It has happened from not only civilians but from people with power in the government. ... "In the covenant of marriage, she is becoming, to all intents and purposes, her master – the law giving him power to deprive her of her liberty and to administer chastisement.... King died trying to make that dream come true and it is our duty, and the government's, to fulfill his dream. ... In conclusion, the government needs to uphold their duty to protect the rights of all American people. ... Women's rights weren't the only unjust actions of the government. ...

• Word Count: 1861
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The relationship between capitalism and the apartheid government's form of institutionalized racism was one forged solely on the basis of mutual benefits. The apartheid government's racist policies allowed the creation of a pool of unemployed cheap black labor by instituting various laws such as color bars and a highly vulnerable migrant labor brought forward by Bantustans. ... Capitalisms alliance with the South African government is as old as the state itself. ... These forms of control where ever more amplified within white South Africa where pass laws dictated the basic movement ...

• Word Count: 2088
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Graduate

Kennedy signed a bill forcing government contractors to extinguish discrimination due to race, religion or national origin. Since that law came into existence, many changes have taken place to provide a broader scope of protection for what the government calls protected class members. ... Since that law came into existence, many changes have taken place to provide a broader scope of protection to what the government calls the "protected class." ... Government was unable to ignore the issues any longer without a great penalty. Compassion to help the underprivileged also attributed to governm...

• Word Count: 1980
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Setting a fixed standard and guideline of punishment aims to convince potential criminals that the crime is not worth the time (general deterrence), to equally and fairly distribute punishment among similar illegal acts (retribution), to help and not just punish the criminals in order to remove further threat to society (rehabilitation), and to detain criminals to eliminate risk of a repeated offence (incapacitation).2 According to UN declaration article 7, the United Nations, all are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. ... Ever sin...

• Word Count: 2471
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Apartheid was a government policy of complete racial separation that gave power mainly to the whites. ... In the United States, Jim Crow laws banned black citizens from obtaining jobs and access to public places such as restaurants and hotels. ... He eventually obtained a law degree from the University of South Africa. ... Black citizens did not have the right to vote in either country due to laws passed by the government. ... These ten million citizens had no representation in the government, and their voices for governmental changes weren't being heard by not permitting them to vote. ...

• Word Count: 1517
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The indigenous government of the former colony reached into Africa's glorious past to rename themselves Ghana. ... The colonial governments in western universities educated an elite class of Africans. ... Liberia is unique among African nations in that a colonial government has never controlled it. ... The British government paid owners for their slaves, but the Boers complained the payments were too small. ... Pass Laws required non-whites to carry a "pass" to prove they had permission to travel in white areas. ...

• Word Count: 2251
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

The delegates drew up laws and designed a flag. ... Imperial government opposed Garvey's ideas and "The Negro World."" ... Spies for the government also joined UNIA to keep track of his every move. ... The main focus of the PPP were: self-government for Jamaica, a minimum wage for workers, land reform, and 8-hour work day, free secondary education, a public library system, encouragement of local industries, protection for nave labor, a law to punish judges who act unfairly, politics, and race. The PPP's law to punish judges who acted unfairly got Garvey into trouble. ...

• Word Count: 1629
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The reason for that being was the fact that they ran most of the cities or governments. ... If you did not follow the law you had to pay the price. ... They use the government and courts to get their voices heard. ... He went to government leaders and went against dominant groups and told to desegregate. ... They displayed that the same laws that was holding the people down would be the same laws to put the up one-day. ...

• Word Count: 1633
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

With out any opposition from the blacks and the unity of the strong central government there was no need to create a laws constricting the power of the Afro Brazilian population. ... Natives were given the hope that if the British won they would be given their freedom and a say in the new government. ... Once slavery was abolished South Africa developed Apartheid which was a centrally based form of segregation and Jim Crow laws. South Africa was more of a centrally power based government rather than a regionally based or state based government like the United States form of federalism. ... Eve...

• Word Count: 2418
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• Grade Level: High School

The federal government favored the new industries as opposed to agriculture. During World War I the federal government had subsidized farms, and paid really high prices for wheat and other grains. ... As a point of interest I saw an article that document what the government paid farmers during and after the war. It's important to keep in mind that during the war the government was paying farmers roughly $2 a bushel for wheat and after they government urged farmers to obtain debt the war ended and the government paid farmers only .67 cents a bushel. ... It seemed the whole town knew and...

• Word Count: 1892
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Our most powerful and sacred document that holds all the power in the government is colorblind. ... Constitution states "No state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of laws." ... The US government has " more than ninety thousand organizations with contracts valued at $50,000 or more." ... They feel that this law is unfair, taking away more gifts that I can give to myself or my family. ... Herzberger, the debate is whether the government truly believes in their laws or if they are simply using it as campaign fuel. ...

• Word Count: 2152
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The government was convinced the Japanese people were traitors to the United States and they would side with Japan when they got the chance. The government relocated anyone of Japanese ancestry to concentration camps. ... The government had no proof any Japanese person becoming a traitor " The governments policy was based on the incredible notion that this group of people, solely on the basis of ancestry, had to be regarded as inherently disloyal to the United States." ... During this time the Jim Crow textbook law passed, it said books for black children could not contain information on votin...

• Word Count: 2342
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• Grade Level: High School

According to members their religion and philosophy called "Creativity- is based on the external laws of nature, the experience of history, on logic and common sense. ... They believe that Jews have control of the United States government, which they call the JOG (Jewish Occupational Government). ... While serving as Pontifex Maximus, Hale was attending Southern Illinois University and obtaining his Law degree. After graduation Hale took and passed the bar exam, but was later notified that the state would not grant him a license to practice law due to his racist and anti-Semitic beliefs. ....

• Word Count: 1899
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The wealth of the land funded the government, the police, army, and the national infrastructure. ... The peace treaty gave power to the Boers once the British felt they were ready for self-government, this occurred in 1910. ... In response to the blacks land ownership, who had previously been tenants on the white owned land, laws were passed restricting the number of African families who could live on any single farm. However, these laws weren't enforced so there was actually a significant increase in black land ownership during the period of Cape Colony rule. ... "Never since has there b...

• Word Count: 1512
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Many attempts have been made by the government to ease racial tension. ... They proved that as a result of segregation, black children felt inferior to white children and white children became morally confused because the government was telling them to treat everyone equally, but still they refused to give black people the same privileges as white people. ... This still made many black people feel inferior because they did not have the same opportunists as white people did despite what the law stated. ... Supreme Court could come up with was to separate the races and to ensure that everyone wo...

• Word Count: 1380
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• Grade Level: High School

The whites, as was intended, were the major benefactors of this system, as the system stated that they must own the vast majority of the land and that the South African federal government consist of only whites, therefore making all political decisions pro-white. ... In 1964, Nelson Mandela, the popular leader of the African National Congress, an organization to combat apartheid, was sentenced to life in prison for attempting to overthrow the South African government. ... Although blacks and whites are equal under American law, they are far from being equal socially. ... The ...

• Word Count: 1377
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• Grade Level: High School

So why hasn't the government put a stop or at least tried to reform drug laws? ... Now the government has tried to stop the drug trade with President Nixon's infamous "War on Drugs," but it has been as ludicrous as it has been counter-intuitive. ... Perhaps this is a convenient way for the government to suppress the drug problem temporarily rather than trying to fix the big-picture problem of drugs as a whole, and if that problem isn't fixed, it will only continue to inflict harm and exploit not only minorities, but the nation as well. ...

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One example of oppression comes in the form of deprivation of rights and materials, which basically means that someone is not allowed the same rights to the constitutional law, rules, and anything of equal status when it comes to legality. ... Colored people in courts were not given the rights they deserved, even when the law said they should be given those rights. ... This oppressive category is aimed to force the people it's discriminating against to stay in a certain status level; usually created to keep someone at a poverty ranking, their education low or refusing the correct law and ...

• Word Count: 1567
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The movement was initially advanced through the amendment process, an essential method of change in our government. ... It became evident that history would really have to wait before out reactive society and government ever become proactive. ... In one of such attempts, "Governor Collins accepted segregation as a part of Florida custom and law and promised to use the lawful processes of his office to maintain it." ... However, Governor Collins, in response to this decision, passed "the 1955 legislature into law to authorize the assignment of pupils to schools on the basis of health, safety...

• Word Count: 1986
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The government or state wouldn't do anything about the colored schools. ... That year, a black passenger named Rosa Parks was arrested for disobeying a city law requiring that blacks give up their seats on buses when white people wanted to sit in their seats or in the same row. ... Statistically shown by Denny Charlotte, "Black men are up to five times as likely to be unemployed as white men, according to government figures which suggest that ethnic minorities face widespread discrimination looking for jobs" (http://www.obv.org.uk/reports). ...

• Word Count: 1860
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• Grade Level: High School

She is motivated both by her guilt for failing to prevent Pieter's tragedy and by the wish to show mercy, in contrast to the racially divisive laws that separate Pieter and the country The novel is set in the time following World War II, and Pieter and the other South African soldiers who volunteered to go abroad and fight with the British have returned home and resumed their lives. ... The strike and procession are an indication of organized black opposition to government policy, and, although Sophie treats them as insignificant, it is clear that they have a larger historical significan...

• Word Count: 1438
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Even though the federal government has passed civil rights law in an attempt to equalize education, these laws having been "designed to end segregated education [, they like a lot of other laws and policies,] have been consistently undermined and defeated by white resistance and refusal (Lipsitz 34). " Lipsitz not only discusses the implications of the possessive investment in whiteness on blacks but because is America a nation full of different ethnic backgrounds, Lipsitz also includes the implications for Latino and Asian communities. ...

• Word Count: 1644
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Thus, the greatest threat to democracy was seen as coming from class warfare that destabilized a nation's economy, society and government, and threatened the peaceful and harmonious implementation of laws.... This led to many racist laws and horrible acts in the name of "white power". Today's leaders agree that these laws and acts are racist and offensive, however, many southerners still feel that segregation and even slavery should still exist. ...

• Word Count: 1706
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

FDR called Randolph for a meeting, where Randolph made the following three demands: Immediate end to segregation and discrimination in federal government hiring, an end to segregation of the armed forces and government support for an end to discrimination and segregation in all American employment. ... Executive Order 8802 stated that federal government hiring practices would not be affected pr determined by race, color, creed, or national origin. The FEPC was supposed to enforce the order to ban discriminatory hiring within the federal government and in corporations that received federal co...

• Word Count: 1898
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Millions of African Americans fought for achieving racial equality before the law. ... During debate over the law, women took advantage of a segregationist Congressman's likely hostile amendment to include "sex" in Title VII, which would ban employment discrimination. ... The civil rights movement pushed the private sphere into the public sphere – it made discrimination that wouldn't previously fall under the government's sphere of influence a legislative issue. ...

• Word Count: 2185
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate