Historically, the interaction between the police and ethnic groups has always been strained. Trust and confidence in the police are at an all-time low. Best practices conduct makes it difficult for all stakeholders. Racial profiling and bias have plagued criminal justice professionals for decades. So, what strategies for best practices could be used to ensure ethical conduct to avoid racial...
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Postcolonial feminism is a relatively new type of feminism that emerged in response to earlier waves of feminism and postcolonial theory. It seeks to address the adverse cultural, economic, and political effects of colonialism on non-Western women in developing and especially colonized countries, which are typically at odds with mainstream feminism. Therefore, a vital issue in feminist activities is the...
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Stereotyping and discrimination based on a difference in race are two things that are continually discouraged yet continue even today in the most recent of times. Since the wake of September 11, racial profiling in airports has been heavily enforced. In several instances, the stopping of virtually all “suspicious” people has proved to be advantageous in that those incriminated intended...
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The oppression of women refers to a more insidious type of manipulation and control of women. Little Women by Louisa Alcott was published in 1868. It was written in the 1860s and was set in the civil war where the mum and the four sisters live in a neighborhood in Massachusetts in refined poverty. This book is about four sisters...
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In today’s society, most are aware of the activist cultures that roam the earth searching for a chance to create change. From Black Lives Matter to LGBTQ+, these groups are making themselves and their cause known and heard. Feminists are yet another community that has made themselves a force to be reckoned with. With the help of the media, this...
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Teaching Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein raises many questions, but when I state that one of my teaching perspectives is feminism, more questions are asked. Feminism as a perspective is not only relevant to our times but provides another way to look at the past – be it at the time when Frankenstein was written, or even earlier. Students often say that...
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Feminism is, by definition, the advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes. At its most basic form, it’s the equality of all things between men and women equal job and education opportunities, equal pay, and equal rights. And in a perfect world society would have achieved this stage of equilibrium between sexes ages ago....
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Introduction Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story, The Yellow Wallpaper, published in 1892, serves as a compelling critique of the patriarchal structures that governed women's lives during the late nineteenth century. The narrative, written in the form of a personal journal, details the descent into madness of a woman confined by her husband in an effort to cure her supposed hysteria....
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The underlying feminism in the famous classic ‘Little Women’ by Louisa Alcott is a topic widely discussed since the novel’s publication in 1868, just after the first wave of the feminist movement. The real discussion revolves mainly around the main protagonist ‘Jo’ Josephine March and her character traits that are very clear to critics and readers alike; however, it seems...
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It is clear the study of Black Lives Matter and 'RhodesMustFall' needs to put such emphasis on global history due to the disparity between blacks and all races not just within the UK and the US but also in India, Spain, etc. Becoming victims of many forms of racism including structural and institutional, but also subjected to constant threats, verbal...
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'Black Lives Matter is a movement that was brought to light around 2013 after a man was acquitted after murdering 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, who was African American. Many believed that the trial decision was based on the fact that Martin was Black and this sparked the Black Lives Matter Campaign, highlighting the racial inequality in the USA. Since the beginning...
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In the words of Frank Zappa, “Without deviance from normality, there can be no progress” (Deviance quotes, n.d). Deviance is needed for a society to advance. Things that were deemed acceptable back then would not relate to the era that we are living in right now which is why deviance is important. The group that I decided to analyze is...
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To understand the issue of civil rights, we must go back to the root of the problem, or the first time civil rights were broken or not observed. The very first time slavery is believed to have begun according to history is in the beginning is the beginning of the 17th century. In 1619, the first set of Africans were...
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Anyone of color can relate to an experience of being racially profiled, in schools, shopping malls, and even restaurants. Personally, being racially profiled is a common experience that I may experience anywhere and everywhere. At malls, at shopping centers, the employees can only imagine a person of color doing something wrong – Is he stealing, is he going to attack...
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In 'The Yellow Wallpaper,' written by prestigious feminist author Charlotte Perkins Gilman, after the birth of her baby, our nameless narrator suffers from postpartum depression and is forced by her dominant doctor's husband, John, to weeks of bed rest. While in the confines of bed, the narrator starts a rapid descent into madness and becomes convinced that women are stalling...
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The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is regarded as an important work of American Feminist literature as it explores the attitudes towards women’s mental and physical health in the 19th century. The short story is fictional yet can be considered semi-autobiographical as it was written after Gilman experienced severe post-partum depression. In this passage, Gilman touches on ideas about...
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The idea of restriction is prevalent through the treatment of female characters in both “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman to demonstrate the harsh realities that women faced in the critical Victorian period. Judy Simons suggests that wives in Victorian England were “literally the property of their husbands” and argues that the deeply...
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For the past five decades, gender stereotypes in advertising have been attracting the interest of scholars by making them inquisitive about the techniques used by an advertiser to depict men and women in society. They were also keen to learn about the motives behind this stereotype as well as how it influenced the mindsets of society. Stereotypes are defined as...
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Looking at Angelique Patterson today, you would never guess that her run-ins with sexual violence started at the very young age of five. After being sexually abused, Patterson started down a ‘dark path’ that made her begin cutting herself at the age of seven, and by age eleven, she had begun abusing drugs and alcohol. Her parents, fearing for her...
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Most Americans have heard of the difficulties of life for White Americans during the great depression, but few know of the injustices towards Mexican immigrants and Mexican-Americans during that time. Using all peoples of Mexican heritage as a scapegoat for the economic depression, unprecedented hatred and discrimination were shown towards them. Then repatriations-the illegal process of moving immigrants back to...
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In the United States, Violence has a big impact in today's society due to the control that we have as a country on our gun laws. Gun violence is a global issue for contemporary human rights. Gun-related violence, violates our universal right to life, the most fundamental human right. For many years now, this has become a big problem with...
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The debate over anti-gun laws has become a highly controversial and widely deliberated topic in multiple countries worldwide in the last few years. With the occurrence of mass shootings and gun violence on the rise, how could it not? The more restrictions there are on the consumption and inadequate use of guns in the general public the lower the rates...
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After seeing a deadly abundance of mass shootings increase over the years in the United States there is a need for new and strong gun control policies. Whenever mass shootings happen one of the most frequently asked questions is how could such tragedy have been prevented. Innocent people have died and until this day there has not been an effective...
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Abstract This paper will examine the issues of gun violence and the necessary processes to reduce gun violence in the United States. A main issue is the necessity to have and own automatic and semi-automatic rifles as they serve no purpose. Another concern is mental illnesses and disorders as they raise concerns as to whether people with these issues should...
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The School Shootings Epidemic in the United States Throughout the previous 20 years our students, teachers, and parents have lived with the fact that acts of mass violence could potentially happen in any school. America's weapon brutality presence, whether it be mass shootings, murders, ambushes, or gun suicides, has been tainting America's schools. The failure of our leaders to address...
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Gun violence in America is an urgent, nagging problem, which requires proof-based, innovative solutions. It is a serious national problem leading to more than 30,000 deaths and 78,000 non-fatal injuries every year [See Alpers and Wilson]. Although the rate of gun homicides in the United States of America has declined in recent years, U.S. rates remain substantially higher than those...
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Currently, gun control has developed into a topic of controversy. In today’s society, shootings have turned into the new norm, and shootings are occurring every month. It looks like guns have turned into a critical issue, or is it something else? There is a continuous situation of conflict, political crisis, attacks, and personal threats. All of these factors affirm that...
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Guns are innovative and versatile tools that have found many uses in various aspects of our lives. In rural communities, it is used as a tool to hunt and eliminate pests, as well as to protect against attacks from wild animals. Guns are also found to be used as recreational tools through their use in various competitive sports. In the...
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