The Death Penalty‚ the Ultimate Punishment Capital punishment has been in effect since the 1600 ’s. However‚ in 1972 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty was cruel and unusual punishment‚ which was unconstitutional according to the Eighth amendment. It was public opinion that the current methods of execution‚ hanging‚ electrocution‚ and facing a firing squad‚ were too slow and painful upon the person to be executed. The U.S. Supreme Court reversed this decision when a cleaner way
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Introduction: In our communities today‚ African Americans have moved away from the theory of ensuring all are able and educated to take care of self. What happened along the way? African American slaves were free of mind but bodies were enslaved. Now that our bodies are free but it seems our minds are enslaved. Mary McLeod Bethune‚ born to former slaves in 1875‚ is known for her contributions in black communities. Bethune committed her life to educating African American on the right to freedom and education
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Hispanics are often referred to as the fastest growing minority group in the United States. The Texas Credit Union site provided the following statistics. There are 38.8 million people of Hispanic origin residing in the U.S. By 2007‚ the number of Hispanics in the U.S. is expected to reach 50 million (http://www.tcul.coop/Demographic_Information.html). Hispanics are defined as those who claim a Spanish speaking country as their or their ancestor ’s country of origin. Thus‚ the designation of Hispanic
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The death penalty is set for those who decide to do illegal crimes‚ like bringing or selling illegal drugs. But the death penalty is a cruel and unusual punishment which many innocent people die for. Many people are against the death penalty because there’s mostly about racial discrimination‚ it punishes the poor‚ and can put innocent lives at risk. There are many moral arguments against the death penalty‚ which should make us think twice about our reasons for us to support it. Racial discrimination
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Reading Response 1 What is Race/What is Ethnicity? 1. Why was the social classification of race invented? After reading the book it states that “Race was the modern conception of human differences and human identity‚ as well as‚ a form of social identification and stratification that was seemingly grounded in the physical differences of populations interacting with one another in the New World.”(The Meaning 49) Yes‚ that sounds great but was that the true reason for the classification‚ I think
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African Americans today constitute nearly 1 million of the total 2.3 million incarcerated population‚ and one in three black males born today can expect to spend time in prison during his lifetime (“Criminal”‚ par.4).Since African Americans make up 13.3% of the American population‚ this number is incredibly high(Williams‚ par.1). These staggering numbers reveal how skewed and unequal the current justice system is. People deserves equal and consistent judgment in the court of law. African Americans
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Drug Offenders in American Prisons: The Parasite Within “I am convinced that imprisonment is a way of pretending to solve the problem of crime. It does nothing for the victims of crime” -Howard Zinn‚ You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times Among problems the United States faces‚ one of the most prominent is the incarceration of nonviolent drug offenders. While the jailing of drug offenders does not seem so serious at first glance‚ under close inspection this proves
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Education for African Americans Joshua Light Some believe school systems have advanced and have gotten a lot better over the years. There is no arguing that our educational system has been transformed and much of that credit goes to advancing technology‚ but who exactly is education advancing for? The United States continues to make improvements in the area of education and has created a plan within the government to apparently establish any hurdles to an equal education. An example of this is the United
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The topic of young offenders caught my eye as I was scanning for an idea to write my paper. Criminals of any fashion are of interest to me‚ and youth in the justice system is a subject that I have dealt with throughout my high school career. A friend of mine has been in and out of correctional facilities‚ and it was not till later that they discovered he had a mental disorder that he was not being treated for. This is upsetting because if he had been scanned for an issue such as this‚ he could have
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African Americans: Historical Journey from 1865 to the Present HIS: 204: American History Since 1865 Professor Lisa Burgin July 14‚ 2014 Introduction The African American journey has been one of trials and tribulations which they suffered greatly to achieve freedom and success. The battle has led the citizens of this nation to have witnessed the first African American President of the United States. The journey that has brought African Americans to the present situation has
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