Abstract
The paper discusses the issue of racism in America using the works of August Wilson, Maya Angelou and Gunnar Myrdal.

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"The themes of racism and identity formation in America are addressed in three different works by the playwright August Wilson, Maya Angelou and Gunnar Myrdal. Each of these writers uses familiar literary devices such as cause and effect, comparison and contrast and narration and persuasion to tell the story of how minorities, particularly African-Americans, experience life in America. Whereas Wilson offers a play and Angelou an autobiographical memoir, Myrdal presents a sociological commentary on his observations of race and identity issues in..."

Tags:May Angelou, August Wilson, Gunnar Myrdal, racism

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Paper commences from three U.S. works referring to American anti-African racism pointing out ascribed opinions and practices of the 'white' population; discussion develops on what racism is, why it is acceptable in scholarly work when referring to one group but not another; borrowing of U.S. and British studies applied in Canadian society/taught to students; call for a new, careful Anthropology that puts theory behind basic, detailed studies.

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Holistic Approach The holistic approach often is understood as a focus on psychosocial and spiritual needs as well as on physical needs, but is much more complex and dynamic. We do not choose the holistic approach at random; the nature of the issue demands its use. I will discuss the issue of pain in a woman with breast cancer to illustrate how pain is not merely producing physical effects on the woman but a whole constellation of impacts. We learn about these many impacts from "clients as experts for their own lives" (RNAO, 2006, p. 51). Women who develop metastatic disease develop a large variety of symptoms which are progressive are come about both because of cancer

Tags:afro, american, racism/theory, critique

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This paper reviews Joe R. Feagin and Melvin P. Sikes' book "Living with Racism," in which the authors challenge the conventional view that racism is a thing of the past, gone with the days of slavery. To challenge this view, Feagin and Sikes collected personal accounts from over 200 middle-class black Americans to reveal the racism that pervades many aspects of American daily life today. The authors pull together accounts revealing subtle and overt racism, and examine how this racism is expressed in discriminatory behavior. "Living with Racism" is an important reminder about how much work remains to be done regarding racial relations in the United States.

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"The authors pull together accounts revealing subtle and overt racism, and how this racism is expressed in discriminatory behavior. Despite the Civil Rights Movement and the resultant laws that mandate against discriminatory practices, Feagin and Sikes gather a multitude of accounts showing how African Americans continue to face discrimination at public places, such as hotels, restaurants and stores. The stories are carefully gathered to provide a narrative account that encompasses many aspects of American public life. Together, these stories show that racism and the resultant discriminatory behavior are alive and well."

Tags:Joe, R., Feagin, Melvin, P., Sikes, Living, with, Racism, African-Americans, discrimination

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This work traces the origins of slavery and racism in the modern era, and analyzes the debate over which phenomenon gave rise to the other. The paper also explores the unique aspects of African-American enslavement in colonial U.S. and its connection with the modern state of race relations in America. The paper also proposes a unique hypothesis that connects the rise of slavery in Europe and America to Europe's underlying fear of the rising cultures of the East. The essay also contains critiques and descriptions of the scholarship of Dr. Eric Williams, Winthrop Jordan, and others.

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"This essay concerns the work of West Indian historian and former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Dr. Eric Williams, who proffered the rationale in Capitalism and Slavery, that the philosophical origins of the Atlantic Slave Trade in the Americas was based upon economics, not racism. My purpose of addressing Dr. Williams theory is not to argue that slavery was, above all else, a major economic enterprise. Rather, I am interested in examining the origins of African slavery in Europe in the modern era and the overall European mindset of the early 15th Century, including their attitudes and preconceptions regarding the African continent. While not disputing the hypothesis evident in the title of Dr. William's essay "Economics, Not Racism, as the Root of Slavery," I contend that economics alone was not the sole impetus behind the tragic phenomenon of African slavery, and that the occurrence of racism was simultaneous. Furthermore, I am seeking to examine Dr. William's theory in the context of the African-American experience amid early U.S. history. That is, I intend to describe the distinctive nature of slavery in the colonial U.S., being developed under the English's specious pretext of black inferiority. My overall supposition is that the genesis of racist attitudes coincided with the initial Portuguese contact with inhabitants of Old Guinea in 1441, becoming especially prevalent among the English through their early experiences with black Africans. Because these attitudes were formed prior to any English involvement in the trade of African slaves, this position stands at odds with Dr. William's theory that racism was invented for the purpose of justifying the continuation of slavery."

Tags:abolition, african, american, black, christianity, european, history, islam, racism, slave, studies, trade

Abstract
This is a narrative essay about the beginnings of social work. It discusses the students' work in Curlew Jobs Corp Center and how it has enhanced their personal understanding of social work issues. It is written from the point of view of the potential social worker and looks at the issues they will face and an awareness it has provided of other people's misfortunes.

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"The Curlew Job Corps program serves young adults between the ages of sixteen to twenty-four years. The objective of the program is to provide educational, vocational, and counseling services to these individuals. My introduction to social work began with my employment with the CCC which hired me to assist one of its social service supervisors. This position required me to provide counseling to students without the aid of my supervisor. The work shop and training that I received have helped me gain the skills I needed to counsel young adults at the CCC in addition to my own children. While in this position, I gained valuable and effective communication skills that included listening attentively to students. I have learned how to concentrate on what is said .... I know that, most of the time, students just want someone to listen to them; some of their stories are quite sad."

Tags:social work, sociology

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This paper explains that recently the insistent merging of the limits between work and life have begun to cause employees so much stress that companies' profits are beginning to be impacted negatively. Next, the author reviews the common problems of productivity and performance, absenteeism, recruitment and retention that can arise with the absence of work-life balance programs within companies. The paper evaluates which work-life balance strategies of telecommuting, flexible and reduced working hours, leave benefits, child care support, employee assistance program, subsidized cafeteria and fitness centers and increased manager support, are recommended for AAG to improve employee job satisfaction. Tables are included in the paper.

Table of Contents:
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Introduction
Purpose and Significance
Scope and Limitations
Sources and Methodology
Problem Identification
Productivity and Performance
Absenteeism
Recruitment and Retention
Strategies
Telecommuting
Flexible and Reduced Working Hours
Leave Benefits
Child Care Support
Employee Assistance Program
Subsidized Cafeteria and Fitness Center
Increased Manager Support
Conclusions
Recommendations

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"At AAG employees are often overworked and lack flexibility in their schedules. As a result, they become stressed and find that their work and life are out of balance, leading to decreased productivity and increased employee turnover. As a result, employees may attempt to find a more suitable job, especially when other small to medium business owners offer flexibility practices. In a 2004 study by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, they found that 94% of all small to medium businesses promote some kind of flexibility practices. Seventy-nine percent of these businesses promote flexibility in scheduling vacations, while 74% promoted time off for personal issues."

Tags:integration, interference issues, counseling, flexible work hours, maternity leaves

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This paper is a proposal for a research project that evaluates the non economic factors faced by unwed mothers as they go to work: Personal health limitations, personal mental health problems, health and behavioral problems of dependent children, substance abuse, child welfare, domestic violence, housing instability, inadequate transportation and very low social skills. This paper includes a literature review that covers many areas such as economic issues of mal-distribution and political issues of welfare legislation especially the Welfare-to-Work Partnership. The author plans to collect data through the administration of survey questionnaires to both subjects' case workers and to the subjects themselves. Includes questionnaires.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Introduction to the Proposed Research
Description of the Issue
Research Questions
Significance of the Study
Definitions of Major Concepts
Overview of the Study
Review of Literature
Introduction
Conceptual Framework
Relevant Literature
Welfare State Concept
Welfare Reform
Employment and Welfare Reform
Welfare Reform Outcomes
Other Non-Economic Factors and Work
The Conclusions Relevant to the Study
Problem and Statement of Hypotheses
Methodology
Introduction
Research Design
Population and Sample
Data Collection
Instrumentation
Case Workers
Subjects
Subject Confidentiality
Data Analysis

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"Past social legislation guaranteed all American citizens entitlements to food, shelter, and other basic necessities. This social contract, which prevented the need for triage, was the foundation of the American state for fifty years. In the name of personal responsibility, welfare reform has destroyed the entitlements of dependent populations. According to the welfare reform scenario, Americans would survive only by taking responsibility for themselves, the shiftless and irresponsible would lose their life-support system and sink or swim on their own."

Tags:childcare, reform, welfare-to-work, questionnaire, legislation

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This paper argues that unions and workers can play a powerful role in promoting a quality-of-work agenda. In the case of today's workers, they must use their considerable (on average) formal education and their awareness of their own prerogatives as employees to pressure management types (and union leaders) to furnish them with a workplace that is safe, harmonious, secure, and reasonably accommodating. The writer discusses that as for unions, they must work constructively with unions elsewhere, establish productive relations with management, and make quality-of-work issues a key "plank" in their bargaining platform. In the final analysis, workers and unions can be forceful advocates for positive change if they wish to be.

Tags:quality, work, agenda

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This paper addresses key issues in clinical social work, centering on the interview and case management process, and also discussing the use of time, silence, and information in the social work process. It defines interviewing skills that a social worker must have, as well as describing the environment that would be ideal for therapeutic work or interviewing. Foremost among the issues that interviewing raises are trust and responsibility in the client-social worker relationship.

Tags:PSYCHOLOGY / COUNSELLING, SOCIAL WORK, social work relationships

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This paper discusses three case studies relating to work-flow efficiency and the broader efficiency of product suitability. It describes how work processes can be made more efficient and the risks that an excessively narrow focus on process efficiency will detract from the final quality of the product.

Tags:work, flow, processes, efficiency, quality, product, service