by Amira Alkhiyami | Sep 19, 2014 | Current Events, Stratification and Inequality | | About the author
I can remember at about the age of eleven being at one of the many Arabic parties I would attend growing up. The women were all laughing and dancing, their head scarves off, no men in the room. They wore beautiful dresses and their hair and makeup were fully done. ...
by Ilyas Mohammed | Dec 3, 2013 | Stratification and Inequality | | About the author
Yesterday, 7th of July 2013 was the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attack in London. The attacks led the British government to launch initiatives to identify why and how one becomes radicalized[1] and develop measures to counter the terrorism threat. The...
by Dr. Owen Brown | Sep 27, 2013 | Stratification and Inequality | | About the author
Introduction: From time immoral, history has provided us with myriad examples of the mistreatment of one group of people by another. The Old Testament reminds us that the people of Moses were abused and enslaved by the ancient Egyptians. The period that inaugurated...
by Timothy McGettigan | Aug 21, 2013 | Current Events, Stratification and Inequality | | About the author
Has anyone noticed something strange lately? The Constitution clearly indicates that US democracy should operate on the principle of majority rule. This means that, when it comes to running the government, any idea that’s supported by 50% + 1 of the voters is...
by Timothy McGettigan | Apr 30, 2013 | Stratification and Inequality | | About the author
Racism is a socially-constructed disease of the mind. Racism is an infectious disease that is caused by a specific form of ignorance: a groundless, pre-scientific belief that race is based in fundamental biological differences among humans. Nothing could be further...
by Timothy McGettigan | Mar 7, 2013 | Stratification and Inequality | | About the author
As Darwin pointed out in the The Origin of Species (1859), species often exhibit enormous variation. Darwin was a pigeon breeder and described at length the astounding variation that, with the help of artificial selection, pigeon breeders had succeeded in cultivating...