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    I am firm believer that Andrew Jackson was a champion for the common people but not the entire society, more specifically when it came to minorities. Andrew was born into unfortunate situations in in contrary to previous wealthy residents he came from a very poor upbringing. I would proclaim him as a self made president because he went through all of the trials and tribulations life at that time could throw at one to get to where he stood later in life. Majority of his family or essential life guiders

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    police, people have always had mixed opinions about the police.Some people hate the police, others like the police. But the police are not there to be liked or disliked they are there to serve and protect.In my opinion I dont see why people hate the police because when something bad happens and they need help the first thing some one does is call the police.That’s kind of what happend in the Michael Brown case. Officer Wilson was doing his job and made a split second desicion and people did not

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    Do you think that every person should be free? In the folktale “The People Could Fly” by Virginia Hamilton, she talks about how African American slaves believed that some of the people knew magic. Hamilton also writes about how Africans didn’t have certain rights and how they are being enslaved. In this folktale Virginia’s message to readers is that everybody should be free. In “The People Could Fly” Hamilton is reading to a certain audience. In this folktale the audience that Hamilton is reading

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    Today in life a major issue in the world is people being categorized. People are always quick to make some assumptions before they get to know the person. No I’m not innocent; I have categorized before. A time when I categorized someone was when I was in the store. It was an older man and he had this mean face on so I thought he was rude and mean. I was wrong because when I saw him later in the store he was saying hello to people and helping other people in the store that could not reach stuff on

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    Globalization is the process of interaction and integration among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology. Because of exploitation, which characterized the entire system of colonial rule and much of recent history, some scholars define globalization as essentially “a system of political, economic, and cultural domination forcibly imposed by a technologically advanced foreign minority on

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    In the folktale, “The People Could Fly” by VIrginia Hamilton, the intended audIence Is people who are enslaved and need a new hope to become free. I know this because the people were enslaved in the folktale an that one of them and a baby, flew and escaped slavery. There also were words about free or strong birds to support the idea of freedom. The reason it’s for people that are enslaved is because it gives them hope. It says in paragraphs 17-19, “He raised his arms, holding them out to her. “Kum…yali

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    the actions of which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, mostly children, were taken away from their families between the 1890’s and the 1970’s (Korff, 2014). Children were taken to institutions or adopted by non-Indigenous families and most never saw their families again. In the early 1900’s the Australian public was persuaded into believing Aboriginal children were deprived, mistreated and at risk in their own communities. People believed that Aboriginal children would receive a better

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    Rivers University English 1100 Final Assignment The Effects Power: The Healing Process for Aboriginal people Student: Lay Jaisinghani Student id: T00557462 The Effects Power: The Healing Process for Aboriginal people Introduction Power- it is an extreme word with both negative and positive sides attached to it. When it is negative, it acts like an antagonist and can hurt a lot of people, either physically, mentally or socially. Diverse societies meeting up in North America over the hundreds

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    Impact of free settlers on the indigenous people of Australia The arrival of the free settlers to Australia had both immediate and long term impacts on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, all of which contributed to the decline of indigenous people and their culture. In the short term, the arrival of free settlers had only negative impacts on the indigenous people, causing violent outbreaks, dispossession of land as well the death of many by disease. In the long term, the effects

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    seemingly more likely to become arrested and convicted compared to whites. Statistically speaking, one in eight African-American men in their twenties are currently in prison. As derived from the articles What Is Implicit Bias? and Mass Incarceration and People of Color, implicit biases have affected the reasoning for individuals in the criminal justice system. Police officers, judges, and jurors are prime examples of this. In addition, policies that blatantly target African-Americans and other racial minority

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