Whitegirl, or Halfie An instruction manual on how to get a girl based on their ethnicity is what Junot Diaz wrote in the story “How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie.” One central theme in the story is the idea of stereotypes. A stereotype is a preconceived notion about someone based on an outside characteristic they posses. These generalizations come from some truth but you can’t put everyone into a specific category based on their appearance. In this controversial story, Diaz uses
Catharine Albiston, the goal was to look mainly at how corporations were viewed by the judicial system. A majority of the work was devoted to the establishment of the existence of an empirical measure of how much the courts relied on one piece of evidence based solely on the judgment summaries that were written after the case. They then derive such an empirical model and apply it to court cases spanning around 35 years of cases, both from circuit courts and district courts. The research found that in both
December 2015 Discovering the True Colors Prejudice, like evil, lurks in everyone, whether it is visible or hidden beneath the surface of a calm, clear pool. It is the cause of an invisible line, a separation, between people. Often that line is unreal, created in the minds of people, but requires conformity and rejects individuals. Prejudice is explored in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, a captivating novel that revolves around the experiences of two children, Jem and Scout, who witness prejudice
examining evidence, interviewing witnesses and of course listening to the defense. When an offender has been found guilty, a judge must decide what their retribution will be, usually referring to set guidelines. These guidelines help judges decide what punishment would be best based on the offense, criminal history, whether a weapon was used, and many other facts. These judges follow what is known as the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (Champion 111). These guidelines may seem like a straightforward set
Introduction: Many people tend to equate ethics with their feelings. But being ethical is clearly not a matter of followings one’s feelings. Ethics, however, cannot be confined to religion nor is it the same as religion. Being ethical is not the same as following the law. The law often incorporates ethical standards to which most citizens subscribe. But laws, like feelings, can deviate from what is ethical. Finally, being ethical is not the same as doing “whatever society accepts.” In any society, most people
the idea of gender is deconstructed and reformed from the typical human’s definition. Often people do not consider the role of gender in society today. Usually the first thing one notices when meeting someone new is their gender or their presumed gender. However, there becomes a problem when the person whose gender we perceived identifies as a different gender. Butler forces the reader to examine how they judge and perceive gender. While the ooloi are actually “its” their personalities seem to imply
our tendency to judge other groups or cultures based upon our own standards establishing boundaries between “us” and “them”. If these boundaries are positive the groups will coexist peacefully but if negative some racism and/or stratification occurs. Competition is the battle over limited resources always resulting in a “winner” or a dominant group. The dominant group often has the upper hand in the competition, thus “stacking the deck” so the minority group can’t win, no matter what. Power is
Although it may not be at the forefront of our minds, the current situation regarding prisons and punishment is worth discussing. On the matter of this often overlooked topic, Pope John Paul II said “Not to promote the interest of prisoners would be to make imprisonment a mere act of vengeance of the part of society, provoking only hatred in the prisoners themselves.” (July, 2000) The prison system is a global issue that affects the "human potential, free will and innate goodness in man." (Lyons
only reasons that causes a person’s behavior, which ignores factors such as environmental (Beaver & Ferguson, 2009). Thus, in criminology, it suggests that this could be a risk factor that contributes to antisocial behaviors as if everything is predetermined (Gao et al., 2012). Such positivism approach includes phrenology, the study of the skull and physical characteristics. Lombroso believed that criminality was inherited and could identify criminals through physical defects. In other words, each
sentence that is not already determined for them. There have been many cases where the judge has no discretion in the sentence due to the mandatory minimum sentences pre-determined for the case, no matter what the aggravating or mitigating factors were. I will argue that the mandatory minimum sentences in Canada should be reduced or eliminated as they result in very few positive outcomes for the offender and society, increase recidivism rates, are very expensive, and in many cases are detrimental and