Minorities have to pay the price whenever instability is caused due to communal politics On December 6th 1992‚ about a million and a half men‚ ‘Kar Sevaks’‚ all members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP)‚ the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS)‚ the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bajrang Dal‚ attacked the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya‚ Uttar Pradesh and reduced the historic mosque to rubble. The demolition was carried out under the supervision of the BJP government. In 1990‚ BJP leader‚ L. K. Advani
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Life is really quite surreal here in Germany. I really don’t know how to feel about the new Nazi rule that has been forced upon us. Life certainly is different‚ and I guess it will never be the same again. Well‚ not in the foreseeable future. We’re pretty much stuck with it‚ and there’s really nothing you can do about it‚ except for sit tight‚ and don’t open your mouth too much. It all started with that stupid treaty‚ ’The treaty of Versailles’. It put Germany in all sorts of problems‚ most importantly
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The Asian Effect – Why Do Asian Americans Outperform All Other Minority Groups? (The Myth of the Model Minority: Asian Americans Students in the Classroom) - Personal Narrative - W. Daniel O’Brien ELPS 417 Spring 2007 Dr. Pamela Porter Word Count: 2‚748 The Asian Effect ABSTRACT: Many empirical studies have observed the existence of an "Asian effect" regarding students’ math and science performance. Furthermore‚ various statistics are frequently cited in the academic field to
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over protection of minorities rights[1] attracted more public concern within the territory. So what is it hiding behind the veil of the apparent prosperity in the society? What and who are being ignored by the general public or the "majority" in the society? This article is going to discuss some aspects whether the rights of minorities are being sufficiently protected by the public institutions and the provisions of legislations and conclude with suggestions to secure minority rights in Hong Kong
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first peacetime draft‚ which occurred in 1941 as a precursor to the United States’s future involvement in the war. World War II also‚ however‚ had a profound impact on the lives of women and ethnic minorities in the United States. Because white men were the primary candidates of the draft‚ women and minorities were able to fill job openings that were created when over 1 million Americans went to fight the war. This was not true of Japanese-Americans‚ however‚ who were treated with high levels of discrimination
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these standards stack the deck against the member of a minority group; they are likened to the literacy tests once used to prevent Southern blacks from voting. Some of the criteria that sound neutral and non-racially discriminatory are in effect proxies for race. More black faces on the bench‚ or even at the stenographer’s table‚ might prove to be just as helpful. Franklin Williams‚ chairman of the New York State Judicial Commission on Minorities‚ was quoted as saying‚ when a black person walks into
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During the inter-war period‚ militaries were primarily led by officers who were conservative in their approach to military structure and combat. One notable and very important aspect that became a topic of much debate during the period between WWI and WWII was that of armored and motorized warfare. Not only armored vehicles such as tanks but also motorized vehicles for logistical purposes as well. The conservative stance regarding these new weapons systems‚ which were introduced during WWI‚ was that
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To what extent did events in the final year of WWII turn wartime Allies in Cold War enemies? Yi Introduction * Describe briefly the events in the final year of WWII in 1945 * Russo-American relations in 1945 Body Agreement that the final year of WWII caused hostility between USA and USSR in Cold War Potsdam conference * Churchill’s suspicions on Stalin * Not agreed on how to disarm‚ demilitarize‚ de-Nazify and divide Germany * Truman’s hard line on Eastern European
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take on more and more of our jobs they are also becoming increasingly vulnerable for errors. “All the troubles of the world” by Isaac Asimov and “Minority Report” were both about computers that are very different. However they both had major flaws in their systems. The computers systems in “All the troubles of the world” by Isaac Asimov and Minority Report were both very different. In “All the troubles of the world” by Isaac Asimov the entire world is controlled by Multivac. Multivac is responsible
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The stage drama No Sugar‚ by Jack Davis explores the bad treatment of minority groups and their responses to this treatment. The performance set in the 1930’s presents the Milimurra family who are the minority group fighting against the injustices inflicted on them by white authorities. No Sugar provides a voice for the aboriginal people‚ confronts European Australians with the past‚ restores Aboriginal culture and pride and explored the value of equality. All these ideas are used as a way to convey
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