Category: Inequality
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Essay On Racial Inequality
The concept of race is a social construct that categorizes people based on physical characteristics such as skin colour, hair texture, and facial features. It has been used throughout history to justify discriminatory practices, including slavery, segregation, and genocide. These practices have impacted the opportunities, experiences, and outcomes of people of colour. The effects of…
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Main Disadvantages of Standardized Testing
When it comes to any assessment, there will always be a negative and a positive side to it. Most of the time one usually outweighs the other, especially when it is an assessment that isnt entirely fair to a certain group of people. In regards to standardized testing, many negative risks and consequences arise from…
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Disadvantages of Standardized Testing and Effective Alternatives to It
Michelle Obama, most would describe her as a very successful and intelligent individual with all of her accomplishments including graduating from Princeton University as Cum Laude with a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and continuing her education at Harvard University law school. Mrs. Obama once stated if my future were determined just by my performance on…
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Inequality in Regards to Stopping Smoking
This article determines the rates of concurrent use of nicotine and tobacco products among homeless adults who regularly smoke. It also differentiates the characteristics of concurrent users and non-concurrent users in regard to their reliance on cigarettes, awareness of smoking hazards, willingness to stop smoking, and receiving smoking cessation services. The outcome of this study…