The First Amendment of the United States Constitution grants U.S. citizens five main freedoms. Citizens have the right to have freedom of speech, freedom to practice any religion, freedom of the press, freedom to petition the government for a redress of grievances, and the freedom to assemble in a peaceful manner. Of these five freedoms, […]
Conrad’s heart of darkness has sparked all types of reactions and opinions from people. For example, Chinua Achebe believes the book is racist and shouldn’t be studied. But there are people, like Edward Said, who argue that who that Conrad wasn’t trying to be racist but was trying to dig deeper on the topics of […]
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Get startedEddie has never thought he lived a good enough life. He thought he did the same things over and over his whole life. Eddie never thought he was good enough. He never really had peace with his own self. Eddie is told by Ruby that he will have peace when he makes it with himself. […]
Over the years, the number of hate groups in the United States rose significantly. Of the many racial, ethnic, and religious groups targeted by hate organizations, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the third most targeted group in the country, behind immigrants and Blacks, is Muslims. Since the attack on the World Trade Center […]
Any attack or crime that is motivated by the victim’s culture, race, sexual orientation, or religion is considered a hate crime. These crimes happen all over the world and are inflicted because of different reasons; however the category of crime is the same in that it targets those not accepted by the perpetrator. Here we […]
What is a hate crime? By definition a hate crime is, “A crime motivated by racial, sexual, or other prejudices, typically one involving violence,” In other words, someone commits a violent crime against another simply because they do not like the color of their skin, their sexual orientation, their religion, or their political views. It’s […]
Have you turned on your news channel recently? When you do, what do you see? A cute, sappy story about a family being reunited? Or an update on the arrest of an American man endangering the lives of dozens of non-American people? Whichever your television screen shows you, there’s no way to be able to […]
The body of a black transgender woman was burned beyond recognition and was found inside an abandoned car in Florida. Dental records were used to identify the victim. The victim, Bee Love Slater was the 18th transgender person known to have been killed in the United States in the year of 2019, accoring to The […]
In an ever changing American culture and society, one continuity comes from the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights. And although little change has occurred to the documents, debate still continues as to the definitions of the the first amendment, the right to freedom of speech. The problem that many Americans debate, is whether […]
Within U.S. history, a critical extent of murders, bashing and other ‘outcasting’ actions have been powered by contempt. As Native Americans, Blacks and Jews have been depicted as unfortunate casualties, hate crimes have existed since the United States’ revolt . From that point forward, individuals from all foreign groups have been exposed to separation, badgering, […]
To discuss racism and its relevance to this paper, it’s important that racism is understood for what it truly is. Although there are many components of racism, the general definition is “the belief that all members of a purported race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it […]
“UCLA Student Off Hook for Video Rant Against Asians”- this was the headline of an article on Abc news after Alexandra Wallace, a third year political Science major at UCLA, posted a racist video on Youtube on March 11, 2011. The video, titled “Asians in the Library,” was posted only hours after a deadly earthquake […]
Emotions of love and hate are often reoccurring themes in many literary works. These emotions are often displayed between characters in a story and are affected my multiple factors including settings, situations, conflicts, and the list goes on. Throughout history love and hatred has been symbolized in poems, stories, and dramas to reflect deeper themes. […]
In April of 1992 a jury in LA comes together to declare a mainly non-guilty verdict on al charges against the police officer that beat Rodney King. In what begins as a peaceful rally against this verdict turns into a three day long riot in the streets of LA. A few years later a woman […]
