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    Black Lives Matter is one of the huge topics talked about today. Many people are on board with this movement, but others are performing anti movement towards Black Lives Matter. They are going against these movements because they do not consider black lives being a major problem in society. There are two other types of movements that many citizens keep talking about also. The two other movements are known as the All Lives Matter and White Lives Matters. All Lives Matter consists of stating that every

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    than any other American, which recorded a tally of 1,134 deaths in 2015. After many incidents of innocent black people dying by the hands of police enforcement, America is forced to realize important narrative of race and inequality. The Black Lives Matter movement was formed to combat and expose racism and anti-blackness in the United States. Ever since its birth, many have joined the movement; creating and organizing protests, speaking against anti-blackness. But in contrast, many others have criticized

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    The “Lives Matter” protests were the biggest topic of 2015. Since then other world events have stolen the light from these protest group, but some continue to support the different causes. “Black Lives Matter” was started when an increasing number of unarmed African Americans were killed by policemen. This cause an outraged among the African American community thus creating “The Black Lives Matter” group. The creation of this group gave birth to an opposing group “All Lives Matter”. This group purpose

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    Individuality on Malacandra and on Earth In Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis, there are many different species of beings that all live on Malacandra and are able to get along with each other, whereas on Earth, humans are always trying to be better than everyone else at all that we do. Due to this drastic change in the way of living, the beings of Malacandra seem to have a perception that differs greatly from that of the humans on Earth. Thus life on Malacandra is better than life on Earth because

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    Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson, he takes John Locke’s theory of live, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to express how unalienable rights gives Americans the chance to live their lives freely. Americans live their lives however they want to. They have the ability to expresses themselves, because unalienable rights gives them that opportunity as long as “…they do not interfere with the liberty of others” (The Declaration 2). People take advantage of this freedom and express themselves

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    The origin of the Black Lives Matter movement started after the trial of Florida vs. George Zimmerman, when Zimmerman was deemed not guilty in the second degree murder of Trayvon Martin (BLM About). The movement was founded by Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi, and Alicia Garza (BLM Herstory). It started as a hash tag by Garza, after the Zimmerman trial but slowly became nationally known and more of a physical movement (BLM Herstory). Black lives matter focuses their objectives around the deaths of

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    “Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter!” You may stop, think, and ask yourself doesn’t my life matter too? As a result you begin shouting all lives matter and are met with protestors frowning and getting angry. Unfortunately, there is a large confusion about the meaning of Black Lives Matter. The statement “Black Lives Matter” does not state or imply that other lives don’t matter it only wants to bring to the attention of others that Black Lives Matter just as much as other lives

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    happiness. The study of ethics is concerned with discovering exactly what the good life consists of and how humans can attain it. Morality and ethics are defined to be the character traits and attitudes a person develops over time that allow a person to live a good and fulfilled life. In his book, Christian Ethics: The End of the Law, David S. Cunningham describes the way in which our character is shaped by the habits that we form as we participate in the practices and narratives of the communities in

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    memoir “The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore, there are two people with the same name, Wes, who grew up in the city of Baltimore. The author Wes went to Military School for not doing well in school. While the Other Wes followed in his brothers’ footsteps by doing drugs and fighting. As the story progresses, both Wes’ face many challenges in their lives as they grow up. This makes both Wes’ a product of their own environment and knows the true meanings of their fate. The purpose of “The Other Wes Moore”

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    When a man and a woman, whether married or unmarried decide to live together for long term basis, have sexual and emotional sentiments for prolonged periods, the relationship is termed as a live in relationship. Five kinds of live in relationships have been mentioned in the Indra Sarma case, the first one is the most unambiguous one where an unmarried woman lives with an unmarried man. The second one involves an unmarried woman and a married man, the third one has a married woman and an unmarried

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