Essays on Social Issues

Politics and Perceptions of Race and Ethnicity Politics has a significant impact when it comes to perceptions of race and ethnicity in the United States. One important factor about politics is that it has the potential to change a population's perceptions regarding their social construct. Notably, it changes the interpretations of...

The criminal activities and the punishments accorded to the perpetrators of the crime offer some of the most compelling signals of racial discrimination both in the 20th and 21st century and even earlier.   In the early years, judicial bigotry, lynching, chain-gang approach to penal practices were common events, especially in...

Racial discrimination is an act of prejudice directed to s specific racial group based on the idea that another race is more superior. Racial discrimination is based on the idea that people should have qualities that identify them to a certain race and it will be used to determine their...

Homelessness and Racism: A Major Issue in the United States Homelessness has always been a major issue across the United States. It is typically a reflection of all that is broken in our society that is our perceptions of one another as fellow human beings, our lack of compassion, our meanness,...

Maddox, G. L., Back, K. W., " Liederman, V. R. (1968) Overweight as social deviance and disability. Journal of health and social behavior, 287-298. Maddox, Back, and Liederman in 1968 developed the research paper. The authors aimed to establish the overweight the overweight condition as a disability. The paper is divided into four...

Today, the crisis that has posed the greatest concern on the planet earth is the overpopulation issue (Ehrlich, 2002). The threat of overpopulation and the constant rapid increase has greatly impacted and is still projected to severely impact the affairs of the various state nations, developed and developing, the poor...

The first four episodes of The Last Defense examine the criminal case established against Darlie Routier. The first episode depicts how a housewife in Dallas was sentenced to death for the malicious homicide of her two sons. Routier’s husband narrates the events as they unfolded from his perspective. The second...

Sociology and Economics: Understanding Inequalities in Homes Sociology is a science which endeavors to elucidate, give details and understand the actions of human beings in a social setup (Miraftab, 2015, p.34). It takes into account all the aspects of life and how it affects human beings ranging from family issues, relationships...

Introduction Jessica Calarco is an Assistant Professors practicing at the Indiana University. Her researches and studies mostly deliberate on inequality and how it affects education and general family life. Calarco’s Research and Book Calarco has spent years studying, observing and interrogating teachers, parents, and students. She authored the book ‘Negotiating Opportunities’, where she...

The world has become a global village and thus the need to develop a mandatory framework that will enhance the protection and assurance of Human Rights across state boundaries. Although the United Nations and other regional organizations have made similar efforts to enhance human rights, getting a clear picture of...

Dominicans in America Dominicans started moving to America in the early 1960s. Over time, their population has increased so much that according to (Guadalipe, 2018) America hosts a population of approximately 2 million Dominican immigrants. At least 750, 000 of this population resides in New York. The increasing population of Dominicans...

Children in foster care are usually faced with the vulnerability of oppression, exploitation, and marginalization due to lack of adequate policies to deal with sexual abuse, psychological and physical abuse inflicted on them (Weiler, Garrido " Taussig, 2016). Other reasons include lack of adequate financial provisions to cater for their...