Racism Creative Writings Samples For Students

In “Are College Educated Police Safer?”, Kelli Goff uses a study by Joshua Correl, a University of Chicago psychology professor to examine the issue of alleged police bias against racial minorities:

Perhaps most surprisingly, the most recent studies have found that

racial bias does not influence whom officers shoot—at least not in
the way many of us assumed. The studiesfound that those in the
general public are substantially more likely to simulate shooting if
the unarmed suspect is black, when the game was tried by members
of law enforcement they were less likely to commit similar race based
errors. (Goff, 2014).
Research Question: In ...

Contesting for a re-election is not as easy as it may sound but with appropriate strategies in place one can make it though. One ought to have plans that address growth of organizations bearing in mind that the voters are well informed and analytical on the previous term. Understanding the voters is fundamental to winning the re-elections. One needs to address the factors that voters consider vital in a political contestant. In the United States issues related to taxation, human rights, affirmative action and race is a key consideration in shaping voter's decisions on the most appropriate candidate. The contestant may be ...

A song can be generally defined as being a voice composition which is performed by the act of singing, the song words tend to have a rhythm or are poetic in nature. The two songs that I have chosen are; ‘Your Racist Friend’ by the group known as They Must Be Giants and ‘When Fredric Was A Little Lad’ by Gilbert and Sullivan. The song genre of the song ‘your racist friend’ can be classified as modern rock while the song ‘when Fredric was a little lad’ can be classified as a comic opera which typically is a comic play which usually incorporates songs ...

The concept of sovereignty is one in which nations around the world hold dear to the advancement of their international policy. The principles of sovereignty dictate that a country holds unlimited power over the ability to govern itself without outside interference. The advancement of these principles gives the rest of the world powers a peripheral role in determining the destiny of separate nations. While this concept is important in ensuring that countries do not overstep their authority and harm the interests of other nations for the advancement of their own, the applicability of the sovereignty of a nation is a concept that needs ...

The early 20th Century’s perception toward the effect of unifying people of different whereabouts is hostile. Though part of this defensiveness is rooted in the love of the country, it defends with predetermined exceptions. Not all theorists of immigration efforts are withdrawn from a successful union. Though America still stands as nation built by natives and the naturalized, few thought it possible a hundred years ago.
British playwright Israel Zangwill crafted a play called The Melting Pot (1916) where, with esteem and passion, principal characters enjoy the concept of amalgamated people. There is pride in the act, and it is ...

Introduction

“The biases the media has are bigger than conservative or liberal. They are about making money, getting ratings, about doing stories that are easy to cover”. This saying holds a vast amount of truth. Americans and other populations of the world trust and believe on what the media reports on the media outlets as the truth (Allen p. 40). However, researchers have found out that media outlets distort the stories and news they report leading to much attention given to some news than others. Some news stories are not heard in the radios, watched on television or read on newspapers. ...

Questions from Readings

1. It is justifiable to break the law under certain circumstances. First, the laws in question must go against the norms of human ethics. In “A Letter from Birmingham Jail,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. writes to his white colleagues in the ministry in Birmingham, urging them to join him in the fight against racism in the city. This racism is a form of discrimination that keeps African American citizens from receiving the equal treatment they deserve. Second, people should try and change the laws peacefully before breaking them. The African American citizens of Birmingham have done this, though, and ...

Introduction

The representation of women in the popular culture remains to be stereotyped by the naïve, sentimental, and domesticated women. It is through the media, which this issue continues to be propagated. There are several individuals and places focused on research on feminism publicizing both the positive and the negative gender disparities that are encountered daily. The resilient applauses me, hard working ladies who have undertaken significant influences through history to offer women the opportunities enjoyed in the contemporary society. Though many social revolutions have occurred, women still bear among them motifs rather than of individuals, still derided instead ...

Launched in June 2006, Straits Times Online Mobile Print (also known as STOMP Singapore) is an online portal showcasing news presented to the world by the citizens or man on the streets. As it suggests, the website works by showcasing user-generated news items in the form of text, videos or photographs. It is managed by Singapore Press Holdings (of The Straits Times). In the beginning of STOMP, the idea was to attract the younger generation of Singaporeans, who were not drawn towards the boring style and design of The Straits Times. The intention was to draw upon the media-sharing ...

Just last year there was an effort to pass a law regarding Australian Aboriginals being recognized as the first inhabitants of Australia. Besides this, their language and dialects are also going to be recognized by abolishing a discriminating law in the country. This letter addresses that issue and talks about how Australian Aboriginals are left out in the work place because of cultural barriers. Although this issue is unspoken, it is very rampant. There are a lot of indigenous people who are being left out in school, the workplace and in the community because of the background. There needs to be more ...

Throughout American history, different ethnic groups have faced different challenges. The Native Americans obviously were treated very differently than the Irish, for example, and the Chinese were particularly singled out for treatment which included banning them from attaining citizenship at all in the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. African Americans obviously also suffered greatly, not only during slavery but also after its abolishment, and with even greater difficulties being accepted by white society even to this day given their appearance and a complexion that was impossible to hide. Yet other groups attained wide acceptance, including Germans, English, and Scots. Andrew ...

- The information provided in the Statistical Abstracts of the United States Census Bureau demonstrates a peculiar variation in the levels of students. This is based on the diverse ethnic lines that exist in this country. From the data given the section of high school level graduates amongst blacks and whites presents a situation which has developed over time. For instance, in the earlier years of 1970, the disparity between white high school graduates and the black graduates was so high. In this period, white’s graduates from high school were 54.5 whereas the black’s counterparts were only 31.4. This ...

Racism is so strongly built in society today that it feels like a natural phenomenon. Children from a very young age when their minds are in the developmental phase are exposed to such racism; therefore, they are conditioned in a way that this behavior extends to future life as well. School books and stories describe how the Afro-American is always the culprit and the American or “white guy” is the hero of most stories. If not directly, but somewhere this element of racism gets transferred to the child’s subconscious memory and determines his actions and reactions.
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Introduction

Nursing profession is regarded as an attractive career that draws the attention of many students in America. The fact that America has some of the best nursing schools and programs in the world, has compelled many international students to move into the country and enroll as nursing students. International students face numerous challenges in nursing schools, but they have no option other than overcoming the challenges and adapting effectively in the new environment. They are supposed follow rules, norms, and traditions, which govern nursing schools and programs, compete with their counterparts in course work and pass the National Council ...

Introduction

During diagnostic reasoning, a clinician attempts to collect, process while also interpreting information obtained from the patient so as to generate an action plan for treatment. However, it is critical that in this process, a clinician may commit some errors that can result in a wrong diagnosis and treatment of the patient. The following section discusses three of these mistakes.

The Illusory Casualty

It is the kind of error that occurs when a clinician tends to develop a bias in finding a causal relationship even in a situation when there is none. It is a powerful bias and occurs when both the ...

Abstract

Social justice has always acted and will act as the most important indicator of the effectiveness of social development, being one of the fundamental bases of civilization and progress. Social justice is the foundation of any developed society, and it determines many aspects of the interaction between people within the state and society. Justice is category of a moral-legal and socio-political consciousness that is both an inalienable natural right of a person. Understanding social justice changes over time and depends on the specific social conditions in which people live. The content of this concept is in line between the ...

Literature is one of the most useful sources of knowledge for human nature. The history of literature contains several seminal works that aid in the transformation of the human psyche and worldview. Readings like Machiavelli’s The Prince, George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant and Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr. are very famous works that have got immortalized in the minds of the avid readers all across the world. I value the readings because it gives me a sense of how others in the world analyze things and helps me to be more open-minded to new ...

- Characterization: Characterization is defined as a literary device that the writer uses to highlight and explain step by step a character’s details in a story.
- Flat character: A flat character in a work of fiction is a character with little development. The character does not change or undergo significant change as the story progresses.
- Round Character: A round character is a term coined by E. M. Foster. It is opposite to a flat character, and is defined as a complex character that changes and is developed by the writer during the course of the story.
- Stock Character: A stock ...

Immigration policy during this quarter

Give me an overview of the progress between the Congress and the President concerning immigration policy during this quarter. Explain how Democrats and Republicans reached their policies based on the philosophies of the two parties (what are the main positions within each party and do these positions match the traditional philosophy of that party)? Explain how the party positions were impacted by interest groups in support of each policy (name and describe one interest group on each side of the issue) and voters in support of each policy (in other words, do both parties think they can gain ...

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Being a Researcher

I believe that research is a process. It is a step-by-step procedure of capturing, analyzing, documenting and validating requirements to develop a research paper. The research process provides a researcher the necessary skills and groundwork in discovering information to complete an effective research. The main entities, while conducting research, include your subject matter, its environment and, more importantly, yourself.
In the next couple of months, I intend to conduct research on the difficulties of international students in speaking and learning the English language. I have determined that I will conduct qualitative research through my ...

She knew it would be difficult. She knew people would look at them. She knew there would be challenges that would seem insurmountable. She knew all of this before even talking to him for the first time. But she didn’t want to think about it. What would happen in the future ?
He only knew that he loved her at first sight. He only knew that he never wanted to leave her side. He only knew that he didn’t want to think about the complications loving her would cause.
They met on December 8th. Their ...

Trading Issues and Basics of Forward and Future Contracts: DB2

Derivatives provide investors with the opportunity to create wealth in the future. Besides being very secure investments, these financial instruments provide investing firms with a good mechanism of hedging multiple currency transactions. Many companies are now embracing derivatives as one way of securing their future financial stability and strengthening the company’s hedging policy on currencies.

Difference between contango and backwardation markets

A contango market is one where prices of futures are set higher than the expected future prices. Therefore, the prices of futures in this kind of market decline gradually until they reach the expected price level just before the date of delivery. On the ...

Robert Merton and the functionalist and social control theorists maintain that most people obey the laws, rules and regulations of mainstream society because they have been trained and socialized to do so, while those who are more likely to become criminals and delinquents have weak social and community bonds. They are unable to obtain the money and material things that American culture values the most, so they turn to illegal methods to obtain them. Travis Hirshi wrote the classic work on social control theory, Causes of Delinquency in 1969. Numerous studies of juvenile delinquents over the last forty years ...

The 1999 film Boys Don't Cry, directed by Kimberly Peirce, tells the story of transgendered man Brandon Teena (Hilary Swank, in an Oscar-winning performance), who was born Teena Brandon, a woman. In his attempts to ingratiate himself with his male friends and pursue a relationship with a girl named Lana (Chloe Sevigny), his anatomical differences are discovered, and he is raped and murdered by those same male friends. The film examines the concepts of homosexuality, transgender issues, and identity in a way that few major studio films typically do. However, Boys Don't Cry presents a remarkably gender-binary worldview for its subject matter, as Brandon ( ...