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Immigration
"Indeed, immigration is a major part of our identity as a nation. We are, as the maxim goes, a nation of immigrants."
Multicultural Education
"...Others say the curriculum is being broadened at the expense of the great works of Western thought that reinforce our society's basic values."
Date Rape
"...One might ask, 'What is there to debate about date rape? Isn't rape always rape?'"
Media Violence
"The debate about the connection between media violence and violent behavior heats up whenever a particularly horrible crime is linked to a movie."
Affirmative Action
"...to redress discrimination by granting members of minority groups (as well as women) preferential treatment in education, employment, and business, continues to provoke controversy..."
essays online!
Includes the essays "How the Pot Got to Call the Kettle Black" by Stanley Fish and "A Negative Vote on Affirmative Action" by Shelby Steele.
Speech Codes
"What is more important in an academic community, an atmosphere in which anyone feels free to express any opinion or one in which no one feels persecuted or insulted?"
essays online!
Includes the essays "Civility and Its Discontents" by Leslie Epstein and "The PC Speech Police" by Barbara Dority. |
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