... . Hispanics from Guatemala, El Salvador, Ecuador and other central and South American countries have created communities alongside well- established Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban communities. The Asian population was predominately Japanese, Filipino and Chinese just two decades ago but at the century's end, Asian American with roots in India, Vietnam, or Korea outnumbers Japanese American. Today ... in the United States. The next highest ownership business are the Hispanics. The number of minorities in the highest income brackets has doubled since 1980' [Pollard, Kelvin. America's rac...

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... eight parks, thirty-eight playgrounds, six pools, and four gold courses were closed to the public.6 Congress had finally granted equal rights, but the black population of America had a long way to go before their rights were truly equal. Many groups such as the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), SNCC ( ... Farmer was the nation's first black man to earn a Ph.D., and he was also the founder of CORE. He realized that the black population would be seen as ignorant and inferior until they had equal education and job training.8 He demanded that the federal government provide pro...

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... ceilings of artistic touch with porcelain, tiled floors and a mahogany wood trim. Brill's addition to the diner architecture was to introduce a glass eating counter that doubled as a refrigerated display of foods like fruit, salads, pies, pastries, and cold beverages that were all ready-to-eat. This became a trademark Brill ... slowdown of the production and usage of diners was upon America. During the war business was slow, the country lacked the necessary tools, workforce, consumer population and food in order for the diner business to grow or really maintain at all. On the other hand...

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... not only are seats gradually removed, but the number of players is progressively increased- (Baumohl 24). Paul Koegel foretells that "The structural contradiction between an increasing at-risk' population and decreasing low-income and affordable housing supply will only worsen if not confronted immediately- (Baumohl 188). The homeless on city streets and in shelters will multiply. Koegel also ... them, but the disadvantage of being equally applicable to urban areas. Adopting a more flexible and inclusive definition of homelessness has consequences (Baumohl 82). Aron Loudan believes that "...

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... , she was placed under arrest. Because of her arrest, Rosa would become the starting fuel for the fire of anti-segregation protests. Action was taken without delay once the black population caught wind of her being taken into custody. In their outrage, a bus boycott was put into action. During this boycott, not once single person of color could be found on ... of the side effects from the war protests was that the young adults of America learned that they too had a voice. Since the baby boom, the population of colleges in the United States had more than doubled. This generation " felt po...

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... people under the age of 18 arrested daily in our country may astound some. In 1990, there were more than 1.7 million juveniles arrested, and since then the numbers have nearly doubled, even though the vast majority of these arrests have been for non-violent offenses, and four percent has been for non-criminal offenses, such as truancy, curfew violations or running ... . Although it is important to note that only about 52% of these arrests result in jail time, it is still a significant amount of juveniles behind bars. All together our prison population is at two million inmates. So what a...

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... Act and the first nationwide investigation of illicit drugs. Arising from this investigation was the Narcotic Control Act, which was the most severe antidrug legislation put into affect(3). The NCA doubled the lengthy sentences of the Boggs Act, and added the death penalty in some cases. These laws also failed in extinguishing the drug epidemic. By now, most states specified that ... spends about 100 billion dollars a year on crime control. We could surely spend this money on something more useful, like schools and poverty. Since 1980, we have tripled our prisons population even though ...

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... Act and the first nationwide investigation of illicit drugs. Arising from this investigation was the Narcotic Control Act, which was the most severe antidrug legislation put into affect(3). The NCA doubled the lengthy sentences of the Boggs Act, and added the death penalty in some cases. These laws also failed in extinguishing the drug epidemic. By now, most states specified that ... spends about 100 billion dollars a year on crime control. We could surely spend this money on something more useful, like schools and poverty. Since 1980, we have tripled our prisons population even though ...

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