Abstract
The systematic disenfranchisement of convicted felons in Florida and other states is examined in this paper. The practice is deemed undemocratic and racist, and its manipulation by the parties in power is discussed.

From the Paper
"The disenfranchisement of convicted felons in the United States is a racist tactic used by those in power to dilute minority voting and rig elections. As such it is morally reprehensible and profoundly undemocratic ..."

Tags:Disenfranchisement, Felons, Florida

Abstract
The paper discusses how disenfranchisement denies a convicted felon the right to vote, and due to racial disparities in our criminal justice system, this results in an estimated 13% of Black men unable to vote. The paper argues that the rights prohibited to ex-felons really deny them the chance to begin their lives again as fully integrated citizens of their city, state and country, and encourage them to repeat their illicit cycle of crime. The paper even contends that in a sense, it is a cruel and unusual punishment.

Outline:
Abstract
Results of Disenfranchisement

From the Paper
"Disenfranchisement denies a convicted felon the following nine rights or areas of life: the right to vote, parenting, public employment, divorce, serving on a jury, holding public office, firearm ownership, criminal registration, and civil death.
"Probably the most arguable of all these denials, is the right to vote, which in many people's minds, strips the ex-felon of his citizenship and violates the 14th and 15th Amendments to the US Constitution (Mitchell, 2004).
"An estimated 5.3 million Americans, or one in forty-one adults, are denied the right to vote because of laws that prohibit voting by people who have been convicted of felonies. What some would call a fundamental obstacle to participation our democratic way of life is aggravated by racial disparities in our criminal justice system, which result in an estimated 13% of Black men unable to vote."

Tags:voting, communities, alienation, crime

Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the book "Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus", by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. The paper addresses how Frankenstein's creature compares to or resembles women and criminals as members of the disenfranchised classes of the Romantic period. The paper concludes that Frankenstein is alone and lonely, with no hope for a "normal" life. In this, Frankenstein is like the women and criminals of the Romantic period that he represents.

From the Paper
"The novel is quite relevant to modern readers for a number of compelling reasons. First, society may have mellowed a bit, but overall, many of the societal judgments that were common in the Romantic period still exist. Women have a higher level on the social ladder, but they are still judged on their appearances rather than their abilities. Criminals are still an ostracized segment of society, in fact, they cannot vote in elections if they are felons. There are many aspects of modern society that have not truly modernized at all. In addition, the novel makes the reader look at how people judge others in society. The time period does not matter so much in this novel, because society is still incredibly judgmental and disapproving of anything out of the ordinary."

Tags:ostracized, creature, violent, monstrous, weak

Abstract
"An important feature of the Mexican Revolution was its broad base of support. Revolution was brought about because, after more than 30 years in power, Porfirio Diaz succeeded in disenfranchising almost all socioeconomic groups who were not members of the power elite. Revolution occurs when individuals are pressed to the limits of their endurance

From the Paper
"An important feature of the Mexican Revolution was its broad base of support. Revolution was brought about because, after more than 30 years in power, Porfirio Diaz succeeded in disenfranchising almost all socioeconomic groups who were not members of the power elite. Revolution occurs when individuals are pressed to the limits of their endurance; such a situation existed in Mexico under Diaz, which explains why so many segments of society risked personal safety to participate.

Diaz pandered to foreign influence to such an extent that being a Mexican became a disadvantage, particularly the more than ninety percent mixed breed Indian population. The government regarded itself as superior to the common people: "The government must be an aristocracy, an aristocracy of brains, technicians, wise and upright elders, scientists" (Brenner, 1971 ..."

Abstract
An analysis of the role race has played in American politics stretching back to the 14th and 15th amendments of the U.S. Constitution. The disenfranchise of black voters. Recent gains in political representation of blacks.

From the Paper
Many people would be appalled to learn that Black Americans were notallowed to vote in American elections until relatively recently After thebloody devastation of the Civil War and the North's victory over the South th Amendment to the U S Constitution was adopted in and was intended toprohibit states from denying citizens their right to equality before thelaw and to prevent the disenfranchisement of Black voters through the useof literacy and property tests or benchmarks Just two years later the th Amendment

Tags:race, politics, history, voting, rights, franchise, south, disenfranchise, voters, Obama

Abstract
The paper reveals that there are builders, bankers, and real estate agents that are part of a white-collar apparatus that can illegally disenfranchise homeowners to whom they are said to represent. The paper discusses how due to this often-interconnected group of people involved in making a sale, there is often critical conflicts of interest that arise when these types of criminals are caught.

Tags:white, collar, crime

Abstract
The paper demonstrates how, in spite of the egalitarian principles in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, the period which was to follow the Civil War was rife with indications that the ideals of the Declaration had not been extended to include black, Native American or female citizens of the union. The paper looks at Thomas Jefferson's writings, Thomas Paine's "Common Sense", James Madison's "Federalist Papers" and the views of Tocqueville. The paper highlights their range of beliefs and shows how the new government would later be proven vulnerable to the cultural, economic and political divides which these founding fathers recognized years before.

From the Paper
"Jefferson's assertion of a wholly organic process suggests that the philosophy found in the Declaration was perhaps endorsed by the intensity of British tyranny or by the sense of something significant coming into being on a state level. In either respect, the core principle found in his work is that the rising of individual liberties and of self-determination were inexorable. To Jefferson, the inevitable exclusions and machinations of America in the aftermath of the revolution seemed to come from a fully alternate process than that which delivered his treatise against the British. Indeed, his desire for the ascension of individual rights would seem to have subsided in the ensuing years during which the Federalist Papers would be published, with Jefferson's conception of equality ultimately subsiding to political forces less intent upon individual rights outside of a protection of the government's sovereignty. This, to the perception of the Declaration, would be an ironically close approximation to British monarchy."

Tags:Constitution, founding, fathers, Federalists, Civil, War, slavery

Abstract
Maquiladoras are essentially offshore assembly plants that emerged along the United States-Mexican border in the 1960s. This paper examines how maquiladoras offer cheap labor to produce/assemble goods and how, since NAFTA, have expanded beyond border towns and have moved south into the heart of Mexico. It looks at how although maquiladoras do provide thousands of jobs throughout Mexico, upon closer inspection, they are often operated by tyrannical bosses under sweatshop conditions and are a nesting ground for cheap labor. It argues that for Mexicans, NAFTA is not an agreement based upon free trade but rather an exploitative tool used to extract cheap labor for foreign products.

From the Paper
"While the profits of the maquiladora sector exploded after the passage of NAFTA, the wages and labor conditions of those working in the assembly plants have gotten worse. According to Mexican labor laws, the maximum hours a person can work a week is forty eight hours, the first nine hours of overtime is to be paid at double-time rates with anything exceeding nine hours overtime to be paid at three times the pay rate. (3). In spite of this, maquiladora workers report that "they were often not paid anything extra for overtime even if they worked from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. In some maquiladoras, workers do veladas- all-nighters- once or twice a week. "

Tags:labor, assembly, plants, profits

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"The leprechaun of Irish folklore is familiar to all who have ever sat among a green-wearing crowd on St. Patrick's Day. According to this modern-day popular telling of fairy tale, the leprechaun came into being something like this:

In the beginning, before there was humankind in the form even of Adam and Eve, God had created the angels to worship Himself. That all did not do so is well known: The Archangel Lucifer thought himself an equal to Himself and fomented a rebellion amongst the angel legions, arch and otherwise. It was touch and go for a while - not because God was ever in doubt of losing, mind you, but because the Almighty Father wanted to see who among his heavenly creations had faith in Himself - and humility in themselves (jealousy, you see, being the root of Lucifer's failings). The Archangels Michael and Gabriel were, of ..."

Abstract
This paper analyzes Ahern's article in terms of the main theme, which is how, through subjugation, society disenfranchises women because of the potential power and great influence that they wield over the society. This stance is supported by Ahern's article and two articles discussing the same theme in Gary Seaman's "The Sexual Politics of Karmic Retribution" and Margery Wolf's "The Woman Who Didn't Become a Shaman."

From the Paper
"Ahern, through the article, discusses three important facets that illustrate women oppression in the Chinese society: physical/natural/biological image of women, social reasons supporting the prevailing women image, and response of the people to justify norms that are implemented against women. In "The Power and Pollution of Chinese Women," images of women in their society connotes a negative idea, portraying them as dirty and undesirable in their community because of one important woman characteristic that men do not have: blood released through menstruation and during birth-giving. According to Ahern, "[i]n Chinese society women are regarded as both ritually unclean and dangerously powerful" bodily effluvia associated exclusively with women are unclean: menstrual blood and postpartum discharge" (269-270). Because of these beliefs, women in Chinese society are considered unclean and powerful, opposing qualities that reflect the society's fear in women. This is because through women, society, especially men, can see that they have the power to create and maintain social ties with other people, which men perceive as women's way in reversing the social order in the society, i.e., men as the outcasts and women are put in a higher, more dignified, and desirable status and role in the society."

Tags:eastern, disenfranchise, society