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    “Reaganomics”, a term that is still used today to describe these policies. Hidden underneath the manufactured depiction of Reaganomics policies by mass media lies a controversial observation: these policies may have created a permanent shift in American society which, as a result, disenfranchised minorities since they went into effect over thirty years ago. This particular idea or theory is exceptionally contradictory and has been distorted by not only various media outlets but by subsequent pro-Reaganomics

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    has a direct relationship with middle class Americans’ destructive and poor lifestyle. In the poor areas of South Chicago, the black communities suffer “higher crime rates, poor performance in school, and family management,” said Robert Sampson, a sociology professor at the University of Chicago. Similarly, Harvard University sociologist William Julius Wilson found “patterns of racial exclusion” and “concentrated poverty” among the middle-class Americans in South Chicago “are much more likely to be

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    Std In African Americans

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    Throughout the 21st century period, the epidemic of STD’s has risen among African American in the millions some even have incurable diseases. STD’s can be pass from one to another by mouth sexual intercourse and needles anything in contact with body fluid symptoms of STD’s can go undetected which increased risk of health concerns. With others not knowing conditions can arise in an infected person that doesn’t know their status like infertility and chronic illness. Because so many are uneducated about

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    High school sports come with a number of risks that students take as an athlete. However, none of them are as transparent as those that come with football. Because of the risk of traumatic brain injury, there is no doubt that football should be banned from high school sports. This is because of the apparent hazards of playing for an extended period of your life, the dangers of CTE, and the careers and lives ended by improper safety. There is irrefutable evidence of the hazards of playing football

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    Beyonce Stereotypes

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    Beyonce incorporates race in her lyrics, especially in “Formation.” She utilizes her platform to spread African American love, and to preach on the beautiful aspects of her race. This is evident throughout the whole entire song, but one place it is prominent is in the line “I like my baby hair, with baby hair and afros, I like my negro nose with Jackson Five nostrils.” Beyonce has successfully spread affection and love to the Black physical feature stereotypes that are given negative annotations

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    presents studies done by other psychologists that prove the development of stereotypes throughout the lifetime of an individual. Some of the studies show the way people react when they view an African American in relation to a white American. People favor the white Americans over the African Americans because it’s an instinct to choose white over

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    interventions available in order to help the African American population ameliorate the obesity epidemic. One of the initiatives that has been established is the African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN). According to their website, they are a “Collaboration of U.S researchers, scholars-in-training and community based research partners” (AACORN, 2015). AACORN was founded in 2002 by Shiriki Kumayinka, an African American public health and nutrition researcher. The organization

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    The Lo Wah Kiu were immigrants that came to EEUU before 1965 and Wa Yeoy were after and several laws were changed. This ones, eagerly sought adventures in their progressive relationship with the rest of society, Likewise, the Magnuson Law of 1943, which effectively repealed the Exclusion Law, "only allowed 105 Chinese immigrants per year, reflecting the persistent prejudice against the Chinese in US immigration policy. China was the first country to receive a massive restriction of immigrants to

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    This chapter further explains that a large issue of racial tension today has a lot to do with the court system in the United States. The courts are supposed to protect equality, rule by laws and the equal protection no matter the race, they should impeding just unjust laws from happening. This chapter has a variety of cases where the obvious issue of racism is ignored by the court in support of the status quo. This chapter also has evidence to disprove widely believed notions on the issue of race

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    feel the need to use self defense in situations where they may feel threatened. This has mainly became a race issue between white police officers and African American citizens. A solution that we can use to help solve a lot of the crimes that associates with the

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