Essays Tagged: "historically"
An Ethical and Practical Defense of Affirmative Action
a temporary, partial, and perhaps even flawed remedyfor past and continuing discrimination against historically marginalized and disenfranchised groups inAmerican society. Working as it should, it af ... nd ethical issuesraised by continuing to function within a system that systematically disadvantages historicallymarginalized groups. With that as a backdrop, I will make a positive case for continuing ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism
Evil in Women and its Effect on Macbeth
ven thought of killing Duncan, if it were not for the influence of the witches and his wife. Historically, man has been corrupted by woman. Going back to the story of Adam and Eve, we see such ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth
Gender Roles in Education
ges, and job opportunities as their male counterparts. The society in which we live has been shaped historically by males. The policy-makers have consistently been male and therefore it is not surpris ... , while women greatly outnumber men in the programs of nursing and concurrent education. Women have historically been encouraged to enter into what could be considered 'caring professions' such as nur ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies
America and Affirmative Action
a temporary, partial, and perhaps even flawed remedyfor past and continuing discrimination against historically marginalized anddisenfranchised groups in American society. Working as it should, it af ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism
Ethical Values In The Old Testament
ael, for the first time, an ethical conception of God is attained, and this not philosophically but historically; while its view of the moral life is certain of justification not only by reason but by ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
The Ressurection of Jesus Christ
unt of the resurrection. Of the many theories of the resurrection, the Biblical account is the only historically reliable and possible explanation of the resurrection.The historical reliability of the ... are one in the same (McDowell 110). These three tests when applied to the Bible show it as the most historically reliable text known to man, thus the events found upon the pages of the Bible are actua ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Review of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird"
n population ofMaycomb. One of these instinces was when Lula commented on Finch children coming toa historically all black church. Another less prominent form of this reverse discriminationwould be th ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
Eugenics Brief discussion of eugenics in America
ith these abilities could be increased through marriages of those people who exhibited those traits.Historically this idea has been used negatively and in some instances violently. The idea of eugenic ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Physical Child Abuse
en from their homes and to conduct thousands of research studies on the effects of abuse; these are historically and culturally embedded developments. It is clear that some very large context and cont ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
China as Most Favored Nation
9 , following the historic efforts of President Nixon during the 1970's to restore diplomatic ties. Historically, there was a big difference that existed between the unconditional most-favored-nation ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
A little rundown on Brew
Historically hops, yeast, malted barley, and water have all played the greatest and most important r ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
"The Human in Captivity" A juxtaposition between the art within the Cloisters in New York City and the architecture of the Cloisters itself
is literally an open aired walkway around an interior quadrangle, many times occupied by a garden. Historically, however, these cloisters were used often in monasteries and convents where the religio ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art
A really short multi-paragraphed essay on Samuel Pepys role as a citizen of London, as a husband and as a master.
him play many roles.As a citizen of London, Pepys is witness to major events that are today seen as historically important. The first even that he describes is the hanging of Major General Harrison, w ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Liberia's recent history as it pertains to my life.
bible translators. I left the nation in 1986 and it made for an interesting childhood.Liberia was 'historically' peaceful up until April, 1980. It was in that year that an illiterate Master Sergeant ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
An articulated elucidation of Locke's theory on private property and the implications it imposes on sovereigntyheory of Property
Perhaps one of, if not the, most historically influential political thinkers of the western world was John Locke. John Locke, the man ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy
Hong Kong Immigrants in Vancouver
mmigrants in Vancouver. From these discussions we are informed that Canadian immigration policy was historically ethnocentric and only began to change in the late 1960s. It was at this point that we s ... dmitted, and the regional settlement of immigrants once they arrive.History of Immigration in CanadaHistorically, Canadian immigration policy has been consistently ethnocentric. It was only recently t ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
Canadian Public Policy and Administration - Employment Equity Act, a short paper evaluating the success of the Act.
join those already living here. Taking the population as a whole into account, it is no secret that historically, certain members of this social order have been denied fair access to employment system ... ograms to 'promote equal opportunity in the public service for segments of the population that have historically been underrepresented there.' Today those designated groups, underrepresented in the la ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government
Alfred Tennyson, often regarded as the chief representative of the Victorian age in poetry.
daily lives of individuals. English literature was alsosomething that was beginning to be developed.Historically, it began when Queen Victoria was anointed to thethrown in 1837 and brought a new prosp ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry
The American Education System; Cause for Rebellion
use the maintenance of an informed and productive citizenry is vital to the future of this country. Historically Americans have strongly asserted the importance of public schools in a democracy and de ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government
Seperate But Equal. This is a review for the movie "Seperate but Equal." It analyses the good and bad points of the movie, and suggests areas for improvement throughout the film.
by Sidney Poitier. Through strong actors such as Poitier, the movie was very well done. It was also historically accurate in terms of the names and the events that occurred. However, often times the m ... ts which were highly unrealistic. The movie Separate But Equal had good acting, was educational and historically accurate, however, it had quite a few unrealistic events.The movie Separate but Equal, ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis