A problem for the black community in America is colorism. Margaret Hunter defines colorism as “color stratification‚ a process that privileges light skinned people of color over dark in areas such as income‚ education‚ housing‚ and the marriage market”. Professor Hunter has found research that shows lighter complexion individuals have greater advantages‚ but the same research states that darker complexion individuals are deemed “authentic” in their ethnicity. Colorism is a result of racism. Media
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Community Service for the Elderly Waco is situated beside the Brazo River and I-35 between Dallas and Austin. Waco was an up and coming town raising in population and businesses until the devastating tornados hit. On May 11‚ 1953 a record tornado hit‚ killing 114 people‚ Injuring 600‚ more than 600 business and home were demolished. The Tornado left damages estimating at $41 million dollars. This is known to be the deadliest tornado in Texas history and the tenth deadliest in the nation. The town
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Community Organizing Participatory Action Research (COPAR) - is a continuous and a sustained process of: 1. Educating the people - to understand and develop their critical consiousness 2. Working with people - to work collectively and effectively on their immediate and long term problems 3. Mobilizing with people - develop their capability and readiness to respond‚ take action on their immediate needs towards solving the long term problems The process and structure through which members of a
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Community Oriented Policing (COPS) The Department of Justice COPS Office states Community Oriented Policing is a policing philosophy that promotes and supports organizational strategies to address the causes and reduce the fear of crime and social disorder through problem-solving tactics and police-community partnerships. This paper will discuss who the stakeholders I see would be implementing a COPS program and looks at points of views for three of these stakeholders. This paper will discuss
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After defining the original definition of online communities‚ Johnston updates the term by stating‚ "Today‚ online communities aren’t bounded by virtual geography any more than they are by physical geography‚ and they emerge and transform and disperse in ways that are confounding to understand‚ even more so to influence" (p. 20). What does the author mean by this statement? The author is saying that virtual geography has no influence on online communities. There is no set virtual locations where people
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utopia is a community where everything is perfect. Nothing and no one is perfect in life and flaws do exist. The fact that the definition has the word ‘imaginary’ shows that it doesn’t exist. If a perfect utopia existed then everyone would want to live there and be a part of that specific utopia. This whole unit we have been studying utopias and looking at different communities and how they exist. Two of the communities that we studied were the people of Jonestown and another community was the Omelas
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Violence and its Effect on the Community Charlotte Anderson-Brown Axia College of University of Phoenix Violence and its Effect on the Community Violence in the community has become a major issue. While due to law enforcement agencies‚ community education and crime watch violence can be circumvented; violence directly and indirectly affects how we live our lives. Let’s us first examine what violence is. Violence is a physical action‚ which takes place once a person becomes upset to a
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students‚ parents‚ and the society a chance to join the cultural music community activities. For example‚ Chinese and Malay ethnics have the chance to join an Indian dance during Deepavali. Music in community is a learning platform for everyone to learn new things‚ new music knowledge and revise the music knowledge. One of the music community group in Malaysia called ‘Swara Community Arts Centre’. The goal of Swara Community Arts Centre is to develop an education for classical Indian music to who
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The Effectiveness of Community Policing Introduction Throughout the years‚ community policing has been an effective tool to help and protect citizens in the United States . Community policing involves people within the community to help and support solutions to crime-related problems and assist people with special needs. Community policing also inlcudes the ongoing evaluation of police effectiveness. According to Lord‚ Kuhns‚ & Friday (2009)‚ “Community-oriented policing is now considered
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American Community Survey An Overview of the American Community Survey Have you ever thought about how‚ or why‚ new roads‚ schools‚ after-school programs‚ or hospitals are placed in communities? What makes communities attractive to new businesses or tourists? Why there is no ATM or video store on a street corner? The answers often lie in the numbers: numbers that reflect what our communities look like‚ how our communities have changed‚ and how those changes impact our daily lives. Most importantly
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