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Showing 1 to 20 of 371 for “"Supremacy"”.
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Behind the Doors of White Supremacy
… of violence and terrorism? The American white supremacy movements of the Ku Klux Klan and Christian Identity are deeply rooted in Protestant Christianity and are also responsible for some of the gravest acts of violence on American soil. The intersection between religious belief and terrorist …
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Honor, Supremacy, and the Lynching of Henry Smith
This study illustrates the past realities of extralegal violence through the unique story of Henry Smith, an African-American brutally lynched in Paris, Texas during the 1890s. Through an examination of primary documents – newspaper articles, photographs, eyewitness testimonies, etc. – and …
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Identifying and addressing white supremacy in social work education
… approaches to identify and address white supremacy in social work education. Study 1 lays the theoretical foundation for this dissertation by proposing the incorporation of critical whiteness theory (CWT) in social work education. As a subject area, critical whiteness studies emerged in …
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The Confrontation of White Supremacy: A Consciousness Raising Group Experience
This study investigated the responses of six white female high school teachers in a small, rural community in southern Georgia to discussions about and challenges to their belief systems concerning racial issues and the racial climate of their school. These women were part of a multi-session …
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Civil supremacy of the military in Namibia : an evolutionary perspective
… is to analyse the phenomenon of civil supremacy, and in particular how it evolves and is sustained over time. A theoretical case study of Namibia will be undertaken to achieve this objective, with three traditions of civil supremacy, namely colonial, revolutionary/insurgent and …
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Ideological parallels between Gamergate and white supremacy: a thematic content analysis
… significant ideological parallels with White supremacy, although Gamergate had a larger emphasis on gender rather then race.
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Exploring racial battle fatigue and interrogating white supremacy in the academy
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01
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Surrendering supremacy in the Western Hemisphere Anglo-American relations, 1895-1905
The turn-of-the-century was a crossroads in the histories of Great Britain and the United States. Britain was experiencing relative decline. Though the greatest empire in history, Britain was overextended and weaker than the United States in the Western Hemisphere. Conversely, the United States was …
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Lower bounds on the classical simulation of quantum circuits for quantum supremacy
… milestone, which is often referred to as quantum supremacy, is to perform specific types of quantum circuits for which it is guaranteed, under plausible complexity theoretic conjectures, that any classical approximate weak simulation algorithm for these circuits must take more than polynomial …
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The Russian military in politics : civilian supremacy in comparative and historical perspective
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 1998.
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The Foundations of Civilian Supremacy: Civil-Military Relations During the American Civil War
<p>The American Civil War was the defining event that shaped civil-military relations in the United States. This master's thesis explores the multifaceted dynamics between civilian and military leadership during this crucial period in American history. It examines the relationship between civilian …
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“Poor forsaken colored girls:” Rebecca Latimer Felton, white supremacy, and prison reform, 1865-1900
… acts of racism, as well as systematic white supremacy, were foundational in the movement from the beginning. In a brief examination of the early prison and convict lease system in the Southern United States, I explore how the racial and gendered ideologies surrounding black womanhood, carried …
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"It's just a cross, don't shoot": white Supremacy and Christonormativity in a small midwestern town
This paper, guided by poststructuralist and feminist theories, examines public discourse that emerged in response to a controversy over whether a large cross should be removed from public property in a highly visible location in Grand Haven, Michigan. Situating the controversy within the context of …
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Critiquing the Soul of White Supremacy and the Spiritualities of Whiteness: Narrative and Everyday Praxis
<p>This dissertation argues that whiteness and the oppressive structures it creates are maintained, managed, and justified by the religio-cultural tools of white Christians in greater Fort Wayne, IN. This dissertation studies the relationship among the repertoires of white Christians, racism, and …
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On Near-Term Quantum Computation: Theoretical Aspects of Variational Quantum Algorithms and Quantum Computational Supremacy
… demonstrating evidence of quantum computational supremacy in the complexity-theoretic sense of violating the Extended Church-Turing Thesis: a superpolynomial quantum speedup for a well-defined computational problem, possibly of no practical use, over all classical algorithms. More precisely, we …
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Protecting the Self, Protecting White Supremacy: Exploring the Relationship Between Psychological Defense, Gender, and White Fragility
Historically, research connected to social justice has focused on the experiences, challenges, and strengths of individuals on the margins (Jamel, 2017). Only more recently has research begun to address individuals of relative privilege who exert power over marginalized groups and may perpetuate …
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Continuing inequity : the conveyance of white supremacy in the education policy speeches of President Barack Obama
… continue practices and policies of white supremacy within educational policy and practice by constructing education in a neoliberal frame. With his promotion of school choice, quantifiable teacher quality, academic excellence, and the promotion of education as an economic imperative, …
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