Essays on Discrimination and Prejudice

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The Theme of Racial Inequality in "Shawshank Redemption" and "Crash"

4 pages / 2004 words

The first movie I decided to watch was Crash. I chose this movie first because the title intrigued me, then I did more research about the film and I was excited to watch it for myself. Right off the bat the film starts with a...

Crash Movie Racial Discrimination Shawshank Redemption

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Jane Elliott’s Experiment in "A Class Divided": Summary

1 page / 670 words

On April 4, 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr was assassinated and many people were shocked because of this. “A Class Divided” which is a video tells as what happened on the day after this sad day. Because of this, the third graders’ students who...

A Class Divided Experiment Prejudice

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Understanding Segregation Through a Class Divided Experiment

1 page / 604 words

In A Class Divided experiment Jane Elliott chose to show her class a challenging exercise in the importance of segregation. She needed to demonstrate her understudies what segregation feels like, and what it can do to individuals. What’s more, to exhibit to the youngsters how...

A Class Divided Experiment Prejudice

612

The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Detecting Hate Speech

6 pages / 2687 words

One of the major problems facing companies working with user-generated online content in the modern era is moderating offensive speech and hate speech. The current approach to handling the problem is manually maintaining a list of all possible words and phrases that may be considered...

Artificial Intelligence Hate Speech

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Understanding Other Cultures Through Critical Cultural Relativism Perspective

1 page / 649 words

I always thought that because I am born and raised in a Vietnamese household, I already have a firm grasp on the concept of overcoming ethnocentric biases and be unprejudiced and/or more understanding when it comes to other religious and cultural practices. However, that is...

Cultural Relativism Ethnocentrism Prejudice

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The Issue of Free Speech and Hate Speech on Campus

2 pages / 1057 words

In many universities, free speech is a controversial topic. Campuses such as UCLA and Berkley argue that they are a free-speech campus yet later they are suspending students for their actions. Some board members agree with the consequences and say there needs to be a...

Controversial Issue Freedom of Speech Hate Speech

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A Controversy Over The Laws Banning The Use of Hate Speech

5 pages / 2098 words

On April 11, 2016, Mark Meechan, or a youtuber better known by the name Count Dankula had uploaded a video of him telling his dog to raise his paw in a salute whenever he blurted “Gas the Jews”. A couple of months later, on July...

Discrimination Hate Speech Prejudice

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The Armenian Genocide – The First Genocide of The Twentieth Century

3 pages / 1225 words

Armenia is a small country located in the south Caucasus and is the smallest of the former Soviet republics. Armenia is bounded by Georgia in the north, Azerbaijan in the east, Iran on the south and Turkey in the west.It is a land of rugged...

Discrimination Genocide

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Gender and Race Based Income Inequality and Its Impacts on People

4 pages / 1918 words

The inequality involves different dimensions in the global, for example, income inequality, gender inequality and racial inequality, etc. The widening income inequality is a decisive challenge of our time. The gap between rich and poor has reached its highest level in decades. According to the...

Discrimination Gender Inequality Income Inequality

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Affirmative Action Policies in American Colleges and Universities

1 page / 604 words

A century ago, America had a much different landscape regarding equality amongst its citizens. Companies were free to hire only the employees they deemed acceptable to the owner’s preferred culture. An individual could be turned away simply because they were a woman, of an ethnic...

Affirmative Action American Education System Discrimination

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The Social Problem of Misogyny Against Transgender Women

4 pages / 1607 words

The topic of transgender rights is more talked about than ever. With US President Trump’s ‘transgender military ban’ and the ‘transgender bathroom bill’ more and more people are becoming aware of transgender people – people whose sense of personal identity and gender doesn’t correspond with...

Gender Misogyny Transgender

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Mass Resistance: Formation of Hate Groups and Their Impact on Society

2 pages / 976 words

Introduction A hate group is best defined as a group of individuals that practice hate and hostility towards a targeted segment of people within a society. The operation and existence of these hate groups have nearly always been prevalent. In 2018, the Southern Poverty Law...

Discrimination Hate

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Jackie Robinson and His Contribution to Anti-segregation Revolution

3 pages / 1203 words

Introduction The Civil War was one of the largest conflicts in American history, marking a pivotal turning point for both American and African American narratives. Despite the abolition of slavery and the introduction of numerous plans and articles aimed at restoring justice to African Americans,...

Jackie Robinson Racial Discrimination Segregation

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Americanism Movement in The Us: a Regrettable Past

4 pages / 1970 words

The term nativism, also referred to as Americanism, first gained significance following the Civil War. The nativist goal was to protect the interests of so-called “natives”-descendants of the original Anglo-Saxon settlers, above those of more recent immigrants. Nativist views were ugly at times frequently resulting...

Americanism Racial Discrimination

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The Factors Contributing to The Spark in Hate Crimes

2 pages / 735 words

It can be argued that there are many significant causes to the rise in hate crimes when examining the way the perpetrators feel threatened, and as a result, it has an everlasting result in the future. Hate crimes are when an individual commits a violent...

Hate Crime Muslim Prejudice

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Hate Crimes Against Muslims in The United States

2 pages / 1011 words

Ever since the terrorist attacks on 9/11 there has been a growing prejudice in the United States of America. This prejudice is against those who look, act, or claim to be Muslim. This prejudice has led to many hate crimes taking place. These attacks are...

Hate Crime Muslim Prejudice

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Online Racism and Hate Crimes on The Basis of Race Or Religion

4 pages / 2029 words

Online racism or cyber racism is most commonly defined as racism which occurs in the cyber world. This includes racism which occurs on the internet such as racist websites, images, blogs, videos and online comments as well as racist comments, images or language in text...

Discrimination Hate Crime Prejudice

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Analysis of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Ted Talk

3 pages / 1243 words

In this essay I will analyze the July 2009 TED talk “The Danger of a Single Story” by the novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, which expresses the idea of how people should not perceive something by only taking a single perspective to form a conclusion, because...

Humor Prejudice Stereotypes

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Analysis of Chimamanda Adichie "The Danger of a Single Story"

3 pages / 1295 words

People imprisoned in a cave are not willing to seek the light because they are fearful of the unknown truth of what is outside. They wish to remain in the cave and its darkness that they know. However, is what they know, the truth? Their...

Prejudice Stereotypes