Colorism-skin tone discrimination in America is basically discrimination based on someones skin color. It's a form of prejudice in which people are treated differently based on the social meanings and connotations attached to their skin color. However, It's not really a synonyms for racism, even though it seems like it.
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1. they provide the influence to decision makers and public policy through advocacy on behalf of members
The Supreme Court said Mr. Reynolds could not break the law while practicing his religion.
Reynolds v. the United States was heard by the Supreme Court in 1878 in regard the Morrill Anti-Bigamy Act placed on the Utah Territory.
Reynolds argued that preventing him to marry more than one woman was a violation of his First Amendment rights to protection of religion. The Supreme Court concluded that he had the right to his belief but he could not go around the law to practice his faith. The law stated marriage was to be between two people only and therefore he could not be married to more than one woman.
East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia resisted Soviet control despite being a communist nation
Explanation:
- Khrushchev's policy of "coexistence" with the West did not mean that he was willing to recognize the peace settlement in Germany.
- he was determined to change it in favor of the Soviet Union and its East German satellite
- The Western powers refused the plan because the abolition of the U.S. "nuclear umbrella" would not leave NATO forces.
- both the Soviet and East German governments still continued to achieve the goal of a united, Germany under communist control.
- there was also a significant increase in academic and cultural contacts with the West.
