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Arguments On Desegregation
926 Words - 4 Pages.... they might encounter in an integrated school. This element became a prominent part of the legal case against segregation (Stephan 9).
The biggest argument against desegregation was the perception that blacks were not as intelligent as whites. Since the Fourteenth Amendment did not guarantee the right to a quality education, if a school chose not to accept them, there was nothing that could be done legally. Long after the "separate but equal" doctrine became law, it was clear that blacks were indeed separate, but they were not equal. Segregation still had a firm hold in the areas of public education, public transportation, hotels and restaurants, hospitals, housing and depart ....
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What Is Marijuana?
1619 Words - 6 Pages.... and have a profound loss of the sense of time. Characteristically, those under the influence of marijuana show incoordination and impaired ability to perform skilled acts. Still others experience a wide range of emotions including feelings of perception, fear, insanity, happiness, love and anger¡¨ (Annas 19). Although marijuana is not addicting, it may be habituating. The individual may become psychologically rather than physically dependent on the drug. Those who urge the legalization of marijuana maintain the drug are entirely safe. The available data suggested, this is not so. Marijuana occasionally produces acute panic reactions or even transient psychoses. Further ....
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The Electoral College System
1181 Words - 5 Pages.... This is no longer the case.
Before any debate it was assumed the best system of electing the
president was to have congress do it. However, if congress was to elect the
president, then the president might feel an obligation to help congress get
certain laws passed by not vetoing. This would put a dent in the checks and
balances system. Even with this problem the system was voted for and
approved on four different occasions (Peirce 39).
Basically the Electoral College system works like this today. Every
ten years the census figures adjusts how many representatives each state
has. This number plus two, representing the two senators, equals how many
electors ea ....
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Homeless In America
774 Words - 3 Pages.... with mental illnesses
also become homeless quite often. These people are incapable of handling
the stress of living on their own. These people get kicked out of their
homes and are to ashamed to go to their families because of their illness,
so we see them on the streets struggling to stay warm. Teenage mothers
are also forced to live on the streets because their families will not
help them. The fathers are not there and that forces them to live on the
streets. So they must resort to prostitution to pay for the food that
their young ones need to stay alive. There are many other people that
become homeless for many different reasons. Some of these people can not
help bec ....
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Declining Trust In Our Government
1000 Words - 4 Pages.... American government is not doing the right
thing in a lot of the actions it takes. Of course, nobody expects the
government to operate perfectly with no mistakes, because this is not a
perfect world. These numbers are too high though. What caused this
problem in the United States, what is the extend of this problem in our
country, and is this distrust of our government even a serious problem at
all? These are three questions that need to be addressed in out society
today.
What really has caused the American people to distrust our government
and when did this trend actually begin? I do not believe there is any
clear answer to these questions and I do not believe i ....
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Anti-Semitism In The United St
392 Words - 2 Pages.... this could exist, but even here in the Bay Area you can find such Anti-Semitic groups. Anti-Semitism differs from the usual form of racism, it seems that it's rooted much deeper in the psyche of people. Many cultures in the world have their own reason for disliking Jews, and that has carried over to the U.S. Those who hold strong religious beliefs dislike the Jews because of their unsubstantiated link to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Those of Arab descent also dislike Jews because of religious reasons and because of the founding of the state of Israel. It would be reasonable to say that Anti-Semitism is passed down from parents to their children. Although, parents may not ....
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Euthanasia - The Right To Die
956 Words - 4 Pages.... legal, many people believe they should be. A great number of those people may never be faced with the decision, but knowing the option would be there is a comfort (Jaret 46). For those who will encounter the situation of loved ones on medication, being treated by physicians, sometimes relying on technical means to stay alive arises a great moral conflict. I wish to explore this topic on ethical, not legal issues.
Do people have a right to choose death? More in particular, are euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide morally legitimate? Euthanasia involves a death that is intended to benefit the person who dies, and requires a final act by some other person, for example, a ....
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Aids
902 Words - 4 Pages.... may be infected with the virus and not be aware of it and the majority of these victims are between the ages of twenty and forty. The only solution to this problem, as is the only solution to any problem, is prevention through education. Of course it is easy to hand out literature and condoms to adults, but are they really going to listen? As a community, we can encourage HIV/ testing, but will it be taken advantage of? Since these are adults being familiarized with HIV/, how to contract it, the consequences, and the raw statistics, they will probably disregard all of the information. Education on the issue of HIV/ obviously needs to begin at an earlier age. HIV is spread ....
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