Category: Sociology 7256
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Central Los Angeles Community Assessment
Table of Contents Elimination Patterns of the Community Activity/Exercise of the Community Community and Community Boundaries The People and the Geographic Features of the Community References Elimination Patterns of the Community Traffic: traffic jams, noise, exhaust gas Tourism: a lot of visitors High costs of living: food, accommodation, public transport Urban ecology: dirty streets and…
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Psychedelics and Hallucinogens: Harm or Help?
Today, people demonstrate different attitudes to psychedelics and hallucinogens. Some people think that such drugs as a possible way of treatment and believe that the chemical structure and the pharmacological properties are appropriate enough to be helpful to American society. There are also the people who treat drugs carefully because they are afraid of the…
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Banned Books and Teens
What do you think of the concept of Banned Books Week? The concept of Banned Books Week is very appealing to me because it helps the public understand what books are banned and why. Furthermore, this event also spreads awareness of the books that are banned, and readers are often attracted by banned books because…
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Racial Disparity in the US Labor Market
The reasons offered by market-oriented and embeddedness perspectives for explaining the racial disparity in the U.S. labor market The U.S. labor market has been characterized by an ever-increasing racial disparity when it comes to employment opportunities available for the population. There have been various market-oriented and embeddedness perspectives that have been advanced to explain the…
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American Civil Liberties Union
From your own research, what interest group did you find? Please list its name and website information. The interest group chosen for this paper is American Civil Liberties Union. ACLU posts the relevant information on their website. From your own research, list three important pieces of information that give us a picture of what your…
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Analysing Community Project: South Miami
Overview Description of the Community History South Miami was founded in 1897 by W.A. Larkins and his family. The Larkinses established a dairy farm in the wildlands. After the Florida East Coast Railroad has been created, the settlement turned into a community. By 1917, 350 people dwelled in South Miami, which was then called Larkins.…
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Detroit as a Racial Segregated City
Table of Contents Introduction Industrial Impulse Crisis and Segregation Crime and Disorder Recovering Actions Conclusion References Introduction Segregation in the USA is a policy of forced separation of any group of the population. It is usually referred to as a form of religious and racial discrimination. Spatial segregation refers to the settlement of residents in…
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National Organization for Women
The interest group that I have chosen is called the National Organization for Women. As it is clear from the name of the group, it tries to unite people in order to struggle for equal rights for women and demonstrate that unfair treatment and violation of womens rights still present an important problem in human…
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Invisible Wounds of Stigmatized Individuals
Stigma affects several many people around the world and results in great suffering among them. Several causes of stigma include abuse, sexual assault, violence, and discrimination. The effect of stigma is detrimental and varies from a loss of self-worth, trauma, stress, and mental illness that affect personal life as well as family life. Richman and…
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Legal Drinking Age and Enforcement Strategies
Table of Contents Abstract Introduction Mainbody Conclusion References Abstract The legal drinking age has a great influence on society. Drinking while legally been a child will increase the harm, they can do to themselves and others. Drinking underage has harmful consequences to the person that compromise their health and also consequences to the wellbeing of…