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Alien Land Acts, Meghan Burke

Meghan A. Burke

No abstract provided.

Double Consciousness, Meghan Burke

Meghan A. Burke

No abstract provided.

Vincent Chin, Meghan Burke

Meghan A. Burke

No abstract provided.

Status Of Latino Education In Massachusetts: A Report, Nicole Lavan, Miren Uriarte

Gastón Institute Publications

Educational reform has brought great improvements in educational outcomes for Massachusetts students. In the past decade, achievement scores have risen for all students in Massachusetts; today the Commonwealth ranks first among all states in the overall National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores. However, it also ranks among the five states with the widest “gap” in achievement between white and Latino students in both NAEP Math and Reading. These gaps in achievement show that the benefits are not reaching all children. Latinos especially, but also African American children, are often left behind in a state with excellent academic institutions. Examining …

Women's History Month 2008

Diversity Programs

Lectures and Events during Women's History Month, March 2008.

Black History Month In America's Palest State, Rhiannon Sawtelle

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Article from the University of Maine student newspaper The Maine Campus on Black History Month celebrations.

Changing Patterns Xiv: Mortgage Lending To Traditionally Underseved Borrowers & Neighborhoods In Boston, Greater Boston And Massachusetts, 2006, Jim Campen

Gastón Institute Publications

This is the fourteenth in the annual series of Changing Patterns reports prepared for the Massachusetts Community & Banking Council (MCBC) by the present author. This year’s report, for the first time, includes the analysis of subprime lending that was previously presented in a separate annual series of Borrowing Trouble reports. The report presents information for the city of Boston, for Greater Boston, and for Massachusetts, as well as for each of the state’s fourteen counties and each of its thirty-three largest cities and towns.

The analysis is based on federal Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data for 2006, as …

Black History Month 2008 Supplement

Diversity Programs

Lectures, Cultural Events and Cuisine during Black Heritage Month, February 2008.

Torch (February/March 2008), Amy Homans, Civil Rights Team Project

Torch: The Civil Rights Team Project Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Black Heritage Month 2008

Diversity Programs

Lectures, Cultural Events and Cuisine during Black Heritage Month, February 2008.

Infant Feeding Decisions Among Pregnant Black Wic Participants And The Role Of Peer Support, Astrid D. Mickens

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The purpose of this study was to identify the important factors that impact infant feeding decisions among Black women, and to determine whether peer support influences the relationship among theoretical constructs of the social learning theory. A convenience sample of 110 Black pregnant women, ages 18-45, attending Women, Infant and Children (WIC) clinics throughout Riverside and San Bernardino Counties were recruited to participate in the study through the Nutrition Services Department. Eligible participants included pregnant Black WIC clients in any stage of pregnancy.

The survey questions contained information about perceived support, cognitive knowledge, abilities and beliefs regarding breastfeeding. The goal …

Finishing In The Money (An Early Look At The 2008 Presidential Election), Michael I. Niman Ph.D.

Michael I Niman Ph.D.

An early look at the 2008 presidential election "horse race."

The University Of Maine News Article On "Women In The Curriculum, Women's Studies Program Announce Spring 2008 Lunch Series", University Of Maine

University of Maine Racial Justice Collection

This University of Maine News article on "Women in the Curriculum, Women's Studies Program Announce Spring 2008 Lunch Series," posted January 31, 2008, includes the topics and speakers featured in the Lunch Series and the dates of each. One of the topics being "Women of Color: The UMaine Experience," co-sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Programs.

A Profile Of Latinos In Rural America, Rogelio Saenz

The Carsey School of Public Policy at the Scholars' Repository

Despite their traditional residence in U.S. urban areas, Latinos represent a large and growing segment of America's rural population. Using recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2006 American Community Survey (ACS), Saenz presents a profile of the Latino population in the nonmetropolitan United States.

Mlk Day 2008

Diversity Programs

Calendar of event in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 2008.

Mlk Jr. Day, Taylor University

Martin Luther King Jr. Day Programs and Schedules

The program for the MLK jr. Day celebration in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.

Bell Hooks, Amanda Moras

Sociology Faculty Publications

A brief encyclopedia entry for the feminist theorist bell hooks.

Critical Impairments To Globalizing The Western Human Rights Discourse, Nikitah O. Imani

Black Studies Faculty Publications

This article focuses on the philosophical implications of Euro-centrism and Eurocentric discourse for the Western human rights narrative. It is argued that there is insufficient theoretical and practical consideration of those implications, particular for advocacy and activity in the so-called “Third World” where such arguments frequently become mere vehicles for the advance of economic and political neocolonialism. In many ways, colonialism with a humanistic, liberal democratic “face”. Finally, a proposition is advanced that if the Western human rights discourse is to be effectively corrected and evolve into a global one, critiques of Euro-centrism from outside the Western discursive world must …

Zip Code 53206: Numbers Driving Change, Kathy Quirk

ETI Publications

A feature article by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee News Service detailed Employment and Training Institute research in Milwaukee zipcode 53206, one of the most economically challenged neighborhoods in the state.

Cumulating Evidence About The Social Animal: Meta-Analysis In Social-Personality Psychology, Blair T. Johnson Dr., Marcella H. Boynton Dr.

CHIP Documents

Like most scientific fields, social-personality psychology has experienced an

explosion of research related to such central topics as aggression, attraction, gender,

group processes, motivation, personality, and persuasion, to name a few. The

proliferation of research can be a monster unless it is tamed with the scientific

review strategy of meta-analysis, literally analyses of past analyses that produce

a quantitative and empirical history of research on a particular phenomenon. The

purpose of this article is to outline the basic process and statistics of meta-analysis,

as they pertain to social-personality psychology. Meta-analysis involves: (i) defining

the problem under review; (ii) gathering qualified …

"How The Germans Became White Southerners: German Immigrants And African Americans In Charleston, South Carolina, 1860-1880", Jeff Strickland

Department of History Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

No abstract provided.

Editor's Notes

Ethnic Studies Review

In this opening issue of volume 31 we are presented with both nuanced and bold entry into several long enduring issues and topics stitching together the interdisciplinary fabric comprising ethnic studies. The authors of these articles bring to our attention social, cultural and economic issues shaping lively discourse in ethnic studies. They also bring to our attention interpretations of the meaning and significance of ethnic cultural contributions to the social history of this nation - past and present.

Ethnic Studies Review

Ethnic Studies Review

No abstract provided.

"I'Ll Rise": Rememory, Hope And The Creation Of A New Public Sphere In Ben Harper's Music, Delphine Gras

Ethnic Studies Review

Recent studies about resistance music in the United States primarily focus on the hip-hop movement. However, it does not offer the only musical discourse contesting contemporary injustices. Even though the debate about hip-hop is a crucial one that deserves full attention, it seems necessary to widen the current conversation on music to take into account a wider array of musical genres and artists. This will in turn allow us to see the revolutionary power of music in its full force. In the United States, black music, from the Spirituals to Rhythm and Blues, has undeniably been a potent agent for …

Rifton Finns: An Ethnic Enclave In Ulster County, New York, Mika Roinila

Ethnic Studies Review

When you begin to consider the Finns of New York State, there are two obvious foci that have received the majority of attention in the ethnic literature. The presence of some estimated 20,000 Finns in New York City during the 1920s provided a large population with its myriad cultural, religious and social organizations and activities. The heyday of the large Finnish population has passed, and as of 2000, a total of 3,466 Finns lived in New York City.1 This number remains the highest population within the state. Due to this large population size, much has been written about their existence, …

Memories Of Home: Reading The Bedouin In Arab American Literature, Anissa J. Wardi, Katherine Wardi-Zonna

Ethnic Studies Review

In an urban neighborhood with a large Jewish population near my home, there is an Arabic restaurant. Name, menu and ownership mark its ethnic identification, yet its politics are otherwise obscured. An American flag, permanently placed in the restaurant's window since 9/11, greets American customers with a message of reconciliation. I am one of you, it says: come; eat; you are welcome here. In a climate where "Arabs, Arab-Americans and people with Middle Eastern features, everywhere are struggling to merely survive the United States' aggressive drive to 'bring democracy to the Middle East'" (Elia 160) and where the hostility toward …

Table Of Contents

Ethnic Studies Review

Table of Contents for Ethnic Studies Review, Vol. 31, No. 2, Winter 2008.

Editor's Notes, Otis L. Scott

Ethnic Studies Review

The articles in this issue, while diverse in subject matter, focus, and voice, draw our attention to the rich interdisciplinary perspectives framing scholarly excursions into the realm of ethnic studies. The contributing authors of these seven articles draw our attention to how the constructs of human culture be it art, cultural formations, cultural products, or policies and practices can and do inform us about how people interpret, reproduce life and represent living. With some attention we also learn about how a people navigate through the place or places where they find themselves and how they are affected by and affect …

Contributors

Ethnic Studies Review

Contributors to Ethnic Studies Review, Vol. 31, No. 2, Winter 2008.

Ethnic Studies Review

Ethnic Studies Review

No abstract provided.