Essays on Social Issues

Jewish liberals and reformists in Western/Middle Europe during the 19th century were confronted with a rather significant predicament that forced them to reconcile with the stark discrepancy between emancipation and existing as a group that was at best tolerated. The sacrifice in choosing the “package”…

Assimilation describes the act of taking something in and absorbing it fully. Assimilation comes from the Latin assimilationem, meaning “likeness’ or ‘similarity.”… Assimilation can also refer to the absorption of new ideas into existing knowledge. An example of assimilation is the change of dress and…

Everyone coming to America slowly integrates into our society. What is assimilation? According to Merriam-Webster, one meaning of assimilation is to absorb into the cultural tradition of a population or group. When people come to the United States of America, they should learn our language,…

Immigrants around the world have come together and introduced new cultures to make America what it is today. Rodriguez’s claim that assimilation is something that is a great thing and is bound to happen is accurate because of how culture is fluid. Assimilation is something…

Have you ever noticed the natural way of assimilation accomplished by immigrants? It is common knowledge that immigrants tend to assimilate naturally to American culture rather than forcing themselves to become an American. When immigrants from a culture come to America, they don’t tell themselves…

In 1968, the Supreme Court validated a common police practice called stop and frisk, provided a police officer could justify the action as reasonable suspicion (Carbado, 2017). Currently policing agencies apply to stop and frisk prophylactically. For instance, the officers stop tens, hundreds or thousands…

In the landmark Supreme Court Case Terry v. Ohio, the United States Supreme Court held that a person’s fourth amendment right to a protection from unreasonable searches and seizures is not violated when an officer stops him or her without a probable cause to arrest,…

In the early stages of United States history following the events of WW2, the use of stop and search procedures where officers would flood the streets after a reported crime to question individuals in urban, low income, and predominantly black neighborhoods became a staple method…

Police officers have one duty it is to protect and help every person in need no matter what color or height. Sometimes, completing task can be hard for officers but it’s their job to accomplish safety for others. The Stop and frisk programs are created…

Abstract: In this paper “Polices Targeting Minorities in the United States”, there are two different polices that will discussed. The first policy is Stop and Frisk and the second is the 3-strike law, these policies are made were decrease crime and violence but by doing…