It is unfortunate to realize the amount of money taxpayers are spending to keep nonviolent drug offenders in prison. If we could cut back on our funding of prisons, that money could be allocated to something more constructive. ... One of which is the increase in HIV rates among African American women (Coudert, Lecture [19 November 2014]). Johnson and Raphael hypothesize that this is because "male incarceration lowers the sex ratio (male to female), disrupts the continuity of heterosexual relationships, and increases the exposure of incarcerated men to high-risk sex amid a population with...

• Word Count: 1163
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Owners of big businesses, such as Carnegie, thought that the increasing size and power was benefiting the entire society and economy because owners saw it as opportunities for unskilled workers to get jobs and make money for their families. However, they did not see the increasing size of corporations was increasing the demand on the workers with out any financial benefits to compensate for the extra labor. ... A major reason why business owners didn't see the problems with the capitalist system was because they were making the most money they ever had and the problems with the system d...

• Word Count: 2825
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There are numerous black reparation organizations, which could receive the money and distribute it evenly among African Americans, to incorporate black-owned businesses, home ownership and education for young and old blacks. These reparation organizations could also invest money into smaller black-owned businesses, and other industries that would help further the Black race, and ensure a rapid growth of African American middle class. ... America makes money off of African American in such industries as: music, advertisement, sports, and other entertainment outlets. ... The company's re...

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One factor that has affected many entering college in the last 30 years is the idea of affirmative action, where a race or a particular group of people receive preferential treatment over others. Many ethnic minorities, such as blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans, wouldn't have been in college ...

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This order required federal contractors to take "affirmative action" to increase the number of minorities that they employed. ... The debate by most individuals is that I lost my job or pay increase because of affirmative action. ... The primary purpose of a business is to make money...

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Diseases such as malaria were spreaded rapidly around the plantations and increasing the slave death rate to drastic numbers. ... Poverty plays a big role into human trafficking because the most exploited are people without money or are desperate of hope to seek a better future. ...

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The Declaration of Independence states, "All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights". But how much of this is true? Since the very beginning of the legal system in the United States, there has been inequality. Appearance has held such precedence...

• Word Count: 3114
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With studies showing that black Americans are more likely to join voluntary associations and partake in civic activities than whites are, black fraternal organizations and Masonic lodges only had room to grow into permanent and ever-increasing forces. ...

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It almost impossible for two southern white men to murder an African American teenager like Emmett Till was in 1955 in Money, Mississippi. Employment and educational opportunities for African Americans have been increasing throughout the past several decades. ...

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(Out of Many, 557) Progressives helped bring about state modification that required safety precautions in factories and allowed workers to collect money for injuries suffered on the job. Some states also set minimum wages, which allowed the incomes of the working class to increase. ...

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A black middle class had developed following the American Civil War (1861-1865), increasing education and employment opportunities with a new sense of racial pride (Collier, 1985). ... The new sense of political activism was reflected in the massive shift in Black affiliation from the Republican to the Democratic party and in the increasing influence of Black organizations. ... The association planned to raise money to buy a ship and return Black Americans to Africa, the land of their origins. ...

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Basically all the Blacks in Grisham's novel are poor, which leads into their church collecting money for Carl Lees Family since his many relatives are unable to help out. ... While Grisham romanticises Jake's struggle as a kind of 'David versus Goliath'-situation, the grim reality for most black people means that they have to hire "overworked, underpaid attorneys" which is effectively "increasing their chances of being convicted....

• Word Count: 4938
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