Social Issues Essays

The decade of the 1920s was a period of change. In Canada many famous and important events occurred during that time, for example Canada joined the League of Nations; The Indian Act was amended to give Canadian aboriginal peoples the right to vote; The Ottawa Senators won the Stanley Cup, …

America was expanding in the early 1800s, politically, economically, and socially. Many movements occurred during this time, particularly from 1825 to 1850, aimed to better laws, institutions, and society and to spread democracy overall. Although the religious, penal, education, and feminist reform movements in the United States sought to expand …

The purpose of this paper is to reflect upon and react to the exercise “Blue-eyed/Brown-eyed” conducted by Jane Elliot in relation to the ideas of diversity, race, and privilege. The objective of this exercise was to give white people an idea of what life is like to be something other …

Studying racism and race relations since the time of the Gilded Age, one can see that there have been many changes in the United States dealing with this subject. The “Land of the Free” has oppressed groups of people based on their skin color and country of origin, throughout history …

Race – The Power of Illusion is a three part documentary about the origin of the term “race” and some individual views on how race is determined. The first episode; The Difference Between Us, explores the biological concepts of race and whether or not one’s race or ancestry can be …

Annie Besant describes the conditions of the London Match Workers as a kind of white Slavery, but does their condition really match those of the slaves brought to the Americas? The conditions of both reflect social debates of their times, where human beings were treated as property. I see both …

It is very common these days to see an article in the paper or documentary on television about India on a weekly basis. Many people seem amazed at how a third world country like India can almost become an economic power or even have an economy to begin with. Many …

India is a country that offers a diverse range of cultures, races, and ethnicities for anyone that may choose to visit. Many people may think of someone’s race as the same as their ethnicity, but they are very different. Race is a socially constructed category composed of people who share …

Recently, I saw a documentary which featured the problems of overpopulation in The Third World countries. After watching the programme, I realise that it is everybody’s essential responsibility to confront and address the problems of an expanding world population. This is necessary because we live on the same planet and …

First of all, I want everyone to imagine a young kid, maybe 10 or 11. He is sitting at home watching his favourite footy team play on the TV. Before the game he sees the commentators throw over to TAB Sportsbet’s “Gary Davies” who tells him that Chris Judd is …