Essays on Social Issues

Factors that Make People Intimidate Others Before explaining the factors that make people intimidate others, one needs to thoroughly consider the sense of intimidating others. Bullying, for others, can involve purposeful attempts to manipulate others by using verbal harassment, for example, by taunting or insulting others. That can also be in...

At the end of the 20th century, the distribution of household revenue in the USA grew increasingly unevenly. Inequality in income was considered a problem because it exacerbates other social problems (Meyers et al. 223). Some studies show that income inequality is a risk factor for children, in particular in...

Ethical Concerns and Freedom of Speech Ethical concerns are the standards governing freedom of speech which, according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, "everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression, which means the freedom to hold his or her opinion without interference and to seek the same...

My Ten-Hour Carrier Learning Project at Friendly House After my ten-hour carrier learning project at Friendly House in Worcester, I learned a lot about the community service, food pantry, immigration service, and after school programs. In this paper, I reflect on the matters I achieved during this service learning, as expected...

Effects of Racial Discrimination in Employment For a long time, governments and their agencies have adopted legislation and strategies intended to discourage discrimination at work. Some of these legislation include the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination Act, and the Family & Medical Leave Act, which is meant to...

Drug misuse is perceived to be the most serious public issue impacting almost all facets of the family or society. Every year the use of drugs leads to a variety of severe American accidents or illnesses. Cocaine, opium, marijuana and others are the most abusive narcotics. Drog abuse is the...

DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) DACA is the American immigrant policy set up by President Obama and his administration in June 2012 in the United States (Wood, 2017). It also applies to the process of judicial relief from deportation. For people who are currently studying or have graduated, it is...

In many cultures all over the world today, cheating is a normal habit. There are clear disparities in wealth distribution. Individuals who have no material possessions aspire to obtain them even though the code of proper conduct is violated. In a letter, Coach Kevin, titled: "When is not a robbery?...

Malcolm X delivered one of the most powerful speeches in American civil rights history in April 1964. The Ballot and The Bullet declaration concentrated on Black Nationalism at a time when the African American community had no influence about who they elected. During the electioneering time, white nationalists will usually...

Dr King's View on Jim Crow Dr King in his view thought he was morally right to stand against Jim Crow. He had this view because he thought that the implementation of the law would lead to racial discrimination. The Jim Crow law became effective in the late nineteenth century, and...

Social Movements and the Black Lives Matter Movement Social movements all around the world are familiar with the Black Lives Matter movement, which was founded by three black women. Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a civil rights organization dedicated to combating the dehumanization of black people in American society (Carney 2016,...

Sexism is a collection of actions and attitudes against or belittles a person or judges them on the basis of perpetuating traditional gender stereotypes roles. The term patriarchy is currently used to refer to the mentality of men towards women. Traditionally, based on the male line, the rights to nationality...