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- 91: Government Should Establish Program To Reduce Juvenile Crime
- ... 1985 to 1993 is not a sign that current policy is effective. Changes must be made. The best way to address the problem is through government funded preventative programs. The affirmative intends to prove, and stands resolved, that the federal government should establish a program to substantially reduce juvenile crime. This, by definition, means that the federal government would benefit the country by taking action and making government programs that will decrease the number of crimes committed by minors. Contention I: The status quo is only harming the people of the united states by remaining ... help correctly fund and perfect an active plan which will indeed begin to substantially reduce juvenile crime, before it happens...through the methods of prevention. The plan that we the affirmative propose is one that institutes a combination of different preventative programs which the federal government will entirely set up, fund, and work with these community efforts. Plank I: This ...
- 92: Negligent Hiring/Retention
- ... new employee relations law scourge has surfaced- The Tort doctrine of negligent hiring/retention.(2) Although this theory is not new, it's prominenece is growing. This added cause of action in tort law is resulting in increased employer liability and risk. Often, Court award outcomes in these cases are in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, and more, and are ... to be a higher degree of duty or care required between business and it's customers because of the nature of the product or service provided. Fundamental to a negligence action is the existence of a duty owed by the defendant to the plaintiff ( See Bidar Vs. AM-FAC, Inc., 66Haw. 547, 551; 669 P. 2d 54, 158 {1983}.) A defendant ... 1984}) applying to the instances in which the employer becomes aware of the employee's unfitness after hiring him or her. Here the employer has an obligation to initiate an action to counter the person's unfitness, including retraining, reassignment, rescheduling or discharge ( See Cutter vs. Farmington, 498 A. 2d 316{N.H. 1985}.) For example, in Abbot vs. Payne ...
- 93: Biligual Education
- ... situation will enforce the myth that Mexicans and Latinos are ”second class” citizens. Moreover, the Mexican communities and other opponents in California believe that Proposition 227 works in parallel with Affirmative Action and Proposition 187. According to Yleana Martinez “in 1994, voters easily passed Proposition 187, which cut benefits for illegal immigrants and, most recently Proposition 209, which ended Affirmative Action in state hiring and school admissions. Republicans rejoiced in those victories, but observers say that the latent anti-Latino temperament of these two measures has forced the party ...
- 94: Multiculturalism
- ... courses on history or culture at the high school level are aimed to familiarize students with the traditions, philosophy, literature and history of the western world. Proponents argue that this action is appropriate since our country is based on a democracy founded in European ideals of government. It is also claimed that there would not be enough time in the current ... is such a thing). In today’s society this type of education does not seem to be a progressive step for Canadians. An example of this is the creation of Affirmative action programs. In the U.S. blacks are experiencing an unemployment rate of nearly twice that of whites, Canadian figures I assume are relatively similar. "Affirmative action was designed to ...
- 95: An Anaysis Of Sexism Against The Female In Athletics
- ... has traditionally (and continues to be a great extent) steeped in American society, as well as institutions. There have been a number of laws passed regarding this practice, i.e. Affirmative Action being the one more notable, as well as others. Nevertheless, from a legal, social, and political perspective, females are still stereotyped as the ‘weaker sex,’ and inevitably this mentality continues ... 1995. (Brady and Witosky, p, o4C) Some critics have stated that Title IX has no powers of enforcement. Historically it has taken a lawsuit by female athletes to achieve corrective action. For example, the Black Women In Sports Foundation has received a $50,000 grant form Athletic Footwear Association to conduct a program that will introduce African American girls and ...
- 96: Civil Rights
- ... the NAACP advocated non-violent, peaceful protests. These activities included marches, demonstrations, and boycotts. Many times whites responded to their protests with violence. This violent white response to direct black action eventually forced the federal government to confront the issues of injustice and racism in the South. King not only appealed to Blacks, but also to many Northern, white liberals. His ... months of protest, Albany's police chief continued to jail demonstrators without a show of police violence, and the Albany protests failed. In the spring of 1963, however, the direct-action strategy worked. In Birmingham, Alabama. The SCLC joined the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, a local civil rights leader, who believed that the Birmingham police commissioner would meet protesters with violence. In ... offer and went home. Later, however, the MFDP challenge did result in more support for blacks and other minorities in the Democratic Party In early 1965 SCLC employed its direct-action techniques in a voting-rights protest initiated by SNCC in Selma, Alabama. When protests at the local courthouse were unsuccessful, protesters began a march to Montgomery, the state capital. ...
- 97: Liberalism and Freedom
- ... and Freedom Liberalism is a force that has produced change from the birth of this nation to the politics of today. Liberal tenets have been a basis of thought and action in American politics since well before the signing of the Constitution. Certainly, liberalism has had to transform in order to remain a legitimate force throughout the years. When considering this ... be at a disadvantage. The freedom to achieve one's own potential is one of the prime objectives of modern liberalism (Merquior, 1991). This has led to the development of affirmative action and other programs such as welfare. The opportunity to reach one's capacity has joined the other inalienable rights as the desired outcome of a positive government. Ideally, people ...
- 98: Diversity
- ... rationale. Next let us commence the workplace. In the workplace the augmenting totality of diverse workforces can elucidate the diminishing ratios between races and genders. Enforced in NY is the Affirmative Action Bill, which is designed with “training wheels” in mind. The State believes that in order to diversify our workforce and to have the effects of a diverse workforce trickle down ... a certain quota in which to blend the workforce. According to the bill, once the workforce is seen as diversified, it will “remove the training wheels” and no longer enforce affirmative action. Subsequently, we shall briefly gape at microeconomics as a collective sphere of diversified exigency. It is a standard rule of thumb that the more diverse a business is, ...
- 99: Cultural Anthropology
- ... was repeatedly turned down only to see a fellow student of a different race, with lower grades, less academic activities, and lower rank receive the scholarship because of their race. Affirmative action allows for a less qualified candidate to receive the job so that the company can have a certain number of ethnic people employed. There is a black Ms. America and ... that it is a privilege and that other races suffer, I strongly disagree with her. Where was her research done? Did she not look into such issues as reverse discrimination, affirmative action, and the privileges that are granted to others based on their race? The article was completely absurd. What was her basis for such an article? White people have ...
- 100: American History X
- ... people. Indeed, a black congressman from Chicago, Gus Savage, and Coleman Young, the black mayor of Detroit, have argued that only white people can be racist. Likewise, in 1987, the affirmative action officer of the State Insurance Fund of New York issued a company pamphlet in which she explained that all whites are racist and that only whites can be racist. How ... demanded that schools be taught in English, who insisted on celebrating the Fourth of July, who demanded the right to vote even if they weren't citizens, who clamored for "affirmative action" in jobs and schooling? Would Mexico - or any other non-white nation - tolerate this kind of cultural and demographic depredation? Of course not. Yet white Americans are supposed ...
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