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Racial Epithet Vignettes, Luz Maria Camarena Test

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

In this paper and the accompanying exhibition I examine the overlap of racism and immigration. This work explores the silent violence of oppression that results from dominant culture attitudes and policies about immigration. It also considers how these attitudes affect the formation of identity, including my own.

For the development of this work, I had to move away from the idea of creating just a project inside my studio to an active participation with the community in search of answers to my internal questions. The work presented is the result of a long process of research within the Mexican community …

Power To The People? An Evaluation Of State-Level Environmental Justice Policies, Angela Michelle Hines

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Communities of color in America lacking economical, educational, and political power have been largely invisible in the process of making major policy decisions. This is lack of access to decision-making venues has been viewed by many as the reason behind marginalized populations bearing the brunt of many societal burdens. The Environmental Justice Movement legitimized the claims of inadequate access to the decision-making process concerning environmental conditions in which African-Americans lived and worked. Through the use of disruptive actions reminiscent of those used throughout the Civil Rights Movement, the plight of communities plagued by the daily presence of hazardous waste gained …

Freedmen With Firearms: White Terrorism And Black Disarmament During Reconstruction, David H. Schenk

The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era

The outcome of the Civil War brought freedom to over six million slaves of African descent. These Freedmen communities remained a critical source of labor for the agrarian based economy of the southern U.S. Conflicts erupted because former slaves sought to exercise their new freedoms against the restrictions placed on them by local authorities. New laws, mob actions and acts of organized white terrorism were used to subjugate free citizens and return them to their former stations of labor. Political activities and participation in the electoral process were violently discouraged. Vocal opponents of the new system were often targeted for …

Science Fiction/Fantasy And The Representation Of Ethnic Futurity, Joy Ann Sanchez-Taylor

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Science Fiction/Fantasy and the Representation of Ethnic Futurity examines the influence of science fiction/fantasy (SFF) as applied to twentieth century and contemporary African American, Native American and Latina/o texts. Bringing together theories of racial identity, hybridity, and postcolonialism, this project demonstrates how twentieth century and contemporary ethnic American SFF authors are currently utilizing tropes of SFF to blur racial distinctions and challenge white/other or colonizer/colonized binaries. Ethnic American SFF authors are able to employ SFF landscapes that address narratives of victimization or colonization while still imagining worlds where alternate representations of racial and ethnic identity are possible.

My multicultural approach …

Ua12/2/1 Best Of The Hill 2014, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special awards edition of the College Heights Herald.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 51, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Harrison, Taylor. Email Scams Giving Students, WKU Headaches – Information Technology
• Holloway, Kae. Energy Fuels Annual Fashion Show – Black Student Alliance
• Holloway, Kae. Rocking the Runway – Black Student Alliance
• Rogers, Shelby. WKU Closing Gap Between Male, Female Salaries – Budget
• Mathews, Mackenzie. Morehead State University to Open Second Kentucky Dual-Credit Academy – Craft Academy for Excellence in Science & Mathematics
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon Moral Compass Replaces Religion
• When It Comes to Morals, No Religion Required
• Hunton, Ryan. A Time to Remember the Health of the Earth …

Lava Lamp Science Experiment, Han Dinh, Melody Chang, Kristen Park

Intercollegiate Department of Asian American Studies (IDAAS) Student Work

The worksheet provides an easy to use lesson plan to teach children about density. Students will create their own lava lamps using simple materials.

From Carnivals To Red Light Districts: Mexican Gender Norms And Sex Trafficking, Kate Heath

Faculty Curated Undergraduate Works

This paper explores how traditional Mexican gender norms greatly facilitate sex trafficking on the U.S.-Mexico border because of the normalization of violence. In turn, an acceptance of such violence facilitates manipulative practices as related to deception, psychical violence, and psychological manipulation associated with marianismo and machismo. Machismo enables traffickers to use violence against women, threaten their families and children, deceive them with ideas of romance and opportunities abroad, and exploit the benefits of patriarchy and female vulnerability. Meanwhile, marianismo enables trafficking when considering the manipulation of women’s toleration of violence, their strong connections to their families, their limited opportunities for …

Holocaust Remembrance Day, Southwest Minnesota State University

Ethnic History

Bibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Southwest Minnesota State University.

Cultural Identity And Heritage Language Learners, Lydia Reitz

Theses and Dissertations

Heritage language learners (HLLs) in college are studied more than other groups of students with differences, and they are becoming more prevalent in the foreign language (FL) classroom. For the purpose of this study, HLL is defined as; an individual who has parents from a Spanish-speaking country, but was born in the United States and has an almost complete speaking proficiency and any range of grammatical dominance of Spanish (Valdés 2001). This definition eliminates those students who were born in Spanish-speaking countries and those who have little to no dominance of either speaking proficiency and grammatical dominance of the language. …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 50, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Rogers, Shelby. WKU Appeal Denied In Court Case – Elizabeth Esters, Agism
• Crumbie, Trey. Students to Get Microsoft Office for Free
• Beasecker, Allyson. Practical Magic – Religion, Wiccan, Samantha Tackett
• Boyd, Kayla. Earth Day Connects Campus to Sustainability
• Holloway, Kae. Witchy Woman: Stevie Nicks Transcends Stage, Style – Music
• Pait, Ryan. Hannibal A Tasty Take on Pop Culture’s Most Famous Cannibal – Television
• Every Day Earth Day Photo Spread
• Mudd, Aaron. Institute for Citizenship & Social Responsibility Brings in Final Speaker for Lecture Series – Rhonda Williams
• Brown, Leah. …

Why Is That Even A Question?, Naima Scott

SURGE

“Are you the only white Africana Studies Major?” I overheard another student ask a friend.

I reacted. “Why is that even a question?”

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 49, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Williams, Joanna. Gordon Emslie Finalist for University of Central Florida Provost
• Rogers, Shelby. Board of Regents Approves New Majors, Emeritus Status Recognized
• Osborne, Sam. Vinyl Lovers Celebrate Record Store Day
• Burton, Kristina. WKU Presents Evening of Dance – Theatre & Dance
• Crumbie, Trey. New Big Red Statue Unveiled on Saturday
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon Hate Crimes Sign
• Break the Silence: Do Not Be Afraid to Report Hate Crimes
• Conniff, Ben. The Grand Budapest Hotel Adds to Wes Anderson’s Collection – Movies
• Put Your Records On Photo Spread – Music …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 89, No. 48, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Mathews, Mackenzie. Confucius Institute Instructors Teach at Juvenile Detention Center
• Brown, Leah. Gary Ransdell, Student Government Association Hold Open Forum – Tuition, Budget
• Rogers, Shelby. Board of Regents to Approve Degrees Friday
• Crumbie, Trey. Environmental Concerns Leads Textbook Manager to Retire – Forrest Halford
• Boyd, Kayla. Jim LeTourneau to Retire at the End of the Semester – Journalism & Broadcastin
• Eldridge, Brittany. Philosophy Department Adding New Professor – Grace Hunt
• French, Jackson. Preston Health & Activities Center to Host Sneak Peak of Dance Big Red
• Conniff, Ben. No Redemption …

The Essential Gospel Music Listening Library, Stephanie L. Barbee

The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs

No abstract provided.

Recent Scholarship On African American Religion, Marianne Nolan

The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs

No abstract provided.

In The Matter Of Race And Religion, Regennia N. Williams

The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs

Review of The New Black Gods: Arthur Huff Fauset and the Study of African American Religions, edited by Edward E. Curtis IV and Danielle Brune Sigler (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2009).

Faith In The Era Of President Barack Obama, Judith Mackeigan

The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs

Review of The Audacity of Faith: Christian Leaders Reflect on the Election of Barack Obama, edited by Marvin A. McMickle (Judson Press, 2009)

From Praying Grounds To Spiritual Gifts, Jeffery Ivey

The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs

No abstract provided.

The Matrix Of African American Sacred Music In The 21st Century, Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan

The Journal of Traditions & Beliefs

This essay explores the praying grounds and contested terrains of African American sacred music in the twenty-first century. After presenting a womanist interdisciplinary methodology for experiencing and analyzing African American sacred music, the essay then (1) provides a socio-historical overview of the various types of music in the canopy of Black sacred music (2) examines selected music from several genres (3) analyzes some theological and ethical doctrines grounded in and emerging from particular musical selections and (4) offers reflections on some critical issues that are contested and need to inform music used in worship given emerging issues in African American …