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Temembe And Sven: The Ethics Of Racist Mirth, Stephen Wilke
Temembe And Sven: The Ethics Of Racist Mirth, Stephen Wilke
Masters Theses
You walk past a crowd of people at a bar, grouped around one person. He’s in the middle of telling a joke, the kind you wouldn’t tell your parents but is often told in the amenable company of close friends. You realize that the butt of the joke, the punchline, assumes that people of color are lazy and entitled. This is not an assumption you agree wit, but you find yourself with a feeling of mirth while scoffing at the comedian. His timing is well executed, and the turn of phrase is witty. The joke was racist, and yet emotionally …
The Evolution Of Defining Rape In The United States, Sophia Rhoades
The Evolution Of Defining Rape In The United States, Sophia Rhoades
Chancellor’s Honors Program Projects
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Group Threat And Racial Disparities In Police-Caused Killings, Ruben A. Ortiz
Group Threat And Racial Disparities In Police-Caused Killings, Ruben A. Ortiz
Doctoral Dissertations
Blacks, Latinos, and American Indians are killed by police at a disproportionately higher rate than whites and Asians, but whether racial discrimination accounts for these killings remains disputed. I contribute to this debate by assessing whether group threat theory is associated with the overall, and race-specific count of police-caused killings at the metropolitan and county level across the US. Furthermore, I assess whether there is evidence of racial bias in police-caused killings, and if county-level measures of threat are associated with measures of racial bias at the individual level. Using data from the Census Bureau, American Community Survey, The Washington …