widening gap of racial wealth between blacks and whites. Now‚ America could be argued to be a dichotomized society of black and white‚ proving that the Kerner Commission was correct to predict that “our nation is moving toward two societies‚ one black‚ one white‚ separate and unequal (Bobo & Smith 1998: 178).” Although whites didn’t necessarily intend on such a separate and unequal society‚ they don’t plan to change it either. The reasons behind this perpetuating‚ widening gap that I will discuss
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According to Tait (2016)‚ he suggested that there are some inequalities in Australia and it affects the education system. Because of these inequalities‚ he thought the concept of the meritocratic about Australian education is a myth. Therefore‚ there are some evidence to prove that Tait’s a valid argument. The research in Tait (2016) showed that Australia is not an economic equality country and it affects the education successful for the student. Ford (2013) stated that‚ in different areas in Australia
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Battle of the Sexes: Inequality of Women During the Enlightenment The Enlightenment was a period when clusters of philosophers‚ writers‚ scholars‚ and aristocrats sharply debated standards and assumptions about women’s rights in society. Issues that pertained to widening the women’s sphere into more than just the household‚ questioning the ability of women to logic as men‚ and debating egalitarian co-educational opportunities for both boys and girls. This was a time when women started to come
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The author of Savage inequalities is Jonathan Kozol and this chapters describes life in East St. Louis. East St. Louis is a black community on the Mississippi floodplain. Kozol states that East St. Louis is the most distressed small city in America. The people of East St. Louis are exposed to the burning garbage and foul chemicals from nearby industries. The people are also exposed to toxic waste‚ raw sewage‚ and the dangers of lead poisoning. The city‚ which is 98% black‚ has no obstetric services
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Two Variable Inequalities Melissa Hillard MAT222: Intermediate Algebra (GSQ1331C) Instructor Lisa Wallace August 10‚ 2013 Two Variable Inequalities For this assignment the class was asked to solve problem 68 from page 539 of our textbook Elementary and intermediate algebra (Dugopolski‚ 2012). Problem 68 tells the number of refrigerators and TV’s that will fit inside of an 18 wheeler truck. The class is asked to write an inequality to describe the region of the graph that is shaded in
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There is an ongoing problem that I would love to understand and possibly solve. That problem is racial inequality and the dehumanizing of “others”. The world we live in today justifies killing people who are not like us‚ people that we consider “the others”. We go to war with other countries over things like land and resources something we all shared at once. When we go to war with other countries people seem to forget that we are killing other people. People with families‚ friends‚ and lives to
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The unalienable right of Pursuit of Happiness can be defined as the right to prosper and thrive in the time Jefferson had written the Declaration of Independence. From the time of the liberation of the colonies to present day‚ there has been an inequality in the ability to pursuit happiness‚ whether it was because of how much money one possessed‚ which race or gender one belonged to‚ or even which religion you wished to practice. In Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”‚ he says
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The differences in race and religion were used to justify the immense social inequality‚ especially between European explorers and the native peoples that were being conquered. Additionally‚ European avarice for riches and resources motivated the economic inequality that pervaded this time period. As with any civilization‚ inequalities breed unrest‚ which‚ in turn‚ brings change. The responses to the inequalities of the Age of Discovery varied greatly‚ depending on the socioeconomic status of
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Inequalities to minority groups are a form of discrimination because not being allowed to participate in sport means that society cares too much about our sexuality and how people think. This notion can be shown in gym class where individuals try to avoid homophobic bullying from their peers by not showing how feminine or masculine they are in order to participate and fit in. In addition‚ these individuals are fearful that their peers will reject their sexuality; thus‚ they would not be able to participate
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November 19‚ 2010 NAME: The Statistics of Poverty and Inequality TYPE: Sample SIZE: 97 observations‚ 8 variables DESCRIPTIVE ABSTRACT: For 97 countries in the world‚ data are given for birth rates‚ death rates‚ infant death rates‚ life expectancies for males and females‚ and Gross National Product. SOURCES: Day‚ A. (ed.) (1992)‚ _The Annual Register 1992_‚ 234‚ London: Longmans. _U.N.E.S.C.O. 1990 Demographic Year Book_ (1990)‚ New York: United Nations. VARIABLE DESCRIPTIONS: Columns 1 -
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