This relationship in turn allowed the apartheid government to have the capital backing to instigate various racist policies to further segregate the peoples of South Africa. ... In 1922 big mining capital and the Smut lead regime aliened to smash the Rand Revolt a series of violent strikes by white labor unions to prevent the removal of color bars that protected white labor (Krickler,2005,40).This instance not only brought to light the symbiotic relationship between government (who wished to crush growing labor unionism) and big capital (who wanted lower wages by replacing expensive white wo...

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In London in 2011 thousands of people protested, rioted and engaged in criminal activity from Saturday the 6th August through to Thursday the 11th of August. ... Thus one might emerge as in a category of ethnic minority and pro-civil order, or indeed as a white, British rioter. ... This intersectionality demonstrates the ways in which people can 'fall through the gap' in analyses which racialise the protest movement in particular demographic ways. ... The opposition to the privilege of ethno-centrism as it is perceived to favour white over black people in both the UK and the US mean...

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From another angle, however, Jacksonianism appears as a political impulse tied to slavery, the subjugation of Native Americans, and the celebration of white supremacy "so much so that some scholars have dismissed the phrase "Jacksonian Democracy" as a contradiction in terms. ... In the West, the seizure of lands from Native Americans and mixed-blood Hispanics opened up fresh areas for white settlement and cultivation "and for speculation. ... Jacksonianism, however, would grow directly from the tensions it generated within white society. ... The people's best weapons were equ...

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In 19th century America, nearly any white person was a racist. ... This shows that he indeed belonged with any other white man in 19th century society that was just how America functioned at the time. ... In his famous speech at Peoria, Illinois, he states: "But in ascertaining the number of the people, for this purpose five slaves are counted as being equal to three whites. The slaves do not vote; they are only counted and so used, as to swell the influence of the white people's voted there is not instance of exact equality and the disadvantage is against us the whole chapter throug...

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He believes that structural violence is a certain way of describing arrangements that are made within society that place people and populations in harm's way. ... Other studies involving America and their infant mortality rate, have found black babies rate to be double that of white babies, and the infant mortality rate overall in America is far higher than in any other developed country. ... It is thought to be a case of "nature plus nurture" rather than either one or the other being the more dominant factor producing a certain type of behaviour (Haines & White, 2008). ...

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Laws, known a Jim Crow Laws, legalized racial segregation, which submitted African-Americans to second-class citizenship, whilst enforcing white supremacy. ... This discrimination can be seen in the divide of resources in the education system, where in 1949 in Alabama, the states expenditure for African American students was only 27 per cent of its expenditure of white students. ... King's method inextricably intertwined a method of non- retaliation to abuse and the highlighting of unfair treatment of African Americans to create a system where African Americans were now viewed as the vict...

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Africans were brought to America solely for the purpose of bolstering the wealth of their white masters. ... Butler proves that these characteristics of American culture and the American people have their origins in the late colonial era. ... During the period of 1680-1770, fully 75-85% of all people owned or worked on farms. ... Slaves were a free source of labor and allowed the white farmers to increase their agricultural production with very little corresponding increase in overhead costs. ... Voting rights were granted to all white, male, property-owning colonists "a privilege conside...

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The cause of the formation of New Social Movements as Touraine highlighted was the fact that at the time a new class of educated, middle class, youth in Europe had emerged from a post-industrial society which meant these people were able to take a more critical view of society at the time and form social movements to question political and social issues of the time. ... An example again would be the Civil Rights, one of the first documented challenges to the 'Jim Crow' system of racial segregation occurred on February 1st 1960 when 4 black students; Ezell Blair, David Richmond , Jo...

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" and "...the brrrr of those white guide things", conveying the extremities of his feelings and creating a relatable character with which the audience can empathize. ... This is further reinforced by the description of the physical differences which they share, through hyperbole juxtaposing her parents as the "whitest white people in the world" to herself as a "person of color.... Epitomized by the idiom "Open your eyes, people", the narrator begins to depict the natural world as a living, conscious web of connections; a foreign concept for most which en...

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Dennis and White (1999) found that opponents of legalizing cannabis argue that addictive drugs were illegal due to the fact they harm the individual and society, particularly adolescents. ... This one concern of why people are against the legalization of cannabis in Australia. ... People would do illegal business of selling or trading cannabis to make money whilst keeping it away from authorities. ... If cannabis was made more available to people to use it legally then they may be an increase in the amount of people using the drug and lead them to develop these symptoms. ... The government m...

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Through religious ritual and practice, people "make sense of the world, reach decisions and organize their lives," which was evident during my visit to the Hindu Temple in Flushing, Queens. ... However, Lakshmi does not approve of greedy people who only worship her for the sake of material fortune and physical beauty, through which Asad's authorization process becomes evident and the deity gains her symbolic power. ... There were five elements of the Aarti: 1) Wicks (fire); 2) White cloth (space); 3) Wisp (Air); 4) Water; 5) Flowers (Earth). ... They remind people to keep God ...

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The English contrast the "old and wise People of Maryland" with the Indians "rash expressions", scolding them for bringing into question the strength of their Covenant Chain which "had contracted some rust" (50, 47). The English continually criticize the Indians, telling them what their people do wrong, and demand that they fulfill their wishes such as bringing forward the accomplices in the fur trader murder, and signing a portion of the treaty at the threat of breaking the Covenant chain, which protects them. ... Then, towards the end of the conference, the Engl...

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Once the community transforms from a small rural village with little outside contact, to a more developed urban area with technological advancement allotting instantaneous communication with people from all over the world, the way that individuals perceive themselves is bound to change. ... People of post-World War II Yugoslavia viewed the university as a vital factor in the construction of an advanced, industrialized society , because it could produce a skilled middle class of individuals who would allow the state to modernize. ... Ethnic Albanians in Kosovo composed almost seventy p...

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Cunningham and Flew highlight a basic power struggle between people, the government and our media system which they recognize to have a "strong corporatist flavour" (Cunningham and Flew, 2000: 237). ... Cunningham and Flew appear to attempt to deal with this aspect in their article, drawing on Marxist elements stemming from the Enlightenment, such as their consideration of the impact of commercialisation on the production of Australian media, they do perhaps neglect to consider the selective demographic- that is upper-middle class, white educated male- of "non-commercial" media channels, whic...

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The presentation of his indifference is further strengthened by his descriptive focus on Marie's physical appearance, "she was wearing a pretty red and white striped dress and leather sandals"" (Camus 24), which reflects that his interest in the relationship is strictly physical; the relationship therefore has no capacity for emotional depth. ... (Camus 75), demonstrating his unorthodox views of romantic affairs being disconnected with the people involved in the relationship; the individuals are interchangeable and the interest is placed on the relationship itself. ... To be completely un...

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When large segments of populations are displaced by natural or man-made disasters, people become separated from time-honored roots of language, culture, and social bonds. As a result, displaced peoples are forced to create new social and economic relations in the areas to which they re-locate, as well as change existing social dynamics in the receiving society. ... In response to Hurricane Katrina, anthropologist Anthony Oliver- Smith noted that the "increasing complexity of [natural] disasters is rooted in the interplay of social and economic factors in the environment, exacerbating the vulne...

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Much of the literature on political psychology presents compelling evidence in favor of the notion that people subscribe to either liberal or conservative political ideologies because they think or process information along different psychosocial dimensions. ... The theory claims that there is a "matching process that takes place whereby people adopt ideological belief systems that are most likely to satisfy their psychological needs and motives" (341). ... Therefore, what Jost et al. find is that "intolerance of ambiguity, by increasing cognitive and motivational tendencies to...

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In what concerns images and the scenic design "the photography used is in black and white and this unauthentic aspect makes shots more expressive. ... When Antonio was going to be lynched by those people who defended the thief; and the last scene, which can be seen as a denunciation against the hope for social justice. ...

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People trust them to make informed decisions that hopefully serve their purpose in the best way possible. ... Some software engineers may feel distanced from the people they affect due to the machine and programs that interface between them, but it is reality that these interfaces are merely a medium and as time flows, the level of responsibility placed on them will only grow. ... They learned by trial-and-error and on-the-job training, implying that they risk learning bad practices of other people rather than the best industry practices. ... Usually branded as white-collar work', for mo...

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She wanted to be included in society in a full way, something which was denied people labeled as "black". So Rosa Parks sat down on a bus in a section reserved for "white" people. ... This new cry is being raised by people with disabilities. ...

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When Mark Twain stated that "clothes make the man," he meant to criticize a society he considered superficial, vapid and shallow. Yet almost a hundred years after his death, his statement holds even more weight and rings even more true now that fashion is a multimillion-dollar industry. Fashion is c...

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He further argues that the needs of the African-American community call for a shift in political strategy whereby the blacks would have to ally with white unions in order to have an economic agenda, which he further states that it is time to move on from protest to politics. During the Poor People's Campaign in 1968, which begun after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr on April 4, Rustin opposed the campaign due to his concerns about civil disobedience in which he argued that the plans were vague and had lacked any direction as well as it did not address the key issues of the day...

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The executives of the companies claimed that they had not been involved in consultations prior to the announcement of the new tax and immediately launched a large scale media campaign to convince the Australian people that taxing the super profits of mining companies "would not just hurt big mining companies but also related industries and companies who depend on he Australian mining industry, shareholders, superannuation beneficiaries, electricity users, farmers and those who want job opportunities now and for years ahead. ... Ever since white settlers took residence on the shores of Austral...

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