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An anti-affirmative action paper with sources plus extra data many quotations.
... national origin" (US Department of Labor). Affirmative Action has been expanded to include college admissions and more regulations concerning government contracts. These new expansions in the program apply the use of quotas and preferential treatment. Minority applicants get special boosts ...
To the 275 million US Citizens of the United States of America:
... the election process for the President of the United States of America. Currently this position is occupied by a human being that inhabits this Earth, and he goes by the name of George W. Bush. In the election for the President of the United States in the year ...
Debating: "There should be a DNA database for criminals" - This is an arguement for the Negative team.
... police investigation for a double murder because of cross-contamination between 2 different DNA samples. Heat, sunlight and bacteria can all corrupt any genetic data, as well as human error or fraud, that's why DNA profiles aren't always accurate. Even a complete DNA profile cannot determine the ...
Equal Opportunities in Employment Historical Analysis
... minorities from discrimination in the workplace. In this paper we will examine some of the laws that have been put in place, their purpose, origins and limitations. The United States of America ...
Students Rights
... The Rightsof Students, United States of America, American Civil Liberties Union, 1988. Schuessler, Nancy, 'A Question of Rights.' Seventeen, May 1989, 192-193+207. Sudo, Phil, 'Do You Know Your Rights ...
Disobeying a Law
... the First Amendment privilege of peaceful assembly and peaceful protest" (844). One of the main points of his letter was the discussion of the inhumanity and injustice of segregation. The segregation laws of the sixties are great examples of laws that should be broken for the good of the ...
How police corruption remains a tainted reminder of police brutality in the US.
... the crime scene) and asked them to estimate the proportion of their police force engaging in such behavior. Based on a sample of 7 police officers, the authors found that even in the cleanest of the six departments a certain percentage of police officers, though smaller than in the departments ...
The Role of the Supreme Court, Government, Economics, and Protests in the Civil Rights Movement
... the policy of separate but equal. But the Supreme Court, also, declared the separate but equal laws unconstitutional and ordered desegregation. The different parts of the United States government played different roles. John F Kennedy and the executive branch helped to protect the ...
Government and Racist Issues regarding Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
... the Governor called for them. 5. The President urged a mandatory evacuation, and even declared a disaster State of Emergency, freeing up millions of dollars of federal assistance, should the Governor decide to use it. Oh and by the way, the levees that broke were the responsibility of the ...
Juvenille Delinquency in America
... of which are also poor. A 1996 Department of Health and Human Services study found that at every income level except for the very highest (over $50,000 a year), children living with never married mothers were more likely than their counterparts in two ...