Abstract
This paper analyzes the article, "Prejudice as Self-Image Maintenance: Affirming the Self Through Derogating Others," Fein and Spencer (1997) which illustrates how self-image maintenance processes facilitate prejudice and stereotyping and internalizes them in people. The writer shows that the most important message from this article is that we should be aware of the existence of these unconscious processes because it will be impossible to modify prejudiced behaviors unless we are aware of the processes.

From the Paper
"Hate crimes are among the most serious problems in the United States. Hate crimes against victims' racial or ethnic origin, religious preference, and sexual orientation are most notorious, but the fact is that hate crimes target anybody based on any factor. Stereotyping and prejudice are the main causes of hate crimes and are deep-rooted and hard to modify. It appears that stereotyping and prejudice are not merely a product of accumulated historical issues but also a product of a psychological mechanism, which reinforces stereotyping and prejudice. In this article, "Prejudice as Self-Image Maintenance: Affirming the Self Through Derogating Others," Fein and Spencer (1997) discuss how self-image maintenance processes underlie stereotyping and prejudice."

Tags:concept, confirmation, crimes, discrimination, hate, image, racial, self, stereotype, stereotyping

Abstract
This paper examines the literature on prejudice and self-image in order to determine how comprehensive the protection given by a strong self-image can be in respect to prejudice. The paper discusses how self-esteem and self-image are separate constructs and examines racism and gender in relation to self-image. The paper also discusses how it is highly probable that a target of prejudice with a strong self-image will be less likely to suffer psychological or emotional harm from prejudice, but he may still feel the effects of prejudice. The paper concludes that it is necessary to engage in further study in which a narrow focus is used to identify the impact of prejudice on a specific population, such as either gender or race.

Outline:
Introduction
Self-Esteem and Self-Image
Racism and Self-Image
Gender and Self-Image
Conclusion

From the Paper
"The study of prejudice and its impact on the individual has been well-documented in the literature. It is recognized that prejudice is both expressed and responded to in multiple forms, suggesting that it is feasibly impossible to prepare for all social interactions in which prejudice is exhibited (Owens, Stryker, & Goodman, 2001; Kernis, 2006). This in turn indicates that the person who is targeted by a display of prejudice is likely to be affected by it, and that the impact that prejudice has upon the person depends upon the type of prejudice displayed and the character of the person who has been targeted by it."

Tags:self-esteem, African-Americans, race, gender

Abstract
The paper discusses how Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) evolved in the health care industry through the desire of companies to provide health care benefits for employees. The paper looks at how earlier health insurance planned providers only covered partial elements of health care, while HMOs brought about plans in which workers would pay fees and have all of their health care needs covered by one group of professional providers. The paper explains that the formulation of HMOs was supported by the government under the Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973, whereby the government would offer "grants to employers that set up HMO accounts for their employees ("Health Maintenance", 2006).

From the Paper
"Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) evolved in the health care industry through the desire of companies to provide health care benefits for employees. Prior to industrialization health care was generally provided by local doctors that made house calls and that charged their patients based on what they could pay. As industrialization began to grow, however, doctors began to remain in their offices and charge greater fees to an increasing body of working Americans. Eventually industries started to provide health care benefits for their workers, although this was..."

Tags:health, maintenance, organziations

Abstract
This paper analyzes the issue of software maintenance stating that software maintenance is an ongoing process that helps sustain the software product throughout its life cycle. It explains that for many, if not most programs, software maintenance is virtually automatic with the computer itself accessing websites and checking for updates and then installing what needs to be installed. In other cases, it claims, the user must perform the task manually or must request that the system check for updates and make changes.

From the Paper
"Software maintenance is an ongoing process that helps sustain the software product throughout its life cycle. For many if not most programs, software maintenance is virtually automatic, with the computer itself accessing websites and checking for updates and then installing what needs to be installed. In other cases, the user must perform the task manually or must request that the system check for updates and make changes. The process includes several steps for the programmer, occurring as modification requests are logged and tracked, the impact of proposed changes is ascertained, the code is modified, the system is tested, and a new version of the software product is released. Any necessary additional training is then provided to users. Software maintenance can be defined as the modification of a software product after delivery and installation, with an eye to correcting faults, improving performance or other attributes, or adapting the product to a changed environment."

Tags:software, maintenance, development

Abstract
A paper on productive and nonproductive power plant maintenance procedures.

Tags:writing, maintenance, procedures

Abstract
This paper examines the incident and approach to the matter of prejudice in children's literature. The paper discuss how this has been accomplished in Terry Pratchett's "The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents" and Karen Levine's "Hana's Suitcase." The paper discusses the different ways in which these two authors approach prejudice and how difficult a topic it is to address in children's literature.

From the Paper
"Dealing with Prejudice in Children's Literature This paper examines the incident and approach to the matter of prejudice in children's literature. Because this can be a difficult subject at any age level, dealing with it in children's literature can be especially difficult. Below, I will discuss how this has been accomplished in Terry Pratchett's The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents and Karen Levine's Hana's Suitcase. Sometimes, addressing prejudice is done in a very straightforward fashion. Readers are never question the fact that prejudice is one of the primary themes of the work. This is the case in Hana's Suitcase. However, other writers approach the subject more subtly and less directly, preferring to dance around the matter with allusion and metaphor. This is Pratchett's approach in The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rats."

Tags:children, literature, prejudice

Abstract
This paper provides a review of an article entitled "On Pride and Prejudice". The paper relates that the article deals with the book "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen.

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"Few authors are associated as closely with their times as Jane Austen. Austen is well known for writing a number of books set in Regency (Georgian) English society. Her works provide a window into the lives and social customs of people living in Regency England. One of Austen's best known books is "Pride and Prejudice". "Pride and Prejudice" is the story of the small English village of Longbourn. In particular the story focuses on the lives of the Bennet family. The Bennet family is composed of the father Mr.Bennet, mother Mrs.Bennet and five daughters. The Daughters names are Lydia, Elizabeth, Mary, Catherine and..."

Tags:pride, prejudice, review

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This paper focuses on the question of whether prejudce, ethnocentrism, and even nationalism, are inevitable. The paper functioned as an assignment is for a first year anthropology or sociology course. THe question/topic was whether it was possible to make generalizations about the nature of culture free of ethnocentrism and prejudice. The argument that is made in the assignment is that it is not possible to make generalizations about the nature of culture that are free of ethnocentism and prejudice.

From the Paper
"Culture is one of the most commonly used terms in anthropology and sociology. However, there is a great deal of disagreement about the nature of culture. Researchers even have difficulty in defining culture effectively. For example, in "Theories of Culture" Roger M Keesing argues, that the concept of culture currently has no meaning because definitions used to describe it are either too narrow or too broad(Keesing 1974: 73). Many researchers have tried to create definitions of culture that can take into consideration the diversity and complexity of human societies. For example, Keesing states, ..."

Tags:nationalism, prejudice, racism, bigotry

Abstract
This paper is a literary critique about the novel "Pride and Prejudice". It comments on the view of marriage as portrayed through the characters in the novel.

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"19th century England had serious social problems from the heyday of Royalty and Nobility. One of the most significant of these was the tendency to marry for money. A person sought a partner based on the dowry receivable and their allowance. This process went both ways: a beautiful woman might be able to snag a rich husband, or a charring and handsome man could woo a rich young girl. In these marriages, money was the only consideration. Love was left out, with the thought that it would develop as the years went by. In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen comments that marriage in her time is a financial contract, where love is strictly a matter of chance. This is clearly evident from the very first line of the novel: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife" (Austen, 1). "

Tags:austen, jane, love, marriage, money, prejudice, pride, view

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This is an insightful essay dealing with the impact of World War Two on two communities, which contain Japanese Canadians and Americans. The two novels, "Obasan" and "Snow Falling on Cedars", show the prejudice and racism of the Second World War, as well as the paranoia of the white community. The essay describes the impacts of the war, and also contrasts how memories and emotions of war can be suppressed by silence or resurfaced in everyday life. This essay shows both effects using the two novels to show the various outcomes.

From the Paper
"Many memorable events in people's lives have the power to affect their memories, emotions, and relationships later in life. These events may be positive or negative and are dealt with in various ways, such as silence, anger, denial or confrontation. In "Snow Falling on Cedars", by David Guterson, and "Obasan", by Joy Kogawa, the event of World War II creates lasting impressions on all the characters, which are evident even many years later in both plots. In "Snow Falling on Cedars", a man named Kabuo Miyamoto is charged for the murder of a well-liked fisherman. While he and others are on the stand, memories of World War II surface, revealing a complex plot containing separated lovers, a battle for land, and the island's always present, racism. In Kogawa's novel, a schoolteacher named Naomi Nakane visits her Aunt Obasan because her uncle has passed away. During the visit she remembers her family's separation and relocation during World War II through the reading of diaries, and eventually learns the details of her mother's demise after thirty years. Both novels deal with the prejudice toward the Japanese in North America during the Second World War, as well as show the lasting effects that war leaves on its survivor."

Tags:guterson, japanese, kogawa, asian, prejudice, racism, relocation, unfairness, memory, emotion