I may use the term "minorities" when referring to both or either group. ... These low success rates create and expose a multitude of problems that affect not only minorities, but all of our society. ... Since many minorities are not completing college, they would fall under the "some college, no degree" category. ... In theory, this was a good solution; it allowed for more minorities to get the opportunity for success. ... " Other government policies to help minorities in school include the California Dream Act, which is to help undocumented students who were brought ...

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There are 50 whites and 50 minorities. The company is required to hire at least four minorities, with affirmative action. ... The top ten people on the list include eight whites and two minorities. ... It forces companies to hire minorities. ... The school will take 125 whites and 75 minorities. ...

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There are 50 whites and 50 minorities. The company is required to hire at least four minorities, with affirmative action. ... The top ten people on the list include eight whites and two minorities. ... It forces companies to hire minorities. ... The school will take 125 whites and 75 minorities. ...

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Beyond that, minority races are incarcerated at a much higher rate than Caucasians (Criminal Justice Fact Sheet). ... It disproportionately targets minority populations and the undereducated, particularly among young black males. ... These questions include: Should the person be charged with a crime? ... These consequences include disenfranchisement, that is, loss of their right to vote, and labor market exclusion (Roberts 1291). ... Most minority communities experience the consequences of this issue. ...

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The way it is interpreted now, affirmative action gives minorities an unfair advantage over whites. ... Now companies have quotas set on diversity in the office, and will hire a less qualified minority just to meet them. ... This in effect not only hurts the white citizens, but also any United States born minorities. ... Stanford University sponsored a program to reward its departments for hiring more minority faculty. ... The revised plan for affirmative action should include the following additions: I. ...

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This order required federal contractors to take "affirmative action" to increase the number of minorities that they employed. ... Such distortions include the hiring of unqualified workers, the causing of problems for groups it originally set out to help, and reverse discrimination that results in unfair standards into higher education and the work force. ... Instead of treating minorities like equals, it treats them like they are better than other members of the population and puts white males in a disadvantage like the minorities once were. ... Some arguments for affirmative action may be ...

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At the micro level, the media can play a huge role in how minorities are viewed. ... The media can provide misleading images of minorities. ... In fact, some studies display that most White residents have a comfort level with racial integration where the minorities cannot portray more than 8% of the community. After that proportion exceeds it is likely they will move and the neighborhood will become mostly minority. ... Institutional oppression include placing black Americans or women into jobs that don't have much of a chance for promotion or good salaries. ...

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The laws" intent was to afford underprivileged minority groups" equal opportunities for employment that were available to the white male. ... This broadened the law to include any American agency or business that received federal assistance to abide by the same laws. ... Hiring and promotion of minorities has shown tremendous increase since this act was passed into law. ... Congress realized that the minorities must be given a better opportunity to receive the education to qualify for certain jobs. ... The undergraduate program allows additional points automatically to minorities or...

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For example, population data used to calculate the disparity index does not include members of the minority community that reside in St Louis City and therefore increases the diversity of drivers on the roads within St Louis County. ... A good example of this is if a police officer is assigned to a neighborhood with large numbers of minorities he/she will inevitably write more tickets to the minority population than other officers assigned to predominantly white neighborhoods. In turn officers in minority neighborhoods would be branded unfairly. ... The minority neighborhoods would then not ge...

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In 1996, six minority employees filed suit against the oil giant Texaco. Texaco was charged for "systematic failure to promote minority employees and with fostering a racially hostile environment."" Evidence of secret tapes revealed that four top executives referred to minority employees as "black jelly beans- and "niggers."" ... This can often occur in the workplace by allowing for advantages to be given to a certain minority or majority of a race. ... The University contends that it looks for minorities within the large pool of qualified applicants. ...

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There have also been many isolated incidences involving racially motivated crimes and actions against visible minorities. ... Canada's public sector, responsible for the justice system, has been largely scrutinized in recent years for it's percieved bias against visible minorities. ... One explanation is that the law in practice in Canada today which is practiced and has it's policies implemented in most courtrooms in the country today, was created in an era in which members from several minority and disadvantaged groups were banned from participating in society an...

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Majority of societies will face at least one of many different problems, such as, drugs, HIV/AIDS, school dropout rates, minority issues, and racism. ... The issue of racial profiling is more complicated than that conception; it can include people of many backgrounds in many different situations. ... Many minorities face being pulled over by policemen just because of the color of their skin, not because of violating the law. Nevertheless, there are many lawsuits being held on minorities being stopped by a police officer of racial profiling and unaware of how to handle the situation. ... Henc...

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The prevailing perception in American society today is that most drug traffickers and gang members are minorities, mostly blacks. ... Racial profiling is based on the premise that minorities commit most drug offenses. ... This adds to the perception that whites commit far fewer drug offenses than minorities. ... Statistics prove the use and selling of drugs are not limited to minorities in America; in fact, five times as many whites use drugs. From the outset of the "war on drugs," minorities have been targeted. ...

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Such jobs include health aides, maids, housekeepers, and servers. ... The wage gap intensifies minority women, specifically African-American women into poverty. ... In regards to ability to pay their mortgage payments, 18 percent of minority women were worried that they would be incapable of making mortgage payments compared to 7 percent of white women....

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Indicators of student effort include how often students are absent from school, how interested they are in their schoolwork, whether they try to do their best, whether they complete their assignments, and how much time they spend on homework and other activities such as work or watching television. ... We find these problems to be most common in urban areas where black minorities are the majorities. ... Jobs like city maintenance or cleaning services, which has less income than that which is desirable are usually what you find most minorities migrating to. Also certain jobs as McDonalds or ...

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"All men," however did not include African Americans. ... "An unjust law is a code that a numerical or power majority group compels a minority group to obey but does not make binding on itself a law is unjust if it is inflicted on a minority that, as a result of being denied the right to vote, had no part in enacting or devising the law," (King, p 1307). ... The Constitution states that "all men are equal," therefore the words, "all men," should include all races. ...

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Racial tension between the police force and minority communities have lead a big part in the shooting of Michael Brown and riots. ... "This is totally true because the white cops are ignorant believing they are better than the minority based on not living in poorer parts of county. ... They also don't include officer Darren Wilson's side of the story. ...

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While the white minority National Party government passed and implemented oppressive apartheid laws, black South Africans responded by intensifying their political opposition in the form of protests, marches, strikes and boycotts. The repressive laws of the apartheid system introduced and practiced by the white minority National Party government after 1948, certainly made black resistance difficult but not impossible. ... The Article 11 of the International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid states that apartheid is a crime: For the purpose of the present Co...

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Subject matter can include but is not limited to racism, sex, drugs, murder, history, politics, and countless other subjects that tend to make audiences a little uncomfortable if not delivered strategically or in this case rhythmically. ... The Digest of Education Statistics estimated the number of ethnic minority teachers would shrink 5 percent, while enrollment of ethnic minority children in Americas' schools would grow 41 percent within the decade. ... That being said, present day educators should be striving to find innovative and effective ways to reach the growing population of mino...

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The white minority strongly resisted African majority rule and during the 1940's the Afrikaner National Party sought to mobilize Afrikaner opinion. ... The white minority, fearing African majority rule, voted the National Party into office in 1948's whites-only general election. ... The Group Areas Act allocated 87% of the land to the white minority of 4 million people and 13% to the black majority of 20 million people. ... The Apartheid system also called for political segregation, restructuring the bureaucracy to include separate departments for each racial group. ...

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These records should include the person's race; the reason stopped; how long the car was detained; and whether a ticket was issued, the car searched, or any illegal goods or weapons were found when the traffic stop was made. ... Interstate 95 were white, but 80 percent of searches were of minorities. ... For instance, New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman fired the state police superintendent; Carl Williams for saying that while he did not condone racial profiling, minorities were responsible for most of the country's illegal drug trade (Cannon 72). ...

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"(Report of The Sentencing Project to the United Nations: 11) The economic situation for black people generally does not look much different than from what Grisham describes, if anything it is worse: During the 2007-2009 recession, all incomes have declined, but those of minorities were affected most. ...

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Oppression and marginalization of youth minorities over thirty years ago had led to the creation of the music and culture that is known as Hip-hop. ... Some examples of white involvement in Hip-hop include those who support the music, those who are critical of the culture, and those who participate in the further development of Hip-hop. ...

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Black males are pulled over often, along with Mexicans and minorities alike, by law enforcement for simply being a person of color. In New York minorities are often the ones stopped and questioned for no reason other than the thought that they looked "suspicious". ... In order to cure racism as a social symptom we must learn how to live in unison with other races, and how to respect each other's differences, and how to value a democracy that includes all ethnicities-it's the only way to overcome the mental illness. ... Thanks to the course I have taken regarding the phil...

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The 6th amendment states that a fair trial must have certain elements, which includes an impartial jury, among others. ... All of the characters previously talked about have one thing in common- all of them had different beliefs than society, and were all the minority at some point or another, but they all stayed true to their beliefs. ...

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