There Sharpton made repeated public appearances concerning the outrage of the brutal rape of the innocent young black girl and even went so far as to accuse a white government lawyer of being involved. ... (freedomoutpost.com) This suggests to any rational person that perhaps the leading black activist in the United States of America has no true credibility because he is willing to make up, sponsor, and campaign, a hoax that keeps a thing like racism very real. ...

• Word Count: 3113
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: High School

But though she has great justification for what she has done, and the reader must partially sympathize with her, her action injures many innocent people and cannot finally be justified. ... Her child, now her master, becomes a sickly and pernicious person who takes particular delight in treating Roxana with open contempt. ... But the impossibility of openly addressing these sins by humans, who are so decidedly not innocent, forces society to operate within a web of lies that enables the civilization to limp along without complete anarchy. ...

• Word Count: 3141
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This case doesn't turn out well - although Tom's lawyer tries to convince the jurors and the judge that Tom was innocent, they still didn't believe him because Tom is African American. ... On the night of February 4th, 1999, Amadou Diallo, an unarmed and innocent African immigrant, was gunned down in a hail of 41 bullets while standing in the vestibule of his apartment building in the Bronx. ...

• Word Count: 3114
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

His first popular book was "Innocents Abroad- (1869), followed by "Tom Sawyer- and "Huckleberry Finn- (1876). ... This is a stereotypical description of small towns of the South in those days: "Dawson's Landing was a slaveholding town, with a rich, slave-worked grain and pork country back of it."" (6) The reader soon learns that this innocent image is just upon the surface and in the depth we find slavery and crime. ... Is it "Chambers-'s ancestry or his less protected childhood that makes him a calm, decent person? ...

• Word Count: 3258
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Whether it may be something as innocent as not hiring a person because his or her age might influence productivity, companies are forced to ignore the laws of discrimination for the company's benefit. ... Reverse discrimination takes place when a company hires a person because of his or her race. ... "Affirmative action does not mean the hiring of unqualified persons. ... Apply in person at: Kollision King 6127 Padre Island Hwy". ... Since Kollision King is probably staffed by mostly men, they could have changed their advertisement to accept telephone calls versus having to apply in...

• Word Count: 2684
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This law means a 20 year sentence for a person who uses a gun in a certain crime. ... This law means a person can use self-defense if they felt threatened. ... On February 26, 2012, George Zimmerman was doing his neighborhood watch and calls 911 to report a suspicious person. ... Discrimination Race is one of the factors that can determine the length of a person's sentence. ... "Although African- Americans are the victims in half of the murders that occur each year in the United States 85% of the condemned were sentenced to death for murders of white persons "( Bright:434). ...

• Word Count: 2555
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography

Your life is literally worth less than that of a Jew; the Israeli military likes to fire indiscriminate heavy weapons such as rockets or shells at Arab neighborhoods if they think a terrorist might live there, and they casually dismiss dozens of innocent casualties or even deaths as unfortunate but necessary. ...

• Word Count: 3452
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

SECTION 1 - Short Answer 1) Ida B. Wells maintained her anti-lynching campaign throughout her life despite her constant fear of death by her oppressors. When the entire passage is taken into context, it explains her actions and the amazing courage that she possessed. "I felt that one had better die fighting against injustice than to die like a dog or rat in a trap. I had already determined to sell my life as dearly as possible if attacked. ...

• Word Count: 4173
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School