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Prejudice Against Native Americans

... a Native American. These explorers were under the false impression that the had reached the West Indies. This term is still used today. From the first interaction with the native peoples the Europeans inatiated dominance and superiority. There are three distinctive reasons that the Europeans were able to dominate and later oppress the Native American culture such as; the Native American relgious beleifs and practices, the lack of interaction between Native Americans ans Europeans and the lack of orginization of the Indian tribes. All ...

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Against Censoring Harmless Obscene Language

... know this, the Constitution of the United States of America. In this constitution, there is this little thing called the Bill of Rights which contains the first ten amendments, the first being the freedom of speech. Article I of the United States Constitution states, "Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech." Translated, this asserts that I can say what ever the !@#$ I want to.† Ooh, I'm sorry, I hope you closed your eyes and washed your ears out with soap. If not, too $%@# bad! My belief is that nothing should be ...

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What Is Stupidity?

... is: “My son/daughter, is just so stupid”. However, do the people in the above examples really know what they are saying? And if so, what does “Stupid” mean? If you ask anyone, they might interpret “Stupid” as plain old “Dumb”. If you ask some other people, they might just use the word to call someone when the've mad a dumb mistake. In any case, it involves being dumb. If you are scientist, english teacher, or psychiatrist, the word stupid would be a little different. If your occupation were mentioned above, your interpretat ...

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Adoption Of Children

... that are unable to care for their child, thus providing an option for individuals that cannot have children of their own. There are a lot of people that try to be secretive when they know someone is adopted. They feel negative child is not biologically related to their family. What they do not understand is that being adopted was the best thing that could have happened to that child. It, for some can provide, the child the opportunity to grow up with parents and family that loves them just like one of their own. People should stop tryi ...

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Pornography

... viewing such vulgar publications. Pornography can lead to sexual harrassment, violent sex crimes, sexual violence, the urge to rape, an increase in sexual desire, and many other harmful effects. For these reasons, the sale and distribution of pornographic material should be more strictly regulated. The sale of pornographic material, including sexually-explicit book, magazines, and videos, is illegal to people under the age of 18. These items are easily accessible to American youth, and therefore, thousands and thousands of teenagers are ...

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Analysis Of The Human Cultural Identity

... Thomas Jefferson was considered among one of the most brilliant American exponents of the Enlightenment culture. He had the time and the resources to educate himself in many topics including history, literature, law, architecture, science, and philosophy. He had the motivation and the connections to apply Enlightenment political philosophy to nation-building. Denis Diderot was a French encyclopedist and philosopher, who also composed plays, novels, essays, and art. He greatly influenced other Enlightenment thinkers with his tran ...

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Native American Virtues

... of winter had Squanto not aided them. Squanto, like many of the tribes that encountered whites, expressed trust and fellowship toward the strangers who had journeyed into the Native's homeland. Among other survival skills, Squanto taught them to plant and harvest crops in soil foreign to the settlers, how to hunt animals with the most protein (to get maximum energy from the food), and how to build shelter and clothing necessary to endure the harsh climate of what's presently Massachusetts. The very act of the Natives caretaking ...

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Women's Suffrage

... to an abolitionist convention because of their sex, they vowed to turn their attention to women's rights. This convention attracted lots of attention from the press, mostly negative. One of the organizers, Elizabeth cady Stanton, welcomed even the negative attention. She said “It might start women thinking; and men to; when men and women think about a new question they the first step is taken. Because of their involvement in the abolitionist movement, women had learned to organize, to hold public meetings, and conduct petition campaigns ...

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The Deaf Culture

... when ASL was first brought about in the United States Being deaf was considered shameful and defective. The first school for the deaf was called "The American Asylum for the instruction of the Deaf and Dumb" ; in those days this was an acceptable term to use. There are many other terms that are unacceptable to the deaf, such as : deaf-mute, mute, hearing handicapped, disabled, dummie etc.. Even in today's day and age some people still use these terms. Another common assumption of the hearing is that all deaf people can or should read lips, ...

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Bill Brady On Violence In America

... Menendez family, the Bobbitts, and Jeffrey Dahmer seems to pop up every year. The bigger the story is now the bigger the news coverage. People flock to the TV to watch our country as is starts to appear to form one big dysfunctional family. We now see teenagers taking risks that in another time and place would be unthinkable. And nobody really seems to do anything about it. The muggings, the rapes, all these murders pass us in a blur of recognition. Television, CD’s, and video games subject kids to violence. By the time a child reaches 18, ...

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The Obstacles In Raising Nonracist Children

... "The PJ's" portrays black people and minorities as poor, lazy, uneducated and criminally inclined. I have singled out this particular program because is it done in claymation, a form of animation normally reserved for children's programs. A few adults may be fooled by the claymation and allow their children to watch the "The PJ's." But, if the parents studied the content of the program, they would recognize the racial undertones that their children might perceive as truth. The program revolves around the superintendent of an apartm ...

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Why Corporal Punishment Is No Longer Justifiable In Discipling Children

... et cetra, in order to avoid being beaten. Grown ups had little respect for the children, making them do slave labor at home, and display best behavior in school. When looking back, I can see why corporal punishment was allowed to be used. The year is 1991, the students are all rebels without a cause... If corporal punishment was used today, it would fail. Kids no longer are expected to act like they are in church for their complete childhood. If a child is caught talking in class, the teacher does not whip or beat them like years a ...

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