Essays Tagged: "Discrimination"

Georgia O'Keefe

ent, clear story of her lifeGeorgia O'KeeffeDuring the early twentieth century, women suffered from discrimination and inferiority. An exception to this case was Georgia O'Keeffe, who captured the att ...

(3 pages) 351 7 4.1 Nov/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Sexism in the Workplace

the need for a legislationfor equal opportunity for both sex's to be passed in 1975. It stated thatdiscrimination of a persons sex whether male or female was unlawful inemployment, union membership, ... dsince the law was made an Act of Parliament. This essay will onlyconcentrate on the problem of sex discrimination in the U.K.Sex discrimination means that a person gets treated in a less favorableman ...

(10 pages) 598 0 3.0 Aug/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Sarah and Angelina Grimke, Sisters of Abolitionism

lowed to attend anyUniversities that were available at the time. This was only the beginning to the discriminationand humiliation she was to experience in her fight against sexism.Both Sarah and Angel ... achusetts and scalded byauthority figures. These actions further inflamed the anger of the sister's discrimination,resulting in further efforts made in the way of sexist reform.Angelina married Theodo ...

(2 pages) 46 0 4.4 Jan/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Racism

l as findout if racism can be stopped or slowed down in anyway.Prejudice is the roots of racism and discrimination, the word prejudice means ajudgment based on previous decisions formed before the fac ... as a major factor in the development ofracial prejudice in North America.It is believed that racial discrimination occurs more often and most severelywhen two groups with different skin colours and di ...

(4 pages) 167 1 3.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Female Discrimination in the Labor Force

Female Discrimination in the Labor ForceIn the past decades there has been a dramatic increase in the numbe ... male counterparts are paid. Theonly reasonable explanation that can be found for this income gap is discrimination. Thisunfair treatment shown throughout the handouts illustrate how far people still h ... ighlyqualified women out there than there are men. Then why is it that men are still beingpaid more?Discrimination seems the only viable answer to the earnings gap. When onelooks at the mean income of ...

(5 pages) 396 0 4.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Economic compensation to blacks in America.

milystill suffers from the aftermath of slavery. We see it in the form of Poverty, under-education, Discrimination, and Black on Black crime. Consider that Blacks areseriously under-represented in man ...

(2 pages) 87 0 3.8 Feb/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Anti-terrirosm legislation and legal theorists

John H. Ely: The Political Process and DiscriminationJohn H. Ely's argument has to do with the political process being obstructed and laws ... process is breached.One of the most important elements of Ely's theory has to do with prejudice and discrimination. He views "prejudice as a lens that distorts reality" (Ely 67). For him, the state is ... er than the distribution itself. This is a value choice. Because of this you are not able to tackle discrimination from the way the system is set up. His argument also relies on society to be a libera ...

(15 pages) 283 2 4.2 Mar/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

the types of injustice confronted in this novel include, racial injustice, religious injustice, and discrimination of women. Harper Lee often offers suttle remedies that would put an end to the consta ...

(3 pages) 53 0 4.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

"Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck, one of the greatest American books of our time, explained and dissected.

d not afford to pay their bank loan. As they move across the great western states, they suffer much discrimination. The Joad family believed that once they got to California, they would find jobs and ...

(6 pages) 174 0 4.7 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Edgar Allan Poe

Ability for Hire

ier to employment for [people with disabilities] truly is attitude.' One way to show the effects of discrimination of people with disabilities in the workplace is to show ways people with disabilities ... e or more employees--which means that 87% of U.S. wage earners will be covered. The law, which bans discrimination against those who are blind, deaf, mentally retarded, HIV positive, physically impair ...

(3 pages) 162 2 4.3 Oct/1996

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Racism today

the fact that he was Mexican (Ridgeway 167.) Racism is objectively defined as any practice of ethic discrimination orsegregation. Fortunately, racial violence is steadily declining as the turn of the ...

(3 pages) 173 0 3.6 Mar/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

The Abolishment of capital Punishment

mitted is legally wrong, and represents a total disregard for human dignity. By examining issues of discrimination, the severity of the punishment, the fact that retribution is unjustified, and concer ... efendants statistically receive the death sentence more that the white defendants. This evidence of discrimination is confirmed by a study of the outcome of murder cases in Ohio between 1974 and 1977. ...

(19 pages) 559 2 4.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Religious Intolerance as Policy During the Reformation

the Reformation era of the 15th through 17th Centuries brought about an historic and unique kind of discrimination, because Roman Catholicism in Europe had never been viably challenged within Christia ...

(2 pages) 80 0 3.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Summary of A Room of Ones Own by Virginia Woolf and sexism in this century

have been lessened. Women are now permitted to enter almost any profession. They are protected from discrimination by civil rights laws in many states. The two notable exceptions are that some combat ... n are prohibited from positions of authority within many religious organizations.In recent decades, discrimination against individuals on a basis of gender has been viewed with increasing disgust. Soc ...

(3 pages) 171 1 4.2 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Summary of A Room of Ones Own by Virginia Woolf and sexism in this century

have been lessened. Women are now permitted to enter almost any profession. They are protected from discrimination by civil rights laws in many states. The two notable exceptions are that some combat ... n are prohibited from positions of authority within many religious organizations.In recent decades, discrimination against individuals on a basis of gender has been viewed with increasing disgust. Soc ...

(3 pages) 98 0 3.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

Aids discrimination

The Education of A.I.D.S DiscriminationEmployees are being discriminated against for their infectious illness known as A.I.D. ... ter and very personal. There are many different kinds of prejudice but not one as deadly as A.I.D.S Discrimination. The emotional trauma and future of employment play a giant role in the inflicted. He ... .I.D.S does not forbid an employee of performing his or her duties. It is the most altering form of discrimination because of the fact that every time a person finds out they are positive, the opinion ...

(7 pages) 195 0 5.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Mormons history

u and provide a base of knowledge about the Mormons and their difficult paththrough intolerance and discrimination which has taken them all the way to their currentheadquarters, Utah.Joseph Smith, a f ...

(3 pages) 70 0 4.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Jury Nullification and Its Effects on Black America

lacks in this country. Numerous studies and articles have been composed on the many facets in which discrimination, or at least disparity, is obvious. Even whites are forced to admit that statistics i ... though these cases are important, they are nearly impossible to discuss in a general examination of discrimination in the justice system because specific cases do not necessarily entail widespread dis ...

(15 pages) 254 1 4.0 Apr/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law

affirmative action

representative share of employment opportunities in alloccupations and at all levels.An example of discrimination that denies equal opportunity is the practice ofallowing members of these four groups ... ative action programs aredesigned to improve the lot of people who have suffered as a result of pastdiscrimination.By the year 2000, white males will likely account for only 15% of newworkers - 85% of ...

(2 pages) 129 0 3.7 Aug/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

"Color Blindness"

al colorblindness, has no cones at all. As a result, they have no ability to see colors, and no hue discrimination whatsoever. Monochromatic vision is very similar to watching a black and white televi ...

(3 pages) 71 0 3.7 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology