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That does not mean that a person who supports the right to burn the flag supports the burning of the flag. As an American, I think the idea of someone desecrating a flag, and, by extension, desecrating America, would be a very disturbing one. Howeve Continue Reading...
Racism and Nationalism After
Racism & Nationalism After 911
More than a decade after 9/11, a retrospective view of racism and nationalism in America might points to a reverse J-curve -- at least in the private realm of most people living in the Continue Reading...
Antiaffirmative action Proposition 209 in 1996 had a similarly divisive effect on the state's population. (Heikkila & Pizarro, 2002, p. 8)
The propositions do not welcome immigration, a commonplace occurrence on the official and unofficial leve Continue Reading...
Which is the better course of action, Lawrence might ask himself. Should we censor the Westboro Baptist Church and forbid them their right to free speech, or should we allow them to express their wacky, and perhaps injurious views, and fight back wi Continue Reading...
Other Implications
If the issue of pant sagging is not addressed, it will lead to public dissatisfaction, especially from people who have raised concerns. It will also continue the implications on black men as being disrespectful gangsters, or as Continue Reading...
Justice: The History of 'Brown v. Board of Education' and Black America's Struggle for Equality," by Richard Kluger. Specifically, it will discuss what three issues/events/or people contained in the book were the most significant. Many events led up Continue Reading...
IV. BARRIERS to 'JUSTICE 'FOR ALL'
There are barriers that stand in the way of all individuals experiencing the same level of justice as other experience and these barriers may include those which are structural and socio-economic as well as other Continue Reading...
Race Discrimination Justice
Discrimination
RACE DISCIMINATION CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Race and Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System
Racial inequality has long been an issue in the American society. Despite making substantial progress in creatin Continue Reading...
Part One
The recent death of George Floyd sparked a tidal wave of violence and protests around the US in 2020. Black Lives Matter become stronger in its activism at an international level. The death of Floyd harkened back to the beating of Rodney Kin Continue Reading...
For example, unequal protection may result from land-use decisions that determine the location of residential amenities and disamenities. Unincorporated, poor, and communities of color often suffer a "triple" vulnerability of noxious facility siting Continue Reading...
During the mid 1960s, "highly public demonstrations" (525) became more popular and gained momentum among the community because popular and significant individuals close to the cause supported them. The power and attention these protest garnered illu Continue Reading...
Meek Mill Freed for Now
Hip hop recording artist Meek Mill had been sentenced in November 2017 by Common Pleas Court Judge Genece Brinkley for violating probation related to a 2008 conviction on gun and drug charges—but now he is free.
Arrest Continue Reading...
"It was a curious childhood, full of weird, fantastic impressions and contradictory influences, stimulating alike to the imagination and that embryo philosophy of life which begins almost with infancy."
Paine 14) His consummate biography written in Continue Reading...
Politics of the Common Good
In Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do? (2009), Michael J. Sandal argues that politics and society require a common moral purpose beyond the assertion of natural rights like life liberty and property or the utilitarian Continue Reading...
5 million under some form of judicial supervision, America's rate of imprisonment outstrips even Russia's and is four times that of Canada. The history of racism aside, the enormity of the prison system is the most persistent discredit to American id Continue Reading...
The true spirit and meaning of the amendments, as we said in the Slaughter-House Cases (16 Wall. 36), cannot be understood without keeping in view the history of the times when they were adopted, and the general objects they plainly sought to accomp Continue Reading...
This type of zoning began to be enforced because of integration, which many Americans were opposed to. In recent years, the idea of exclusionary zoning still lingers as a topic of debate. This is not only an issue of race but also an issue of afford Continue Reading...
Instead, the commission offers as a compromise more humane treatment of refugees. ("Migration Amendment," Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 2006, p.1)
But while this may be a laudable effort, it shows that the creation of a perfect sch Continue Reading...
Connecticut Yankee
To most readers of his works in the 21st century, Mark Twain is probably best known as a humorist. He is someone who, by the deft use of language, entertainingly offbeat characters and the more-than-occasional plot twist can keep Continue Reading...
Community and Social Justice
Since the establishment of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), it has continued to be engaged with human rights as proven by the struggle for decolonization, self-determination, and independence of the African conti Continue Reading...
Racial Equality and Justice
Abstract
This essay discusses racial equality and justice in the United States within the context of the events in the spring and summer of 2020. On May 25, 2020 George Floyd was killed while in police cu Continue Reading...
President Andrew Jackson built his political and military career on an aggressive approach to Native Americans. His exploits began well before 1838-9, when his Indian Removal Act signaled the deplorable state of affairs in North America. Around 4000 Continue Reading...
Montgomery Bus Boycott
"We are sorry that the colored people blame us for any state or city ordinance which we didn't have passed ... we had nothing to do with the laws being passed, but we expect to abide by all laws, city or state ... " (Montgomer Continue Reading...
Supreme Court of the United States is commonly held to be the last bastion of getting a legal standard correct and complete. While legal precedents shift and change over time, the court eventually "gets it right" or at least comes to a settled posit Continue Reading...
Murder and Injustice in a Small Town
Death sentence
Are you innocent until proven guilty?
The constitution of the U.S.A. has the provision of being treated as though one is innocent until the due process of the law takes its course and one is prov Continue Reading...
Mandatory Sentencing
Public policy, crime, and criminal justice
Mandatory Sentencing: Case Study Critique
The prime grounds of mandatory sentencing laws are utilitarian. The laws come with long prison sentences for recidivists, drug dealers and is Continue Reading...
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
Martin Luther King Jr.'s letter from Birmingham Jail, which was written in April 16, 1963, is a passionate letter that addresses and responds to the issue and criticism that a group of white cl Continue Reading...
"To degrade and stamp out the liberties of a race" signified the "studied purpose" of linking social and civil equality. Douglass concluded that if the Civil Rights Law attempted to promote social equality, so did "the laws and customs of every civi Continue Reading...
Racism in a Multicultural Society
United States is called a melting pot because of the influx of immigrants from diverse backgrounds who have all somehow adapted well to the life in the U.S. We are talking about the U.S. In multicultural context bec Continue Reading...
Overcrowding in Prisons: Impacts on African-Americans
The overcrowded prisons in the United States are heavily populated by African-Americans, many of them incarcerated due to petty, non-violent crimes such as drug dealing. This paper points out tha Continue Reading...
Graham vs. Florida Focal Point Analysis
There are many issues involved in the Supreme Court decisions especially with regard to the Constitution. One important assumption is that the court is moving to create a situation where the rights of humans a Continue Reading...
In evaluating the legality of racial disparities in
law enforcement, the courts have clearly sought to determine the motivation
for discriminating." (Knowles et al, 207) This illustrates a wide
political and philosophical variance in the way that Am Continue Reading...
Street Gangs and Loitering Laws
Los Angeles politicians have recently come together behind a proposed city ordinance that would allow police to arrest loitering street gang members. Mayor James K. Hahn, voiced his support for this new weapon in the Continue Reading...
race plays a role in the different sentencing ranges applicable to different crimes.
Race and Sentencing Guidelines
Race has been a consideration in sentencing guidelines for quite some time. Many individuals believe that those who are not Caucasi Continue Reading...
Corrections
Gius, Mark. (1999). The Economics of the Criminal Behavior of Young Adults:
Estimation of an Economic Model of Crime with a Correction for Aggregate Market and Public Policy Variables. The American Journal of Economics and Sociology. Oc Continue Reading...
Diverse Policing
Criminal Profiling
While this opinion might be considered unpopular, the reality is that these repetitive stops are reasonable. These repetitive stops represent a phenomenon known as criminal profiling. Criminal profiling is done s Continue Reading...
Clinical Psychology
The field of clinical psychology emerged as a viable method through which the theoretical foundations of cognitive studies could be effectively applied within the clinical setting to prevent and treat psychological syndromes. De Continue Reading...