Browsing by Subject "race"
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(2016-08-10)A significant portion of America’s youth is overweight or obese. Bully victimization and psychological maladjustment disproportionally afflict this population; however, it is unknown how these factors are related to each ...
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(2012-07-16)The comparative experiences of the nineteenth-century British and American Army officer's wives add a central dimension to studies of empire. Sharing their husbands' sense of duty and mission, these women transferred, ...
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(2020-06-08)This essay describes the recent changes that have taken place with the Interrupting Privilege (IP) program. It explains how the program proceeded in the 2019-2020 academic year with new funding, location, and in light of ...
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(2012-07-16)Racial inequality within the juvenile justice system has been cited by numerous studies. This racial inequality is generally referred to as disproportionate minority contact (DMC), and the causes have been debated in the ...
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(2013-12-11)Latina/o health discourses stem from historical and social notions of biological, cultural, and racial inferiority. Popular U.S. newspapers pay scant attention to Latina/o health concerns and often inaccurately portray ...
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(Media Rise Publications; Texas A & M University. Libraries, )The essay illustrates my initial state of disorientation but also my struggle and hope for new life during lockdown
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(2009-05-15)While a great deal of sociological and psychological research has been done on black-white interracial couples and the challenges they have faced in past eras, the communication between the partners remains largely ...
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(2009-05-15)My research is a qualitative study about the Asian American experience. Studies have shown that Asian Americans obtain high levels of educational attainment and household income, but these figures are misleading. Asian ...
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(2013-10-23)Most studies of racial intermarriage aiming to test Merton’s status exchange theory use education to determine the odds of intermarriage, but none have actually used intermarriage to predict the difference in education ...
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(2020-06-08)This essay discusses how the Interrupting Privilege program created by the Center for Communication, Difference, and Equity has been forced to change and adapt in the age of social distancing.
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(2022-12-11)To understand the unique phenomenon of pleading guilty to crime for which one is factually innocent, particularly in the instance of drug crimes, it is important to understand the structural and contextual factors that ...
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(2009-05-15)This thesis utilizes a series of seven logistic regression models to examine the predictors of the likelihood of adoption among U.S. women based on the National Survey of Family Growth, Cycle 6. The individual characteristics ...
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(2013-05-03)On July 19, 2010, conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart posted a story on his website claiming USDA worker Shirley Sherrod was racist in her work with farmers. The edited video included with the story as proof, showed ...
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(2016-05-18)Drawing from Social Dominance Theory and Prejudice Distribution Theory, the purpose of these three experimental studies was to examine how Whites evaluate racial minorities (African American and Latino) with a strong racial ...
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(2012-07-16)Many of America's schools are populated with diverse student populations, while the teaching population remains largely White. This creates dissonance for White teachers and students of color. Possibly mentoring can ...
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(Media Rise Publications; Texas A & M University. Libraries, )The author tries to make sense of the ideas and practices normalized during quarantine.
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(2017-07-26)Past literature examining race and sexuality has revealed the ways the two intersect to construct racial bodies in sexually stereotypical ways on and offline. Still, while these studies have made tremendous contributions ...
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(2020-05-30)Essay about emotions you might feel if you are single and have to shelter in a place where you live, but do not consider to be home.
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(2009-06-02)Social comparison theory offers a useful conceptual framework to understand how mainstream American sociocultural values of appearance may shape the development of body image disturbance and eating disorders. Some ...
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(2020-07-07)Bibliography of academic and practitioner articles and statements about historic preservation and social justice. The list was developed in 2020 by The Texas Freedom Colonies Project research team and will be updated annually.