Essays on Delgado

Critical race theory is a legal framework that provides critical analysis of race and racism. It recognizes that racism is engrained in the fabric and system of American society (Delgado and Stefancic, 11). The concept also rejects traditions of liberalism and meritocracy. Despite legal discourse terming the law as neutral and colorblind, critical race theorists challenge this notion by examining liberalism and meritocracy as a vehicle of self-interest, power, and privilege. Using various narratives, theorists are able to present different perspectives on matters concerning race and how they relate to law and power. Keywords: meritocracy, liberalism, legal In his ...

Introduction

A strategic plan is contextually defined as a piece of documentation that describes an organization’s process of foreseeing an anticipated future, the details of which are then delineated into goals and a vision for the organization. A strategic plan also includes an explication of how to achieve the stipulated goals, in a specific and concise manner. Steiner (2008) calls strategic planning an “indispensable act” in endeavor for high quality management of any institution. A subset of strategic planning is strategic management, which essentially offers guidance as well as direction as far as strategic planning at organization level is ...

Critical Analysis

As Delgado and Stefancic point out, the critical race theory (CRT) as held by most pragmatists and civil rights activists helps in explaining the issue of racism that is so entrenched in the American society’s legal, social, political, and economic systems (23). According to them, race is not a biological but a social construct which means that it is embedded in people as they interact with people from different racial backgrounds. Critical race theory also helps in explaining some of the historical racial injustices such as discrimination that people of color have had to go through for a ...

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Section 1: Basic Concepts Concept of the Cloud The IT term “ cloud” is short for two related concepts. For the man on the street, it can just mean the internet and that is acceptable1. For the IT initiate, it would be “cloud computing” which is the delivery of on-demand computing services (e.g. applications) to clients via the internet from server farms of the service provider. These services are applications and databases which reside in the vendor’s various locations unknown to the customers. Google and Facebook are there in the cloud. Such architecture allows the type of service called ...

Company Background

Webvan was an online grocery store that operated on credit and delivery basis. Webvan was founded in 1996, and it had its headquarters in California, Foster City (Delgado, 2001). It offered fantastic services as customers had their products delivered at their doorsteps thirty minutes after making a purchase. Its services were provided to about ten US markets, and they had an objective of expanding to 26 cities. The big dreams of this company were short-lived since it flopped in 2001 (Bensinger, 2015). Webvan ran out of cash as it ended up spending more than the sales it made, hence ...

“Retarded”

Introduction (Case Scenario) My best friend’s younger sister has Down syndrome and on two separate occasions, we heard people casually throw the word “retarded” at each other. I remember the first time turning around to two young adults laughing after one responded “okaaay,” rolling her eyes and waving her hands in the air. I do not need to go into how upset I was for not only myself, but especially for my girlfriend standing right next to me. I wish I would have said something then, but you know those “what would you do” situations where you are ...

Problem Identification

Ponsonby Pies has endeared to stay at the edge of competition. Even though gourmand pie was not common at its time of establishment, it ventured into this product regardless of the stock market crisis and decreased demand for pies. However, its organizational structure and culture may threaten its current achievements and expectations. The firm focuses so much on personal communication between the directors and workers as a move to engage employees. Although the engagement of employees has been proven to be very beneficial to the staff and the company at large, it is important to adopt effective strategies of ...

Introduction

Slavery and the slave trade are timeworn practices and institutions in all continents of the world. Slavery and slave trade involved the sale of land, animals, people, etc. different scholars have given various reasons for slave trade, including the need for labor in agriculture, political reasons, commerce, among others, They claim that these reasons may have led to the rise of slavery. There are two dimensions of slavery in pre-colonial Africa: Internal and external slave trade dimensions. The slave trade across the Sahara, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and the Arabian worlds was termed as the external ...

Governor Wilson ran full-page ads in the major California newspapers, the New York Times, and the Washington Post, to launch his anti-immigrant based re-election campaign. The ads were in the form of a letter to President Clinton, demanding that he halt illegal immigration to the State of California as well as reimburse the state for the cost of federally mandated health, education, welfare services, and the incarceration of undocumented immigrants. Remarkably, Governor Wilson was able to narrow the complex political and economic conditions besieging California. It proved to be a politically astute move. In doing so, Wilson obfuscated the ...

“Too much milk may be bad for your health” is an article made by Dennis Thompson which tackles about the side effects of excessive drinking of milk. According to him, “calcium in milk can help strengthen bones and prevent osteoporosis”. As such, many individuals, including adults, drink milk due to the benefits it may bring. However, excessive drinking may lead to serious health complications which might endanger their life. According to the new study, adults who drink three or more glasses of milk each day have higher possibilities to incur fatal diseases, such as cancer and cardiovascular malfunctions (Thompson). ...