Social Issues Essays

The movie North Country was based on the book ”Class Action: The Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law” which tells the story of Lois Jenson, who filed the first class action lawsuit for sexual harassment in American history. In the film, Theron plays the daughter of an iron miner (Richard Jenkins) working in a […]

Bell Hooks is an African-American author who focuses on the dynamics of the interactions between races, particularly those of the African-American community and those of the Caucasian majority. She was born Gloria Watkins but chose the name Bell Hooks to emphasize a point: “What’s in a name?” Her works range on a variety of topics, […]

The main statutes are: The Convention on the rights of the Child (1989) The Education Act (1981), (1993) and (1996) The Children Act (1989) and (2004) The Equality Act (2006) The Care Standards (2000) The Special Educational Needs and Disability Act (2001) The Race Relations Act (1976) and amendment (2000) The Disability Discrimination Act (1995) […]

Hofstede’s Five Aspects of Culture Hofstede’s cultural factors Explanations – Culture – Hofstede’s cultural factors Power | Self | Gender | Predictability | Time | So what? Geert Hofstede, a Dutch cultural anthropologist, analyzed cultures along five dimensions. He rated 58 countries on each dimension on a scale from 1 to 100. Power Hofstede named this […]

Roy Thomsitt remarks “Credit card debt is a major social problem in some Western countries. To rid yourself of credit card debt, it is best to recognize the problem as both a social and individual problem”.  The influence of society over an individual makes it a social problem of devastating magnitude.  Society has changed with […]

Criminologists are one in believing that strain results to deviant behavior. They claim that this resulting deviant behavior could either be criminal or delinquent in nature. Some say that “the level of constraints and negative emotionality” of individuals dictate whether they would react to strain in a criminal way, such as robbing people, or react […]

Police In South Africa In the old South Africa before 1994 the police officers job was to squash subversion and his main obstacle was that most people hated him. Today after the 1994 years election the South African police force main job is to stop the growing crime rate. Which seems impossible for them to […]

The America in years 1820’s to 1830’s had jealousy and competitions among American regions and American people per se, in which reformists and reformers considered this as one of the major challenges faced by the U.S. and American society in its entire history.

The National Institute for Literacy reports that more than 20% of adults possess a reading level that is comparable to or lower than that of a fifth-grader, making it inadequate for earning a livable income. According to the National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS), at least 40 million individuals aged 16 and above in the United […]

The historical focus of racial relations in America has been on the interaction between black and white individuals. However, this dynamic has significantly evolved due to changing living conditions in the United States. As a result, many governments are now considering implementing affirmative actions to provide support for those who have been most affected. Affirmative […]

 In this paper I will explore the problem of African American Female Entrepreneurship. I will provide some statistic data on this problem, analyze a number of literature sources, review the main problems African American women face when starting their own business.

Langston Hughes’ essay, “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain,” explores how young African American artists strive to distance themselves from their own identity. They do so by refraining from addressing racism and avoiding themes that highlight the distinctions between black and white individuals. In paragraph 12, Hughes asserts that these young artists hold the […]

Through the years, hip hop has evolved not just as a popular music genre but as an emergent subculture in American society.  Although it may be considered by many as a combination of other cultural forms, most of these are of purely African and Caribbean origins, the ultimate result of such melding cannot be argued […]

Set in the 1950s, the story unfolds in Fort Repose, a small town by the Timucuan River in Central Florida. It focuses on the tense relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union as they approach nuclear weapon acquisition. The text below should beand unified while keeping the and their contents: The people of […]

Goffman’s Dramaturgical approach theory was inspired by William Shakespeare’s writings in which Shakespeare say’s “totus mundus agit histrionem,” which are Latin for “All the world is a theatre”. In his theory, Goffman views individuals as actors in society where “interactions are viewed as performances” (Barnhart, A. D. ,) the individual attempts to create an impression […]

During my English class, we examined the prevalent bias against women in society, both locally and globally. We explored how women are subjected to harsh treatment by men in various settings such as offices, homes, and colleges. Additionally, we delved into the impact of gender stereotypes on society. A specific advertisement prompted me to further […]

One of the most common topics discussed in society today is education. Many things are debated, including charter schools, the teaching of cursive writing, how much homework to be assigned, and how long school days are. Another topic debated is same-sex classrooms and schools. Some people believe that same-sex schools and classrooms are good because […]

Throughout history, women have consistently been portrayed as the weaker gender and often restricted to traditional roles like motherhood and homemaking. In contrast to men, who were naturally granted privileges, women have had to fight for their rights. Laws have been enacted to address workplace discrimination based on gender with the aim of combating the […]

Mandela asserts that depriving individuals of their human rights challenges their humanity. The United Nations, on the other hand, defines human rights as intrinsic to all people, irrespective of factors such as nationality, residence, sex, origin, color, religion, language or any other status. Sadly, victims of human trafficking are stripped of their basic rights – […]

In Henry James’s “Daisy Miller” and Edith Wharton’s “The Other Two,” the narrators each disclose the complications of their party’s social formalities during circumstances within their own society. In both short stories, Winterbourne and Waythorn try to figure out their adored ones character and motives but for different reasons. In “Daisy Miller,” it’s noticeable that […]

What is Ethnocentrism? It is a belief that one’s own culture is better than all others and that all other groups are measured in relation to them. Types of ethnocentrism: 1.American Exceptionalism: referred as a perception that the United States differs from other developed nations due to its unique origins, national credo, historical evolution, and […]

In my assignment TMA01 I will introduce some inequalities on City Road in Cardiff. First of all I want to start by explaining what inequalities actually means. Later on I will pick two examples from the Learning Companion 1 and the Making Social Lives DVD to give a deeper understanding of inequalities in our society. […]