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Critique [Of Institutional Racism], Barbara F. Luebke Jan 1982

Critique [Of Institutional Racism], Barbara F. Luebke

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

“The complex of concepts which western peoples use to process data and make decisions are the ultimate enemy of minorities. . . .” As an educator, and especially as one involved in educating journalists, I found myself drawn to Deloria’s statement.

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Racial Intelligence Testing And The Mexican People, Gilbert G. Gonzalez Jan 1982

Racial Intelligence Testing And The Mexican People, Gilbert G. Gonzalez

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

In the 1920s and 1930s the Mexican school age population increasingly participated in the educational system of the US. Meanwhile, many first experiences of these children with the state came in the form of educational research. The intelligence testing movement had a brief history before then, one which was gathering much momentum and greatly encouraged by corporate foundations and the cooperation of university administrations. The rapid immigration in the 1920s and settlement of Mexicans into colonias of the Southwest coincided with the rise of academic research and publications on racial intelligence as well as with the combination of mass compulsory …

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Fascism: A Review Of Its History And Its Present Cultural Reality In The Americas, Jack D. Forbes Jan 1982

Fascism: A Review Of Its History And Its Present Cultural Reality In The Americas, Jack D. Forbes

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

The Italians may have given us the word “fascismo,” but whether we use that word or the Spanish ”falangismo” or the German “National Socialism” (Naziism) we are talking about a form of social organization which has a complex history. Indeed, many persons wrongly believe that fascism as a political system first achieved state power in Italy in the 1920s. However, fascism in modern times first achieved independent (sovereign) power in the Americas -- in the Argentina of Juan Manuel de Rosas (1830s) and in the Confederate States of America (1860-1865).

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Introduction, Charles C. Irby Jan 1982

Introduction, Charles C. Irby

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

This issue of Explorations in Ethnic Studies brings into focus the vision NAIES has had from the onset, i.e., the pursuit of ”explorations and solutions” to problems within the context of oppression as they relate to the coloured ethnic minority experience in the US. and other places. In two separate essays, lack Forbes and Vine Deloria present issues which ethnic studies proponents must address if such study is to be viable. These writers recognize ethnic studies as being about the business of empowering individuals to be creatively involved in their futures. Forbes and Deloria present varying perspectives, recognizing the history …

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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.

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Critique [Of Fascism: A Review Of Its History And Its Present Cultural Reality In The Americas], David M. Johnson Jan 1982

Critique [Of Fascism: A Review Of Its History And Its Present Cultural Reality In The Americas], David M. Johnson

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

To quote the cartoon character Pogo: "We have met the enemy and he is us." The key strength in Forbes' analysis of fascism is his wide-ranging historical sweep and the way he shows that many elements in American character, such as prejudice against immigrants and eagerness for the spread of American ideas overseas, are related to fascistic tendencies throughout American history.

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The Editor Notes Jan 1982

The Editor Notes

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

The importance of this issue is that it provides the kind of germinal and topical issues which move the ethnic studies process in the directions which make a difference in educational institutions.

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Explorations In Ethnic Studies Jan 1982

Explorations In Ethnic Studies

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

No abstract provided.

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Critique [Of Institutional Racism], Marvin J. Happle Jan 1982

Critique [Of Institutional Racism], Marvin J. Happle

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

In the sixties, the scattered attacks against various manifestations of racism briefly coalesced into a broad based movement. Some gains were made, chiefly in the areas of voting rights, consumer discrimination, and education. However, the movement failed to significantly alter the wealth distribution system through the achievement of employment equity, this could only have resulted from affirmative action in all sectors and at all levels of the economy. But in the employment struggle, the confrontation was much closer to the heart of capitalist institutions and was perceived as a greater threat to the stability of those institutions.

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Contributors Jan 1982

Contributors

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Notes on contributors to Explorations in Ethnic Studies, vol. 5, no.1, 1982

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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 …

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Explorations In Ethnic Studies Jan 1982

Explorations In Ethnic Studies

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

No abstract provided.

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Caneburning, Sheila Rosecrans Jan 1982

Caneburning, Sheila Rosecrans

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Includes poem by Shelia Rosecrans: Caneburning.

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Contributors Jan 1982

Contributors

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Notes on contributors to Explorations in Ethnic Studies, vol. 5, no.2, 1982

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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.

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Some Symbols Of Identity Of Byzantine Catholics, Robert J. Skovira Jan 1982

Some Symbols Of Identity Of Byzantine Catholics, Robert J. Skovira

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

This essay is a description of some of an ethnic group’s symbols of identity”, its aim is to explore the meanings of the following statement: [Byzantine Catholics] are no longer an immigrant and ethnic group. Byzantine Catholics are American in every sense of the word, that the rite itself is American as opposed to foreign, and that both the rite and its adherents have become part and parcel of the American scene.”

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Blind Man's Point Of View, J. L. Rooff Jan 1982

Blind Man's Point Of View, J. L. Rooff

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Includes poem by J.L. Rooff: Blind Man's Point of View

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[Review Of] Walter Dyke And Ruth Dyk, Eds., Left Handed: A Navajo Autobiography, Andrew Wiget Jan 1982

[Review Of] Walter Dyke And Ruth Dyk, Eds., Left Handed: A Navajo Autobiography, Andrew Wiget

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

When Walter Dyk published Son of Old Man Hat in 1938, he introduced most of the world to a remarkable youth: Left Handed of the Bitahni clan, adopted son of Old Man Hat. That classic anthropological autobiography was the story of a child, born before his time, who grew to be a humorous, sensitive and observant young man. Left Handed dictated this story, which he concluded with his marriage, almost a half a century after most of the events had occurred. Following the Second World War, Dyk returned to the Navajo Reservation for the rest of the story and found …

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[Review Of] Anne Wortham, The Other Side Of Racism: A Philosophical Study Of Black Race Consciousness, Ramond L. Hall Jan 1982

[Review Of] Anne Wortham, The Other Side Of Racism: A Philosophical Study Of Black Race Consciousness, Ramond L. Hall

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

The author, "a freelance writer, editor, and broadcast researcher .... (presently) a doctoral candidate in sociology at Boston College," proposes to study blacks who advocate black consciousness. Wortham condemns ethnic or racial consciousness, and therefore characterizes "the other side of racism " as "a dilemma of individual self-esteem as opposed to problems of group conflict in race relations."

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[Review Of] William A. Doublass And Richard W. Etulain, Eds., Basque Americans: A Guide To Information Sources, Sergio D. Elizondo Jan 1982

[Review Of] William A. Doublass And Richard W. Etulain, Eds., Basque Americans: A Guide To Information Sources, Sergio D. Elizondo

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

This is a selected and annotated bibliography on the European and American Basques, the immigrants and their descendents known as the Amerikanauk. It is useful for both lay people and serious researchers and, short as it may seem, treats a wide variety of subjects concerning one of the least known minority ethnic groups that are an integral part of this multicultural country.

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[Review Of] Eileen Tway, Ed., Reading Ladders For Human Relations, W. Thomas Jamison Jan 1982

[Review Of] Eileen Tway, Ed., Reading Ladders For Human Relations, W. Thomas Jamison

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Reading Ladders for Human Relations is essentially an annotated bibliographical listing of books appropriate for young people. The books bave been grouped under five headings: (1) Growing into Self, (2) Relating to Wide Individual Differences, (3) Interacting with Groups, (4) Appreciating Different Cultures, and (5) Coping in a Changing World. The publication data of the majority of the works listed fall within the decade of the seventies. An alphabetical listing of publishers and authors and titles completes the book.

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[Review Of] Ellease Sutherland, Let The Lion Eat Straw, Janet Cheatham Bell Jan 1981

[Review Of] Ellease Sutherland, Let The Lion Eat Straw, Janet Cheatham Bell

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

This novella covers the life of Abeba Williams Torch from her childhood in North Carolina to her death at a fairly young age in Harlem. The potential for a fully realized novel is everywhere in this book, but because the author chose not to include the detail which would make it so, the effect is unsatisfying.

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[Review Of] Vladimir Wertsman, The Romanians In America And Canada: A Guide To Information Sources, Ernestine Paniagua Jan 1981

[Review Of] Vladimir Wertsman, The Romanians In America And Canada: A Guide To Information Sources, Ernestine Paniagua

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

This book is intended as a convenient guide to research on Romanians in both America and Canada. As the subtitle indicates, it is a guide book, one of a multi-volume ethnic studies information guide series that Gale Information Company is currently completing. The volume has two major components: one provides the non-specialist with a broad perspective on major themes in the research literature, and the other provides annotated bibliographies of selected books, pamphlets, and periodicals of special significance.

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[Review Of] Jane B. Katz (Ed.), This Song Remembers: Self-Portraits Of Native Americans In The Arts, Gretchen M. Bataille Jan 1981

[Review Of] Jane B. Katz (Ed.), This Song Remembers: Self-Portraits Of Native Americans In The Arts, Gretchen M. Bataille

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Through literature, music, and the visual arts people remember who they were and who they are. Jane B. Katz has effectively brought together the ”rememberings" of twenty-one Native American artists who tell briefly of their lives, their work, and the influence of their Native American heritage on all that they create

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[Review Of] David W. Baird, The Quapaw Indians: A History Of The Downstream People, David R. Mcdonald Jan 1981

[Review Of] David W. Baird, The Quapaw Indians: A History Of The Downstream People, David R. Mcdonald

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Baird, in a highly engaging book, examines the history of a little known Indian tribe. Originally inhabitants of the Ohio Valley, the Quapaws, by 1973, had migrated to the area around the Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers where they were first encountered by the French. Considered important allies by the French and later the Spanish, the Quapaws served as a buffer against the British and British-allied Indians. The results of contacts with Europeans, however, were soon felt by the Quapaws; by 1763 their population had dropped to seven hundred from an estimated six to fifteen thousand in 1682.

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[Review Of] Gretchen M. Bataille And Charles L. P. Silet (Eds.), The Pretend Indians: Images Of Native Americans In The Movies, Barbara F. Luebke Jan 1981

[Review Of] Gretchen M. Bataille And Charles L. P. Silet (Eds.), The Pretend Indians: Images Of Native Americans In The Movies, Barbara F. Luebke

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Those of us concerned with mass media stereotyping are especially grateful for this well-edited reader, but all persons interested in Native Americans and their ”popular“ images will find it enjoyable and useful.

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[Review Of] Evelyn Gross Avery, Rebels And Victims: The Fiction Of Richard Wright And Bernard Malamud, Edith Blicksilver Jan 1981

[Review Of] Evelyn Gross Avery, Rebels And Victims: The Fiction Of Richard Wright And Bernard Malamud, Edith Blicksilver

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Evelyn Gross Avery's comparison of Richard Wright's works and themes with those of Bernard Malamud asserts that a clear pattern of behavior is discernible in both Afro-American and Jewish-American fiction. Both black and Jew, facing a hostile Anglo-power society, psychologically and sometimes even physically abused, emerged as rebels striking out at exploitation and injustice or as victims, internalizing their frustrated anguish.

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[Review Of] The Immigrants Speak: Italian Immigrants Tell Their Story By Salvatore J. Lagumina, Frank J. Cavaioli Jan 1981

[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.”

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Critique [Of A Proposed Model For Advocacy Services For Mexican Undocumented Aliens With Mental Health Needs], Helen G. Chapin Jan 1981

Critique [Of A Proposed Model For Advocacy Services For Mexican Undocumented Aliens With Mental Health Needs], Helen G. Chapin

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Mexican undocumented aliens are and will continue to be a presence in the United States. This Proposal cites a 1972 study of an estimated eight million illegal aliens in this country, a figure that has climbed sharply since that date. Positive contributions toward improving the living and working situations of this population are, therefore, necessary and important.

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Critique [Of Ethical Problems In Evaluation Research], Arnold Kahn Jan 1981

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 …

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