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Showing 1 to 20 of 680 for “"Blacks"”.
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Rates of Mental Illnesses, Nativity and Generational Status in the U.S.: Heterogeneity among Caribbean Born Blacks, Blacks of Caribbean Descent and U.S. Born Blacks
… most, this study investigated U.S. born Blacks with and without Caribbean descent and Caribbean born Blacks residing in the U.S. to determine if nativity status and generational status impacts rates of mental illness. Using the National Survey of American Life (NSAL) dataset which is one …
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Occupational mobility among blacks in South Africa
… and determinants of occupational mobility among Blacks in South Africa and the economic context in response to which such mobility is occurring. Analysis is concentrated on the period 1960 to 1981 with particular emphasis on the 1970's. It is indicated that during this period notable changes …
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Contemporary portrayals of blacks and mixed-blacks in lead roles: Confronting historical stereotypes of African Americans on the big screen
<p>This study examines portrayals of lead characters played by black and mixed-black men and women in four contemporary top-grossing box office films released from 2010-2015. The qualitative textual analysis assesses whether leads played by black or mixed-black people conform to or stray from …
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An Analysis of Whites' and Blacks' Attitudes Towards Interracial Marriage
… and political affiliation. Findings show that blacks are significantly more likely to express approval than whites, and men are more likely to express approval than women, controlling for demographics. Also, in terms of race/gender interactions, black men, white men, and black women are all …
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Residential segregation of blacks in Virginia cities: assessing socioeconomic factors
Using data from the 1990 Census of Population and Housing, the relationship between socioeconomic status and residential distribution was examined for the black population in four Virginia cities, Lynchburg, Roanoke, Norfolk, and Richmond. Three indexes were employed to measure degrees of …
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Perceptions of Complexions: Consciousness and Self-Identification Among Dark-Skinned Blacks
… Americans (NSBA) indicate that lighter-skinned blacks – net of such factors as region of residence, age, and sex – consistently have higher levels of nearly every socioeconomic indicator including educational attainment, personal and family income, and perceived physical attractiveness when …
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Cultivation of fear of Blacks in Las Vegas television news media
… that Latinos were overrepresented and that Blacks were underrepresented in Las Vegas television news. There was no support for hypothesis two; Whites were overrepresented as criminal offenders. A discussion of findings, implications, and suggestions for future research follow.
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Religious Coping and Depression Among Blacks and Whites After Sexual Abuse
… symptoms compared to nonCSA participants. Blacks reported higher benevolent God reappraisal, spiritual connection and punishing God reappraisal. Among Whites, collaborative religious coping decreased risk for depression, while anger at God increased risk for depression after CSA. Among …
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Speaking of rivers: demystifying foreign-born Blacks through a secondary ESL context
… from Africa and West Indies, foreign-born Blacks, represent English language learners (ELLs) who have distinct cultural and linguistic mores that often go unnoticed. Foreign-born Blacks possess uncommon mother tongues and cultural behaviors that present struggles with salient entrenched …
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Sowing the Seed: Oberlin Female Missionary Teachers of Southern Blacks, 1863-1875
<p>The American Missionary Association (AMA) proved to be the largest and most enduring of the benevolent societies which sponsored teachers in the South. Local affiliates of the society were organized throughout the East and Midwest to raise funds, gather donations, and enlist teachers. Many of …
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Racial Differences in Cardiorespiratory Fitness between Blacks and Whites: A Meta-Analysis
… mortality. Some researchers have speculated that Blacks have lower levels of CRF when compared to Whites, which may contribute to the health disparities in CVD. However, this racial difference in CRF has not been previously evaluated quantitatively across published clinical trials. The purpose of …
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Variation in Non-Metric Traits of the Pelvis Between Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics
… can be used to assess sex in three populations: Blacks, Whites, and Hispanics. In addition, variation between males and females in each reference group was analyzed to determine if age was associated with the scoring of the traits. Ordinal level scores were taken on five traits of the os coxa, …
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Determinants of the earnings gap between blacks and whites: A human capital approach
The persistence of wage differences between blacks and whites has provided economists a perplexing topic for debate. It has been proposed that this gap can be attributed in great part to a disparity in educational attainment between the two groups. This study looks specifically at whether a college …
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An Analysis of the Differences in Preemptive Kidney Transplantation Between Blacks and Whites
… for preemptive kidney transplants (PKT) between blacks and whites.</p> <p> <strong>Methods. </strong>This analysis uses descriptive statistics and univariate and multivariate analyses to identify factors associated with the determination of whether a patient receives a PKT or a conventional, post …
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Race and Contact at Play: Understanding Blacks’ Experiences and Perceptions with Law Enforcement
Over decades, the relationship between law enforcement and Black individuals in Canada has remained strained, raising concerns about police legitimacy, fairness and trustworthiness. A long-standing history of systemic racial discrimination, marked by police brutality and racial profiling, has …
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