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Critique [Of Institutional Racism], James A. Perry Jan 1982

Critique [Of Institutional Racism], James A. Perry

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

For those who see institutional racism as a problem which can be solved, the points of focus by Deloria are these: An institution is a "person" with a personality shaped by western-culture; and institutional racism is a phenomenon created by western culture. The idea that an institution is a “person” with a personality of its own is not new; the legal profession has held that a corporation, and therefore, an institution, is a “person” protected by the fourth amendment of the Constitution.


Critique [Of Institutional Racism], Anthony J. Cortese Jan 1982

Critique [Of Institutional Racism], Anthony J. Cortese

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

As Deloria indicates in the opening lines of his essay, the dominant paradigm of racism in the 1960s reflected the popularly held belief that racism was an individual phenomena. Consequently. if racist individuals were confronted and curtailed or converted, the argument concluded, then discrimination would come to an end. However, history has shown us that we can have racist institutions without having racist individuals. For instance, our education institutions perpetuate racial, as well as sex, inequality. Yet it is possible for every member of such an institution to be non-racist, as well as non-sexist.


Critique [Of Institutional Racism], Kathleen Hickok Jan 1982

Critique [Of Institutional Racism], Kathleen Hickok

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Vine Deloria’s incisive analysis of institutional racism in western culture applies equally well to the related problem of institutional sexism. Both women, and minorities especially individual members of minority racial groups who are immediately recognizable by members of the dominant white culture - belong to a caste rather than a class in western society. As such, we are all subjected by the traditions of white male philosophical. and intellectual processes as much as by existing socio-political institutions to the different varieties of exclusion, co-optation and disempowerment that Deloria outlines. In the past decade particularly, women’s situation in American political and …


My Uncle Played The Sax, Louis E. Bryan Jan 1982

My Uncle Played The Sax, Louis E. Bryan

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Includes poem by Louis E. Bryan; My Uncle Played the Sax


Explorations In Ethnic Studies Jan 1982

Explorations In Ethnic Studies

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

No abstract provided.


Critique [Of Some Symbols Of Identity Of Byzantine Catholics], Michele Zak Jan 1982

Critique [Of Some Symbols Of Identity Of Byzantine Catholics], Michele Zak

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Two primary assumptions appear to inform this descriptive article about Byzantine Catholic communities in the United States: (1) old traditions are maintained in new environments through “syncretism”; and (2) the symbols that emerge in those syncretisms are reflective of the world view of the ethnic group that created them.


Some Symbols Of Identity Of Byzantine Catholics, Zora Devrnja Zimmerman Jan 1982

Some Symbols Of Identity Of Byzantine Catholics, Zora Devrnja Zimmerman

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Unraveling the tangle of theses that shape the Skovira essay, “Some Symbols of Identity of Byzantine Catholics," exposes not only the intersecting dimensions of ethnicity but also the complex nature of semiotics. Before we can accept the author’s concluding remarks on symbols, we need to consider the ramifications of these various theses. It so happens that the two major theses clash: one suggests ethnic assimilation; the other implies a strengthening of national identity. Perhaps some clarity can be achieved if we consider these themes separately.


Caneburning, Sheila Rosecrans Jan 1982

Caneburning, Sheila Rosecrans

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Includes poem by Shelia Rosecrans: Caneburning.


At Monticello, Margaret C. Blaker Jan 1982

At Monticello, Margaret C. Blaker

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Includes poem by Margaret C. Blaker: At Monticello.


The Editor Notes, Charles C. Irby Jan 1982

The Editor Notes, Charles C. Irby

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

In keeping with the format of Explorations in Ethnic Studies, this issue includes articles with critiques of each. Although the articles are referred before acceptance, the editors believe that additional responses provide both the writer and the reader with ideas to continue research in the same area or to apply the concepts to yet new projects. We invite readers to respond to the articles included in this issue and to indicate their own willingness to write critiques of future articles.


Critique [Of Racial Intelligence Testing And The Mexican People], Richard Santillan Jan 1982

Critique [Of Racial Intelligence Testing And The Mexican People], Richard Santillan

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Gilbert Gonzalez’s “Racial Intelligence Testing and the Mexican People" is a major contribution in analyzing the educational factors which result in social inequality among the Mexican population in the US. For decades, the power elite has espoused the myth that educational achievement for minorities is the key to social upward mobility. Instead, Gonzalez views education as a system which perpetuates and maintains racial and class divisions in our society.