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"Unequal Childhoods", 2006.
A book review of "Unequal Childhoods" by Annette Lareau.
1,850 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper examines the theoretical underpinnings of Annette Lareau's "Unequal Childhoods". The paper explains that Lareau's believes that children in America are invariably -- and unequally -- affected by their culture, race and socioeconomic background. Lareau suggests that this duality creates a state of inequality in childhood education and opportunity, beginning in the home and being perpetuated in the schools. The paper further explains that Lareua believes this divide occurs more along cultural lines than racial ones. The paper critiques and explores the accuracy of Lareau's underlying assumption that the middle-class cultivates their children as natural 'resources' while the lower and working classes do not have the resources to do so. The paper concludes by examining the implications of Lareau's work for educators and school administrators.
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"Thus the divisions of the American nation that exist from childhood onward, despite civil rights and more recent efforts to introduce multiculturalism to the classroom, begin in the home, not in racial divisions. In one of the earliest examples chronicled by Lareau, in an emerging Black middle class neighborhood studied by the author, a Lexus containing a boy named Alexander Williams, only ten minutes away from an affluent White suburb, ferries the Black fourth grader home from a school open house. Alexander's mother thinks about her business meeting the next day, and Alexander chatters about his piano lessons."
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Dubois and Ruiz' "Unequal Sisters", 2007.
This paper reviews the feminist book "Unequal Sisters: A Multicultural Reader in U.S. Women's History", edited by Ellen Carol Dubois and Vicki Ruiz.
1,440 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper explains that Dubois and Ruiz in their book "Unequal Sisters: A Multicultural Reader in U.S. Women's History', which is a compilation of a multiplicity of perspectives of feminist historians of a variety of periods, ethnic groups and racial groups, attempt to ameliorate some of the past oversights of the women's rights movement that denied the equally important components of race and ethnicity in defining many women's lives. The author points out that, for women of color, their struggle to make peace with themselves and with their American identities cannot be fully subsumed into the traditional feminist categories of gender or race. The paper relates that this collection of essays instead argues for a relational understanding of the nature of race and gender, which means that each person is composed of categories, such as male/female, Anglo/Latino, that gain meaning only in the inter-relationship of these categories.
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"The essays include a number of ethnic groups, including African-American, Latina-American, Chicanas, Asian-Americans, and Native Americans in their subject matter. Early on, it becomes clear that the lives of black women in particular were written out the second-wave feminist debate. While many white feminists of the 1960s and 1970s such as Betty Friedan (1963) defined their feminism as an ideology that gave them the intellectual justification to seek work outside the home, most Black women have always worked, either as slaves, as noted by Deborah Gray White's essay on "Female Slaves: Sex Roles and Status in the Antebellum South" and Jeanne Boydston's "To Earn her Daily Bread"."
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'Unequal Childhoods', 2006.
A review of the book 'Unequal Childhoods' by Annette Lareau.
1,443 words (approx. 5.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper takes a look at Annette Lareau's book 'Unequal Childhoods'. According to the paper, it is a lengthy report of Lareau's research on child raising practices in America. The paper reports that in the book, she argues that there are two "logics" of child rearing evident in American society, each one shaped by social class distinctions.
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" These are just two examples of evidence that supports the thesis that inequality permeates the fabric of our society. In the United States, however, most people believe in the American dream--the idea that anyone can be successful and "have it all" if they are willing to work hard and play by the rules. Most Americans see society as a collection of individuals who are free to achieve upward mobility by their own efforts. They do not see society as structuring the lives of individuals who are part of it. They think children have equal life chances, and that if their chances vary, it is because they possess different levels of talent, energy, and aspiration. This perspective does not see that the parents' social position "systematically shapes children's life experiences and outcomes" (p. 235). "
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Unequal Income Distribution, 2005.
An analysis of unequal income distribution in Canada and the reasons for the gaps.
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 2 sources, $ 97.95
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This paper discusses whether or not the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. The analysis examines the reasons for such a gap including provincial and federal taxation and ineffective approaches used to measure levels of poverty in Canada. The paper, however, does not take into consideration the socio-economic factors that affect poverty.
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"Running head: Income Distribution Are the Rich Getting Richer and the Poor Getting Poorer Still Today? Are the Rich Getting Richer and the Poor Getting Poorer Still Today? Introduction Poverty does not discriminate. The poor can be found in every country around the world. The poorest of poor are typically found in underdeveloped countries, but this problem does not discriminate. Canada is a wealthy nation and one of the best countries to live and work in. Some Canadians believe that there are no poor people in Canada, none that are starving and dying like the images seen on the commercials for organizations such as World Vision and Foster Parent's Plan."
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Two Equal Individuals, Two Unequal Treatments, 2000.
A study of institutional racism towards African-Americans.
1,856 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 3 sources, $ 59.95
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This paper covers the issues of covert and overt racism, in particular with African- American vs. Caucasian studies in the United States. Several real life examples are offered and analyzed in terms of the advantages and disadvantages each side faces in normal society. Institutional racism is also discussed in relation to class and social status.
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Separate and Unequal, 2002.
Discusses the experience of Canadian working women and Canadian labour unions
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 97.95
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This paper will contend that unions have systemically - for most of their history - underrepresented working women because of a deep, structural patriarchal bias against working women. As will be seen, due to a complex array of forces in the industrial ideology that has defined the Canadian workplace and Canadian labour from its earliest days, women have been systematically denied their rights as contributors to the Canadian economy and Canadian labour. From this perspective, to understand the undemocratic sexism in Canadian unions and the significance of unionized women's contemporary struggle for pay equity, we must understand the history of sexism in Canadian labour.
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All Equals, 2002.
Examining the concept of gender equality in Anne Finch's 'The Unequal Fetters'.
1,055 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 0 sources, $ 37.95
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This paper shows how Anne Finch in the poem 'The Unequal Fetters' refuses to be bound by the chains that perceptions of gender enforce on women and speaks out against the inequality that rules society---through the beliefs of men and women alike.
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"Anne Finch was an acclaimed writer in the late sixteenth and seventeenth century when women were marginalized in society. She threw away the barriers that gender imposed on her and refused to bow to the conventions of society. Had she been alive today she would have been declared a feminist and enjoyed a freedom that she could not, even with her foresight, have imagined."
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Gender and Language, 2004.
A look at how language tends to reinforce the unequal status and roles of men and women.
4,275 words (approx. 17.1 pages), 22 sources, APA, $ 151.95
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This paper presents an account of the cultural foundations of linguistics. More specifically, the paper examines how unequal social roles of males and females are both sanctioned and reinforced by the language. The paper also looks at prevailing modes of usage and change.
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"The individual experience of culture is so much a part of basic consciousness that it may seem beyond analysis in general, let alone linguistic analysis in particular. Yet, there is compelling evidence that language usage is a product of cultural assumptions and norms and that linguistic practice reinforces traditionally engendered social roles as well as relative power relationships that constitute the content of culture. By reference to linguistic and social theory and analysis, including the discourse of the modern feminist social critique, this research examines ways in which unequal..."
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Canadian Health Care, 2002.
Examines the unequal access to health care in Canada's system.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 53.95
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Although Canada has universal medicare, differences exist in the quality and access to care for different people. There are many societal, cultural and geographic factors that influence access to health care in Canada. This problem is getting worse because of the impact of cost-cutting measures on the Canadian health care system. The more that the Canadian government becomes preoccupied with cutting the deficit, the more that unequal access to health care becomes a reality.
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Gender Discrimination, 2002.
An analysis of gender discrimination and unequal pay.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper examines why men and women get paid differently for the same type of job, and discusses possible solutions to gender discrimination and unequal pay.
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Environmental Racism, 2007.
An analysis of the problem of unequal distribution of pollution.
968 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper discusses how the Environmental Justice Movement believes that minorities living in poor neighborhoods are exposed more frequently to environmental toxins because minorities are basically marginalized people in our society, whom nobody notices or cares about. The paper further examines how the Environmental Justice Movement tries to go beyond traditional concerns about cleaning up the environment and tries to include addressing social inequality. Finally, the paper attempts to look at how pollutants get distributed so unequally and what can be done about the problem.
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"Another explanation is that low-income people and minorities lack political clout. They are not generally well-organized for social action in their neighborhoods. When the government and industry leaders make decisions that affect the environment, they don't consider what objections could come up because usually there aren't any. Perhaps these officials have no intention of polluting low-income neighborhoods (as opposed to polluting affluent neighborhoods), but their policies of risk management may be flawed so that minorities are disproportionately impacted. Groups that do organize to resist industrial polluters are generally plagued by lack of funding, while the industries they want to fight have enormous financial, technical, and legal resources."
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Gender Bias in Canada, 2002.
Shows that the greatest barrier to equity and social justice in Canada is gender bias, particularly the unequal treatement of women.
3,650 words (approx. 14.6 pages), 15 sources, $ 133.95
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Both quantitatively (in terms of numbers affected) and qualitatively (in terms of the changes required), gender bias remains a profound Canadian crisis. Women are disadvantaged in marriage and in the workplace and underrepresented in the political arena. The roots of this bias are deeply ingrained in Canadian society. Further, overcoming this bias demands fundamental changes in the type of government intervention designed to address it.
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Bias of the Death Penalty, 2005.
This paper examines the inherent bias in the death penalty and attempts to establish the root of this bias which has seen an unequal proportion of minorities and blacks executed compared to whites.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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Laws are established according to the prevailing norms and customs existing in society. Thus, the law is merely a codified edict of social conformity. However, when building consensus, there is rarely, if ever, unanimous decision-making. Bias is always prevalent. Even though every citizen is equal before the law, not every citizen may be judged equally before the law. This paper illustrates this principle by using the death penalty as an example, and showing that it is racially biased and disproportionately handed down in cases involving racial minorities. It shows this through the use of statistics and by illustrating factors that lead to the discrepancy between the proportion of minorities in the population and the proportion of minorities sentenced to death in the judicial system.
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"Since its inception, the death penalty has encountered constant opposition, and has been embroiled in court cases challenging its constitutionality. Opponents of the death penalty challenge it under the eighth amendment of the constitution, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. One of these most notable cases is that of Furman v. Georgia (1972). In this case, Justice Marshall, who wrote the majority opinion, explored the roots and different facets of the death penalty, and ultimately "arrived at the conclusion that the death penalty violates the Eighth Amendment..." (Furman v. Georgia, 1972). One key point of evidence was his contention that the death penalty is discriminative, and in presenting supporting evidence, he believed "that the following facts would serve even the most hesitant of citizens to condemn death as a sanction..." (Furman v. Georgia, 1972). He states that out of 3,859 people who have been executed since 1930, 1,751 were white, and 2,066 were black. 3,334 of the executions were for murder, of which 1,664 were white, and 1,630 were black."
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The Treatment of Women in China, 2002.
An examination of the history of unequal treatment towards Chinese women as compared to the treatment of women in the "western" world.
2,571 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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This research paper looks at the continued oppression of Chinese women throughout the culture's history. It refers specifically to the ancient times of the dynasties and looks at the traditions and practices on which this culture was based in an attempt to understand their treatment and attitude towards their female population. It looks at how this image developed over time and how finally with the emergence of Communism, relative equality was granted to women.
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"It is difficult for Westerners to understand China. While there are always analogies to be drawn between different civilizations, Europe has few parallels to Chinese history. The unbroken continuity of culture, the unique socio-political structures, and the amazing revolutionary experiment of the 20th century set the Chinese into a category by themselves, especially from the Western perspective.
While our Greco-Roman, Judeo-Christian, scientific-industrial, imperialist-capitalist heritage has transformed the entire world, we have nothing resembling Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, or communism. Our nuclear families and weak kinship contrasts with their extended families and clans, while their collectivism and our individualism are polar opposites. Western women have only recently emancipated themselves from the yoke of male domination and achieved equality, yet nothing in the long history of sexism can compare with the oppression of Chinese women, unless it be the Indian civilization from which some of its worst features were derived. "Few societies in history have prescribed for women a more lowly status, or treated them in a more routinely brutal way, than traditional Confucian China" (Johnson, 1983, 1)."
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Women in Sports, 2006.
A discussion regarding women's unequal participation and media coverage in sport.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 7 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper discusses the major problem of gender inequality in sports. This inequality reaches further than just participation in sport, but also to the media coverage of women's sport. This paper further discusses the theory that men are considered to be more competitive and therefore are deserve to be more in the media spotlight.
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" Gender inequality is a major problem in sports both in terms of women's participation and media coverage. Gender inequality has its source in gender stereotypes. Men are viewed as deserving a dominant position in sports because they are more competitive and sport is their proper sphere. Sexual difference and the notion of male dominance have a specific purpose, which is to guarantee that male dominance or hegemony will continue. My position is in agreement with researchers that media coverage serves the purpose of maintaining sexual difference and opposing sex roles."
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