that lead the police. Now imagine driving to the store on a cold winter day, dressed in a hoodie to keep warm. You simply pull into the parking lot in hopes of getting something nice for your daughter for the holidays. Driving the posted speed limit, you pull slowly into a parking space in the back of the store. All of a sudden, a car pulls up behind you, blocking you in. You look in your rearview mirror only to find the community crime watch officer staring you down. The officer immediately treats you like a suspect, smothering you with questions concerning what you’re doing, where you’re going; yet never...
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...America forward. These four years, a period of economical decline, has concluded people have lost their home, and been kicked out on the streets. The American people have lost their trust. With four years of despair, Barack Obama managed to be reelected as president. Barack Obama had to make a victory speech to regain, a normally optimistic American people, believe. He did so, by reminding the American people, as one nation the United States can come out strong on the other side of the global financial crisis. I will discuss which rhetorical features Obama have used to regain the American people trust and believe. Barack Obama is a rhetorical genius. He uses a non-formal language so every citizen in the US can understand Barack Obama’s victory speech. He appears emphatic by appealing to emotions. “And I saw just the other day, in Mentor, Ohio, where a father told the story of his 8-year-old daughter…. Had it not been for health care reform passing just a few months before the insurance company was about to stop paying for her care.” ll. 33-36. He uses the appeal form to emotions, pathos, and therefore gets the people of America attention by using a touching story, about a young girl fighting leukemia. It is an every parent’s nightmare, facing your child struggle for life. With this quote he also send a message to the American people, that he can execute a reform. The US will move forward with Obama, as the man in charge of the white house. The sentence “If you're willing to...
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...America greatly differed from the clan-oriented outlook of the Chinese. While 20th century Chinese people generally saw themselves primarily as members of a particular group or family, citizens of the United States saw themselves, predominately, as Americans. The implications of the differing mindsets range from factors of society, such as efficient public amenities, all the way to different, large-scale economic tendencies. The Chinese viewpoint, as Qichao describes: “Our character is that of clansmen rather than citizens. Chinese social organization is based on family and clan… Chinese [people] can be clansmen but cannot be citizens” (Liang Qichao On His Trip to America 338). In other words, Qichao believes that Chinese people are unable to see themselves as citizens because they are focused on the well being of their small group, rather than that of the larger community....
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...travelled together and searched for work. As they shinned the web of status, the Japanese immigrants were met with disdain and hatred. Despite this, they continued to support their families, some able to create small businesses and become successful. Destruction was brought upon by the bombing of Pearl Harbor, fear and hysteria ran through America. President Kennedy decided to pass executive order 9066, causing all Japanese Americans to be rushed to internment camps. Although the Japanese immigrants had children who were American citizens, they too, were taken to the camps. Furthermore, President...
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...surpluses that we had. Finally, subtract any additional money that was used specifically to pay down the debt. You end up with a monetary figure that equals our national debt. The US national debt is composed of both “Public” and “Inter-governmental” debt. It is this fact that allowed President Clinton to claim a “budget surplus” for three straight years back in FY1998, FY1999, and FY2000. One must remember what was happening in our economy back then. Those fiscal years were the peak of the “dot com” boom. As such, citizens of our country were making very high salaries in the computer fields, and therefore paying in a lot of money to the Social Security and Unemployment trust funds of the Federal government. The government trust funds are required by federal law to use any funds, not needed for outlay in the current fiscal year, to purchase U.S. Treasury securities (a.k.a. Inter-governmental Lending). It was because of the vast increase in Federal debt sold to the trust funds that the “Public debt” was not needed – and actually ran a surplus. This is what President Clinton and his supporters were referring to as a “budget surplus”. However, budget surpluses and deficits are not calculated on public debt alone. They also include inter-governmental lending,...
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...The NHS: One American’s Perspective Lynn Whitt MHA 776 Dr. Leist December 18, 2013 The National Health Service (NHS) of Great Britain was established in 1948 to create a national health system that would serve all citizens regardless of ability to pay. There were three main objectives established that were critical to the success of the program: (1) equal access to care, (2) provision of preventative and curative care, and (3) services provided at no cost to the patients (Perlman & Fried, 2012). Today, the NHS is still alive and well and is meeting the expectations of the original objectives set forth at its inception. Currently, the NHS is credited as being the single largest publically funded health care system in the world. In 2010, the Commonwealth Fund declared that “in comparison with the healthcare systems of six other countries (Australia, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand and USA) the NHS was the second most impressive overall. The NHS was rated as the best system in terms of efficiency, effective care and cost-related problems. It was also ranked second for patient equality and safety” (Perlman & Fried, 2012). This paper will address the author’s impression of the NHS based on research and information collected and reviewed as well as discusses the perceived strengths and weaknesses of the program. As stated previously, the NHS is the world’s largest publically funded health care system. It employs approximately 1.7 million people...
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...Who is a True American? Who is an American citizen? Is it someone who was born on U.S soil or someone who earned their right to be called a citizen? Both of these are correct, but there seems to be an issue on what is a true American? One side believes that they had to earn their right to call themselves an American. They moved from their home country to become an American. While the other side consist of natural born citizenship, whom were born in the United States. They learned from a young age the American way and have always pledged their allegiance to the flag and country. They didn’t have to take a test to earn their citizenship they were granted it at birth, even if their parents were not American citizens. People like Bharati Mukherjee become a citizen by choice “I am a naturalized U.S. citizen and I take my American citizenship very seriously. I am not an economic refugee, nor am I a seeker of...
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...In fact, Americans people prefer to have a good relationship with the police, and they expected to be treated with respect and serious. With almost every weakly reports of unnecessary shootings, it become a big problems with the police in America. People lost their trust on the police and more tension are raising. After all, there are 7 reason why people do not trust police: Defending bad behavior, Unequal application of the law, Complaining about how tough their job is, Destroying lives of those willing to speak out, Rejecting monitoring, Inability to take criticism, Not taking responsibility (7 Reasons Americans Don’t Trust the Police). The main reason is unequal application of the law. For instance, Hillary Clinton email scandal is the nearest one. According to http://www.politico.com/, Hillary Clinton used a previously undisclosed Gmail account during her tenure as secretary of state, and the FBI said it did not appear the actions of Clinton’s team rose to the level of a crime. A lot of people said that if a normal person did that, would they go to jail...
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...Joey Nguyen ELA 11 Period 1 5/15/17 Police Brutality: Throughout history, the relationship between police officers and citizens of the United States has been at a steady decline. There have been countless cases of police officers injuring civilians ranging from minor bruises to fatal incidents. Regardless of the magnitude of their injuries, it’s police brutality and it’s unnecessary to maintain order. Police brutality is the use of extra or excessive force by police that results in injury, hospitalization, or death of civilians. In the United States, events of police injuring civilians have appeared more often and have become more serious as time progressed. Police officers have the power to enforce the law and protect citizens, but they...
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...Public Trust in Government Public trust in government has been declining since the 1960s. The effect of the declining trust has been proven to hinder domestic policy, foreign policy, and influence elections. As stated by Hetherington & Husser (2012), “Put simply, people need trust in government to support more government”. Now, trust in government has become the center of attention for our government, the media, and American citizens alike. Therefore, I will briefly discuss the history of the decline in public trust, current public trust, and actions that could be taken in order to restore public trust. The history of the decline has been pinpointed to the decade of the 1960’s. During this decade, we faced “diverse social conflict, followed by the Watergate scandals, and a decade of economic decline” Milakovich & Gordon (2013). Public trust continued to plummet and bleed over into the late 1970’s during the “taxpayers revolt” and was “followed by decentralization, deregulation, and devolution of decision-making authority from the federal to state and local governments, in part as a reaction against perceived bureaucratic excess” Milakovich & Gordon (2013). It wasn’t until the 1980’s that the trust began to escalate during the first term of President Ronald Regan. President Regan brought hopes of “tax cuts, higher corporate profits, and less regulation of the economy” Hetherington & Husser (2012). However, it wasn’t long before the trust began to push...
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...On December 8, 1941 U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had to deal with an unprecedented attack on American forces in Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. He gave his “Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation” to a joint session of Congress. Because of this surprising turn of events, FDR had no choice but to lead the U.S. into World War II. He uses rhetorical appeals to make his part in the war official. There was no way FDR would back down, he made it clear that with the help of the American public, victory over the Japanese would be easily accomplished. His motive is to convince Congress to declare war on Japan and to solidify even further why the American public voted him into his fourth term as President of the United States. He also wishes to convince...
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