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Showing 1 to 20 of 87 for “"race-based"”.
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The Federal Constitution and Race-Based Admissions Policies in Public Charter Schools
… addressed in this dissertation are whether race-based admissions policies in charter schools are constitutionally permissible, and if not, how could an admissions policy be designed so that it would promote school diversity without violating the law? These questions are important because …
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An evaluation of race based income discrimination in post apartheid South Africa
… of section 6(4) of the EEA, which is aimed at race and gender pay income inequality, and the effects of section 27 of the EEA, which attempts to address disproportionate income differentials, by analysing data, and other observations and inputs from various sources. Based on the research and …
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A Model of Responses to Race-Based and Gender-Based Stereotype Threat in Computer Science
… relationships among the following variables: race-based stereotype threat, gender-based stereotype threat, goal orientation, CS self-efficacy, active coping, behavioral disengagement, effort, and performance. Structural equation modeling was used to test the measurement model and a series of …
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The relationship of racial discrimination, general trauma, and race-based traumatic stress with multidimensional Schizotypy
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-12-01
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Creating inclusive institutions : race-based affirmative action policies in higher education in the United States and Brazil
"Creating Inclusive Institutions: Race-based Affirmative Action Policies in Higher Education in the United States and Brazil" is a comparative analysis examining the impact of race-based policies on university enrollment rates of African-descendants in the United States and Brazil. The report …
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Perception of Subtle Racism: The Role of Group Status, Legitimized Ideology, Race-Based Rejection Sensitivity, Implicit Theories of Race, and Accountability
… of relative group status, legitimized ideology, race-based rejection sensitivity and implicit theories of race were examined that account for the perceptual differences on subtle racism. The process of accountability---self-critical and effortful thinking---was also examined on its role on …
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An Investigation of the Perceptions of Clergy and Laity on Race-Based Organizational Segregation in the Southern Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
… two conferences in the Southern Union concerning race-based organizational segregation in the church.</p> <p>Method</p> <p>This study used a mixed method and was descriptive in design. Four focus groups were conducted to explore the dimensions of the research problem. This step was followed by the …
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The effect of racial representation on rejection sensitivity
… People of Color have experienced higher rates of race-based discrimination in their lifetimes compared to their White peers. Similarly, the study showed higher levels of race-based rejection sensitivity for People of Color. Results of the experimental portion of the study revealed that racial …
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Race and Online Hate: Exploring the Relationship between Race and the Likelihood of Exposure to Hate Material Online
This research examines the relationship between race and exposure to online hate material. The utilization of websites, weblogs, newsgroups, online games, radio broadcasts, online newsletters and a myriad of other online platforms has proliferated race-based hate groups in the US (Shafer 2002). …
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Healing Racial Trauma and Reframing the Miseducation of U.S. America: Altering Exclusionary Textbooks as a Therapeutic Experiential
<p>This exploratory mixed-methods, arts-based research investigated the therapeutic impact of fusing art therapy, group therapy, altered book making and alternative therapeutic modalities on self-efficacy, self- awareness, community efficacy and awareness, and reduction of racial trauma …
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The University as a social system: Niklas Luhmann on the problem of self-descriptions
… the University of Cape Town (UCT) regarding its race-based affirmative action in admissions is responsible for the heated debate that it continues to elicit. It begins with a close examination of Luhmann's "Social Systems" which is used to conceptualize the university itself as a social system.
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Physical Abilities Testing: A Review of Court Cases, 1992-2006
… 1 involved a Hispanic plaintiff. There were five race-based claims and nine gender-based claims (three of the gender-based were reverse discrimination cases). There was not a statistical difference between the number of race-based and gender-based claims. Only six cases had information regarding …
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Beyond cultural competency: Using literature to foster socially conscious medicine
… in cultural issues, there will be a reduction in race-based disparities in both the access to and the quality of health care. Yet there has been little evidence to support this claim. Further, a conceptual analysis of cultural competency suggests that this type of training may serve only to …
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An Examination of Racial Differences in Anxiety Disorder Symptom Structure and Trajectories among Pre-Adolescent Female Youth
… of anxiety development and maintenance or race-based differences in anxiety symptomatology. The current study sought to fill this gap by examining racial differences in anxiety disorder symptom structure and trajectories among pre-adolescent female youth. Symptom structure was examined …
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African American Children's Inferences Based on Race, Sex and Age
… not make inferences about people on the basis of race until around 8 years of age. The present study was a replication of a study performed by Madole et al. The distinction between the two studies was in the sample used, hi the previous study the majority of children used were Caucasian. The …
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Children's Use of Race in Drawing Inferences Based on Their Understanding of Race Constancy
Children’s understanding of race constancy and their subsequent use of race as a means of drawing inductive inferences were investigated. Race constancy was determined by children’s tendency to say that people could change category membership by changing their outside appearance. A second phase of …
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Ambedkar through the study of race, caste, and difference, 1870-1966
… essentially argues that Ambedkar rejected race-based theories of caste due to his study at Columbia under the Boasian anthropologist Alexander Goldenweiser, who favoured cultural anthropology over racial anthropology. My research reveals that this story is overly simplified—particularly, I …
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