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- 101: Correctly Political: A Look into the Dynamics of Political Correctness
- ... the purposes of this writing the most concise definition available has been selected. Political Correctness refers to matters of inclusive speech, advocacy of nonracist, nonageist, nonsexist terminology, and insistence on affirmative action policies, avoidance of Eurocentrism as reflected in a “traditional” canon of literature, acceptance of multiculturalism as a valued feature of American society, and dismantling hierarchy as controlled by a white ... to negative. The best way to illustrate the incongruity of political correctness is to present a few cases of it in use. Arguably one of the most outstanding examples of affirmative action in the Eighties is the insistence of John Paul II on beatifying Kateri Tekakwitha and thereby placing her on the road to canonization, even though this 17th century ...
- 102: Race Relations
- ... races together. Will it work? Or will minorities look upon the effort as nothing more than a Band-Aid covering a much larger issue? To some extent, concepts such as affirmative action have their place in society, yet they will do nothing to alter an individual's perception of one race or another. I. ADOLESCENT ASPECT In the past, childrens' racial viewpoints ... on bridging the racial gap in an effort to improve the country's "deteriorating race relations" (McFeatters, 1997; 68). By using his clout as Chief Executive and standing behind the affirmative action policy, Clinton hopes to turn around some of the prejudice that continues to spread across the land. A speech he gave at the Million Man March in Texas ...
- 103: Relations Among the Races
- ... races together. Will it work? Or will minorities look upon the effort as nothing more than a Band-Aid covering a much larger issue? To some extent, concepts such as affirmative action have their place in society, yet they will do nothing to alter an individual's perception of one race or another. I. ADOLESCENT ASPECT In the past, childrens' racial viewpoints ... on bridging the racial gap in an effort to improve the country's "deteriorating race relations" (McFeatters, 1997; 68). By using his clout as Chief Executive and standing behind the affirmative action policy, Clinton hopes to turn around some of the prejudice that continues to spread across the land. A speech he gave at the Million Man March in Texas ...
- 104: Civil Rights
- ... for the better, instead of waiting for the government to help them. In his opinion the focus for blacks that believe discrimination is the determining factor in their lives is affirmative action and fair distribution of jobs. Instead of counting on others to make things fair, blacks should go out and make it on their own. He encourages blacks to start their ... as ghettos. He says racism on a personal basis has improved, but now the problem is institutionalized racism. Some evidence of this is: "opposition to school busing, open housing laws, affirmative action, and the failure to vote for a black candidate for public office." He is comparing this opposition to the cold war, instead of the Russians the blacks are ...
- 105: The Civil Rights Movement
- ... of time when blacks attempted to gain their constitutional rights of which they were being deprived. The movement has occurred from the 1950's to the present, with programs like Affirmative Action. Many were upset with the way the civil rights movement was being carried out in the 1960's. As a result, someone assassinated the leader of the movement, Dr. Martin ... able to achieve the same things as whites, it sets a goal for poorer blacks and eventually more will grow into this class. Another example of an economic success is Affirmative Action. This was a program made by the Federal Government which had to be used by companies with a past record of discrimination or companies who sought to do ...
- 106: Housing Discrimination And Hou
- ... elevated the legal status of blacks. With the passing of the Civil Rights Act early this century, the 1968 signing of the Fair Housing Act, and the recent enactment of Affirmative Action, it seemed as if African Americans would now have the same opportunities as white Americans. However, this is clearly not the case. Through subverted and underhanded tactics, many white Americans ... discrimination is increasingly being seen as a problem and a major hindrance to the advancement of minorities in our country. Recently, many groups have been organized and are currently taking action to prevent housing discrimination with the ultimate goal of creating an integrated society. On the surface, housing discrimination simply segregates minorities into specific living areas, however its implications reach ...
- 107: King Lear: Sense of Renewal
- ... Sense of Renewal Throughout Shakespeare's King Lear, there is a sense of renewal, or as L.C. Knights puts it, “affirmation in spite of everything,” in the play. These affirmative actions are vividly seen throughout the play that is highly infused with evil, immorality and perverted values. These glimpses of hope seem to provide the reader with an underlying notion ... goodness that remains present, throughout the lurking presence of immorality and a lack of values. However, in the end it is questionable if these are true revelations, and if the affirmative notions are undermined, and thus less significant than the evil in which they are engulfed. In Act I Scene I, the first glimmer of hope is revealed in the play ... Edmund, in an attempt to gain the inheritance. It is while becoming blind that Gloucester learns the truth of the deception. This may give the act of becoming blind an affirmative action. However, it is this act that also leads Gloucester into another engagement of deceit. As Edgar's character is in disguise, he becomes the moral voice throughout the ...
- 108: The Chrysanthemums
- ... waiting for an unlikely rain, Elisa and all woman are hopeful for a change in their enclosed lives. Steinbeck foreshadows, "It was a time of quiet and waiting" (396). The action of the story opens with Elisa Allen working in her garden. She is surrounded by a wire fence, which physically is there to protect her flowers from the farm animals ... worked with his hands in nature. Still attempting to show her feminine side, "she stood up and shoved the thick scissors in her apron pocket" (398). Yet, also with this action Elisa also may have recognized she was about to enter into a normal male business conversation involving bargaining and denying services. Since she knew this man would probably ask for ... scooped it into the bright new flower pot…With her strong fingers she pressed them into the sand and tamped around them with her knuckles" (400). This not a "feminine" action because it shows her physical strength; it shows her natural power. She is not simply an excellent gardener but she actually communes with nature. She tells the man about ...
- 109: Philip Tompkins' Organizational Communicatin Imperatives
- ... communication because it entails the idea that the subordinates bring bad news to a superior only to have the superior either ignore the problem, blame the messenger and even take action against the messenger. The communication is not open and as candid as seen in these cases where female officers did not report sexual abuses to proper authorities. COMPARISON In comparison ... the fact that women, who were closest to the problem, sex abuse, have suffered due to rank and history. Because of the difficulty they faced, their complaints and plea for affirmative action, were unable to climb the ladder of authority. NASA on the other hand , with their means of an upward communication system, are equipped to handle a situation of such, ...
- 110: Cultural Diversity: Campus Climates and Classroom Instruction
- ... campus. The recruiting efforts would generally cost money and the research would take time to acquire. In addition to monetary issues, there could be insinuations concerning quotas or even affirmation action for allowing a preference to one race or gender for the sake of diversity. Restructuring and developing cost reductive techniques and applying certain guidelines for diversity on campus so that the idea of a quota or misuse of affirmative action would be abolished would generally eliminate these objections. In my case, I would be elated to be able to explore other backgrounds and broaden my general conception of cultures ...
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