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Read  full  paper  at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52941#.VK3YEMnQrzE Author(s)   Jerome Rabow * , Manpreet Dhillon Affiliation(s) University of California, Los Angeles, USA . ABSTRACT This paper addresses the ways in which our everyday usage of the common phrase “people of color” perpetuates a basic inequality in language use. A suggestion to eliminate inequality in teaching is proposed.   KEYWORDS Race , Racisim , Teaching , Inequality Cite this paper Rabow, J. and Dhillon, M. (2015) Balancing Scales of Language Injustice. Sociology Mind , 5 , 23-26. doi: 10.4236/sm.2015.51003 .   References [ 1 ] Chen, K. (2013). Could Your Language Affect Your Ability to Save Money? YouTube. Web. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw3YTbubyjI   [ 2 ] Feagin, J. R. (2013). The White Racial Frame: Centuries of Racial Framing and Counter-Framing (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge.   [ 3 ] F...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=48464#.VD4W3FfHRK0 Author(s) Tofiq Kazimov , Shafagat Mahmudova Affiliation(s) Institute of Information Technology of ANAS, Baku, Azerbaijan . Institute of Information Technology of ANAS, Baku, Azerbaijan . ABSTRACT This article is devoted to developing a recognition method of race and ethnicity of individual based on portrait photographs. The reference image is formed based on selected geometric points of the face and a special algorithm for calculating the characteristic parameters of the images available in the database. Next, the original image is compared with the reference images of ethnic groups, and thus, the affiliation of the original image to a specific e...