Society & Culture Essays and Term Papers

years, people have looked at homosexuals as disgusting, shameful, and against beliefs. "Homosexuality has always existed in all cultures throughout time," but to us, this sexual orientation seems new and changed from back then when it was very common…

struggle for gay rights in America is one that has taken on many forms. From the 1950's to the present, many organizations dedicated to the cause of homosexual liberation have emerged. These organizations and their supporters can be broken…

to try to make up for past wrong-doings to minorities. There have been many cases tried over racial discrimination, with verdicts of both innocent and guilty. Ronald Dworkin attempts to argue that preferential treatment is socially useful and at…

marriage is one of the most commonly debated subjects among Americans of all backgrounds. Those in favor of gay marriage being legally recognized believe it unconstitutional to deny any American's rights to marry; and those against it argue that permitti…

homosexuality, Irving Bieber and Mark Freedman argued their points of homosexuality being abnormal or normal. Bieber argued that homosexuality was abnormal because of the psychological effects it has had and will have on the person. Bieber reported…

Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots <Tab/>The worst riot in United States History was the Los Angles riot that was sparked by the acquittal of four Los Angeles Police Department officers in the Rodney King case in the afternoon of…

Western civilization has created." With these types of attitudes, militant black leaders such as Malcolm X methods of attempting to gain African Americain equality through whatever means necessary differed drastically from the generally peaceful…

policy of segregation and discrimination against non-whites and it all started in 1949. Near half a century later, in 1994, President Nelson Mandela came into power and stopped the apartheid, after that, the time period is known as the post apartheid.…

legislation called the "End Racial Profiling Act", (ERPA). This is intended to end racial bias in law enforcement, because this tactic erodes community trust. "No American is to be subject to law enforcement encounters based on crude bias," said…

or prejudice. The essay "The View from the Bottom Rail" by James West Davidson and Mark Hamilton Lytle opened my eyes on how American history could be looked at as one sided and even bias. Even today there is still bias in America. In today's…