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    a great deal of Americans’ social life is affected by it. A third strand is material determinism, or interest convergence—the idea that racial relations maintain a white-over-black/brown hierarchy that provides benefits and profits to elite groups in the majority race and are for that reason difficult to reform. A fourth feature is the social construction thesis, according to which races are products of social thought and invention, not objective or biologically real (Critical Race Theory: The Cutting

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    that based on the circumstances it’s reasonable to believe that a search will produce useful information in solving a crime. Also with that being said there are many different factors and other cases that deal with using a search warrants like for example Marcus vs. Search Warrant in his case he had a magazine stand and the officers pretty much went over their

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    CANADA’S PRISONS ARE THE ‘NEW RESDIENTIAL SCHOOL’ Nancy Macdonald (2016), an editor who works for the Maclean’s, writes an article on the way Indigenous and non-Indigenous citizens are treated by the law and police force. At least 36 per cent of the women and 25 per cent of men, who are Indigenous, were already sentenced to provincial and territorial custody in Canada. Nancy explains, from these scores, these statistics make up at least 4 per cent of the national population. She also explains

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    Thesis: Differing standards of behavior are generally not reasons to intervene except when the people of the countries are unhappy due to the violation of human rights because all humans must be protected against the unmannerly supremacies. Annotated Bibliography: Shah, Anup. “Rights of Indigenous People.” Global Issues. 16 Oct. 2010. Web. 07 Aug. 2016. This source is valid because it states that over the course of many years, many groups of people have been “eliminated” from many areas in

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    21,000 agents, up from 8,500 in 2001and 4,000 in 1994(17). The primary function of the Border Patrol Agency is apprehension of terrorists, drug interdiction and immigration enforcement. The book ‘Border Patrol Nation’ by Todd Miller is a classic example of the Border Patrol

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    light on the outrageous and unethical motives of the white man because their bias contradicts their values. She appeals to African Americans to convince them to work together because she believes that they are possible solutions that can resolve racial inequalities. She acknowledges that, “Every revolution in history has been accomplished by actions, although words are necessary … We must create shields that protect us and spears that penetrate our enemies”. The black community should protect themselves

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    protecting these key safety net programs, and this has become a major political and public policy issue in recent years. . At present blacks are about 12% of the U.S. population, Hispanics 13% and Native Americans 2%. If present trends continue, for example, minorities like blacks, Hispanics and Asians will be the majority of the population in the

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    For the past ninety years, marijuana has been an enemy to drug agencies, government officials, and presidential administrations. Smoke Signals, a book about the oppressive and beneficial history of marijuana, is written as an effective argument while highlighting the plant in many different social settings. Cannabis use can be traced back to the Neolithic Period (10,200-4500 BC). Since then, nearly every culture continued to use marijuana for personal reasons, causing information

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    object of study is to analyze the experiences of undocumented women through an intersectional lens. It is important in understanding the limitations of sanctuary cities and the unique experiences these women face in comparison to other populations. B. Thesis statement: Despite the rise of sanctuary cities and their promise for inclusivity and protection, undocumented women continue to face exclusion in urban spaces and limited access to urban rights due to their marginalized position in society. C. As

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    places. Therefore with all this practice it also helped him “It went a lot faster after so much practice helped me to pick up my handwriting speed”(242). Malcolm also learned about black history and people from that era before they came to the U.S.for example “Carter G. Woodson’s Negro History opened my eyes about black empires before the black slave was brought to the United States, and the early Negro struggles for

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