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Showing 1 to 20 of 69 for “"Black identity"”.
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Dashiki Project Theatre: black identity and beyond
… Southern Theater was the only theatre of the black experience in New Orleans. Through Dashiki Project Theatre, the black community found another opportunity to relate to black experience through the medium of theatrical performance. In the mid-sixties Theodore Gilliam, a Dillard University …
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Yall Aint Heard Us? Black Identity and Belonging in Appalachian Virginia
… a raceless region, yet it has long been home to black communities whose histories, experiences, and existences remain overlooked. This research explores black identity, belonging, and lived experience in Appalachian Virginia, a space frequently excluded from racial examination. Utilizing …
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"Popular Culture in South Africa: The Limits of Black Identity in ""Drum"" Magazine"
… consider how commoditized cultural images from a black diaspora extend the imaginative capacity of black South Africans to construct new identities. I argue that a black identity connects to a black diasporic identity and to an abstract modern identity. It finds its cultural recognition in a …
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Julia Turner: A Microhistory of Black Identity Formation and Community Building in Windsor-Essex, 1845–1907
… United States to escape enslavement. The growing Black population in the region resulted in the establishment of various Black settlements throughout Windsor-Essex. This research discusses the emergence of a Black community identity through a microhistorical approach. Julia Turner, a single, Black …
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RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INTERNALIZED STEREOTYPES, BLACK IDENTITY, RACE SALIENCE, AND SELF-ESTEEM AMONG AFRICAN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS
… American college students at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and historically White colleges and universities (HWCUs). Hypotheses were tested, 1) internalized stereotypes will be endorsed by more students at HWCUs than at HBCUs, 2) degree of Black Identity would be …
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Black American intergenerational perspectives on education, Black identity and Whiteness: A socio-cultural and historical analysis
… the socio-cultural contexts and experiences of Black Americans and their perspectives on the quality and value of education in their lives and to better understand how the socio-historical idea that Blacks are inferior has influenced the perception and disenfranchisement of Black youth in the …
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Race, the Internet, and the Hurricane: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Black Identity Online During the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
… Web, is a network of social and cultural sites. Black Americans (""Blacks"") lag behind other ethnic groups in their adoption of the Internet. Previous research speculated that this was due to the Black communities' difficulty in obtaining equipment or training to use the Web's resources. An …
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IN PURSUIT OF A BLACK IDENTITY IN CONTEMPORARY SOUTH AFRICA: CULTURE, CLASS, AND GENDER IN WEDDING REALITY TV SHOWS, TV AUDIENCE COMMENTS, AND WEDDING SPEECHES
… social hierarchies which work to structure Black life in contemporary South Africa. Using a multi-modal critical discourse analysis, and four theories: hegemony, neoliberalism, post-feminism and African womanism, this study analyzes the representation of weddings in Our Perfect Wedding and …
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Becoming Transcultural: Filling The Cultural And Communication Gap Within The Black American Community
… is to define transculturalism by exploring the Black experience through collectivism/individualism, Black identity and the ability to be transcultural. The study included 83 male and female Black American, college students, graduate students and college graduates. The participants answered a …
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Identity formation among a select group of black graduate students at Virginia Tech
This study concerned the nature and process of Black identity development as described by William Cross in a linear, stagewise model of Black identity development. Dr. Cross is a psychologist and Associate Professor in the Africana Studies and Research Center of Cornell University. He developed his …
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Culture and Community: The Importance of Black Spaces in Community Colleges
… community colleges serve a large proportion of Black students, but these students are not adequately supported to reach their educational goals (The Campaign for College Opportunity, 2019; National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, 2022; Cross & Carman, 2022 Simpson, J., & Bista, K., 2021). …
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To Hope For A Better Future: Haiti As A Symbol Of Black Excellence In Early Nineteenth-Century America
Haiti, Africa, and Black Identity: Prince Saunders and the Haitian Emigration Movement in Early Nineteenth Century America.Haiti served as an important symbol to Black Americans following its revolution. The country represented Black achievement, and the potential for an alternative to the white …
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Uplifting The Black Race - only males need apply : Black male militancy in Malcom X, Panther, Boyz n' the hood, and Get on the bus
… part of these narratives to construct a specific black identity in relation to black activism. These films position black males in a space which allows them to directly affect issues regarding black identity, political activism, the black community, and the nation. Furthermore, Malcolm X, Panther, …
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"""Hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick"": Humor and the subversive in three novels by Zora Neale Hurston"
… emphasize her ebullience and celebration of Black culture, others call her fiction stereotypical and essentialist. Observing the workings of the recurrent humor in her works helps explode this critical binary opposition. Specifically, the carnivalesque and the heteroglossia often subvert …
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Discrimination, Psychological Well-Being, and Racial Importance in U.S. Native-Born and Caribbean Black Americans
… psychological well-being among two non-Hispanic Black American ethnic groups, Black Americans whose sole known country of origin is the United States and Black Americans with Caribbean heritage. Lifetime and everyday discrimination, life dissatisfaction, low self-esteem, hopelessness, and …
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Historicising the Popular: Trans-Atlantic Exchanges between African American and Local South African Musicians during the Cultural Boycott, c. 1960-1993
… for cultural exchange and the promotion of Black identity. By analysing the tours, this study, firstly, seeks to situate African American tours into the broader historiography of South African popular music. Secondly, this study explores how apartheid legislation effected and was affected by …
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Questioning 'colourdness,: Tracing the identity development of people who chose to reject 'coloured identity'
This research project explores the identity development of thirteen people, all of whom reside in Cape Town, and all of whom rejected 'coloured' identity. It investigates ways in which the participants used different ideologies to repudiate their 'legal identity' - 'coloured identity'. The thesis …
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Racialized Reality: Crime News and Racial Stereotype Framing
… attitudes towards criminal justice reform and Black identity. Utilizing Framing Theory, this study focuses on whether negative stereotypes in crime news triggers racial prejudice and bias towards African Americans. Participants of this study will consist of current students at the University of …
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Demystifying the Lens of Color: Examining the Relationship Between Academic Achievement and Racial Identity
… study were: 1. To what extent does the racial identity of African American, undergraduate students shape their expectations and beliefs about succeeding at the higher education level? and 2. What is the relationship between students racial identity, selected aspects of their university …
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DOIN’ IT FOR THE CULTURE: DEFINING BLACKNESS, CULTURE, AND IDENTITY ON BLACK TWITTER
… and tensions among race, social media usage, identity, and culture. More specifically, its purpose is to examine how Black Twitter users interact on Twitter through the portals of three trending hashtags from 2015: #BlackExperience, #ThanksgivingWithBlackFamilies, and #AskRachel. The hashtags …
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