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    How far do sources 11 and 12 challenge the view presented in source 10 about the conduct of the police on Black Friday? Emily Davison was a woman who fought for woman’s suffrage in the late 1800s and early 1900s. She died on the 8th of June‚ 1913 after she ran in front of King George V’s horse Anmer at the Epsom Derby on 4 June 1913. Some people believe that this event caused a major breakthrough in later women’s suffrage. Firstly‚ source 10‚ (The Times Newspaper) shows a rather negative view on

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    Black Humor in America

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    Black Humor One of the most underappreciated and unrecognized forms of comedy is black humor. Black humor often deals with events that are not often associated with other forms of comedy‚ such as war‚ murder‚ insanity and death. The main reason that this form of comedy is so underappreciated is that it requires some thinking on the part of the audience and many people are not willing to do that. The types of humor that are popular today do not require much thinking and can be characterized

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    that riots and protests were happening all over the country. The reason behind these riots‚ and protests is police brutality towards the african-american community. Even though people don’t think so there is still a lot of racial discrimination going on in today’s society‚ where black people are being killed for no reason. So Slice got dressed and headed to school where this topic of police brutality had been on his mind all day. For some reason‚ when his teacher Ms.VanZegeren said the class needed

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    the Allies‚ further cemented America’s place as a world power. Although the United States gained its world power status before entering World War II because of its economic rise attributable to industrialization‚ rail roads‚ and abundant capital‚ America could be viewed in a "world tier" of its own for stepping in during a world war and ultimately ending the German force responsible for genocide. This world power standing in conjunction with the worldwide view of America’s benevolent intervention

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    aimed at black and brown people. It shows that police brutality has been a problem in our society‚ not just of today‚ but in the past couple of centuries. The image has only three different colors which are used in a way that symbolizes that it has been around for a while now and nothing has changed. The image was made in 2007 and was reposted online by the creator Shepard Fairey after the Michael Brown case.

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    Black settlement houses as well as black churches served as centers for the community‚ offering classes‚ forums‚ and lectures. Middle class black men and women formed literary societies‚ which not only brought in speakers and held discussions‚ but also provided training for both men and women in many different aspects of community life and social activism. Beginning around 1890‚ black women began to speak out on various social justice topics. Women such as Frances Ellen Watkins Harper spoke at the

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    Shock Doctrines: Slavery and Polices that have shaped the conditions of black america Barnesev AFAS 260 July 20‚ 2011 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Brief History of Enslavement 3 Racial Discrimination Alive and Well 4 Jim Crow Laws Versus The New Jim Crow 4 Psychological 7 Education 8 Culture: African American Community 10 Conclusion 12 References 13 Introduction Social

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    is America is now seeing the true colors of most cops. The cops now-a- days are beating‚shooting and asking questions later. In the present day‚ police think its alright for them to assault or kill a person. Police brutality has to end for three reasons: it’s getting worse‚ cops are getting away with it and America is just going down hill. One reason that police brutality has to stop is because it has gotten worse. Now it’s surfacing up real fast on social media. All we see is videos and pictures

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    POLICE: RACIAL PROFILING IN AMERICA Naomi D. Hopkins Stevens-Henager College APP 101 9 February 2013 Abstract This paper will discuss the relationship between Fear and how it relates to Racial Profiling in Police Practices. We will also discuss and illustrate real life examples under which Racial Profiling has occurred and how it is scientifically defined. The communication between peace officers and ordinary everyday citizens will also be examined. Police: Racial Profiling in America

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    Looking briefly at the history of the American police‚ the police force is structure based off the English boobies in the 18th century. Drawing heavily on English practice‚ the United States police force had a rocky start. “Crime-particularly crimes like murder‚ robbery‚ rape‚ and burglary…was rare in the earliest colonies…this was largely due to the fact that they were settles by small and fairly homogeneous groups…”(Vila page 2). Not only did the police force have little to now power or structure

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