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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Racial division"”.
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Place, Race, and Religion in the Local Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community and Movement of Memphis, Tennessee
… the role of race and Memphis' history of racial division and how those factors influence the African American LGBT community and LGBT community as a whole. The final chapter demonstrates the intersections of activism and conservatism with regard to church involvement in the local movement. …
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Passing: Intersections of Race, Gender, Sexuality and Class
… in the 20th century engaged many social and racial issues that mainstream white America marginalized during the pre-civil rights era through the use of rhetoric, setting, plot, narrative, and characterization. The use of passing fostered an outlet for many light-skinned men and women for …
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Becoming la raza: Chican@ counterpublicity and rhetorics of the Viet Nam War
… of Chican@ movement discourse(s) positing racial otherness through the language of “la raza” in the United States during the Viet Nam War. Racial discourse(s) advancing notions of La Raza were circulated, amplified, stretched, and even resisted among Chican@ movement activists at the end of …
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Guyanese comfa: arts of imagination
… to transform the recurrent image of despair, racial division and political violence that impact Guyana's cultural psyche. Secondly, I explore four texts by Caribbean writers to highlight the social, cultural and historical significance of spirit possession/spiritual practices and the way …
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An exploration of the coping strategies of black minority high school learners at a German speaking school environment and the support structures available to them
… from an education system of social exclusion and racial division towards one which celebrates inclusion and cultural diversity. It also brought with it many challenges. White school communities had to accommodate black learners for the first time and these learners had to learn to adapt and cope …
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Making sense of political activism : life narratives of political activists from the South African liberation movement
… and justice would triumph over cruelty and racial division was setback a generation. It took nearly three decades of defiance and unrest before Nelson Mandela was released from prison and South Africans sat down to negotiate the Interim Constitution that would guide the country towards its …
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The culture of the South African sugarmill : the impress of the sugarocracy
… devoted to sugar technology and the technical division of labour, the racial division of labour, and work-place control, respectively. The final part is given to an examination of life in the sugar village, and to the question of how, by means of accommodation and resistance, workers coped with …
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Racial diversity in public garden internships
… more likely than administrators to describe a racial division of labor at gardens. Interns reported their families did not understand their interest in horticultural careers, but were supportive of internships and assisted interns financially. Most administrators felt interns received a fair …
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Impact of Ethnic Conflict on Development: A Case Study of Guyana
… analysis, examines the emergence and role of racial conflict and its stifling impact on national development in Guyana, which represents an extreme case of a society plagued by racial division. Organizations including labor unions and political parties, as well as occupations and aspects of …
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A history of garment and tailoring workers in Cape Town, 1900-1939.
… of the Cape Peninsula maintained a strict non-racialism at all times, the Transvaal union excluded African workers and organized coloured workers into a separate branch. While very few Cape garment workers were ever involved in strikes and the Cape Union never once called a strike, the …
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A Church-Based Health Promotion Program for Older Adults: Impacts on Participants' Religiosity, Spirituality, and Social Support
… that experienced historical events marked with racial division. Responses by group composition for age, race, and education (group homogeneity compared to group heterogeneity) were also examined. Qualitative analysis indicated it may be beneficial for CBHP programs to consider group composition …
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White writings : colonialism and modernism in South African literature since 1970
… African social formation during the 1970s. The racial logic upon which the South African economy and social order is subtended comes under attack from two related sources. The first is the growing economic and political instability of the racial-capitalist system, while the second is renewed …
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A critical systematic-ethical appraisal of the ethical design by Miroslav Volf within the South African context
This thesis offers a critical systematic-ethical appraisal of Miroslav Volf’s theological ethics within the South African context. Against the backdrop of persistent social fracture marked by gender-based violence, environmental degradation, economic injustice, and ecclesial disengagement, the …