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    Black Equality

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    then in the north there was black equality there were still Jim Crow laws happening in the south. It was like going 1 step forward eliminating slavery but then 20 steps back adding Jim Crow laws. Now flashback to today there is police brutality, frisking, racial profiling, the KKK, black people are still fighting for civil rights to this day. Many people believe that since slavery has ended,…

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    been done on the part of public health to preserve health in this regard? Can we compare efforts at eliminating racism to that aggressively invested in the eradication of smallpox? Certainly not when society implicitly approves undue stopping and frisking blacks by the police which adversely affect their psychological health (7). Certainly not when blacks are disproportionately represented in prisons, and society is expanding it to even incarcerate more (6). These clearly indicate that more is…

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    Police brutality in the United States has become an issue that has gained the public 's attention in countries across the globe. Police brutality has been defined as the use of any force exceeding what is reasonably necessary to accomplish a lawful purpose. Police officers are entrusted with the protection of their community, although recently they have abused their power as a way to brutally assault often innocent civilians and get away with it. As of April 27th 2015 police throughout the…

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    In James Q. Wilson’s Just Take Away Their Guns, Wilson has fairly liberal views on guns, gun owners, and their respective rights, but Wilson also has a radical solution for gun-related crimes. Wilson boasts an increase in frisks as a better way to control the amount of guns on the streets illegally than the already instituted paperwork and background checks required to legally purchase and own a firearm. He also argues that blame and ill will should not be upon legal firearm owners and that it…

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    Banksy Research Paper

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    How does the work of Banksy illustrate the changing role of graffiti street art in a global society? Abstract Previously art used to be categorized by a small number of people, housed in homes of the rich or in museums sponsored by governments. Street art, in the past, was a vehicle by which the artist communicated his name by tagging, his message from his culture and his own viewpoint. The messages were often about their own environment. In the era of globalization and travel however, the…

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    Now, he realizes that it was all useless. Memories do stealthily stalk ‘Joys of Living’, which enumerates what makes old people delighted: looking at grand-children playing before them and showering their affection on them by “Offering candy and frisking [their] hair”. A wife requesting her husband to take tea first gives joy to both of them. At this spectacle, the old couple feels complete and thanks God for this bliss that results from filial company. The poet infers that “Life is for living…

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    Bodhisatva's The Equals

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    The Equals When Brahma-dutt ruled Banaras, Bodhisatva was born as a lion. The lion used to dwell in a cave with his mate. One day, he stood on top of the hill and looked round for some prey. He saw some hares and deers frisking and playing in a meadow by the side of a pond. The lion gave a roar and ran down the hill towards the meadow. But as he ran past the pond he got stuck in a mire and the creatures playing on the meadow scattered away. Every time the lion made an effort to get out of the…

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    that many know exists, but choose not to do anything to help fix. This feeds into the issue that police and others within the public choose to peg whoever they want for situations. Situations that result in another Kalief Browder story. Stopping and Frisking a person means that no matter what that person is doing, crime to no crime, they can be subject to a pat down. Not only is that wrong, but in the opinion of this girl, stupid. The only reason this can happen is that there are loopholes,…

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    How Napoleon is a Satire of Josef Stalin What would it be like to have a ruler who is harsh and controlling? In Animal Farm, written by George Orwell, many satires are presented throughout the story to make fun of the leaders, governments, or events during the Russian Revolution. Orwell writes about a utopian farm ruled by Comrade Napoleon, who is the leader of all the animals and abuses his power just like Josef Stalin did in the early twentieth century. In addition, Josef Stalin was a very…

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    Discrimination is everywhere. There is discrimination for everything, from aging to being pregnant, to sexual orientation. One of the biggest types of discrimination is racial. Racial discrimination is one of those things that will take time to go away, if it ever truly does. When saying racial discrimination, most of everyone’s first thought is blacks and whites, but it’s more than that. There’s discrimination between all races, from blacks to whites to Latinos and so on. Looking into…

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