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Sociology Assignment | Las Vegas Massacre

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Sociology Assignment | Las Vegas Massacre

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Running head: SOCIOLOGYSociologyName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
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1SOCIOLOGYTopic of discussionThe topic of discussion in this paper is the current problems that are going on inCameroon and the recent massacre that took place in Las Vegas. These two scenarios have beenvery much effective in the recent social conditions and the shaping up of the two countries aswell as their continents. At the first point, the recent social issues that are taking over inCameroon will have to be discussed (Bang, Henry and Roger 2012). The second point ofdiscussion will be focusing on the massacre or the killing of several people in Las Vegas by theterrorists (Oliver 2017). Two journal articles will have to be chosen in this regard and will haveto be analyzed.Analysis of the articleArticle 1 summaryThe first article that will be discussed in response to the first topic is the recent socialissues in Cameroon. Cameroon has been regarded as one of the culturally rich countries in theAfrican continent. They have a very racism free atmosphere or culture within the country whereseveral people belonging to the different cultures (Gabriel 2012). Many kinds of ethnic groupslive in the country today. Many people belonging to different religions also live there with peace.However, there are some problems that have been very evident in the society of Cameroon. Oneproblem is the unemployment and the other one is too much death because of HIV/AIDS (Millset al. 2012). These things are the barriers why they have not been in the same line with thedeveloped countries of the continent. It has been noted that more than half of the population in the country is suffering frompoverty as they are well below the poverty line. The education of Cameroon is far behind the
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2SOCIOLOGYaverage in Africa (Doh 2012). This has been one of their major problems because the peoplethere do not have the proper education and they suffer from losses in most of the areas becauseof it. The government is unable to provide the quality education to its fellow citizens. TheHIV/AIDS prevalence rate has been very alarming in the country. The records and statisticsrevealed that almost 30000 people die in Cameroon due to HIV/AIDS. Many other diseases arealso very famous in this country like malaria, yellow fever, sleeping sickness, typhoid fever havebeen the causes of worry to the people in this country. Some other social and environmentalissues have been noticed in this context as well like the deforestation and cutting down of trees ina random way (Sonwa et al. 2012). Poor sanitation has been a major problem in this country alsothat ultimately turns very harmful in causing health hazards among the people. Article 2 summaryThe second topic of discussion is the strip shooting in Las Vegas that took place a fewdays back. An unknown gunman started to shoot in the streets and Mandalay Bay Resort andCasino and numerous people had lost their precious lives in the midst of the shooting. After theincident the infamous group of terrorists Islamic State had admitted the responsibilities of thisattack (Barrett 2014). The Police authorities had confirmed that Stephen paddock had assembledaround two dozen guns secretly in his room so that he could plot the attacks properly. The mainculprit Stephen paddock had been finding the motivation for the attacks from sometimes back.He had gathered the ammunition in his bed room and finally began the shootout. The policeauthorities have been searching for the evidences carefully and they had investigated the newsabout the guard Jesus Campos had gone to stop him but he too was wounded in this matter. The Sheriff of Las Vegas, Joseph Lombardo had been interviewed in this aspect and hesaid that it was not easy for the authority to trace anything. The police authorities have been
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