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Racial Equity In Exclusionary Discipline Practices, Mary M. Tremper
Racial Equity In Exclusionary Discipline Practices, Mary M. Tremper
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The present study examined whether external (out-of-school) suspensions are applied equitably to students of different ethnic backgrounds who commit violent and nonviolent offenses. The hypotheses presented in this study were addressed through secondary analysis of disciplinary records from a large metropolitan school district in Florida.
The results indicate that, for the group of 1,667 tenth grade students included in this analysis, racial equity was related to the type of offense, as well as to the student's socioeconomic status. Racial differences were found when SES was not considered, with African American students more likely to be suspended from school for status …
Social Perception And Performance, Danyel Hancock
Social Perception And Performance, Danyel Hancock
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
When stigmatized or oppressed groups are able to protect their self-esteem by attributing a negative outcome to prejudice and/or discrimination, this has been titled "attributional ambiguity". Whereas it has been proven in many studies that attributional ambiguity does exist among the stigmatized and oppressed groups the methodological approach of these studies were bias. In these studies the evaluator(s) has always been white and/or physically able. The goal of this study was to investigate whether attributional ambiguity is utilized by any individual (stigmatized/oppressed or non-stigmatized/non-oppressed) who feels that their outcome is the result of prejudice and/or discrimination. Our methodological approach allowed …
The Social Construction Of Workplace "Diversity", Brenda G. Shawver
The Social Construction Of Workplace "Diversity", Brenda G. Shawver
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This is a study of "workplace diversity" from a social constructionist perspective. The perspective holds that while human meaning is socially created, it is the social order which gives us resources for making this meaning. There is much literature about workplace diversity from objectivist standpoints that takes for granted the term "diversity." What is missing is a comprehensive understanding of diversity: what does this term mean? What does it conceal? I attempt to contribute to a better understanding of diversity by interrogating its construction in popular culture.
I analyze the content of an advertising supplement called "Diversity Works," published in …