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Death Penalty
1024 Words - 4 Pages.... can be given a death sentence. By having the process consist of numerous steps and involving many different people, human error is greatly reduced. The is not racially or gender bias, much to the contrary of what the affirmative team believes. The fact is that men commit more crimes, so they will be convicted at a greater rate then women. The ratio of men to women on death row and executed is 68:1 or 3400:50 (NAACP Spring 1996). From 1976-1994, men committed 7 times as many murders as women or a 7:1 ratio (Sourcebook ’94). Therefore, it may be statically shown that men are, by a 70:1 ratio, more likely to be on death row then are women. Like gender bias, racial bias ....
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Imperialism And India
1063 Words - 4 Pages.... in fact the manipulation of Indian
affairs was much more political than let on. When it was founded in 1600 by
Queen Elizabeth I, the East India Company's main purpose was "to break into the
Indonesian spice trade which was dominated by the Dutch." But after colonizing a
post a Madras in 1640, the company was re-chartered to include such rights as
coining money and act as government to British subjects at the East India
Company's posts. As well, the British government also gave the company the
right to make was or peaceful arrangements with powers who were non-Christian.
This control expanded with the founding of a port at Bombay in 1668, and the
founding of Calcutta in ....
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Anti-Affirmative Action
592 Words - 3 Pages.... the hiring and acceptance of less experienced
jobs of the workforce and less able students. Sometimes the affirmative action
policies forces employers and schools to choose the best workers and less
privileged students of the minority, in all, regardless of their potential lack
basic skills. As remarked by Maarten de Wit, an author who's article I found on
the World Wide Web, affirmative action beneficiaries are "not the best pick, but
only the best pick from a limited group." Another article I found,
"Affirmative action: A Counter-Productive Policy" by Ernest Pasour also on the
W.W.W., is one example which reveals that Duke, a very famous and prestigious
university, adop ....
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And Justice For All
1210 Words - 5 Pages.... controllable machines. Thoreau saw how the government dealt with its citizens as only a body, while completely disregarding the sense, intellect, and moral beliefs of its people. In his essay “Civil Disobedience,” Thoreau stated that “a government ruled by majority in all cases cannot be based on justice.” He further believed that “under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also prison.” This point made by Thoreau can be seen as the truth throughout history. A just man never sits by quietly watching the majority degrade the minority to suit their own immoral purposes. Like Thoreau, another just man who stood out from the quie ....
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Preferred Hiring Practices
2105 Words - 8 Pages.... The two candidates in question are equal in all ways, except race. The black applicant is selected, not because of skills or qualifications (in that case the white man would have provided the same result), but for his skin color. This seems to be blatant discrimination, but many believe it is justified. Some feel retribution for years of discrimination is reason enough, but that issue will be discussed later. First, lets focus on why this is not a solution to creating an unbiased society. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of ....
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The New Initiatives Of George W. Bush
1183 Words - 5 Pages.... New Hampshire. That speech was
the foundation of his educational platform. In it, Bush gave a synopsis of
his proposals to enhance America’s educational system. He stated “The
federal role in education is not to serve the system. It is to serve the
children.” (The True Goal of Education, 1), that is precisely what Bush’s
optimism demands, an arrangement powerful enough to postulate proven
achievement in return for appropriation. A few illustrations of the
appropriations Bush is proposing are: Establishing a $500 million incentive
fund to reward states for improving student performance (making federal
funds to states and local districts more flexible in return f ....
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The Reagan Tax Cuts And Foreign Policy
1354 Words - 5 Pages.... high marginal tax rates
somehow increased tax payments by the rich. Perhaps a foreshadow of things to
come. Debates were raging over the Reagan tax cuts, known as the Economic
Recovery Tax Act of 1981 (or, ERTA). This act was designed to spur savings,
investment, work, and economic efficiency. This policy would impose a 25%
across-the-board cut in personal marginal tax rates. In the act of decreasing
marginal tax rates, and stimulating economic incentives, ERTA would increase the
flow of resources into production, thus lifting economic growth. This policy
received much criticism because its opponents argued that ERTA would be a
giveaway to the rich, because their tax pay ....
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Censorship Of American Music
1122 Words - 5 Pages.... The Censorship of music in the United Stated is documented as far back as 1954, when "Michigan congresswoman Ruth Thompson introduces a bill in the House that would ban mailing of any pornographic recording, punishable by five years imprisonment and a $ 5,000 fine" (http://ericnuzum.com/banned/fifties.html). Even Elvis Aaron Presley, ‘The King of rock-n-roll’ was once thought of as obscene. In 1957, when he appeared on the Ed Sullivan show for the third time, the cameramen were told to only film him from the waist up. "Elvis’s dancing was considered lewd" (http://ericnuzum.com/banned/fifties.html). In 1964, " ....
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