(p. 998) Let's look at two other definitions of the term "ethnic": an ethnic group is a collective within a larger society having real or putative common ancestry, memories of a shared historical past, and a cultural focus on one or more symbolic elements defined as the epitome of their people hood , A necessary accompaniment is some consciousness of kind among members of the group. (1970:12) (Tax, 1976, p.10) Lilian Rubin (1994) in her book Families On the Fault Line defines both race and ethnicity as race and ethnicity Stripped to their essence ethnicity is related to ances...

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This street is lined with quaint restaurants, one of a kind clothing shops and rough brick apartment buildings that I have gotten to know intimately in years past as a real estate rental agent. ... The poverty stricken, lower class people quickly flocked to these rundown buildings which were transformed into tenements9. ...

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They were severely mentally ill, for instance, or end-of-the-line substance abusers-people incapable of caring for themselves, unable to keep themselves housed, and newly visible because of drastic changes in policies that had previously kept them institutionalized in hospitals or jails. ... Michael Katz believes that, "The 1960's War on Poverty became the 1980's War on Welfare, and in the process the levels of poverty have increased dramatically."" ... Black and Hispanic people live in urban ghettos that resemble areas of the Third World in terms of their poverty and degradation. ...

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Experts agree that the mix of guns and drugs in adolescents, worsened by the desperation of poverty, is a lethal one. ... Studies show that the line between fantasy and reality, which is a clear line for most adults, can become very blurred for vulnerable children. ...

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Lady Liberty over looked tall skyscrapers, beautiful parks, and millions of happy people in many US citizen's eyes, but now she over looks rubble, dirty, narrow streets, poverty stricken families, and a hurting city. ... S. are below the poverty line and considered poor ("Out of Sight"). ...

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The United States had gone to war with 70 percent of the American people falling below the category of earnings poverty. ... As rationing had ended, the percentage of Americans living below the poverty line fell dramatically and soldiers returned home with the dream of a house and car of one's own. ... While this hurt the individual label marquee-companies, this did not affect the Big Three's bottom line or sales company wide, since each had been edged out by a sister company [Ford from Mercury (Ford), Chevrolet from Buick (GM), and Plymouth from Dodge (Mopar/ Chrysler)]. ...

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They say that when students are likely to live in poverty, witness drug abuse at home, have parents arrested and/or sent to prison, then it is not surprising how many students behave well, rather than some of them are violent. ... It makes first line mention in all the news stories for the night and sometimes for weeks and months to come. ... School violence starts out with the bully on the playground, or the pushing and shoving in the lunch line, but given the right set of circumstances what might have been prevented with some supervision instead turns into something deadly. ...

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Upton Sinclair's novel the Jungle illustrates how greed and ruthless competition has made turn of the century America into a brutal jungle.Take or be taken? was the guiding rule, and everyone was someone else's prey. Those at the bottom of the economic ladder - wage earners and their families were a...

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They have inspired family values crusaders to condemn careerist mothers, absent fathers, single parents, same sex marriages and unwed parents as the root cause of many of societies ills: drug abuse, poverty, juvenile crime, failure in school, out of control children. ... The characteristics of the 1950s family a emerging birth rate, a stable divorce rate, and declining age of marriage--were historical distortions out of line with long-term historical trends. ...

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Unfortunately, only a few million Americans register for services of preventative and wellness programs, and children of parents living below the poverty line only account for 8 million consumers out of 361 million.6 The current state and future of the U.S. healthcare system is a cause of concern for consumers and providers alike; reformers cannot expand coverage without sacrificing the quality of specialized care that so many Americans cherish. ...

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History Coursework To What Extent Did The Key Political Ideas Directly Influence Change And Development In Your Chosen Period Of Study? Throughout the 19th and 20th century many political ideas have helped change and shape society, to what it is presently today. The list is endless for w...

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