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Equal Pay Act Affirmative Action Programs
1,792 wordsPay equity means of eliminating sex and race discrimination in the wage-setting system. The wage gap is currently at 73 cents to the dollar. That means the wage gap has narrowed by less than a half penny per year. There are currently two laws that protect against wage discrimination, The Equal Pay Act of 1963, which prohibits unequal pay or substantially equal work performed by men and women. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits wage discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex...
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Affirmative Action In This Country Misc
1,078 wordsAffirmative action is wrong and will not help solve the problems minorities face. The reason it is wrong is because it's discrimination. It has no place in today's society in today's society because it does more bad than good. In addition to that most people don't enjoy the presence of affirmative action. Also, it appears that affirmative action can actually be detrimental to employees health. First of all, affirmative action is discrimination, there is no hiding it. When an employer hires anyon...
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Individual Or Group Environmental Racism
1,531 wordsCommunities are not all created equal. Have you ever heard of or considered the concept of Environmental Racism and what role it plays in the lives of Afro-Americans? I presume your answer is no. Well then, have you ever wondered why so many housing projects, which are majority Black occupied, are located near industrial parks? I presume you havent even noticed. Well, I have. Growing up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, I often visited my older cousin who resided in the Red Hook Housing...
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African American Men United States Population
1,124 words... ian women 1. 3 percent, African-American men 2. 7 percent, African-American women 2. 4 percent, Latinos 1. 8 percent, and Latinas a staggering 0. 9 percent (Misra, Kennelly, and Karides 216). The numbers truly show a white male-dominated field. While discussing the area of science academia, it is important to understand the minority distribution in the different teaching areas. Misra, Kennelly, and Karides state, In 1993 women composed 49. 6 percent of all full time lecturers and instructors...
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Washington D C Math And Science
1,053 wordsJon Meacham recently said, Everyday in every corner of America, we are redrawing the color lines and redefining what race really means. As we approach the end of this Millennium year, many are thinking, What is race? Is it still two distinct divisions; white and non-white? Many think that it is not. If this is true, how will people treat each other if there is not a distinction anymore? These questions are coming up everywhere. America is no longer black vs. white. We are in what many call the A...
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Juvenile Delinquency Youth Gangs
1,565 wordsThe Original law of the Illinois juvenile court defined a delinquent as: a child under the age of sixteen years who has violated any laws of the state, or any city or village ordinance. Under the common law, children between the ages of 7 and 16 years of could be dealt with as delinquent. Today in 37 states and in the District of Columbia, juvenile courts are initially responsible for all violations committed by youth under the age of 18. In ten states the age limit is 17 and in three states the...
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Martin Luther King Puerto Rican
1,174 wordsLet me begin this essay by stating that I am a retired English teacher of 34 years experience and believe that I have treated all of my students fairly and equitably. Three times I had been named into Whos Who Among American Teachers and two of those nominations have been by minority students, one black and one Hispanic. Those students realized that my classroom standards were just as tough on them as they were on the majority Caucasian students and that I gave them no favoritism, slack or handi...
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Dominican Republic Native American
1,275 wordsThere is something about Times Square at 7: 30 AM. You notice a lot: The desolateness, the workers in their blue jumpsuits, loading and unloading, as well as the calm in a place not usually known for calm. This is where I wake myself up most mornings with a walk from 42 nd to 56 th St. when I opt to get off the train a little early. The few I run into with some regularity smile at me with an unspoken friendship. I find pleasure in the view of skyscrapers reaching up to blurry skies; so different...
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Optic Nerve African Americans
1,364 words... 1992). By comparison to the Beaver Dam Eye study with a predominantly Caucasian population, the Baltimore Eye Survey was a cross-sectional study with a multiracial population. In the Baltimore Eye Survey (Rahman et al, 1996) 5, 308 participants received an ophthalmological screening examination. Of this sample, 2, 395 were African American and 2, 913 were Caucasian Americans. OAG was defined on the basis of glaucoma tous optic nerve damage, abnormal visual fields or both. IOP was not a crite...
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Latin Americans African Americans
1,342 wordsEthnicity and Community The problem of ethnicity and community becomes the issue of the day. As it s claimed by Roger Sanjer, the United States is undergoing the process called a majority minority transition, with the historic European-ancestry white majority projected to fall beneath 50 % of the population in the second half of the current century (Sanjer, 2001). Indeed, to a great extent, all the authors of the articles under study, such as Emily Rosenbaum in her article "The Constraints on Mi...
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Miami Dade County Religious Groups
1,130 wordsPhase 2 Individual Project - Sociology The aim of this paper is to collect information that will enable to draw some general conclusion about the social groups that are most likely to influence the development of a child in the area, and recommend the types of social services that the city Miami in Dade County may wish to make available. Miami city, Miami-Dade County According to the 2006 American Community Survey, the number of school-age children (population 3 years and over enrolled in school...
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Racial Minorities Tampa Bay
1,552 wordsCause and Effect of poverty in Tampa FL (1) Tampa is Floridas third largest city with population of 334. 550. From year 2000 to year 2005, Tampa's population has increased by 10 %, because of this city is becoming increasingly attractive to the people who rely on social services, as the mean of obtaining income. Tampa's subtropical climate and the fact that state of Florida provides various social benefits to the people with income lower than average, is the reason why Tampa's population continu...
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Person Or Group Male And Female
1,250 wordsChapter 8 1. American society is a typical society with a class gradation. In general outline there is a class of poor people, middle and high classes. But in the United States it is seen not only class system but also a caste system. The bright example of this is an article of David Shipler A Poor Cousin of the Middle Class. In this article is shown a life of poor woman Caroline Payne, who ended up with a two-year associate's degree in office technology, works hard and cant get any prospects of...
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Puerto Rican American Culture
2,175 wordsHow to Find Culture Do you have culture? I always thought that people act and behave the way they do because they were born that way. It never occurred to me that their beliefs and actions could be caused by an external stimulus that makes them who they are. All this time and it was right under my nose. They were not born this way at all; they were brought up this way. They are all products of this thing called culture. But what is culture? What is this invisible force that has affected every pe...
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Type Ii Diabetes Type I Diabetes
1,299 wordsDiabetes is the sixth leading cause of death by disease. It is a chronic disease that has no cure. Therefore it comes to no surprise that this disease has acquired countless number of attentions. Unfortunately, 5. 4 million people in the United State are unaware that they have this disease. Until they do, they have already developed life-threatening complications. This may include blindness, kidney diseases, nerves diseases, heart diseases, strokes, and amputations. It is no wonder that diabetes...
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Consumer Price Index Copyright C 1994
1,477 wordsHawaii, with an area of 28, 313 sq. km (10, 932 sq. mi. ), is the 43 rd largest state in the U. S. ; 6. 9 % of the land is owned by the federal government. It consists mainly of the Hawaiian Islands, eight main islands and 124 islets, reefs, and shoals. The major islands in order of size are Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, Nihau, and Kahoolawe. Population growth has increased by 80, 000 persons over the past five years. Demographics show a large number of Hispanic origin: Asian Hispan...
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Native Born Americans Southern And Eastern
694 wordsThe second wave of immigrants to come to the United States came in from Southern or Eastern Europe. These immigrants came to the United States seeking better economic opportunities for their families. The economy of the United States was driven by the culture that resided in the area. In the Seattle area, the farming, ranching, logging and fishing industries drove the economy. This was mainly due to the huge growth of Oregon and Washington by settlers coming in from the European countries. The m...
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Rules And Laws Melting Pot
1,397 wordsIs an open mind a good thing? It is fashionable today to have an open mind and to subscribe to pluralist theories. It is no longer acceptable to have and defend your own viewpoint. They tell us that every culture and every opinion and every idea has merit in and of itself and that no one has the right to argue that. They tell us that if we impose our own ideas and culture and viewpoints upon others, their cultural contribution to the world will be lost. The only way to keep our cultural diversit...
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Years Of Age Native Speakers
1,372 wordsLanguage Ethnicity and Language Ethnicity is an important yet highly imprecise concept in contemporary Mexico. Students of Mexican society, as well as Mexicans themselves, identify two broad ethnic groups based on cultural rather than racial differences: mestizos and Indians. Each group has a distinct cultural viewpoint and perceives itself as different from the other. At the same time, however, group allegiances may change, making measurement of ethnic composition problematic at best. Originall...
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Consumer Price Index Copyright C 1994
1,407 wordsEconomic Development of Hawaii- Hawaii, with an area of 28, 313 sq. km (10, 932 sq. mi. ), is the 43 rd largest state in the U. S. ; 6. 9 % of the land is owned by the federal government. It consists mainly of the Hawaiian Islands, eight main islands and 124 islets, reefs, and shoals. The major islands in order of size are Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, Kauai, Molokai, Lanai, Nihau, and Kahoolawe. Population growth has increased by 80, 000 persons over the past five years. Demographics show a large number ...
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