Explain the Nature Versus Nurture Debate and Give an Example

question 77

Essay

Explain the nature versus nurture debate and give an example of each.

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Definitions:

Race-based Gerrymandering

The deliberate manipulation of electoral district boundaries to disadvantage voters based on their race, often to dilute their voting power.

Shaw V. Reno

A landmark United States Supreme Court case that addressed the issue of racial gerrymandering and set important precedents for redistricting based on race.

Freedom Rides

Activist campaigns in which individuals rode interstate buses into segregated southern United States in 1961 to challenge the non-enforcement of Supreme Court rulings declaring segregated buses unconstitutional.

Sit-ins

A form of protest where individuals occupy a space, refusing to move until their demands are met, famously used during the civil rights movement to desegregate facilities.