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    ENDANGERED AND MINORITY LANGUAGES Language is one of the most important choices that allows humans to develop their rights as a primary mark of identity. The violation of this right is widespread in countries where the government doesn‟t allow the citizens to express their ethnic identity. Language constitutes an area of potential conflict in Europe‚ Africa and Asia‚ in countries where language rights are subject to ethnic discrimination and where recognition of their identities is demanded from

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    roles of women and minorities has been limited. Some roles of women and minorities throughout policing history include not being able to work a beat‚ not being able to be selected for higher ranking‚ Where there was a community made up of primarily minorities such as a Hispanic neighborhood more Hispanic police officers would patrol in that area and where there were more African Americans in a neighborhood that is where African Americans would patrol. The role of women and minorities has changed by

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    Aqsa Khalil Ms. Burrows ENG 4U 13 July 2015 Adapting to Advancements: The Minority Report The movie‚ The Minority Report‚ directed by Steven Spielberg in 2002‚ foreshadowed many greater uses of technology that are now available in 2015. Many of these methods are plausible demonstrating that the society we live in currently is definitely moving towards new gadgets. Almost every day‚ there is a new cool‚ mind boggling‚ technology based advancement in the world. The programs made for police officers

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    Sexual Minority Youth

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    Group Counseling for Sexual Minority Youth Abstract Counselors often work with a silent population of sexual minority students. Focusing on the different types of issues facing sexual minority students this article discusses issues from homophobia‚ isolation‚ abuse and alienation at school and also at home. The article also describes the process in which one school set up in a gay‚ lesbian‚ and bisexual group counseling method for its students. The article I chose was titled “Group Counseling

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    had a way of suppressing minorities. In the twenty first century minorities are still being portrayed as gangsters‚ assistants and the supportive best friend. The media plays an important role in shaping the way we see race and ethnicity around us. For generations whites have always been viewed as superior and privilege‚ while minorities‚ like Blacks and Hispanics‚ have been viewed as inferior. Inequality within society has improved‚ but the media representation of minorities has a long way to go.

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    then explains the disproportionate minority contact that occurs and the disparate treatment within the prosecutor’s office? Although police and prosecutors may contend that discrimination does not occur within their agency but that does not mean discrimination doesn’t occur. The facts show that minorities are targeted much more than whites. There are many factors that contribute to this. I don’t believe it is any one agency that specifically targets minorities but rather the criminal justice system

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    Trump Administration and Minorities in America In recent years our country has become more aware of social issues impacting millions of people in this country. Minorities currently account for 22.3 percent of the population and are expected to rise in the years to come. By 2060 minorities are predicted to make up 56 percent of the population and in 2020 half of all children will be mixed race (news). However‚ there are also other minorities besides those of ethnicity. The LGBTQ community is one of

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    Minority Mental Illness

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    important aspect of minorities ’ health and wellness is the one that gets the slightest concentration ‘mental health ’. Many minorities have to contract with numerous stressful issues at once (Hagedorn‚ 1977). For instance‚ current immigrants have to settle in to a new country‚ learn a new language‚ look for a good and secure job‚ afford proper residence for their family‚ and may also miss their relatives‚ and friends in their motherland of origin. Further‚ young minorities have to compact with

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    Model Minority Myth

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    But we must look deeper past the numbers and statistics and into the cultural aspects and the effects and consequences of the myth of the model minority has. Asian children are increasingly pressured by family and cultural values to achieve. The parents of these students feel that the performance of their children is a representation of their parental abilities and when their children fall short of their expectations‚ these feelings are sometimes expressed in form of physical violence for something

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    Japanese American Minority

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    Japanese-Americans as a Minority Japanese-Americans are a minority group consisting of people with ethnic ties to the archipelago of Japan‚ in eastern Asia. According to Pew Research Center (2012)‚ there were approximately 1‚304‚286 Japanese-Americans living in the United States in 2011. With the overall trend of Asian-American populations rising (Pew Research Center‚ 2012)‚ this number has certainly gone up‚ especially due to‚ according to Toji (2003)‚ those with mixed ancestry. Japanese-Americans

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