In 1983, the United States General Accounting Office conducted a study of several Southern states that found three out of every four landfills were located near predominantly minority communities. ... The study also found that three out of every five African-Americans and Hispanics live in a community bordering an unregulated toxic waste site. ... While critics of environmental racism argue that certain "ethnic or socio-economic groups bear a disproportionate share of the negative environmental consequences resulting from industrial operations or federal, state, or local policies-(), those...

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As a qualitative researcher, the author is cognizant of the lack of racial diversity in her study, as this would rather depict a more contrasting outcome about transgender experiences. ... Though this process was unsuccessful, Bender-Baird was triumphant in opening up the purpose of the study with clear and organized objectives and that is to examine and understand the political terrain they are treading and its appositeness to gender racialization, which are the meaningful foci of her open-ended inquisitions. ... Additionally, some findings are prevalent and identifies with other pertinent r...

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According to the 1997 Runnymede Trust report, Islamophobia includes discrimination against Muslims in employment practices, the provision of health care and education; exclusion of Muslims from government, politics, and employment (including positions of responsibility); violence toward Muslims including physical assaults, verbal abuse and vandalizing of property; and prejudice against Muslims in the media and in "everyday conversation." (1) Regardless of one's receptivity toward Islam, anti-Muslim sentiment is an important issue for society to address globally. ... Attitudes Towar...

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This study also reported that the fault that caused the earthquake in Japan wasn't supposed to rupture but it did. ... " (3) The DOD released a strategic research project that talks about how unprepared the government as a whole is regarding natural disasters, in the project approved "complex catastrophe" which is "any natural disaster that leads to a result in multiple casualties affecting the population, public health, environment....

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In E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the Twenty- first Century The 2006 Johan Skytte Prize Lecture, Robert argues: Many (though not all) of the scores of studies of collective creativity in work groups (in business, education and so on) find that diversity fosters creativity (Webber & Donahue 2001;O'Reilly et al. 1997; Williams & O'Reilly 1998). ...

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" More concretely, the Commission requests the Working Group, among other things, to: Elaborate and present concrete proposals on possible new standards, general guidelines or basic principles encouraging the further protection of human rights, in particular the right of peoples to self-determination, while facing current and emergent threats posed by mercenaries or mercenary-related activities; Monitor mercenaries and mercenary-related activities in all their forms and manifestations in different parts of the world; Study and identify emerging issues, manifestations and trends regarding...

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