Essays on Social Issues

SSNP has immense impact on reducing poverty especially crisis time, when people do not have any option or choice. During this time, their income fall greatly, even they lose their jobs and their crops land and living houses by the devastating floods and other natural…

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is renowned for not resorting to violence during his campaign for racial equality, but for creating civil disobedience through peaceful alternatives. These protests and sit-ins created more of a disruption in American society than violence could have likely accomplished on…

There are a number of polices targeted at Aborigines in Australia that has been changed since the end of World War for many reasons. These policies included: the Assimilation Policy, the policy of Integration and the Reconciliation Policy. There are also important Aboriginal Rights that…

Abortion is the practice of discontinuing pregnancy by opting to remove the fetus before it reaches the stage of birth. Some women can experience abortion unexpectedly through miscarriage while others do it deliberately, which is termed as an induced abortion. People hold varied opinions concerning…

Ever since the First Fleet landed on the shores of Port Jackson in 1788, the relationship between the Indigenous people and the settlers has been difficult. The Aboriginal people were subjected to relentless levels of racism and on most cases inhumane conduct from the British….

ABORIGINAL LAND RIGHTS Establishment of Native Title Three basic requirements were enunciated to establish Native Title in Mabo No 2 (1992) 175 CLR 1: There must be an identifiable group, There must be traditional rules and customs, Traditional rules and customs must be in existence…

The topic of abortion is one that has raised great controversy over during the past few decades. Major concerns revolve around choice, morality, and safety of the act. Those who support abortion cite the reasons of freedom of choice in the essence that a mother…

Violence crushes hope of fairytale ending From a very young age, children are filled with stories. Their mothers will hush them to sleep with promises of a prince charming and a happily ever after. But how much of their tales are actually true? What if…

In 1993 the Sierra Leonean civil war has been raging for two years and death is spreading across the nation as the Revolutionary United Front(RUF) wages war against the government of Sierra Leone. In the novel A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier…

Through the Images: European Americans’ Attitudes toward Native Americans in the late 19th Century In the 19th century, the European Americans’ attitudes towards racial differences were mainly negative. They often viewed their own skin color as superior to others’ and thus, their way of living…

1960’s and 1970’s – Black Athletes Black athletes during the 1960’s and 1970’s very much helped to advance the cause of integration for all. Just like the blacks before them, and the blacks that followed. Each individual in some way shape or form, no matter…

Children across the country are taught about the Great Depression in the United States from an early age. They learn about the causes, the uprisings, and the consequences; the stock market crash of 1929 and the strikes by workers are engraved into their minds by…

Kathleen Parker’s column, “Stopping the next mass shooter,” claims that mental health is a big factor that people must consider and focus on. Warning signs for future mass murderers, including disruptive behavior and threats on social media, must be taken seriously in order to prevent…

Forty three percent of police officers agree with the statement, “always following the rules is not compatible with getting the job done” (“Police Brutality Statistics”). Police brutality is becoming a more serious phenomenon than it has ever been in the past. Police brutality has been…

Police Brutality in the United States Police brutality is a pressing issue that has become more prevalent in the past year in the United States. Throughout the year 2015, there have been over 700 cases of police brutality. There have been numerous groups, organizations, and…