White Research Papers Samples For Students

Junot Diaz’s “How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, White Girl, or Halfie is a story about a Dominican boy who talks about meeting and his expectations of sex with girls from different races. The story is in the form of a “How to” book; a self-help guide on what to do and what not to do on a date with a girl. But behind the simple narrative Diaz hides larger issues of identity and race. His attitude towards the different girls and their race is a result of not only his socio-economic status but also his race. Race, ...

Race, Class and Inequality: How have racial differences influenced the inequality of wealth and income between specific nonwhite groups and whites

Introduction

Right from the early beginning, we have often noticed huge differences between the whites and the non-white groups. The whites have dominated the world right from the beginning in each and every parts of the world. This has led to unequal distribution of wealth, income and healthcare services between the two communities. The whites have progressed a lot in this world. But, due to racial and ethnic differences the non-white groups have suffered a lot. As a result, ...

The terms ‘white collar crime’ and ‘tax evasion’ have precariously vacillated from the perception or classification of bonafide crime, or non-criminal acts. The slippery slope of tax evasion in relation to white collar crime sustains serious implications, historically and to the present. According to expert sources at Cornell University Law School, the definition of white collar crime is explained by giving an overview of an early incident in 1939, when sociologist Edwin Sutherland “coined” the phrase. Sutherland defined white collar crime as an act involving “crime committed by a person” who is normally tremendously respected in their line of ...

- Racial discrimination in sentencing, incarceration and policing of black as opposed to white

Criminal Justice Policies and Black Incarceration

- Influence of criminal justice policies in incarceration patterns
- Drug policy and incarceration pattern of the black as opposed to white
- Influence of social inequality on rate of criminality

Policing, Arrest and Conviction Patterns

- Policing, arrest, and conviction patterns of black, white, and Hispanic tend to differ in various states
- Criminal penalties for crack and powder cocaine offenses indicates the disproportional effects criminal justice system on black and Latino
IV) Conclusion
- The mass incarceration of black as opposed to other ethnic groups in United States ...

Introduction

Globalization has expanded so greatly that many developed countries throughout the world find it nearly impossible to keep employment within countries where the company resides. Globalization has corrupted many of these developed countries and there is always going to be something that can be made cheaper. Many of these major companies view this as an advantage, not noticing the negatives, and how it will affect the country in which it is located. Many of these prestigious companies that were once developed here in the United States have outsourced a majority of their blue collar, and a good percentage of ...

Background and Abstract

Hypertension is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality not just in the United States but also in other developed and developing countries. Moreover, the cost of addressing the medical and health care needs of patients diagnosed with hypertension are often serious; and when that gets coupled with the high volume of patients being diagnosed with the disease, the effects of the problem on health, on a national level, would be magnified. Patients diagnosed with hypertension (i.e. high blood pressure) had to undergo a thorough screening procedure that may include regular blood pressure measurement, electrocardiogram (EKG, ECG), ...

The white privilege

In several situations, people have found or felt that they were inferior to other people contrary to the reality. As a result, they have felt discriminated by such people. In a society, some people benefit from unearned advantages that are equally unacknowledged amounting to the feeling they are superior to others. In simple terms, the idea of such people feeling they have such advantages over others is what constitutes privilege. In his study, Johnson (2001) describes a privilege as what allows people to assume a certain level of acceptance, inclusion and respect, therefore, operating in a relatively wide comfort ...

Introduction

The reconstruction period of the south began after the end of the civil war in 1863 to 1877. The reconstruction was started by the radical republican leaders who wanted to abolish slavery and wanted to unite the nation. President Abraham Lincoln wanted the reconstruction to happen at a faster rate so as to unify the people after the civil wars. He started the ten percent plan which went into effect in some states. This plan was not approved by the radical republicans. This brought about the formation of the Wade Davis bill in 1864 which was considered to be ...

In the 1930s the economic situation was bad for poor people all over the United States. There was no work for men or for women. Hoboing, also called riding the rails, was a common method of traveling for people with no money who were looking for work. People jumped onto moving trains then climbed into an empty freight train box; that is unless they were lucky enough to sneak on while the train was at a stop. A lot of traveling was done this way by people looking for jobs so they could afford to eat.

The Event and Immediate Aftermath

On March 25, ...

Introduction

According to the report released by the United States of America (USA) Justice Department in 2003, approximately 10.4 percent of all African American men in all the states were incarcerated, imprisoned or jailed between the ages of 25 to 29 as compared to 2.4 percent of Hispanic men and 1.2 percent of Non-Hispanic white men incarcerated. This data is also closely related to the incarceration rates in the year 2001 whereby 46 percent of all the inmates sent to prison were African American while 36 percent Non-Hispanic white men and 16 percent ...

Abstract

White Collar Crimes may have different definitions, but it is accepted that these crimes came into existence with the dawn of an industrialist and consumerist society. Present day criminology in general rejects a restraint of the term “White Collar Crime” by reference; rather it categorizes the form and motive of the crime. Following is a discussion of two kinds of White Collar Crimes, Environmental crime and Bribery.

White Collar Crime

Introduction
'White-Collar Crime’ may be defined as a non-violent form of crime committed by someone, typically for financial gain. FBI (1983) defines white collar crimes as "those illegal acts which are characterized ...

How Religion Was Affected with Slaves before the Civil War

Introduction
At the beginning of American slavery, before the Civil War, either Christianity was forced upon the African slaves or it was denied completely. The white man's religion gave purpose to American domestic religious missionaries in their intent to Christianize the earliest of slaves predominantly in the southern states.
Numbers of the white slave masters believed allowing slaves any type of religion gave them, unwanted ideas about autonomy and thus, made them troublesome, lazy, and therefore, the slave masters would beat any slave professing their Christian beliefs. Holding secret gatherings to practice their religion – Christian or the numerous types ...

Introduction

The white-headed capuchin is an animal that is usually active during the day and inhabits trees (Emmons, 1997). It, however, goes down to the ground frequently than other monkeys (Morris & Bruce, 2005). It locomotes primarily through walking on all four limbs. It resides in groups, or troops, of about 40 monkeys and its ratio of male to female adult sex, is 71 on average. With unusual exceptions, females pass their whole lives with their female colleagues. Males move to new social groups many times throughout their lifetimes, moving for the first time between the first 20 months and 11 ...

New Orleans has been known for the revamping nature in the academic system. The charter system is being embraced at an alarming rate. The former is considered as a lab where advancements related to technology could be tested before their presentation into public schools. Presently, forty-two states support charters as an option for customary schools, and enlistment has been realized, especially in urban areas. In New Orleans, forty-four of the city's students go to charter schools. These schools are freely financed, but monitored by foundations outside the public educational realm. Such include organizations, non-profit associations, colleges, and bunches of ...

The seminal 1977 miniseries Roots, based on the novel by Alex Haley, was not only an important television event for its high ratings and critical acclaim, but a crucial part of popular culture that explored the various evils of slavery in all of its different forms (Creeber 166; Gantz 204). From the late 18th century to the post-Civil War America, Roots follows several generations of slaves, from Kunta Kinte (played by LeVar Burton as a young man, John Amos as an older adult) to Chicken George (Ben Vereen) and Tom (Georg Stanford Brown), all of whom experience different levels ...

The Cherokee removal took place between 1838 and 1839 because of the Cherokee leaders embracing the civilization policy. The Cherokee leaders embraced the civilization from the white man. By the virtue of accepting and embracing the white man, the Cherokee community had to accept civilization as a sign of good will. Before the civilization and interactions with the white man, the Cherokee community had a lifestyle. The community had leaders who advised the community. The leaders also gave direction to the community. When the Cherokee leaders accepted the civilization, it hurt their efforts to maintain residence in their native ...

When the issue of white collar crime is mentioned, many people do not understand what it is or how it affects the society. The legal procedures involved in the white collar crimes are also not very clear, given that the culprits often tend to go scot free even after causing serious damage to the economic structures of the country or countries. Technology has also pushed the rates of the crime to higher levels where it can involve different countries. It is for this reason that this project was carried out so as to bring a deeper and clearer understanding ...

Abstract

This paper does an analysis of Enron’s debacle and why it was termed as the biggest and the most complex financial fraud in U.S. history. The paper highlights the desperate attempts by the bankers, auditors and top leadership at Enron Corporation to hide the actual liabilities. They successfully did this by balance sheet management and skewed accounting treatments permissible for using the restructured assets under financial reengineering. The attempts to show profits led the top leadership at Enron and the entire financial system to abet ...

Racial inequality continues to dominate the world even though we claim to be in post-racial state. As much as man remains social beings and bases their treatment of their background and history, then discrimination persists. Sociology explains the essence as to why racial discrimination is still rampant in the world especially in developing countries. People expect such countries to lead as role models in depicting the importance of ending racial discrimination. America needs to create policies and programs that would help in eradicating racial discrimination.
America is one of the developed countries in the world; practically it still requires ...

A birthday party was given for Robert Frost when he turned eighty five years old. His publishers, Henry Holt and Company hosted a party on March 26, 1959. The guest speaker at the event was the essayist Louis Trilling. During the speech Trilling referred to Frost as “a terrifying poet.” This comment caused a controversy. In the April issue of The New York Times Book Review the columnist J. Donald Adams criticized Tilling for using that description of Robert Frost. Several people had their angry letters published.

Does Trilling make a good point that Frost’s poems are terrifying? ...

Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Man That Was Used Up” is an astounding dramatic farce involving the search for truth of an unnamed narrator to discern the true secret of a distinguished war hero, General John A.B.C. Smith. Along the way, Poe illustrates a Civil War-era society that brims with a very specific type of cultural revisionism and American exceptionalism that belies the true ugliness of the nation’s atrocities underneath. Looking at this story in the context of the Jacksonian era, in which Indian removal was a very prevalent cultural practice and the upper class lionized ...

‎Introduction

Literature tackles significant themes that relate to social issues and situations. Some of them are relevant in helping us understand human nature or explore life during specific periods in history. Nadine Gordimer's "Country Lovers" and Patricia Smith’s "What it's like to be a Black Girl” illustrate both concepts, such that they are different types of literature but an analysis of these two focuses on human nature in relation to the influence of a specific period of history, specifically during the decades that racism was prevalent in different parts of the world. Moreover, both literary works show the impact ...

Abstract

The investigator examines ESPN first take and their coverage of black athletes. The intent is to compare the representation of black athletes opposed to their white counterparts. Research on this issue and aspire to extend and expand my findings by focusing primarily on the coverage that is done specifically by ESPN first take and how they use social media as the court of public opinion. Some of the issues that I will share will be similar, and others will be dissimilar, as the goal is to make a correlation in the treatment. Research material will be varied.
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History of Lynching in America

Lynching was a type of execution practiced by an assembly of vigilantes that aims to instantaneously kill persons who are charged of terrible misdemeanors. However, lynching do not only served as a punishment to criminals and crimes but also served as a type of group communication whose intention was to impose communal conformity concerning social class, sex norms and racial hierarchy.
Lynching comprised violence authorized by the community and the state for which state, local and national governments seldom indicted the persons concerned as well as trials rarely resulted in jail sentences or fines. The mobs in lynching kill ...

Introduction

The main four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John provide four views of the divinity of Jesus. Through the interpretations of Bible scholars, these gospels reveal specific and intentional narratives of the story of Jesus and do so with different underpinnings to substantiate the view of the divinity of Jesus for the purpose of the writer. It is only through the historical sense of the biblical scholar interpretations does any sense of these main gospels handling of the divinity of Jesus have any understanding based upon scripture.
The scholarly handling of biblical scripture of the New Testament not ...

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: An Overview

Before considering the conditions in which African American women lived during Colonial America as slaves, it is significant to understand the Trans-Atlantic slave trade that started in the 15th century and continued till the 19th Century AD.
The trans-Atlantic African slave trade was an occurrence that was unique in the world history. Moreover, the number of Africans forcibly shipped to the American continent is unparalleled in the human history. It is thought that that about two hundred million enslaved Africans laborers lost their lives within the transatlantic slave system (See Angelo 1989). The studies estimated that more than 15 ...

Fiction can serve a true and critical part in uncovering and inspecting non-narrative truths, particularly truths on delicate subjects like race (Campbell and Bebe 962). Often an obstruction to legit race report is the protectiveness that Americans use as a hindrance to piece the correspondence when gone up against by racially chronicled certainties. The utilization of writing to inspect ourselves by looking at narrative characters might be a circuitous method for accomplishing immediate racial report and progress. Many of the issues encountered by the characters cause the dysfunction in their families and the public arena by and large (Davis).
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- Introduction and Thesis Statement
Sociologists believe that both deviance and race are things that have been socially constructed in the society and have been embedded in people’s way of life (Innes, 2003, p.34). Deviance attributes to the actions of one defiling the social norms engrained in the society, which causes one to be marginalized in a given society. Race is also a social construct of the society based on one’s phenotype, which often results to the stereotypes of certain people in the society (Lemelle, 1995, p.56). This paper will discuss how race impacts deviance behavior and ...

Introduction

Stereotype is formulaic, conventional and oversimplified opinion, image or perception. Prejudice is widely in existence and with prejudice comes stereotyping. Stereotyping is prevalent in our society today. This social attitude that has prevailed the test of historic periods has attracted communication research on the pros and cons of stereotyping across cultures. This social perception has taken root in the current and previous communities and thus needs to well be discussed as it affects interaction between groups hence affecting communication between differently identified groups. The paper thus seeks to address the pros and cons of the wider concept of perception ...

Abstract

Whether or not slaves were owned by free African Americans back when slavery was actually an institution in the United States is one of the most perplexing questions in African-American history. While some Americans might not be aware of and might not have suspected this, but truth, which will be discussed in this paper, is that black people in the country indeed purchased and sold other black people as slaves. In fact, there were black slave owners in the United State since 1654 and they continued to own slaves through the Civil War. This paper will answer many perplexing ...

The portrayal of civil rights and the black experience in cinema has been a multifaceted and fascinating one. From early depictions of blacks as sexual predators and threats in D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation to Tarantino’s blaxploitation ex-slave savior in Django Unchained, the black experience in America has been charted through cinematic journeys that reflect the time the films were created just as much as the eras in which they are set. In this paper, the films Birth of a Nation, Do the Right Thing, 2011’s The Help and 2012’s Django Unchained will be ...

Critical Mixed Race Theory

When the question of mixed race is brought up, it comes with complications to the existent black/white double system. The Critical Mixed Race Theory would give race a new way of being theorized but people of mixed races have lived under the same existent social and political dimensions. The way that mixed races have been viewed socially and how racism has primarily been a black/white issue, has made the mixed races be a direct receiver of the racist perception. When an individual of mixed race has had to identify him or herself by verifying how equal the whiteness and ...

"To Kill a Mockingbird" is a book by Harper Lee, which was first published in 1960. The author lived during a civil rights movement era. During this period, there were high racial tensions especially in the south where Lee resided. She is a white female writer who was anti-racism. It is through the experience she had and what she saw that inspired her to write the novel. The aim of the novel was to highlight some of the challenges that blacks faced at the height of racism and civil wars. However, she is also informing the audience that despite ...

Ku Klux Klan

Origin
Ku Klux Klan also named as KKK or The Klan was formed sequentially with three movements that each reign one after another. Klan is a Greek word, which means a circle or a band of brothers. Ku Klux Klan is the name of the movements that formed in United States and had a vital role to play in the Reconstruction Era of 1860 (Hannity, 2004). The first movement, which was established by six veterans of the confederate army in Pulaski, Tennessee, had a sole purpose to bring violence against African Americans in the southern United States in the ...

Abstract

The study aims to look at the political and culture conflicts that led to the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. The Creek Indians could not escape the long-term effects of the battle. The demise of the great creek nation lead to other changes in the community or region. This was a major battle fought between the United States Army and southwest Oregon Indians during1853-1856. The southern Indian country was transformed into a cotton country. The paper looks at the historical events that led to the battle's commencement. The battle also proved the long tradition of European nations to gather support ...

Impact of Noise Pollution on Mental Health

Introduction
Noise is increasingly becoming a major threat to both human and animal life. In last few decades, noise pollution has increased considerably in every urban area with an ever-increasing population and heavy load of traffic on roads. Since noise is not a palpable matter one can see, taste or smell, over the years noise pollution has received very limited attention compared to other types of pollution like air or water pollution. Due to the increasing urbanization and industrial growth, environmental noise caused by transportation systems and machines, aircraft, motor vehicles, trains, loud music and constant hubbub of city ...

Introduction

Centuries after independence and adoption of civil rights in the United States, racial prejudice has yet to disappear completely. In spite of the numerous efforts put towards elimination of racial mindsets where majority of the white population treats Black Americans and other people of color with prejudice, cases of racial prejudice are still extant in the society. Subtle as it may be, racial prejudice leads to far reaching psychosocial, socioeconomic and even physical consequences. Modern racism is experience in various spheres of life, including legal and employment decisions, group problem-solving and normal day to day interactions in which ethnic ...

Asian immigrants were, for many years, the silent victims of American westward expansion. When Americans were expanding westward in pursuit of Manifest Destiny, they were not doing all the work themselves. Manifest Destiny was the widely-held belief by many Americans that America was destined to expand across the current-day United States. During the 1820s all the way through the 1860s, Americans from the east coast of the United States expanded across the United States, seeking a variety of different things-- some sought land, others new experiences or natural resources. Everyone who participated in the American westward expansion carried some ...

Abstract

Capital punishment or death penalty is one of the most controversial and notorious form of correction. It has been practiced throughout history but currently, only 38 states practice it. In most of the places where it is being practiced, a lot of precaution is used. Research has shown that there is a relation between race and capital punishment. This practice has been ostensibly stated as a remnant of the past. Apparently, the minority communities have a higher chance of being slapped with a death sentence.

Introduction

This is one of the most extensively discussed and researched topics. A death penalty ...

Introduction

- Interview Report

Theoretical applications

- Development is a lifelong process of change (Erikson)
- Each period of the life span is affected by what happened before and this affects
expected outcomes (Learning theories).
- Development is influenced by historical and cultural context (Papalia and Feldman)

Conclusion

- Explanation of how this analysis has affected communication within the work environment

Abstract

In this document the author is expected to distinguish, appraise, and integrate multiple theories and/or models of human development relevant to functioning of the client being interviewed. During the interaction the interviewer must recognize how cultural structures that range from marginalizing to ...

Very similar attitudes were used to justify the trade in African slaves. They were not Christian and were “uncivilized” from a European point of view because if their lack of what Europeans could recognize as a culture and a social system. Slavery and even barbaric transportation were justified because at least the slaves would be converted to Christianity and saved from hell in the afterlife. The same attitude informed white American attitudes to the Native Americans, as Carroll and Noble put it: the English settlers “required the ‘barbarous heathen’ to reject their traditional cultures, live in ‘praying villages’ and ...

In the 18th century, the United States was the centre of African American slavery. Primarily, most of the slaves were from African and worked in the large plantations. The majority of blacks living in the United States during the 18th century were treated as slaves. It was nearly impossible to find a black person who was not a slave. In fact, African-American slavery was legalized in some states such as Maryland and Virginia. This was intended to provide an opportunity for the whites to enslave more Africans to work in their large plantations. Essentially, slaves were harshly treated by ...

John F. Kennedy and the Federal Marshals Decision-Making

During the Civil Rights Movement

The Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s was a tense period in the history of the United States. In 1961 the first Catholic was sworn into the office of President of the United States of America, John Fitzgerald Kennedy. He had many challenges to face during his presidency. His early death due to his assassination makes it impossible to predict whether he would have become a stronger supporter of the Civil Rights movement (also known as the Black Freedom movement). President Kennedy may have decided to give most of the responsibility to ...

I was a Secotan living in the depths of Roanoke back in the day. Life, back then, used to be less complicated. My father used to farm for the family, in which he got to take home a variety of crops which we can live on as long we can suit the seasonal changes. There were times when he brought home meat when he goes out hunting with our neighbors. Those were perhaps some of the most endearing moments I ever had in my early life – simple, quiet and peaceful. Changes – neither which I knew I cannot control nor ...

Introduction

The history of African Americans in the United States is one that is associated with intense bitterness, suffering and struggle. From the days when African slavery and servitude existed to the current situation, America can be said to have transformed into a true democracy. This level of achievement has not at all been easy. It has taken the sacrifice, commitment and effort of many people to attain the democratic rights that all Americans including African Americans enjoy today. Some of the people who fought to have a free and just society in America will forever remain in the books ...

For over three decades, the U.S labor market has attracted criticism from the minority groups mostly the blacks. Before the industrial revolution occurred, majority of the blacks provided cheap labor to the white’s farms. The form of employment during that time was informal as knowledge requirements were never a necessity. After the industrial revolution, focus shifted to individuals both black and whites sought for jobs within the established industries (Royster 123). The introduction of industries necessitated knowledge acquisition as roles became different from the initial forms. The blacks found for knowledge like their white counterparts so as to ...

Cartoons seem innocent in their attempt to make children laugh. In many cases they also seek to teach a lesson. The lesson can be something as simple as the importance of sharing or being honest. It can also teach something serious like looking both ways before crossing the street. The less obvious lessons are more subtle and often more lasting in the psyche of the juvenile audience. It happens more often when the cartoons characters are human beings instead of animals or puppets. Human cartoon characters cause children of all ages to absorb significant details about race, gender and ...

Hemingway is considered one of the greatest writers of all time, and a master of the short story. In the short story “Hills Like White Elephants,” Hemingway examines a number of important literary themes, delving deep into the human psyche and consciousness. Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants” touches on the lives of two characters, an American and a woman named Jig. The two sit in a Spanish restaurant, drinking beer and talking past each other about Jig’s unplanned pregnancy. The story revolves around the conversation that the two have in the restaurant, illustrating some of the painful ...

Biography of Obama

Barack Obama was virtually unknown to the general public before the Democratic primaries of 2008, and had served briefly in the Illinois state senate and then a single term in the U.S. Senate before running for president. His background is absolutely unique among U.S. presidents, who have all been white men, while his mother was a white woman and his father an African from Kenya. He was also unusual in that he spent a great deal of his early life overseas, including with his mother and stepfather in Indonesia, where they were possibly involved in intelligence work. Later, he ...

Black like me

Plato, one of the most famed philosophy, reiterated that it is only in the light of justice that we can be able to truly define the real measure of an individual’s view; whether it existed or not. He further reflected that the non-existence of justice is the non-existence of what defines one as a man. This statement manages to capture what author Griffin faced during his self imposed experiment. In addition, the saying covers the widespread racial discrimination when he was writing his book; black like me. During this time, justice was a mirage to the black community ...

Studies have verified racial and ethnic disparities in health among low-income children. From birth until they reach adulthood, African American and Hispanic children fare far worse than white children on many sociodemographic and health system measures. One of the most important factors that interacts with racial and ethnic discrimination to impact health status is social stratification.

The Effect of Race, Ethnicity and Social Status on Child Health

Clinical evidence reveals a significant disparity between the health of children of color and that of children in the general population. Table 1 summarizes a representative sample of health discrepancies across a ...

Morrison presents the pursuit of wealth and the problems caused by racism as having a profound and damaging effect on the characters in the novel, especially the male characters, who become lesser men as a result and who are out of touch with black culture and their fellow African Americans.
The pursuit of wealth is chiefly practiced by Macon Dead II and it influences the way that Milkman lives until he discovers his family’s true history and he is transformed from someone who uses other people and take their devotion to him for granted into a man who ...

Introduction

Despite the many advances that Americans have made in the issue of civil rights for minorities, there is still a long way to go toward addressing the systemic and institutionalized inequalities minorities experience. Observing the criminal justice system of the United States and its systemic discrimination of minorities, it is clear that many obstacles still exist that unfairly burden African-Americans and other minorities in America. A large number of instances and research reports suggest that the American criminal justice system is biased and prejudiced while treating minorities as compared to whites. As a result, the intrinsic unfairness and discriminatory ...

Unemployment Rate Differences Between Races in the US

Introduction
The average rate of unemployment in the United States of America is 4.8 percent. That is the average since the year 1948 to 2015. In May 2015, the rate of unemployment was 5.5 percent. The statistics mean that up to 8.7 million persons in the United States are out of jobs (Western & Pager, 2012). It would be assumed that this rate of unemployment would reflect equally among the different ethnic groups in the United States. However, this is far from the truth. Statistics shows that the gap in the unemployment rate between the whites and blacks in the ...

Introduction

African American literature was born at the end of the 18th century, during the period when the African American people were still going through slavery. Slaves were seen to be less than human and not able to study sciences or arts. White Philosophers during this time viewed slaves as inferior including those that wrote The Norton Anthology of African American Literature (Nellie McKay and Henry Louis Gates Jr.) as well as Immanuel Kant and David Hume. The philosophers noted that the African American people, nicknamed as ‘Negroes’ by then were inferior to the white people, and they did not ...

Discussing Racism in the American Criminal Justice System

ASTRACT
Racism is a serious issue that is deeply imbedded in the American Criminal Justice System. In fact, unfortunately, that racism has existed and almost as long as the United States has been its own country. The presence of that racism is heavily and perpetually debated. Today we see questionable racial attitudes of law enforcement, racially motivated, policies, and disparities in criminal sentencing has only bolstered the arguments. From highly publicized cases, like Trayvon Martin in Florida and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, as well as, the strict new laws, founded on racism, in the state of Arizona. That ...

Introduction

White collar crimes are the crimes are nonviolent financially motivated crimes. Typical white collar crimes are fraud, bribery, industrial espionage, etc. In October 2001 the Enron company was involved into the ethnical and criminal scandal. The company’s CEO and CFO developed schemes of hiding billions of dollars from stakeholders, as well as from the tax department. This paper is devoted to one of the most famous white collar crimes in the world. The first part of the paper will contain the brief overview of the scandal. In the second part of the research paper, I will analyze the ...

Illegal Drug Use Laws

Abstract
Drug laws and their enforcement is a controversial issue in America. Drug swoops, arrests, incarcerations and other forms of punishment for convicted drug offenders have been the main bone of contention. Intrinsically, drug laws such as the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (1938), the Controlled Substance Act (1970) among others are crafted without the intention to apply selectively and discriminately to different races and social classes. However, studies by federal and private agencies have revealed that the laws apply or are enforced unfairly to some races and especially on African Americans. For instance, the ratio of African American ...

English

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison is a novel which delves into the serious issue of discrimination on the basis of appearance and race. Delving deeply into this novel raises serious issues with respect to cleanliness, order and beauty (Baillie, 21). The author attacks the fundamental western ideas and ideologies with respect to racism by quoting the philosopher Count Joseph de Gobineau. In order to display the manner in which globalised doctrine on race has been accepted by Elihue Micah Whitcomb and her family, the author quotes “all civilizations derive from the white race, that none can exist without ...

Introduction

Malcolm X was initially known as Malcolm Little at birth in Omaha Nebraska, on 19th May 1925. However, he changed the slave name ‘Little’ and adopted X a representation of unknown when he joined the ‘Nation of Islam’. His father was Reverend Earl Little and was a Baptist Minister and also served as an organizer for Marcus Garvey Universal Negro Improvement, which was a black separatist association in the early 1920’s. His civil rights activism against white supremacy prompted numerous death threats forcing relocations when Malcolm was very young. However, he was later killed when Malcolm was thirteen ...