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    through the diction‚ tone‚ and type of evidence being conveyed. In this media literacy analysis‚ I will compare and contrast the coverage of the Native American occupation of Alcatraz in 1969 and the Asian American police brutality protest of 1975 in Chinatown‚ New York‚ by

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    “Discrimination has a lot of layers that make it tough for minorities to get a leg up” (Bill Gates). As we all know‚ discrimination has a lot of layers. But both Angel Island detainees and the Japanese internees were treated similarly. Both the Japanese and Chinese were part of racism and hatred‚ both groups had violence against them and they were imprisoned without cause. First of all‚ both the Chinese and the Japanese were imprisoned because of racism and hatred. Both group had trouble because

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    Old</i><br><br>Although Mackinaw Island is very small‚ it is very beautiful and has lots of exciting activities‚ such as bicycling‚ horseback riding‚ buggy riding‚ and fudge shopping. Mackinaw Island is located in the upper part of Michigan between Lake Huron‚ Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. It makes a perfect place for a quick getaway. The tourist season runs from mid-May to mid-October. The Island‚ being only 8.2 miles around‚ looks like a small old-fashioned town. <br><br><br>Mackinaw Island is usually packed

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    Prison Cost Of Prison

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    no one and it would be beneficial to remove them from the prison system‚ and into the parole system (D’Elia‚ 2010). Prison Cost Prisons are expensive to keep open‚ and most of the money to keep them open comes from the taxpayers. A study in 2012 showed that prisons cost American taxpayers approximately 5.4 billion dollars each year (Henrichson & Delaney‚ 2012). These cost include various expenses that include maintaining the prisons‚ employees salaries‚ educational training‚ providing benefits

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    adults. They make us believe that by doing nothing you can become famous. My proposed solution is to leave them stranded on an island and make them feed off the land. If the people would like to go visit the family‚ then that can be arranged. Unfortunately‚ there is one downside to visiting. Fifty million dollars per a person and you will also be stranded on the island as well. You will not be able to bring any luggage‚ food‚ or pets along with you. First‚ I’ll get a small team together; to help

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    tall or short you are! (But I recommend you to be forty-eight inches tall or higher‚ because if you aren’t‚ it’s pretty unsafe). This relates to Rhode Island’s history because Rhode Island had freedom of religion instead of in this case‚ the freedom to be any height to ride‚ and Roger Williams‚ who founded Rhode Island‚ made so there was freedom of religion. My second attraction is a store called “Ye old Greasy Iron Bucket”. It’s called that because it sells iron and oil. But ironically‚ it doesn’t

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    In the United States‚ prison overcrowding and budget cuts within the criminal justice system have lead to an increase in the need and the development of private prisons and jails. "A private prison is a place in which individuals are physically confined by a third party that is contracted by a local‚ state‚ or federal government agency. Private prison companies typically enter into contractual agreements with local‚ state‚ or federal governments that commit prisoners and then pay a per diem or

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    sit back and think of how you as a human being hurt the earth? In both The Lorax and The mystery of Easter Island people fail to realize how they’re setting themselves and the earth up for disaster. How did they hurt me? Why do they hurt me? The earth wants to know. If I ask you to go build a statue and then bring it 500 miles across the land‚ how would you do it? The residents of Easter Island had their own idea. The islanders used trees to drag the statues across the land‚ cool right? No‚ this led

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    On 07/16/2017‚ at approximately 1803 hours‚ I saw a group of inmates front of cell 21 in Durnago 5 B pod. I immediately went inside the pod and saw Inmate Mendoza-Zamora‚ Luis T364150 and Inmate Fluker‚ Roy T313174 were involved in a fight in Durango 5 B-pod cell 21 located at 3225 W. Gibson Ln. Phoenix AZ 85009. Both inmates were escorted to the Durango Medical Clinic separately by myself (Officer Mahmud B3801)‚ where they refused to be evaluated by RN Michovich CH022. I watched the video on

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    Robben Island

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    wide and lies only a few metres above sea level. Robben Island has an important history. The island was discovered a very long time ago by stone age people. As the years went by‚ the island was used for several purposes. Such as: to isolate leper people(mensen met melaatsheid) or to lock prisoners away. Robben Island became more famous because of a man that we all know today‚ his name is Nelson Mandela. In the 20th century Robben Island was used to lock away potential criminals or people who had

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