Social Issues Essay Examples Page 121

An article from the New York Daily News on November 9, 2018 portrays the shooting of an unarmed black adolescent. Fifteen-year-old Jordan Edwards was shot by a white cop while riding in a vehicle with his two siblings. Officers Roy Oliver and T. Net stopped the victim in a police road block on November 9,…

Throughout history there have been several movements and events to voice public concern. These efforts agitate the establishments in power and disrupt the social norms in place at that time. In “The Rhetoric of Agitation and Control”, Bowers, Ochs, Jenson, and Schulz describe agitation as an event or time when people outside of powerful establishments…

“It shall be unlawful for a Negro and white person to play together or in company with each other at any game of pool or billiards.” This law by the state of Alabama was just one of the many ridiculous laws of the early 1900‘s These particular laws, separating races and discriminating against blacks, became…

Have you ever questioned why rights aren’t absolute? Well if each person could do something, the rights of the other people might be violated and can cause chaos. The government should balance every single person’s rights with public good/ general welfare of the people. And since the language of the charter/ amendments to protect other…

AIDS may still be a very threatening virus, but there was one point in time when the disease was feared as a gay man’s disease. Ryan White, born on December 6th, 1977 in Kokomo, Indiana, was a young boy who became a national spokesman for equal health care for AIDS patients once he was diagnosed…

Food insecurity, civil conflict, and lack of economic opportunity have led to the displacement of thousands of North and Sub-Saharan Africans. As a result, an estimated half of all primary school-age refugee children are not in school, and many face sexual and gender based violence. Additionally, humanitarian aid, while undeniably important, can be misallocated and…

Is immigration reform necessary as a solution to America’s economic and illegal immigrants in America? The economic emergency has captured the attention of the Government and the American public, but immigration reform should not be forgotten. “The legislation effort of 2007 failed but Americans should not let it fade from the public eye.” (Davidson) It…

There continues to be debate over rather Marijuana should be legal for medical purposes as well as recreational purposes. Although Marijuana is legal to use in the state of California, you are still committing a Federal Crime for buying, selling, or possessing it. This conflict actually creates a situation where you can be charged with…

Gender equality is definitely a human right, but there’s a persistent gap in access to opportunities and decision-making power for women and men in the world. Since this is a worldwide thing then we should start from the beginning, what exactly is that? Is it food, is it a book or perhaps a movie? Well…

Immigration to America has changed dramatically and has had a major effect on relations between new immigrants and the people already in the United States. The nature of immigration has changed slowly over the course of American history and drastically. Immigration to America before 1950, the immigrants that came to America were trying to escape…