Archive for 'Social and Cultural'

What Exactly is A Minority in 2012?

Posted on 02. Aug, 2012 by .

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Minority. At one time the term was synonymous with people living in the United States who were not of white non-hispanic origin. In the year 2012 that term needs to be reexamined in the face of not only an African-American president, but of a country that now gives birth to more non-white babies than white ones. Take [...]

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GUEST BLOGGER: Gays Against Gay Marriage

Posted on 13. Mar, 2012 by .

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The following blog was written by a gay man living in Los Angeles who doesn’t believe in the idea of “gay marriage.”   Happily Ever After? By: Ariel Vincent Let’s get one thing straight (no pun intended), I am a gay man living in California, specifically, Los Angeles. To boot, I was raised in the [...]

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In 2012 is Dr. King’s Dream Still Relevant?

Posted on 16. Jan, 2012 by .

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August 28, 1963, one hundred years after the Emancipation Proclamation was declared by President Abraham Lincoln, the United States remained divided along racial lines. Segregation, or the legally mandated separation of black and white Americans persisted across the southern states of the country. Using repetition as his rhetorical device Dr. Martin Luther King, civil rights [...]

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Convergence of Eastern and Western Culture in the Emerging Superpower

Posted on 04. Jan, 2011 by .

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GUEST BLOG: Proposition 8- Constitutional or Unconstitutional?

Posted on 15. Aug, 2010 by .

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The following essay was written by Richard A. Gonzalez J.D., a recent graduate of Boston College Law School, graduate of UC Berkeley, and Downey High School. The debate over Proposition 8 has galvanized the electorate on both sides of the political aisle. The initiative, which passed in November 2008 by a majority of California voters, [...]

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