Papers on Social Issues
Intimacy
Words: 1028 - Pages: 4.... parents, household,
schedules, and heritage. Therefore, we were naturally inclined to develop some
sort of relationship and intimacy. If we hadn't, our living conditions would
have become understandably tenuous. The development of relationships and
intimacy has some very definitive steps. The first step is initiating which is
making contact with the other person and showing that you are the kind of person
worth talking to. Our relationship was initiated as soon as I was brought into
this world and facilitated by the fact that we were brother and sister. The
next step is experimenting which is deciding whether we want to pursue a
rel .....
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Living In A Residence Hall
Words: 414 - Pages: 2.... living on campus will give me a lot more time to do important things and more opportunities to utilize everything EIU has to offer. The residence halls are all directly on campus and the campus is compact enough that everything you need is within a short walk. I plan to be involved in many university functions and to spend a lot of time at the student recreation center, and I find the closeness of everything on the campus one of EIU's most outstanding features.
Another attractive feature of the residence halls is the overall atmosphere in them and the friendliness of the people at EIU. I have visited some of the halls and they all seemed .....
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A Black Cloud
Words: 513 - Pages: 2.... by marching in white cloaks in protest and also by
burning the churches and neighborhoods of blacks. Just as Hitler and the KKK
express hatred, the Skinheads are yet another group which have strong prejudices.
These so called Skinheads abominate most races other than their own. White
hooded silhouettes, German Soldiers echoing “Hail Hitler!”, and the infamous
Skinheads are harsh reminders of hatred which exists throughout the world.
In the same way that prejudices of large groups of people are expressed,
hate crimes are committed to demonstrate acts of hatred. Most recent are the
burning of black churches across the South. .....
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Hooked On The Internet
Words: 833 - Pages: 4.... of lay users, and a growing number of addicts", says Sarah Lehrman, a psychiatrist who, realizing the problem, has started an on-line support group for users hooked on cyberspace (58). This new addiction, developed by our technological nation, has become a "condition from which an estimated 5 million Americans suffer, or one out of every nine Internet users", estimates the author of Digital Drug Marilyn Elias (13). According to many experts, it is becoming clear that millions cannot control the habit of spending endless hours in front of the computer screens, and that addiction to Internet can cause as much damage in people's lives as alco .....
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“Cultural Murders”
Words: 1252 - Pages: 5.... him, and was very suprised at his advanced age and demunitive size. Within a month, Manson was running her life. Manson considered his followers as his family. Manson taught the family that true love required complete destruction of one’s self. They had to become empty so they could be filled with his love. He wanted compliant followers with devotion and dependance on him (Farquhar 5).
His family took many acid trips together. During the trips, Manson would teach all night. All would listen sad think it sounded a little screwy, but still they would believe all he said. His acid trips got continually more violent. He started raving .....
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Welfare
Words: 2968 - Pages: 11.... 20 welfare reform bills have been introduced in the 103rd
Congress. Besides the above mentioned bill, three major proposals were offered
by Republican members: The GOP Leadership Welfare bill, The Real Welfare Reform
Act, and The Welfare and Teenage Pregnancy Reduction Act. Now the Republicans
have pulled together a strong and controversial bill on welfare reform. The
Personal Responsibility Act is an attempt to overhaul the welfare system by
putting limits on eligibility and reducing dependency on government. This bill
addresses the increasing problem of illegitimacy, requires welfare recipients to
work, and caps welfare spending. Cur .....
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Stereotyping And Racism
Words: 480 - Pages: 2.... exaggerate the differences, ignoring what we share as human beings and become prejudiced. Prejudice is nourished by fear as it grows out of exaggeration. It is a profoundly negative emotion bearing the fruit of hatred.
Racism is a form of extreme prejudice that leads to physical and psychological violence. Racists can be any color: white, black, brown, red or yellow. A white racist thinks all blacks are alike, while a black racist thinks all Hispanics are alike. In addition, a Hispanic racist may think all Native Americans are alike. The ethnic boundaries of racism “pigeon hole” another group, while having no boundaries of its own. .....
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Immigrants Coming Over To America
Words: 1044 - Pages: 4.... Island, also, was far from sanitary. The people would break
down into lines, and walk by a doctor, trying to hide any physical problems.
Children over two had to be able to walk by themselves. If the doctor
noticed anything wrong he would use a piece of chalk to show the person
required further inspection. If, this was indeed the case, the person
would be set aside in a cage.
Another test was that of sanity. An interpreter would ask each
person a few questions just to find a sensible answer to test mental
stability. The last and most feared doctor checked for disease by lifting
the eyelid. He scared children, and probably sprea .....
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Natural Raised Killers
Words: 1080 - Pages: 4.... movie stars. He was a traveler, moved around a lot in order to avoid the authorities. Bundy is said to have enjoyed having "power" over his victims.
Bundy was raised as a normal child, brought up by a wealthy mother and father. "Bundy blames the excessive amounts of porn for all of his murderous ways," states Ron Mitchell. He came from a good home, had a good upbringing, and cannot seem to pinpoint anything in particular that would lead to his murderous spree.
The Picasso of the serial killing community, Ted was good-looking, charming, intelligent, self-assured, with a brilliant future, and deadlier than a rattlesnake. Using his go .....
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Advertising - Good Or Bad
Words: 210 - Pages: 1.... is designed for one purpose - to sell. To acheive this goal,
advertises are willing to stretch and distort the truth, just to convincing
people to buy their product. For example, an advertiser may convince buyers to
purchase their product by stating that has been tested and found superior. In
reality, the product is not likely to be beter than any other - the tests
themselves doubtlessly conducted by the promoting company - conducted to ensure
at least something is superior about the product, even if it is only the colour.
These advertisments are worded carefully so that they are telling the "literal
truth" - the truth is exactly what .....
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