1) Legally define “hate crime‚” and explain why hate crime legislation has been so controversial in the United States. A hate crime is an assault or any other crime directed at a person of another race or religion. Hate crimes are usually very brutal and harmful‚ and victims are not only hurt physically but also are emotionally traumatized and terrified (Fritsch et al‚ 2015). For others in the community who have similar victim’s characteristic‚ they may also feel victimized and vulnerable‚ posing
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heartland voting for the Republican Party when it is not in their best interests to do so. He gives a variety of examples all dealing with the lack of correlation between the working class majority that is in the Midwest and the legislative and governmental effects of the Republican Party. He states that through the cultural backlash movement‚ the Republican Party has managed to garner strong support from the working class while not actually helping the working class. He maintains that by proclaiming
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Who supports the republican party and why? The Republican Party is the Party of the preservation of tradition and conservative views. They have been well known to be the "Grand Old Party". They have been around since the 1780’s and stayed with their key principles till today. The stereotypical Republican voter will be definitively described as; a white‚ middle aged‚ middle/upper class‚ religious‚ male. That perception is due to the Republican values and their views on different issues concerning
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Thesis: It would appear that the assertion that Democratic-Republicans were strict interpreters of the Constitution while Federalists were not are only somewhat accurate. The Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Kercheval is of particular interest because Jefferson outright states “...I know also‚ that the laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind”. This is somewhat different from the traditional image of Jefferson interpreting the constitution as absolute
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Ted Pineau United States History to 1877 SS2500 OA Spring 2014 April 13‚ 2014 Republican Party Platform of 1856 The Republican Party founded in 1856 was an important political platform in American history. This party emerged from the collapse of the Whig party‚ taking dome of its economic development policies.1 It merged diverse factions into a new political movement that would dominate American politics for the next seventy-six years‚ winning fourteen of the next nineteen Presidential elections
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challenges the very foundations of societal health and destroys citizens ’ trust in leadership and system". Consequently many countries have attempted to curb internal corruption that affects all levels of government and society. However‚ Asian countries have been particular unsuccessful at eradicating corruption. In this essay I will analyse the reasons why Asia has been so unsuccessful at eradicating corruption‚ namely: a lack of motivation for reform‚ a cultural acceptance of corruption‚ and the Asian
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Why is religion so diverse? I believe that one ought to know the definition(s) of religion and diversity before they can even begin to find the answer(s) to the above question. Religion is the belief in‚ worship of‚ or obedience to a supernatural power or powers considered to be divine or have control of human destiny. Religion is an organized collection of beliefs‚ cultural system‚ and world views that relate humanity to an order of existence. Diversity is a term used broadly to refer to
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Why Is Childhood Important? Written by Evan Bailyn on 06/20 at 11:43 AM “Our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.” We know nothing of what happened before our birth‚ and we certainly know nothing of what will happen after we die. Movies‚ slide shows‚ and accounts of what life was like in other times are all fascinating to contemplate‚ but we cannot ever truly know what it is like to exist outside of our lifespan. The only period of time over which we have
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Why Do We Have Two Party Systems? American populace was partitioned to two groups. One group comprises of the federalists who were living in the north. Their advantage was in favor of the merchants‚ ship-owners‚ and the industrialist. They are currently known as the Democrat party. The North was experiencing a modern upset and Democratic Party was supportive of this change. The Second group comprises of the anti-federalists‚ who were living in the south and were in light of a legitimate concern for
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The last few months have seen several political surprises‚ the growing popularity of a grass roots social-democrat and an outspoken and controversial real-estate tycoon. Today‚ march 13th‚ there are four candidates for the GOP nomination and two for the Democratic. Both races are close‚ but nothing is for certain. Based upon polls‚ voter history and analysis of candidates for the democratic and republican party‚ who statistically could be the parties’ nominee and ultimately the next president of
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