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Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, 1981
Explorations In Ethnic Studies
Ethical Problems In Evaluation Research, Elisabeth J. Johnson
Ethical Problems In Evaluation Research, Elisabeth J. Johnson
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
For some time, social scientists have been concerned with ethics in research. Much of what they have written has focused on research in general, but many of the points they raise are applicable to evaluation research in particular. Included among these concerns are informed consent, the right to treatment, the right to refuse treatment, implicit coercion, powerlessness of subjects, and, perhaps most important, external access to confidential data.
Critique [Of Ethical Problems In Evaluation Research], Gary Y. Okihiro
Critique [Of Ethical Problems In Evaluation Research], Gary Y. Okihiro
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
“Ethical Problems in Evaluation Research” by Elisabeth J. Johnson summarizes some of the salient ethical concerns in social science research such as the relative positions of power between researcher and subject, confidentiality and privacy, and “political interests” or the use of research findings by sponsors. The author concludes with proposals and cautions; of special relevance to readers of this journal is Kelman’s “participatory research” which enables people being studied to participate in the research design and implementation.
Critique [Of Ethical Problems In Evaluation Research], Arnold Kahn
Critique [Of Ethical Problems In Evaluation Research], Arnold Kahn
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Johnson’s paper contains four assumptions which deserve further attention, especially in the context of ethnic minorities. These four assumptions are both obvious and at the root of the ethical problems: 1) Minorities need services; 2) services are to be provided by the dominant group; 3) the providing of services must be evaluated for cost-effectiveness; and 4) the evaluators are more likely to come from the dominant group than the minority group and hence be more powerful than those being evaluated. This, then, leads to the basic problem addressed by Johnson: How can this evaluation process occur such that the rights …
Critique [Of Symbolic Interaction And Black Mental Health: Understanding Black Self-Conceptions], Jimmy L. Williams
Critique [Of Symbolic Interaction And Black Mental Health: Understanding Black Self-Conceptions], Jimmy L. Williams
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Aside from the intrinsic merit of Dr. Shirley V. Brown's "Symbolic interaction and Black Mental Health,...” the paper raises several important corollary issues that need extensive investigation; (1) the effects of one's self-concept upon how he or she views others; (2) the negligible effects of affirmative action programs; (3) the adverse effects of public school integration on blacks; (4) the validity of the assumption that schools in predominantly black neighborhoods are inherently inferior; and (5) the insidious notion that mainstreaming is both possible and desirable.
Critique [Of The Roles Of Ethnic Theater In Immigrant Communities In The United States 1850-1930], Jeffrey F. Huntsman
Critique [Of The Roles Of Ethnic Theater In Immigrant Communities In The United States 1850-1930], Jeffrey F. Huntsman
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Seller's broad overview of the functions of ethnic theater in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century provides a useful compilation of information hitherto scattered throughout a variety of often obscure publications. Commenting chiefly on Scandanavian, [Scandinavian] German, and Yiddish theater, she presents a glimpse into a complicated and rich social and cultural life through which American communities of immigrants established and maintained a sense of identity with their place and culture of origin and through which life in Europe was sea-changed into a different but still distinct life in America.
Critique [Of An Invisible Minority: An Examination Of Migrant Education], Dennis Stewart
Critique [Of An Invisible Minority: An Examination Of Migrant Education], Dennis Stewart
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
"An lnvisible Minority” is a well-written. sensitive, and on the whole, accurate article which could have been written a decade ago. | am reminded by it of an astronomer who periodically releases to the press a statement outlining the difference between astronomy and astrology as a professional obligation. So too, people need to be reminded of the terrible toll extracted from migrant worker families.
Wiesel's Memoir And God Outside Auschwitz, Mildred L. Culp
Wiesel's Memoir And God Outside Auschwitz, Mildred L. Culp
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Night records Elie Wiesel’s internment at Auschwitz, and it raises questions about God’s and humanity’s respective roles in the death camps. Today’s literary critics and theologians, however, highlight Wiesel's gift for story-telling of his theology and miss the quality of the writer’s individual works. Tending to group all of the author's Holocaust stories to illuminate a particular theme, they have failed to recognize that Wiesel’s theology in Night is manifest only when they perceive "that there is meaning in [it, which] comes only when the elements that go up to make that thing" appear in their relatedness. They do not …
Critique [Of Wiesel's Memoir And God Outside Auschwitz], David M. Gradwohl
Critique [Of Wiesel's Memoir And God Outside Auschwitz], David M. Gradwohl
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
It is not exactly a guarded secret that Jews, for three or four thousand years, have questioned who they were, who they are, and who they are going to be as individuals and as members of the various groups within which they associate. And through those many centuries they have often cried out in anguish and ambivalence to their God. Elie Wiesel, who writes with great power and also great agony, is certainly not the first writer to express these themes. Nor is the German Holocaust with all of its unspeakable and unfathomable horrors the first event to evoke these …
A Note On Reviews, Helen Maclam
A Note On Reviews, Helen Maclam
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
This issue (January 1981) of Explorations In Ethnic Studies is the last in which book reviews will appear. ln March we will publish our first annual review supplement, Explorations in Sights and Sounds. Sights and Sounds will consist entirely of reviews and we plan to include non-print media such as records and films, as well as books, monographs, and new journals.
[Review Of] Miracle Hill: The Story Of A Navaho Boy By Emerson Blackhorse Mitchell And T.D. Allen, Dona Hoilman
[Review Of] Miracle Hill: The Story Of A Navaho Boy By Emerson Blackhorse Mitchell And T.D. Allen, Dona Hoilman
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
A unique experience awaits readers of Miracle Hill, the autobiography of Blackhorse Mitchell, nicknamed “Barney” a young Navaho boy who began his own story as an assignment in his twelfth grade English class in the Santa Fe Institute of American Indian Arts under the tutelage of Terry D. Allen. Unlike the other students in the class, who finished their life stories in half an hour or so, Barney found that he had a whole book stored up inside him, just waiting to be put on paper But Barney was still in the process of learning English as a second language, …
[Review Of] The Immigrants Speak: Italian Immigrants Tell Their Story By Salvatore J. Lagumina, Frank J. Cavaioli
[Review Of] The Immigrants Speak: Italian Immigrants Tell Their Story By Salvatore J. Lagumina, Frank J. Cavaioli
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
In The Immigrants Speak, Italian Americans Tell Their Story LaGumina has fashioned fourteen personal life histories that include miners, shoemakers, a poet, an artist, theater people, a social worker, a soldier, a lawyer and an entrepreneur. Through their recollections they have increased our understanding of the Italian American experience. Their stories. told in the first person, both dramatize and illuminate the role of ethnicity in the twentieth century. As LaGumina states, “These stories detail the lives of a people bridging two cultures in modern history.”
The Editor Notes, Charles C. Irby
The Editor Notes, Charles C. Irby
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
I thank George Carter for his willingness to give advice to the new editorial staff, in his last editorial for Explorations (Vol. 3, No. 2.). concerning the frustrating experiences we would have in attempting to produce a quality journal. This is our premier edition. and we trust that it will improve with age.
Table Of Contents
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, vol. 4, no. 2, 1981
What Is Ethnic Pride? A Poem, Judith Lundin
What Is Ethnic Pride? A Poem, Judith Lundin
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
A poem by Judith Lundin: What is Ethnic Pride?
Critique [Of What Is Ethnic Pride? A Poem], Alice A. Deck
Critique [Of What Is Ethnic Pride? A Poem], Alice A. Deck
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Judith Lundin's poem successfully conveys both the elusive nature of defining ethnic pride and the certainty that it exists.
Ethnicity And Human Rights: An Organizational And Individual Perspective, George E. Carter
Ethnicity And Human Rights: An Organizational And Individual Perspective, George E. Carter
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Article I of the Universal Declaration of Human rights adopted by the United Nations in December, 1948, holds: "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood." Article II stipulates that everyone is entitled to the rights set forth in the Declaration "without distinction of any kind," including race, colour, sex, language. In the view of many American ethnic people the question of human rights and ethnicity has been and still is one of the most neglected aspects of …
God's Silence And The Shrill Of Ethnicity In The Chicano Novel, Joe E. Rodriquez
God's Silence And The Shrill Of Ethnicity In The Chicano Novel, Joe E. Rodriquez
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Ethnic identity has to do with freely set of values, attitudes, and behavior from one’s cultural legacy in order to affirm a unique sense of peoplehood. In the United States ethnic groups such as the Chicano or Mexican American are often stigmatized, and the psychological burden of ethnic awareness can weigh heavily. Yet a healthy sense of ethnic identity is absolutely necessary for a positive self-concept when a person is part of a group that is slighted because of race or appearance. The question then is: how do Chicanos come to terms with their cultural tradition in a society that …
Critique [Of God's Silence And The Shrill Of Ethnicity In The Chicano Novel], Gladys David Howell
Critique [Of God's Silence And The Shrill Of Ethnicity In The Chicano Novel], Gladys David Howell
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
The concepts of society and culture, so vital in the pursuit of understanding human behavior. its patterns and effects, are ultimately expressed in the lives of individuals. Cultural values are carried, symbolized, and integrated in the minds of human beings Innovative individuals challenge and change culture. The crucial intersection of society, culture, and individual has not always been granted sufficiently high priority in social science research to exploit this rich vein. As sociology and anthropology have moved toward quantitative methods, material is often fractured so that society seems peopled by disembodied fragmented men and women. This is regrettable since the …
Addressing Gaps In The Delivery Of Community Services: The Case Of One Inner-City Community, Cecilia E. Dawkins
Addressing Gaps In The Delivery Of Community Services: The Case Of One Inner-City Community, Cecilia E. Dawkins
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
The need for more effective approaches to the delivery of health and social services in inner-city communities is well established. Attempts to improve service delivery in such areas as housing, health care and job training usually concentrate on strengthening' community education efforts and other strategies designed to motivate potential users of community services. Little emphasis has been placed on increasing the communication between different community service providers to achieve better coordination among organizations responsible for service delivery in inner-city communities. As a consequence, major service gaps exist including such problems as duplication of services, limited accessiblity [accessibility], and the absence …
Critique [Of Addressing Gaps In The Delivery Of Community Services: The Case Of One Inner-City Community], Minnie T. Bailey
Critique [Of Addressing Gaps In The Delivery Of Community Services: The Case Of One Inner-City Community], Minnie T. Bailey
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
This descriptive study was completed to assess the demographic characteristics of respondents; the kinds of services provided by twenty-eight social agencies, organizations, and institutions and the perceptions of low-income clients held by providers. The purpose of the survey was to gather baseline data to improve the COALITION‘S ability to coordinate services and planning as well as to avoid duplication of services.
Critique [Of Addressing Gaps In The Delivery Of Community Services: The Case Of One Inner-City Community], Shirla Mcclain
Critique [Of Addressing Gaps In The Delivery Of Community Services: The Case Of One Inner-City Community], Shirla Mcclain
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
This study has two major implications for human service professionals. First, it identifies some of the essential ingredients that enable human service agencies to be effective. Second, it provides a basis for further research possibilities among the human service professions.
The Image Of Gays In Chicano Prose Fiction, Karl J. Reinhardt
The Image Of Gays In Chicano Prose Fiction, Karl J. Reinhardt
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
One of the world's best-kept secrets, until recently, was that a sizable proportion of men and women find their most significant relationships, both emotionally and physically, with members of their own sex. For example, the 1971 edition of Brief Lives fails to inform its readers that homosexual relationships were meaningful in the lives of Tchaikovsky, Thoreau, Garcia Lorca or Virginia Wolfe. A most blatant example of this intentional negligence dealing with Chicano writers can be found in Literatura Chicana: texto y contexto, in which a selection of John Rechy is given a fourteen-line introduction which does not mention that Rechy …
Critique [Of The Image Of Gays In Chicano Prose Fiction], Sara Bentley
Critique [Of The Image Of Gays In Chicano Prose Fiction], Sara Bentley
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
In "The Image of Gays in Chicano Prose Fiction," Karl J. Reinhardt surveys a variety of outstanding works of contemporary fiction by male Chicano writers which include homosexual references that are often so hidden that they may not even be apparent to heterosexual readers.
Critique [Of The Image Of Gays In Chicano Prose Fiction], Laverne Gonzalez
Critique [Of The Image Of Gays In Chicano Prose Fiction], Laverne Gonzalez
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
The author speaks truly in stating that gays in literature have remained, for the most part, in the closet. Generally authors have been concerned with presenting a given philosophy, advocating social change, creating aesthetically satisfying literature, not primarily with sexuality, per se.
A Proposed Model For Advocacy Services For Mexican Undocumented Aliens With Mental Health Needs, Ramon Salcido
A Proposed Model For Advocacy Services For Mexican Undocumented Aliens With Mental Health Needs, Ramon Salcido
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
The purpose of this presentation is to discuss the studies that have focused on undocumented aliens from Mexico, to discuss barriers that inhibit their use of mental health services, and to outline ways in which social workers employed in mental health institutions can become actively involved in helping this group. Since 1900, immigration to the United States from Mexico has followed a pattern of continuing legal and illegal entry; legal alien families from Mexico are defined as those who have been legally admitted to the U.S., whereas undocumented families.are those residing in the U.S. who have entered illegally. Mexico has …
Contributors To This Issue
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Notes on contributors to Explorations in Ethnic Studies, vol. 4, no. 2, 1981
Comments From The Guest Editor, Gretchen Bataille
Comments From The Guest Editor, Gretchen Bataille
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
I want to take this opportunity to share some thoughts with the readers of Explorations about the association and the journal. The new editorial staff is in the process of making several significant changes in format as well as content of the publications. The first new beginning is a new logo, a logo which has as its central symbol the character meaning "the source."
Symbolic Interaction And Black Mental Health: Understanding Black Self-Conceptions, Shirley Vining Brown
Symbolic Interaction And Black Mental Health: Understanding Black Self-Conceptions, Shirley Vining Brown
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
The widespread preoccupation with racial identity in the last two decades has been seen not only as a symptom of alienation but also as a move by racial minorities to recapture what has been called a “surrendered identity.” This corrective action has its place in the historical evolution of American race relations but, at the same time, it has a price.