Modern World History Cambodian Genocide Report Dead bodies are on the ground everywhere that you turn. The smell of filth and death choke your lungs as you wonder if tomorrow will be a better day. All your body feels is pain and emptiness. One might think this is how life was like for the Tutsis during the Rwandan genocide, but in reality this is how life was like for many Cambodians who were forced to face the harsh ruling of […]
In 2012, a gay couple came into a bakery in Colorado. They asked this company to make a cake for their wedding. The company is a Christian based company, and the baker did not want to bake a cake for their wedding. The couple was not very happy with this. They claimed that they were being discriminated against. They sued the company and wanted to go to court. In 2014, the baker who refused to bake the cake, Jack Phillips, […]
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Get help with your assignmentThe name Jim Crow Laws originated from a song called, Jump Jim Crow, where a white actor painted his body black and performed the song, along with a dance routine, acting as an intoxicated, obnoxious black man. Jim Crow Laws were formed to create separate but equal public facilities for blacks and whites in the South. Starting in 1857, with the landmark decision of Dred Scott vs. Sandford, the Supreme Court held that African-Americans were not allowed to be citizens […]
In the North, some states allowed blacks to have a privilege to vote for president in the election. Some states required blacks to own property to vote, schools and neighborhoods were segregated, and businesses displayed whites only signs(History). African Americans still could not go to white schools or live in the same neighborhoods as whites. Blacks were not allowed to show public affection toward each other because it offended whites. Blacks and whites were not supposed to eat together. If […]
In the modern world progress is made in abolishing stigmas and prejudices that exist from the past and limit modern life. In Colorado and Washington, for example, the formerly illegal drug marijuana has been fully decriminalized and is legal for both recreational and medical use. In January of this year, California followed suit and Ohio has made marijuana legal for medicinal purposes. In the example of marijuana, main arguments were used that the crime in question does not hurt others […]
Prostitution. It’s a hush-hush profession that people seem to be appalled to talk about. It’s almost as if people are afraid of men and women selling their bodies for the lustful desires of others. It’s nothing you’d hope to come from the mouth of a child, but should it be a crime? Presently the issue of prostitution has major effects in and outside of the United States. As a society, prostitution is frowned upon, but it should be legalized. In […]
The evaluation of I have a Dream speech: On August 28th,1963, Five Score years ago comes from the voice speaking as Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his I have a Dream speech in front of over 200,000 American people. Looking amongst the crowd he sees a nation of all races and genders. Standing there about to address the crowd the thought of the sheer civil rights movement he had put in place runs through him, feeling a sense of […]
Affirmative action was created in an effort to change unequal distribution of benefits including positions, income, and property. Since its execution in the United States at 1965, affirmative action has been the hot issue of discussion causing quite a stir in all aspects. Affirmative action has been encouraged by the government since the mid 1960’s, when chairman Lyndon B. Johnson put government contractors to accept favorable action programs. At the moment, the nation struggled with social, racial, gender, and […]
Hate crimes have been going on in the world for years. They are criminal actions that are intended to people because of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, or other minority group status. They are also referred to as a bias crime. A hate crime is a traditional offense like murder, arson, or vandalism with an added element of bias. According to the FBI they define a hate crime as: Criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole […]
Racial Profiling is the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense. because of racial profiling, there have been countless violent and aggressive acts towards colored individuals. As a result, there have been many unreported cases of racial profiling. For example, certain potential bias exists in policing when it comes to the minority population in America. And according to some, police officers treat people of color differently. Whether or not they do is […]
Border controls are measures taken by a country or multiple countries to monitor its borders in order to regulate the movement of people, animals and goods. With the UK having voted to leave the European Union in 2016, it means that in the near future the UK’s border security will be much tighter and more difficult to access. As for the EU, its counter-terrorism strategy was adopted shortly after attacks in Madrid in 2004 and in London in 2005. The […]
Do you think it was a depressing time or a sad time? Their life was not easy, it was difficult. They tried and tried to be able to vote and took a very long time till Woodrow Wilson finally said something. The women’s suffrage movement is an organization that argued that women deserve the right to vote because they were patriots, caregivers, and mothers. The women’s suffrage movement had very many pro’s and con’s to it. There were many cons […]
That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain’t I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain’t I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much […]
There’re many influential women in US history. One of these women is Sojourner Truth, an African American, evangelist, abolitionist, women’s rights activist, and author. To better understand how Sojourner Truth began her journey, I feel it is important to first understand where she came from and the harsh realities that she faced during her youth and continued to face throughout her life. Sojourner Truth was born Isabella Baumfree in 1797. At the young age of nine Isabella was sold at […]
Segregation was legalized as a result of the previous factors that limited black people, the period of European enslavement and the subsequent Black Codes. Slavery was the kidnapping of Africans from their continent, stripping them of their identities, forcing them to submit to European control and abuse, and establishing a system where the African people were considered less than human. Slavery began in the United States in the 1600s. It was formally abolished in 1865 with the 13th Amendment to […]
The Philippine Drug War also known as the “War on Drugs” is basically the drug policy followed by Philippine government implemented their President Rodrigo Duterte. Duterte came into power on June 30, 2016.The drug policy’s goal is to neutralize the illegal drug personalities nationwide. The president encouraged and continues to encourage citizens to kill either suspected criminals and/or drug addicts. Police almost daily kill unarmed people who they believe are suspects, and then they proceed to place guns or drugs […]
High school has a lot to do with being pressured to do things. With teenage girls they get pressured the most, with drinking, drugs, sex, etc. The #Metoo Movement and women’s suffrage are pretty important by letting people know that they aren’t alone or the only ones. Women have suffered a lot through the decades. Woman suffrage actually began in 1848. For the next 50 years, woman suffrage supporters worked to educate the public about the validity of woman suffrage. […]
The journey for women achieving the right to vote has been very long and certainly not easy. A total of 131 years after the initial implementation of the United States Constitution, women were at last explicitly included in ‘We the People.’ That is indeed something to celebrate. The work of thousands of women and men finally came to a reality. A new dawn has come, and women can look to a brighter future and feel their voices were heard. Women […]
From a basic understanding, the concept of human rights determines the rights given to all individuals. With the spark of the 19th century, there was a rise in awareness on the interpretation of those rights to life and freedom; however, not all states ensure absolute protection. In International Relations, human rights are considered a work in progress and the overall debate on universal standards are still in effect due to cultural factors. The end of WWII was when human rights […]
According to the Department of Homeland Security, a refugee is someone who flees their home country because they fear persecution based on religion, race, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group (Refugees and Asylees, 2018). Refugees apply for asylum to another country to find a new place to live; the current legislation and policies make it difficult for one to be granted asylum in the United States. Furthermore, the United States government should take the current humanitarian […]
What is the LGBTQ community you might be wondering? LGBTQ is a culture shared by Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning individuals. In a recent study according to (Gates, n.d.), there are approximately 9 million people who identify themselves as members of the LGBTQ Community in America today. According to (Greve, 2016) This indicates the LGBTQ Community is larger than the population of 40 American States. According to the past 14 years of hate crime data, Mark potok of the […]
The many aspects of one’s life aids in the creation of an identity. The way an individual defines themselves showcases what matters in his or her life. Religion, gender, employment, and more recently political affiliations have facilitated in determining one’s identity. The term identity politics supports this idea of an identity being associated with a political party. More recently within history, choosing a political party to support does not necessarily need to coincide with what you believe in but focuses […]
The Mayan community, left in ruins after a catastrophe that left scars physically and mentally, are still struggling to recover from what can only be described as a nightmare in real life. The Guatemalan Civil War, a controversy between the Mayans and the Government, was an injustice due to discrimination in the government system. There was only one way this could end, mass genocide of the Mayan people. Through this terrible event, the Mayans still persevered. They had hope for […]
‹Prostitution has been illegal since the early 1900’s, studies have recently began and the results are concluding that prostitution has more benefit than negatives. The reason that prostitution isn’t legal, isn’t necessarily a morality reason, it is a potential health and safety hazard and is ultimately a fiscal responsibility. This is why it should be legalized. Sex is a consensual act, a natural right and one’s prerogative but if you charge for this act, you’re committing a crime? According to […]
Being an immigrant demands vulnerability, trust, and bravery. Especially when it is escaping harm and prejudice. For transgender women it is even harder, not only are they fleeing abuse most of the time they experience similar abuses when in immigration facilities. Transgender women are sexually assaulted, denied medical care, and go through substantial psychological trauma while detained . The Human Rights Watch in the report about the mistreatment of these women explains why people are put into these detention centers. […]
We became not a melting pot, but a beautiful mosaic; With different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, and different dreams. said our 39th U.S. president Jimmy Carter. The United States is not only a multi-racial country, but also a place with different sexual orientations. In terms of gender and inclusion, we talk about a process. Historically, there have been other measures such as giving the right to vote to women and stopping the separation of people of color […]
In the article, the statement in my opinion means that the traditional sense of sexism has been dominating the society in history. When women suffer from sexism, they do so in a way that they are targeted by men, who have brainwashed people in all positions such as leadership and influence to ensure that the male individuals dominate the society. When men suffer sexism, they are put in gender role stereotypes that restrict and hurt women. Despite being of the […]
The Emancipation Proclamation was one of the most important historic moments in the history of the United States. This document was created by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War. At this time, slavery had been abolished in most of the world and was considered cruel by most countries. However, the United States had major slavery problems in the confederate states of America. The purpose of the Proclamation was to reunite the country and end slavery. Therefore, the Emancipation Proclamation […]
Slavery was brought to the United States in the year 1619. When twenty African slaves boarded a Dutch ship, sailed across the Atlantic and eventually made landfall in Jamestown Virginia. Despite the resources slavery brought to America in the 1620s, when technology such as the cotton gin was created Americans started becoming entitled, and slavery became an issue. By the year 1804, the north had abolished slavery, but the south was still practicing it religiously. This was dividing the north […]
Since the creation of the United States of America, the topic of race has been a predominant issue. When you go to the bathroom, a restaurant, or even get a drink from the water fountain, there is not a sign that says Whites only or Colored on it. If these events still happen today, riots, killings, lawsuits, strike and every other form of civil unrests are imaginable. It would be a nightmare and a disaster for most of us.The Civil […]
