Essays on Social exclusion

Introduction Man is not born to be racist; rather, racism is learned. By its very nature, racism denies an individual their dignity and promotes hate and disunity. There is a very long history of political, economic and social injustice and discrimination in the United States and the world. Changes in societal views have been slow…

m Of Group RightsThere are two main forms of group rights, characterised by the way in which they are distributed and exercised. The first example of group rights is a differential distribution of individual rights. In this model, an individual may have more rights than others on the basis of some kind of ‘selection criteria.’…

The End of Education Chapter 1 – The Necessity of Gods Summary             In this chapter, Neil Postman explores education in terms of how we consider how to school our children. He postulates that the physical considerations of who, what, when, where and how are not as critical as why. Those physical elements can vary…

The new millennium confronts prosperous nations with two apparently intractable problems. One is persistently high unemployment, with the number of long term unemployed also at high levels. This threatens to create an underclass locked into welfare dependency, educational underachievement, despair and alienation. The second problem is that many of those who work suffer marginal and…

Diversity: Diversity means different, we are all different whether it be different races, different sexes, different backgrounds, differences between religions and beliefs, different sizes big or small different hair colours, eye colours etc. By recognising and understanding we are all different we can create an environment which each individual feels valued for who they are….

Analyzing the Situation On February 8, 2008, Lawrence King was shot twice in the back of the head by a 15-year-old classmate, Brandon McInerney, at E.O. Green Junior High School in Oxnard, California. Lawrence King was shot and killed because he sometimes wore make-up or “feminine” clothes to school (Segal, Gerdes, & Steiner, 2019, p….

Response to Compliance is Gendered Dean Dean Spade outlines the difficulties trans-gendered individuals have in advocating for their rights to safe spaces and gender inclusive policies. As most trans-gendered people experience some form of abuse and/or trauma, and are unwelcome in many high schools and street outreach programs, their disenfranchisement often turns into a vicious…

A perennial problem for policymakers and social policy researchers is that of how to define and measure poverty. A distinction is generally made between concepts of absolute and relative poverty, both of which seek to identify a universal line below which poverty is said to exist. This essay will examine why neither concept has been…

This assignment will describe a piece of group work, which I have been involved in during the course of my 70-day placement. The assignment will analyse the effectiveness of the group work with reference to group work theories. The group in which I have developed is a health and fitness group for adults with learning…

The current debate in Australia about the heroin crisis is centred on the drug, and the high cost to individuals and society of its addiction. It is an emotional debate based on fear and fuelled by myths. The picture of a junkie who is shooting up in a dirty alleyway is a potent theme in…