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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Racial Issues"”.
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Opinions of negro administrators in the public schools of Indiana concerning racial issues related to education
The purpose of this study was to obtain in-depth opinions of the Negro administrators in the public schools of Indiana concerning school integration, school decentralization, curriculum as it relates to the civil rights movement, and Black Power. The data obtained provided a basis for the …
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Societal Norms: A Writing Portfolio
Legal and racial issues.
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Relocation & Realignment: How the Great Migration Changed the Face of the Democratic Party
… shift of the U.S. political parties on racial issues. In Relocation and Realignment: How the Great Migration changed the face of the Democratic Party, I argue that increasing competition between the parties for the presidency and the mass movement of Black people out of the South …
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Lecrae and the Differing Perceptions Among American Protestants of the Causes of Disparate Racial Experiences
… theological belief and practice, their views on racial issues tend to be deeply divergent. These divergent views have often been a source of racial alienation when applied to contemporary discourse about the state of race relations and racial dynamics in the United States. This thesis seeks to …
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Vietnam Voices: a Comparative Analysis of Vietnam Veteran Narratives
… the narratives on the basis of gender and racial issues. It was found that each narrative group discussed problems assimilating back into American society resulting from participation in Vietnam. The narratives of black solders exhibited a predominant theme of racial discrimination in the …
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Propensity to engage in interracial dialogue on race: A descriptive study of participants and contributing factors
… to the self-selection of participants in interracial dialogue on race and the implications of the findings. This study was conducted within the socio-cultural context of race relations in the United States where the problem of racism has defined the national character, has arguably been the …
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Transracial adoptions: An alternative solution
This research into transracial adoptions indicated that White homes for Black children are a viable adoption resource. In this society Black children who are free for adoption require extra attention from agencies for adoption. The focus of the study was on White homes for Black children, and the …
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Digging Below the Demographic Level: Examining the Effects of Internalized Racial and Social Attitudes on White Physicians-In-Training Self-Reported Cross Cultural Competency
<p>The racial and social attitudes of White physicians-in-training were explored in relation to aspects of self-perceived cross cultural competence. Specifically, internal motivation to respond without prejudice, ethnocultural empathy, color-blind racial attitudes, and general just world beliefs …
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Racism in Sports in Southeast Georgia High Schools.
… Schools? How and why are student-athletes racially discriminated against in Southeast Georgia high schools? This inquiry is qualitative based and interviews with student athletes of the six high schools were performed in order to gain information about whether racial issues existed in high …
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The Migration of South Asians from India to Guyana: The Journey, Struggles in a New Land, Reasons for Changes Over Time and Their Cultivation of a New Culture.
… It also touches on the political and racial issues they had to withstand in order to develop as a part of the nation. It further investigates how the fusion of cultures, food, dress, and entertainment allowed them to cultivate a new and unique culture.</p>
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Whites' racial affect: understanding the antiracist type
To learn more about the antiracist racial affect type, as measured by the Psychosocial Costs of Racism to Whites scale (PCRW; Spanierman & Heppner, 2004), the researchers conducted two focus groups. One group was comprised of White students (n = 5) whose scores reflected the antiracist racial …
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An Examination Of A Social And Emotional Learning Program And Implications For Diversity Development
… emotional skills students need when encountering racial and gender-diverse issues in their everyday lives. Both quantitative and qualitative methods (such as surveys; interviews with teachers, social workers, and administrators; and classroom observations) were used when collecting data throughout …
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The Confrontation of White Supremacy: A Consciousness Raising Group Experience
… challenges to their belief systems concerning racial issues and the racial climate of their school. These women were part of a multi-session consciousness raising focus group experience. The theoretical framework for this study was black feminist theory. Black feminist theorists' emphasis of …
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Magic Mulatto: Barack Obama's Biracial Body and Race Performance
… the ways President Barack Obama navigates his biracial identity through race performances in his discourse. Born to a Kenyan father and European mother, Obama was in a unique position to speak on racial issues, especially since occurrences of racial violence began to debunk the myth of a …
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The different faces of athletes in Iceland : experiences and views of prejudice and discrimination among athletes with various ethnic backgrounds
… study examines the prevalence and underlying issues of discrimination and bias that infiltrate the Icelandic sports world. A quantitative survey of 27 athletes across various sports disciplines, the research examines perceptions and personal experiences of racism and prejudice, alongside their …
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Teaching police cultural diversity: using action research to improve the Midwest Police Academy's preparation of recruits to police in a diverse society
… (a pseudonym) prepared recruits to work in racially and ethnically diverse communities. This study took Schlosser’s recommendations and developed an Action Research project to attempt to improve the cultural diversity training at the Midwest Police Academy (MPA). One of the recommendations …
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School Integration: A Case Study of the 1971-1972 School Year at Indian River High School
… white southern high school. The school's racial configuration changed from approximately 10% black to approximately 35% black in the course of a single year. The study includes a background of desegregation in Virginia, a discussion of the closing of the black high school in the local …
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Perceptions of African-American students in accredited marriage and family therapy programs: suggestions for improving recruitment and retention
… improving program sensitivity to cultural and racial issues which may impede the full integration of the African-American student into the academic program and the profession are also offered.
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A Phenomenological Study of Racialized Experiences of Asian Adopt Adoptees
<p>This study examined the nature and meaning of racial and ethnic identity as described by adult Asian adoptees who were transracially and internationally adopted. Particular focus of the study examined the racialization experiences and the relationships between racial and ethnic identity and …
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