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The Man For All Seasons: "The Once Paternal Godfather Of Louisiana's African American Social And Political Constinuency, J. K. Haynes, August D. Malveaux, Jr.
The Man For All Seasons: "The Once Paternal Godfather Of Louisiana's African American Social And Political Constinuency, J. K. Haynes, August D. Malveaux, Jr.
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The purpose of this study is to examine the life of this great African American leader and his impact on Louisiana's society. This work will cite many of J.K. Haynes' social contributions and how pertinent they were to the evolution of education, as well as to the welfare of the citizens of Louisiana. The necessity for such a work like this, rest on the fact that too little emphasis has been placed on the role of African Americans in the evolution of Louisiana's Educational System. The author's goal is therefore to present autobiography of J.K. Haynes' career. A great deal …
The Future Of Regional Integration In Latin America, Cindy Rosales Bush
The Future Of Regional Integration In Latin America, Cindy Rosales Bush
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Commonalties in language, religion, history, politics and economics have retained positive ties between the nations of Latin America. However, in lieu of the transnational problems that the region is facing in the areas of the environment, drugs and hunger, mere cultural and historical commonalties will not be enough to establish the regional cooperation desperately needed in Latin America to procure its economic future . Many organizations have thus been created to further cooperation and integration in the region. These initiatives, however, lack certain characteristics needed for successful regional integration. Moreover, a specific initiative, the FT AA spear headed by the …
Black Entertainment Television And Music Television : A Comparative Study Of Minority Portrayal In Television Commercials And Their Societal Implications, Shomari M. Harris
Black Entertainment Television And Music Television : A Comparative Study Of Minority Portrayal In Television Commercials And Their Societal Implications, Shomari M. Harris
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This paper is a qualitative and quantitative study of minority representation in commercial advertisement on Black Entertainment Television and Music Television. A content analysis of 200 commercials airing June 21, 1999, through July 2, 1999, between 4:00 5:00p.m. revealed that as the target audience changes, so does commercial type, the frequency of minority appearance and the role of the minority commercial. For the purpose of content analysis, individuals in each commercial were coded by ethnicity. Each commercial was classified by type and placed in one of ten categories. Differences in factors such as commercial type and commercial frequency were used …
Self-Objectification: Cognitive Effects And Ethnic Differences, Sunni D. Jones
Self-Objectification: Cognitive Effects And Ethnic Differences, Sunni D. Jones
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Objectification Theory (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997) posits that because American culture objectifies women's bodies (e.g., through visual mass media), girls and women are socialized to self-objectify. Self-Objectification is manifest by internalization of the observer's perspective. According to objectification theory, self-objectification has a variety of emotional and cognitive consequences, including increased shame and anxiety and diminished cognitive resources which can lead to diminished cognitive performance. A prior experiment demonstrated that states of self-objectification diminished performance on a stroop color-naming task supporting the prediction about cognitive performance. The current research was conducted to test whether mental suppression of self-objectifying thoughts accounted for …