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  • Higher Minority Levels In College
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    Introduction: Affirmative action in higher education should be abolished. College admissions should be based on what the admissions board is looking for, not what the government says should be required. In this paper, I will present evidence to support that position. At one time, affirmative action was a needed and legitimate policy. Segregation has existed way too much in the past and has left people out of jobs, out of certain areas of town, and schooling. We needed to make a law that would ge...
  • Symphony No Five By Beethoven
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    Beethoven's Fifth Symphony If you are part of society, I think it is safe to make the assumption you are familiar with and have heard Symphony No. five by Beethoven. Whether it was a theme in movie or part of an advertisement on TV, it captured your attention and added emotion and excitement to the particular segment that it coincided with. Total unification and the pervasive use of a single motif combine to make the Fifth Symphony, which had one of the longest gestation periods of any Beethoven...
  • G Minor To B Flat Major
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    Chopin's Ballade is described as a story carried forward by its own momentum, leaping ahead or lingering over some details but never backtracking. While Ravel's Alborada del gracioso is a wild Spanish dance filled with leaps, twirls and excitement. Frederic Chopin (1810 V 1849) and Maurice Ravel (1875-1937), while exhibiting considerable differences in their works, are ranked as two of the most eminent composers in their contribution to piano music. Frederic Chopin is often regarded as the Poet ...
  • Rights Of National Minorities
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    To what extent should governments protect minority rights On December 10, 1948 one of the most important declarations ever pronounced came about in Paris, France. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by members of the United Nations in order to set a standard for governments around the globe to strive for. This manifesto laid the groundwork for equality, freedom, justice, and peace throughout the world today. It declared that no matter what your color, sex, religion, ethnic back...
  • Relationships Between Minorities And Police
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    Minorities and Policing 1 Minorities and Policing: Unfairly Treated Dorothy J. Fells Criminal Justice 131 C. Thompson December 6, 2001 Minorities and Policing 2 Minorities and Policing: Unfairly Treated If we look at the past, we can see that there is no warm tradition of community cooperation between the African-American community and law enforcement. Minorities and Policing is an important topic because it deals with issues pertaining to how minorities are treated by the police. Racial profili...
  • Tyranny Of The Majority
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    In this excerpt from Democracy in America Alexis Tocqueville expresses his sentiments about the United States democratic government. Tocqueville believes the government's nature exists in the absolute supremacy of the majority, meaning that those citizens of the United States who are of legal age control legislation passed by the government. However, the power of the majority can exceed its limits. Tocqueville believed that the United States was a land of equality, liberty, and political wisdom....
  • Protection Of Minority Rights
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    Minority: A racial, religious, or other group regarded as being different from the larger group of which it is part (Webster's Dictionary). Should the majority, defined only as the larger of the smaller, be given more rights to government concerns than minorities Should size govern the decisions of the nation Some individuals believe that the desires of the majority are more important than the protection of minority rights. Others believe that minority rights must be protected at all costs to en...
  • Affirmative Action An Unjust Law Affirmative Action
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    Affirmative Correction Equality is a word synonymous with the civil rights movement. A word used to promote, and to establish fairness in the lives of African-Americans. Equality expressed by Martin Luther King Jr. is a law that is just when it applies to all individuals, an unjust law only applies to a particular group (597). King laid the foundation in the civil rights movement that paved the way for affirmative action. The essay Affirmative Action and Campus Racism by Van Den Haag, argues tha...
  • Right To Vote In General Shs
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    A. VOTING RIGHTS 1. RIGHT TO VOTE IN GENERAL -- shs may generally vote for the election and removal of dirs, to amend the articles or bylaws, and on major corporate action or fundamental changes. a) Who May Vote -- the right to vote is held by shs of record as of the record date; b) Restrictions on Right -- shares may be either voting or nonvoting, or have multiple votes per share. 2. SHAREHOLDER MEETINGS -- generally, shs can act only at meetings duly called and noticed at which a quorum is pre...
  • Political Decisions By Majority Rule
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    Complete and true democracy is almost impossible to achieve, and has been the primary goal of many nations, beginning from ancient civilizations of Greece and Roman Empire, all the way to the government of the United States today. In any system, which claims to be democratic, a question of its legitimacy remains. A truly democratic political system has certain characteristics, which prove its legitimacy with their existence. One essential characteristic of a legitimate democracy is that it allow...
  • Affirmative Action An Attempt
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    Imagine you are applying for admission to University of Maryland. You have a 3.5 or 3.7 GPA, honors courses, AP classes. 1300, 1400 on the SATs and have a list of after school activities like all state band and Student council. You don t get in. But, an African American with a 1100, 3.0 GPA, and a few minor activities was accepted. Why was he chosen instead of you Simple. Affirmative Action. Affirmative action an attempt to create equality throughout society. The goal is that each person receive...
  • Tocqueville's Opinion About Democracy
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    This book illustrates the views of a Frenchman on politics, society, and ideals of the U. S during the period of the 1830's. Tocqueville states his observations, provides solutions to what he finds faulty and predicts America's destiny. This book contains several themes concerning the structure of the American government and its relation to democracy as well as its influence on the behavior of people. I'm going to focus on the tyranny of the majority and its effect on democracy. Tocqueville ment...
  • Harper Lee's Fluent Style Of Writing
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    It could be argued that Harper Lee has a different style of writing to other authors as she uses, minor characters to develop the identities of the major characters. She also uses this style of writing to give the scene and surroundings ore depth and emphasis, for example when Scout starts an argument with Walter Cunningham which develops into a fight due to the fact that Walter got Scout off to a bad start with the new teacher, Miss Caroline; helps us develop the identity of Scout, a tomboy, (t...
  • Consistent Minority Of Participants
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    Moscovici and colleagues carried out a very famous study of minority social influence. Six participants were told to estimate the colour of 36 slides. All the slides were blue but a filter was used to make them appear lighter or darker. The aim was to see whether a consistent minority of participants could influence a majority to give an incorrect answer on a colour perception task. 172 participants were involved in the experiment, all with perfect eyesight; and they were sent into a room in gro...
  • Majority With Degrading The Minority
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    Throughout modern American culture certain laws passed by the majority have been considered unjust by a wise minority. However, with the logical and emotional appeal of hard fought battles, voices have been heard, and the minds of the majority can sometimes be converted to see the truth. Thoreau, after spending a night in jail and seeing the truth hidden behind the propaganda of the majority, became convinced that he could no longer accept his government's behavior of passing laws that benefit t...

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