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In the article “ Is Facebook Making You Mean?,” written by Lauren Tarshis, an editor of two Magazines and author of two novels asserted that Facebook has changed a person's behavior towards others. By focusing on the article is when it asserts about the disrespectful comments made towards a middle schooler named Maya. Clearly, middle school students are the article’s intended audience. Since, the article uses examples that a middle school student can relate to. For example, the article discusses

mentalities, qualities and conduct of each individual toward each other. Racism is a very predominant issue. It is known as discrimination directed against someone of a different race based on personal belief that one’s own race is superior (Anti-Defamation League, 2017). Racism undermines social cohesion within a population which often leads to the absence of human rights or even genocide which is the deliberate extermination of a race, religion, or ethnic group. Looking at Australia and its history

raise their alertness towards the safety of children during online activities (Ibid). With that, students are protected against inappropriate cyber-information. Furthermore, workshops are prepared to improve schools’ online security by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a non-profit organisation (ADL, n.d.). Apart from teaching professional knowledge about cyber-bullying to the educators, it also provides a training class, which named “CyberALLY” for secondary students, by advocating the importance

The Ku Klux Klan has brought terror in America by completing violent acts around the United States. Throughout the history of the Ku Klux Klan, the white supremacist group has used acts of terrorism to oppose the granting of civil rights to African Americans. Some of the Ku Klux Klan is still apparent today and still ready to fight, which poses a threat to the American people. The Ku Klux Klan is a racial group who stands for white supremacy and even though their numbers have decreased they still

Matt Furie, the creator of Pepe the Frog, addressed, "It’s completely insane that Pepe has been labeled a symbol of hate, and that racists and anti-Semites are using a once peaceful frog-dude from my comic book as an icon of hate" (Dicker) after the Anti-Defamation League declared the meme to be a hate symbol, highlighting one of the most prevalent issues today -- ethnic discrimination. Pepe the frog, a meme, is an indicator of the culture in today’s internet-driven society. Memes consist of funny

the policies that can get considered by the civil societies like Anti-Defamation League, ADL include character assassination policy and prosecution procedure of such elements of hate crimes. The realization of the persistence of prosecutorial procedures would promptly stop hate crime and realize stability to the public safety. The policy would also define and educate members of the public about hate crime associated with defamation and character assassination. It would inform a viable practice by

Emily Thompson Race and Ethnic Relations – SOC 215 Tina Eyraud Sports Logos and Racism Sports teams across the United States, ranging from high school to college all the way to the NFL teams, have derogatory names and logos that come from a variety of sources. Some of the most controversial names come from Indigenous culture, such as the Washington Redskins. The ongoing battle between who owns the name and whether or not these sports teams can use the names, is nothing new. This issue

War on Censorship After being assigned a school project, a young high school student walks into the library with plans on researching about his topic before starting. It’s a biology project about the mating rituals of animals, which was a topic that struck his interest. So he boots up the computer, signs in, and starts surfing the web and different search engines for his topic. Every site he clicks on, however, has been blocked. Anything having to do with mating and breeding has been censored by

Marcus Pando Period 4 Chapter 22 Key Terms Describe and state the historical significance of the following: 7. Freedmen's Bureau Initiated by President Abraham Lincoln and was intended to last for one year after the end of the Civil War. At the end of the war, the Bureau's main role was providing emergency food, housing, and medical aid to refugees, though it also helped reunite families. Later, it focused its work on helping the freedmen adjust to their conditions of freedom. Its

Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in the world. It’s the second largest religion in the world with 2.1 billion Muslims all around the world, and one of the U.S top five religions (Pewresearch.org). Islam is supposed to mean peace, but some people forget or are just simply never aware/educated about the religion and so they are often mislead by different outlets which causes them to have a negative view towards the religion (Kurtishi, Ajdini, 2016). Islamophobia is dislike of or prejudice