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    Corruption In Prisons

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    personal favors and benefits. In the United States prisons‚ corruption cases rages from those involving criminal investigating departments giving faulty forensic evidence which favor the prosecutor‚ jailing of poor in favor of the rich‚ illegal jailing of kids in adult collection facilities‚ bribing of law makers in order for them to come up with new crimes and many more. Prisons in United States At the beginning‚ putting criminals into prisons was aimed at improving or changing behaviors of these

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    Vulnerable Populations

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    Vulnerable populations in the United States include economically disadvantaged‚ racial and ethnic minorities‚ low-income children‚ the elderly‚ homeless‚ people living with HIV and other chronic medical conditions that include mental illness. Other factors that contribute to these populations are a lack of healthcare‚ poverty‚ social‚ environmental factors and lack of education. Vulnerable populations divided into three categories physical‚ psychological‚ and social. The vulnerability may arise

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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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    Racial Minorities in the Media In this current time within the United States‚ we are all part of a society‚ which is essentially a melting pot of a variety of ethnicities‚ religious devotions‚ social class‚ and of many other different backgrounds‚ and as a nation we embrace this as a vital part of our nation’s identity. Even though there is an abundant presence of race/ethnicity within the media outlets of today‚ these portrayals within the media tend to be over exaggerated‚ stereotypical

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    Women rights An educated female population is more threatening to Pakistan then a large army with a lot of weapons. Malala‚ a Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by a Taliban soldier wanted to experience education like all the other young girls of her age in other countries. Pashtuns is one of the main culture in Pakistan.There is a myth in their culture that women should not be educated.I believe that there are other million girls out there in the world who are also not provided education

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    Minority Research Paper

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    each group and shouldn’t be afraid to tap into each market. Below is information on the three largest minority groups in the United States and what each one prefers. African Americans • The total numbers in the US is 42 million (“United States Census Bureau”). • African Americans make up 13.6% of the total US population (“United States Census Bureau”). • The rate of growth for this minority group from 2000 to 2010 was 15.4% (“United States Census Bureau”). • The average household size is 2

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    Minority Police Brutality in Major Cities of the United States Since the first state-sponsored police forces in the U.S. racial discrimination in police forces has been a characteristic of the American landscape. Racial profiling and police brutality have their roots in enforcement of slave codes‚ black codes‚ and Jim Crow Segregation laws. We Charge Genocide‚ a petition submitted to the UN by the Civil Rights Congress in 1951‚ documented thousands of incidents of police violence against African

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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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    protection of minorities. The United States constitution does a great job of protecting this right. By ensuring the factions that are present in American government are controlled‚ the United States Constitution is ensuring that there cannot be a tyranny of the majority. One way the United States Constitution protects the rights of minorities is through the First Amendment. The First Amendment protects the basic rights of the American people. Protecting the right to protest allows minority groups‚ such

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