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What Happens In Vagueness Stays In Vagueness: The United States Constitution's Ideas On Race, Austin Clements
What Happens In Vagueness Stays In Vagueness: The United States Constitution's Ideas On Race, Austin Clements
History Class Publications
The United States’ Constitution, while it may not explicitly discuss race in detail, has echoes of race throughout both its language and its history. Even during the origination of the Constitution, the inclusion of slavery was a hotly contested subject among the authors of the Constitution. The United States’ Constitution only uses the words “race” and “color” once and that is in the Fifteenth Amendment, which essentially gave black Americans the right to vote. While the US Constitution may not explicitly talk about race much, I argue that race is a present theme throughout the Constitution as well as behind …
High-Energy Laser Weapons: Overpromising Readiness, Ash Rossiter
High-Energy Laser Weapons: Overpromising Readiness, Ash Rossiter
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Eugenics, Margaret Ann Donnell
Eugenics, Margaret Ann Donnell
History Class Publications
Naturally, and quite understandably, people avoid discussing the dark periods of human history, specifically the inconceivable acts of dehumanization imposed on their fellow man.
Individuals struggle to understand, sometimes simply because they cannot fathom, how a person—and in some cases, an institution—can manipulate and devalue another human being or groups of people. Often, the standards by which those with the “authority” to determine the lack of worth of the individual or population are arbitrary and subjective.
All of this is relevant in a conversation over the eugenics movement of the United States, occurring in the early to mid-twentieth century.
When …
Multidimensionality: Rethinking Power Projection For The 21st Century, David J. Katz
Multidimensionality: Rethinking Power Projection For The 21st Century, David J. Katz
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
The 200,000 Cards Of Dimitri Yurasov: Further Reflections On Scholarship And Truth, Daniel A. Farber, Suzanna Sherry
The 200,000 Cards Of Dimitri Yurasov: Further Reflections On Scholarship And Truth, Daniel A. Farber, Suzanna Sherry
Suzanna Sherry
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American Exceptionalism In Mass Incarceration, Isabell Murray
American Exceptionalism In Mass Incarceration, Isabell Murray
Global Honors Theses
American exceptionalism is often positively connotated; America’s exceptionalism often refers to the nation’s unique, progressive ideals of liberty during the nation’s founding, as well as the premise of a free Democratic Republic. While the United States of America has many positive and exceptional qualities, this research illustrates an unfortunate exceptional American quality: the mass incarceration of over 2.3 million people in the United States of America. This paper reviews the literature to understand the evolution of mass incarceration on the basis of three lines: the United States’ history of race, the nation’s governmental structure and the development of policy. Additionally, …
Rita, Rita, Tsos
Rita, Rita, Tsos
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Rita Alkhaledy grew up in Sadr City, a poor suburb of Baghdad. Her father is an Iraqi Arab and her mother was Kurdish Iranian. Her mother lived in fear that she would be cast out of Baghdad as being an outsider in Iraq was frowned upon. Her father served in the Iraqi army in the 80s and was gone a great deal, leading to a strained relationship. Their relationship was mended when her mother died from cancer.
After the Iraq war, Rita and her brothers realized that their lives were in danger. They had to move from house to house …