Social Issues Essay Examples Page 21

“Life is too easy for young people today. They lack challenges and don’t have to fight for anything.” This quote sparks numerous debates. However, I disagree because I believe young people’s lives are easier due to the numerous restrictions imposed upon them. Modern societies have become more stringent, limiting the actions and behaviors of young…

Restorative justice program is a very special focus on the issues within the society involving crime. It provides a very different perspective under which offenders can be engaged to provide a better understanding on improving the overall environment under which the society can be well engaged. Restorative justice programs that are put in place do…

Two half-brothers, Victor Bautista (20 years old) and Matthew Montejo (15 years old), committed a highly brutal act in Riverside, California. They killed their mother, being influenced by an episode from the TV show “The Sopranos.” In this particular episode, a fictional mobster named Tony Soprano commits a similar crime to prevent identification by dismembering…

Then and Now – Oodgeroo Noonuccal Belonging is a state of acceptance and understanding within ones social and physical environment. Displacement from the known and familiar hinders a meaningful connection to the environment and diminishes personal wellbeing. Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s poem Then and Now (1974) is an exploration of the impact of colonisation on aboriginals through…

In the modern-day United States, numerous moral and legal issues are causing differences in belief, thus turning the attention of advocates (or protestors) away from their own cause to that of their opponents. In a sense, personal liberation has become not so much about advocating for certain rights as much as it has become about…

In W.E.B. DuBois essay, The White World, he believes that cultural superiority consists of four major things. These things are: Beauty and health of body,  Mental clearness and creative genius,  Spiritual goodness and receptivity, and  Social adaptability and constructiveness. In this essay I plan to show how the white majority hold many of these traits…

This morning in Muskogee, Oklahoma, a typical day began in a suburban neighborhood. The local school children woke up at their usual time, prepared for school, and left their homes. Amidst the preparations, however, a thirteen-year-old boy took hold of his father’s nine millimeter handgun from their residence. Upon entering the school premises, he proceeded…

The police force fulfills a fundamental component in society as serving as its protectors and defenders. Policemen are on guard for society’s citizens and they try to guarantee the citizens’ well-being and contentment whenever and however they can. However, the police force who had once been acknowledged as peacemakers and diplomats, are now more referred…

Youth Violence Myth With the media focusing so much attention on cases of juvenile crime. You might think that youth today are more violent and dangerous than ever. There is no such thing as “youth violence.” The levels of, and cycles in, violent crime and homicide among poorer, mostly minority young men occur because, for…

“Terrorist, go back to your Islamic land.” Then he punched me, right in the shoulder. Many people faced these problems, just like me. People repeatedly calling each other names and hitting each other. Youth violence affects me because I was personally bullied because of my race. I can stop youth violence by taking action and…