... of the workforce and less able students. Sometimes the affirmative action policies forces employers and schools to choose the best workers and less privileged students of the minority, in all, regardless of their potential lack basic skills. As remarked by Maarten de Wit, an author who's article I found on the World Wide Web, affirmative action beneficiaries are "not the best pick, but only the best pick from a limited group." Another article I found, "Affirmative action: A Counter- Productive Policy" by Ernest Pasour also on the W.W.W., is one example which reveals that Duke, a very famous and prestigious university, adopted a resolution requiring each of it' ...

... above, gender socialization begins very early in life. Society has accepted such stereotype. We seem to accept that blue is for boys and pink is for girls. Boys generally play with balls, toy trucks and building blocks whereas girls spend their time with dolls, tea sets and stuffed animals. But these are the stereotypes that are influenced by the parents. A baby child isn't concerned with his or her gender identity. As the child gets older though, he or she will begin to develop an identity for his or herself and establish a personality that reflects their masculinity or femininity. During early stages of a child's life the mother is the dominant ...

... dedicated to that which fascinated him most: the search for the understanding of all through introspection. In his widely-read essay, “Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason and Seeking Truth in the Science,” more commonly and more conveniently known as “Discourse on Method,” Descartes describes his task as such: “as soon as my age permitted me to pass from under the control of my instructors, I entirely abandoned the study of letters and resolved no longer to seek any other science than the knowledge of myself, or of the great book of the world”(16). The knowledge of oneself, and of his so-called “book of the world,” can be obtained solely thro ...

... that is already struggling to gain equal rights and acceptance in a society that has long closed its collective mind to homosexuality. Since the dawn of American history, equal rights among U.S. citizens has been a hotly debated issue. With the Civil War and Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, slavery was prohibited. Women gained the right to vote with the ratification of the Constitution's nineteenth amendment on August 26, 1920(Cooke, 157). Although African Americans gained suffrage through the fifteenth amendment in 1870 (Cooke, 151), it was not until the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that they were actually freed from discrimination by the governme ...

... This ad also claims this product will make your mind clearer and you will be happier with your life. I know the last time I ate this cereal it didn't take away my worries or help me do any better on an exam. The second and third ads are both for beauty soap. The second ad is for Resinal Soap (1922) and the third ad is for Lux Toilet Soap (1934). Resinal Soap manufactures incorporate fear. The manufacture claims if you do not use this soap no man will ever find you attractive enough to marry, even if you are intelligent and have a great sense of humor. The ad for Lux Toilet Soap shows several shots of a beautiful Hollywood star. She is giving her testimonia ...

... is stated as a world or culture being set around a language, all societies are distinct in their own ways. An easier way to understand it is of thinking of two different terms, linguistic determinism, our thinking is determined by language and by linguistic relativity, people who speak different language, perceive and think about the world quite differently. To help you get a better understanding of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis you’ll need a few examples. My father came to America to go to college in 1966. He had grown up in Malaysia with their culture and language. My father grew up as a bilingual speaker, knowing the Chinese language from his parent’s ...

... of occurence already begins to disprove the melting pot theory in the United States. If people look at the idea of the melting pot in a way which does not get into much depth then it is possible that people would say the U.S. is a melting pot. Some reasons people might believe this is because the U.S. is made up of many different nationalities of people. Some ideas have come from these groups of people. These ideas may have been words or types of agriculture but these do not begin to relate to the true meaning of the melting pot theory. In today's society most ethnic groups have to become accustomed to an American way of life which means the English language. ...

... government has done with regard to the homeless problem, I have to doubt that everything is being done to eradicate it. The United Nations implemented a universal declaration of human rights. Article 25 Section 1 of this declaration states: Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing, and medical care and necessary social services, and to the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. This is a step in the right direction. However, this is not ...

... into the store and I approached the cash register preparing for an order. “Pay attention! Open the drawer, hand me the money, and no one gets hurt.” He proceeded with shaking his pocket and reiterating his words. “Sam-” he cut me off replying, “No, don’t talk to your friend, give me the money.” Words started vibrating, my every moved seemed in slow motion. “Here,” I managed to say. I handed over the whopping twenty dollars Swan Cleaners had made during the course of the day. Without counting it he ran out the door. With Sam at my side, we had realized what had happened, we’d been robbed; in broad daylight, by an old freaky man, on Sam’s third day. Instinct came o ...

... Frankenstein, portrays Victor (the creator) as innocent and the creation as evil at the beginning of the novel. Later, it becomes evident that the monster was not evil when created, rather that the creature was made evil by the surrounding environment. Victor's immediate response was, as Shelly writes, "Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath" (??). The monster soon understood that he was in fact hideous. Shelly writes, "Knowing social opinion, the monster explained after his agonizing shock of self-discovery, 'All men hate the wretched'" (??). Whereas the cloning of humans may not produce a being like Victor's creati ...