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Showing 1 to 20 of 46 for “"racial stereotypes"”.
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The Effects Of Racial Stereotypes On False Recall
<p>Prejudiced behavior based on racial stereotypes has been found to negatively impact young, black offenders in the juvenile probation system. One issue that may contribute to this is the creation of false memories. In fact, false memories have been linked to many wrongful convictions in the U.S. …
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Cognitive Accessibility of Racial Stereotypes, Beliefs, and Self-esteem in Black and White College Students
… study was to assess whether internalization of racial stereotypes existed in black and white college students. It was hypothesized that cognitive accessibility of racial stereotypes would occur and would be displayed by differential reaction times to stereotypes following the racial categories …
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"America Beckons, Americans Repel": Nativism, Racial Stereotypes, and the Naturalistic Impulse in Frank Norris's McTeague
… at once compromised and sustained by his use of racial stereotypes. I begin by defining the term "nativism," and go on to clarify Norris's relationship to the nativist movement in America. I also suggest that Norris relies on racial stereotyping not only as a strategy for ordering the complex …
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Do modern video games impact the cultural perceptions and acceptance of racial stereotypes? : a qualitative assessment of video game usage.
… serve as a tool to transmit values, norms, and stereotypes from generation to generation. The technology trend that is indicative of the "information age" has created numerous methods to communicate popular culture through television, movies, the Internet, and video games. Since millions of …
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Playing with stereotypes and building a queer community : race, sexuality and the stand-up comedy of Margaret Cho
… queer fans through her performance of sexual and racial stereotypes, including the fag hag, the Asian American immigrant, and the black drag queen. A close look at Cho’s work in this respect reveals the efficacy, limitations, and risks of the performance of stereotypes, as well as stand-up comedy …
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The Progression of African American Representation in Film and Television
… of African Americans that ultimately perpetuated racial stereotypes and bias in society. Fortunately, the filmmakers and showrunners of today have included nuanced representations of African Americans who face everyday problems that do not only stem from racism and discrimination. This thesis …
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A mirror for the republic : mimesis, racial justice, and American literary realism.
… early twentieth century worked to undermine the racial stereotypes that justified the continued marginalization of African Americans. Using Plato and Aristotle's theory of mimesis, I argue that both black and white writers manipulated audience expectations and prejudices in order to challenge …
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Disproportionate Representation: One School's Solution
… An instrumental case study was conducted at a racially diverse Midwestern elementary school. Findings suggest that disproportionate representation is greatly impacted by teachers' beliefs, perceptions, and expectations of race. An unconscious bias of teachers regarding racial stereotypes for …
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The effect of racial confirmation biases on whistleblowing intent
… research has demonstrated the negative impact of stereotypes on Black individuals in the workplace, including differential employment rates between races, the influence of race on hiring decisions, and the effect of racial discrimination on job satisfaction and turnover. However, the impact of …
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Home grown : the black experience in the city of Monroe, Michigan, 1900-1915
… discussing the impact of the two major national racial stereotypes, the child-Negro and the beast Negro, on Monroe. Information related in local press items demonstrated how each of these social identities achieved reality in the normative structure of race relations in Monroe. The newspapers …
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Hip-Hop and Cultural Interactions: South Korean and Western Interpretations
… Korean hip-hop into what we see today, but racial stereotypes and the struggle to define authenticity prevent not only Korean but many Asia communities from being fully able to express their struggles through the medium of rap.
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Not so black and white: Different races, different discrimination
Racial and ethnic minority groups are not stereotyped uniformly (Zou & Cheryan, 2017). This may play an important role in which groups appear more qualified to employers hiring for jobs with stereotype-relevant qualifications (e.g. – English fluency). Across 3 studies with undergraduates, MBA …
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The Influence of Afrocentric Phenotype On Promotion Decisions For African American Males
… that race has an equal impact within a given racial group. Little attention has been given within the management literature to intra-racial differences, which may influence how and to what extent racial stereotypes are activated. This dissertation examines the role of feature-based bias in …
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Racial prejudice toward Asian Americans in U.S. children's literature.
This study examined racial prejudice in American children's books toward Asian Americans. The sample consisted of contemporary and historical fiction books for children in two age groups: preschool through grade three and grades four through six, which are listed under Asian American fiction …
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Causal attributions for crime involving Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal juvenile offenders
… was to examine the impact of crime-specific racial stereotypes upon the Jay person's judgement about the cause of and appropriate punishment for juvenile crime. A pilot investigation (n= 30) revealed that the crimes of motor vehicle theft and possession of an illegal drug were perceived to be …
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From Margins to the Center Through the Film Lens: Gender and Turkish-German Cinema
… In contrast to Ataman, who tackles gender and racial stereotypes head-on and places his characters' futures firmly in Germany, Akin's creates male and female characters whose quest to self journey take them back to motherland Turkey. Both directors work in the Turkish-German Migrant Cinema …
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SHAKE YA ASS, BUT WATCH YOURSELF: AN INTERSECTIONAL AND DECOLONIAL APPROACH TO EXPLORING THE SEXUALIZATION OF FEMALE RECORDING ARTISTS AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES
… the roots of feminism and the commodification of racial stereotypes through music, exploring how female empowerment has been influenced by these dynamics. It questions whether the sexualization of female artists serves as a form of empowerment or perpetuates patriarchal oppression. By analyzing …
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Cracking the Stereotype Threat Equation: Associations with Executive Functions and the Math Performance of Latine College Students
… on the academic development of students from racial/ethnic minorities. This can be observed in the detrimental effects that being exposed to negative stereotypes about their ethnic group, has on Latine students' mathematical performance, a phenomenon known as stereotype threat (ST). Much of …
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Herederos de la libertad: criminalización, liderazgo y escritura de afro-descendientes en Colombia, Brasil y Cuba
… and historical events reproduces gender and racial stereotypes and reinforces Afro-Latin Americans' social exclusion. By paying close attention to Afro-Latin Americans' texts my research recovers voices and experiences of those who imagined social, political, and cultural change as …
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Lt. Claggett Wilson, queer masculinity, and the formation of American modernism /
… in its upholding of certain national, racial, and class values, while at the same time sexually rebellious, pushing against contemporary norms of bourgeois respectability. His visual humor employed a range of references, from historical aesthetic styles to contemporary racial …
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