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This paper examines the similarities and differences between cultural racism in the United States and Europe. According to the paper, it would seem that racism is strong in both regions, even on the rise in many cases. The paper also addresses current efforts to control racism through legislation, citing that it will be ineffectual when there is a base cultural support for it.

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"Cultural racism is a significant issue in both the United States and Europe. Despite the fact that both the United States and Europe are two of the most modern regions in the world--in terms of the ideals of classical liberalism such as equality and universal freedom--both places suffer from significant racial discrimination that is pervasive and institutionalized. The focuses of this racism varies between the United States and Europe, as does the manifestation of that racism. This is to be expected, given divergences in history and cultural practices. Nonetheless, there are striking similarities in the ways in which racism has become a de facto..."

Tags:culture, racism, europe

Abstract
This paper examines the similarities and differences between cultural racism in the United States and Europe. It discusses the strength of racism in both regions and the fact that in many cases it seems to be on the rise. The paper then looks at current efforts to control racism through legislation, but suggests that this will be ineffectual when there is a base cultural support for racisim.

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"With such vigilance and fervor against racism, one must ask why it not only persists but seems to be thriving in Europe. In the United States, First Amendment protections allow citizens to organize and talk about nearly anything they'd like, including racist ideology. Combined with tensions over immigration, fear of people of Middle Eastern descent, and a standing racism with African Americans, it is little wonder that the United States not only has a history of racism but also a strong culture of racism. In Europe, however, many believe that legal prohibitions against racism and hate speech should be enough to protect ethnic minorities from racism and create a more egalitarian society. Unfortunately, Europe's record on racism is no better than the United States' (Kudnani, 1998). Tensions over immigration, rising populism, and antagonism toward Jews and Arabs all feed into a healthy subculture of racism. The conclusion we must draw from this is that racism cannot be dealt with on a political or legal level, but must be examined on a cultural level. Racism is rooted in a desire to protect members of one's own culture from outside threats. That this desire to protect manifests as racism is an unfortunate result."

Tags:immigration, classical, liberalism, equality, culture

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Homelessness remains one of America's most complicated and important social issues and is a devastating experience for families. It disrupts virtually every aspect of family life, damaging the physical and emotional health of family members interfering with children's education and development and frequently resulting in the separation of family members. This paper provides an overview of causes and consequences of homelessness among three of the largest homeless population in the United States; families with children, the mentally ill and veterans.

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"In the last 15 years, the United States has seen a tremendous growth in the percentage of the homeless population. One of the fastest growing segments of the homeless population is families with children. Families with children constitute approximately 40% of people who become homeless. A survey of 30 U.S. cities found that in 1998, children accounted for 25% of the homeless population. Families have become much more diverse than the conventional nuclear family. The make up of homeless people has also become more diverse and now includes a larger proportion of homeless families. Families have changed due to the decline in marriages, increased births outside marriage, lower birth rates, and higher rates of divorce and relationship breakdown. Homeless families include single parent families, headed mainly by women, couples with children and couples without children. The U.S. Census indicates that families, single mothers, and children make up the largest group of people who are homeless in rural areas."

Tags:causes, families, homeless, homelessness, states, united, veterans

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In this article, the writer discusses that the concept of a "united Europe" is an ancient one and can be traced all the way back to the days of the Roman Empire, when a larger land area of the Mediterranean region came under a single government than at any time since. The E.U. as it currently exists evolved over a period of half a century through many treaties and negotiations, but without warfare. The writer discusses that the E.U. as it exists is not synonymous with a United States of Europe, for several reasons. It is these reasons that have been at the forefront of the integration efforts which have dominated E.U. discourse since the 1950s.

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"The power of this idea of Rome, even long after it fell, seemed to inspire many political philosophers and statesmen to attempt to duplicate the model in their own time. While the expansion of the Catholic church with central authority based, again, in Rome (and also utilizing Latin as a sort of international language) somewhat reflected the last remnants of the Empire, it was only ..."

Tags:politics

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This paper provides a book review of T.R. Reid's (2004) "The United States of Europe", a work in which the author points to numerous accomplishments by the EU that signal its increasing global, political and economic power and how this serves as a threat to the future economic and political role of the U.S. in the world during the twenty-first century.

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"In "The United States of Europe: The New Superpower and the End of American Supremacy", T. R. Reid argues that the European Union (EU) is a new species of the United States, a largely borderless, federal union that is not exactly a single country but is much more than just another international trading bloc. Reid's central thesis of the book is that as ever closer integration or union of states occurs in the European Union, America has remained asleep at the wheel regarding..."

Tags:government, regulatory officials, euro, finance, economy, markets, trade, deficit, superpower

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Canada and the United States are both democracies and federal states. A federal state is one which brings together a number of different political communities "with a common government for common purposes, and separate 'state' or 'provincial' or 'cantonal' governments for the particular purposes of each community" ("Canadian," 2008). Both the Canadian and American system of government stemmed from that of the British Parliamentary System. While the United States' system was reformed into one that solely revolves around serving the president rather than any other part of the government, the Canadian system still cleaves onto the parliamentary system, even retaining the parliamentary name for its Cabinet members, "Ministers".

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Student's Name Name of Instructor Course Name March 18, 2008 The Differences Between Parliamentary and Presidential Systems of Government in Canada and the United States Introduction Canada and the United States are both democracies and federal states. A federal state is one which brings together a number of different political communities "with a common government for common purposes, and separate

Tags:parliament, president, countries

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This paper discusses the book "Against Empire, Feminisms, Racism, and the West" written by Zillah Eisenstein. The author examines Eisenstein's ideas of racism being dehumanizing and the West being a fictional term. Using the book as a reference base, the paper discerns the relationship of the United States' use of racism and its concept of the West in building an empire. The author summarizes Eisenstein's arguments and explains why she agrees with Eisenstein's views that racism and the concept of the West are tools used in building the United States' empire. This paper uses MLA style footnotes but does not include a works cited page.

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"Eurocentrism is the foundation of the United States' commitment to singular domination of the globe. Zillah Eisenstein demonstrates that through conquest, colonization, commerce, and Christianity, the United States was able to lay the foundation of its empire. Racism and the West were and continue to be key tools used in the United States' goal in building and maintaining its empire. Zillah Eisenstein asserts that the idea of democracy did not originate in the west. Rather, the idea of individuality and human freedom came as a result of slavery, the oppression of women, and indigenous people who were excluded from the Western notion of freedom."

Tags:imperialism, globalization

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The paper describes the racial tensions and riots that led to the African Diaspora, when black performers, mostly jazz musicians, left the United States and went to Europe. The paper discusses how these African-American performers found the freedom in Europe to compose and perform their jazz music. The paper focuses on Josephine Baker, a black woman who was able to find acceptance, fame and fortune in Paris and throughout the world.

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"In the summer and fall of 1919, race riots erupted in Northern and Southern cities across America. Called the Red Summer of 1919, three violent episodes happened in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Elaine, Arkansas. The resulting tension throughout the United States made it impossible for African-Americans and Whites to live together in peace. Musicians in bands suddenly found themselves estranged from their close friends, members of bands argued and refused to talk to each other. Bands split up and African-American groups were barred from performing in venues throughout the United States. This led to the African Diaspora, when black performers, mostly jazz musicians, left the United States and went to Europe, where segregation and prejudice were not prevalent, and surprisingly, found the freedom and success they had lacked in the United States, to compose and perform their jazz music."

Tags:racism, Josephine, Baker, blacks, music, performers

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This paper argues that some of the actions of the United States were just as morally corrupt as those of the Axis powers during WWII. Similar to the Nazi's imprisonment of Jews in Europe, the U.S. government imprisoned Japanese Americans on the West Coast. The paper argues that the internment of Japanese was more of an act of racism than actual perceived threat. The author of the paper is of the opinion that the internment of Japanese in 1942 was a decision motivated by race rather than defensive strategy. It chronicles the events leading up to the internment, the presence of racism before and after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and concludes by comparing the imprisonment of Japanese in America with the current war on terrorism.

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"Racism against the Japanese people living in the U.S. was not a result of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, but rather something that had been built up over time. The media and government for decades before the onset of World War II targeted Japanese and Chinese. California, in particular, passed laws and approved regulations aimed at slowing Japanese immigration into the state (Daniels 10). As early as 1905, California politicians and media were denouncing the Japanese as "undesirable," and "transient" (Daniels 10)."

Tags:Franklin, Roosevelt, Executive, Order, 9066