People, who are willing to do a little thinking, do not just look at the difference of the victim and the convicted and draw conclusions of whether or not the crime is hate related; they examine all the other psychological elements also. ... In order to picture the virtual scenario, we would need to think critically and be able to delineate out hate, and to do that, we need to understand why people hate. ... It is ultimately in a person's perception, which concludes what is and what is not a hate crime....

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Short-term effects include impairments in learning, memory, perception, judgment and complex motor skills. "Marijuana can cause difficulty speaking, listening effectively, thinking, retaining knowledge, problem solving and forming concepts. ... The long-term effects are slow and confused thinking, memory impairment, and risk of chronic bronchitis, lack of motivation, cancer, and problems in the respiratory system problems in the immune system as well as problems in the reproductive system. ... Each solution must obviously be critically evaluated. ... Regardless of the way towns are classified,...

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Even when we do see minorities on television, racist perceptions are reflected. ... This bottled-up hidden racism can explode in the open, in critical situations like the O.J. ... Americans must stop thinking of only themselves, and begin to consider the other person's situation. ...

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The United States was founded upon diversity. Racism in America began when the first African slaves were brought to the North American colony of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1619, to aid in the production of such lucrative crops as tobacco. These slaves were not brought by will, but by force, and they fa...

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The functionality of a product used to be the primary reason for purchasing it, and not the esthetics and social perception of the product. ... When he returned to New York, Bernays started a business that would use propaganda in times of peace; however, the Germans had misused propaganda and gave the name a bad public perception, so Bernays called it "public relations.... "Thinking about acquisition provides momentary happiness boost to [many] people and because they tend to think about acquisition a lot such thoughts have a potential to provide frequent mood boosts, but the positiv...

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"An artist's perception of what is 'beautiful' is determined by many factors, not least of which are the requirements of his patron. ... As Aneela Sltana stated in 'Gender Excavations: Understanding Woman's Beauty in Space and time' article that "Visual representation of women is a subjective matter which depends on individual perception. However, perceptions are formed by a complex set of cultural rules which sway people to distinguish what is striking to them and what is not, more precisely, what actually makes an ideal woman" (Sultana 55). ... Because of this ...

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" A critical view of the cultural phenomenon that is America's response to terrorism illustrates that we have evolved a culture in America that responds to terrorist provocations with a consistent pattern: extreme patriotism and ritual "redemption" that celebrates the death or capture of those responsible. ...

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Throughout the course of human history, there have always been the oppressed, deprived, and subjugated minorities that suffer under the constraints of the majority. The ideologies based upon the Eurocentric and Protestant groups proceed to be key figures of oppression and racism. The mannerisms in which minorities are dealt with and looked upon show the true forms of intention and persecution these groups feel because they do not and can not assimilate to the majority party. It is a keepsake that revolves upon the premise and ideas that the majority will always be in power and that it is a...

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