Browsing by Subject "racism"
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(2010-10-12)The idea that theories of race, racial segregation and racism have played a central role in the development of sociology and that black and white sociologies have formed because of this condition is not new and has been ...
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(2013-10-07)Racialization, oppression, and resistance are key components of the United States’ race relations. Consequently, social movements organized and led by youth of color represent the manifestation of resistance to social and ...
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Contemporary Representations of Race: Mediating the New(s) Politics of Blackness in the Obama Moment (2017-05-09)This dissertation examines ways in which the myth of meritocracy, notions of America as post-racial, and instances of colorisms are articulated through CNN (Cable News Network) during the rise of then-Senator Barack Obama’s ...
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(2009-05-15)This study focused on the disciplining actions given to students of color after the implementation of the zero tolerance (ZT) policy in Texas’ schools. Out-of-school suspension and expulsion data were analyzed to depict ...
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(2020-06-23)A 2017 national survey conducted by Pew found that “online harassment” is a pervasive experience for young adults aged 18 to 29, who are most likely to encounter hate speech, sexual harassment and stalking. Inductive, ...
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(2012-02-14)Race-related stress has been found to impact the mental health of African Americans in literature. Three manuscripts were developed for this dissertation. The first is a critical literature review identifying the multiple ...
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In this paper, I will be applying María Lugones theory of “World-Traveling”, “Arrogant Perception”, and “Decolonial Feminism” to the experiences of minority faculty-specifically women faculty of color- in American institutions ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)In this thesis, results of an online survey and focus group interview sessions comprised of a total of 21 International Graduate Student Non-Native English Speakers (IGSNNES) at Texas A&M (TAMU) are summarized. IGSNNESs ...
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(2021-07-01)I conducted 3 studies to investigate knowledge of history and its influence on perceptions of protest for racial justice. In Study 1 (N = 286) I used a multiple regression design to explore potential individual difference ...
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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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(2011-10-21)In this thesis I examine the rectoral address of both Martin Heidegger and Hans-Georg Gadamer to articulate their vision of education as well as the role the university plays in this vision. As a student of Heidegger, ...
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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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(2015)Colorectal cancer (CRC) is highly preventable when CRC screening is utilized, yet CRC screening completion among African American men is relatively low and their mortality rates remain 50% higher juxtaposed to their White ...
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(2020-07-06)Despite the increasing racial diversity among college students, student affairs administrators overwhelmingly remain white. The scarcity of student affairs professionals of color poses a serious challenge to diversity and ...
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(2009-05-15)A qualitative narrative approach is used in this study of hidden conflict among nurses and support staff in a hospital setting. Twenty nurses and support staff from a single hospital nursing unit participated in in-depth ...
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(PLOS ONE, 2020)Objectives To examine the potential moderating effects of explicit racial attitudes and implicit racial atti- tudes on the relationship between percent of Black county residents and COVID-19 cases and deaths. Methods We ...
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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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(2009-05-15)Racial profiling, in the context of the current study, concerns the association of racial and/or ethnic status with criminality and manifests in the traffic stop. The body of knowledge now available on racial profiling has ...
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(2012-07-11)Racism and soccer have long been intertwined, however the upcoming 2010 World Cup in South Africa poses a unique opportunity to study the relationship between racism and sport. In studying previous international sporting ...
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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 ...