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Critique [Of Racial Intelligence Testing And The Mexican People], Richard Santillan Jan 1982

Critique [Of Racial Intelligence Testing And The Mexican People], Richard Santillan

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Gilbert Gonzalez’s “Racial Intelligence Testing and the Mexican People" is a major contribution in analyzing the educational factors which result in social inequality among the Mexican population in the US. For decades, the power elite has espoused the myth that educational achievement for minorities is the key to social upward mobility. Instead, Gonzalez views education as a system which perpetuates and maintains racial and class divisions in our society.

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Some Symbols Of Identity Of Byzantine Catholics, Zora Devrnja Zimmerman Jan 1982

Some Symbols Of Identity Of Byzantine Catholics, Zora Devrnja Zimmerman

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Unraveling the tangle of theses that shape the Skovira essay, “Some Symbols of Identity of Byzantine Catholics," exposes not only the intersecting dimensions of ethnicity but also the complex nature of semiotics. Before we can accept the author’s concluding remarks on symbols, we need to consider the ramifications of these various theses. It so happens that the two major theses clash: one suggests ethnic assimilation; the other implies a strengthening of national identity. Perhaps some clarity can be achieved if we consider these themes separately.

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Critique [Of African And Pac!Fic Literature: A Comparative Study], R. Dennis Stewart Jan 1982

Critique [Of African And Pac!Fic Literature: A Comparative Study], R. Dennis Stewart

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Kristine Martin’s study makes available the relatively little-known literature of the southern Pacific basin islands. Her article has merit because it is compared with the more widely-read African literature, and she makes a significant contribution with the comparisions [comparison]. Both the Pacific selections, a recent phenomena, and the older African works are transitional literatures — striving to connect the colonized past with a post-colonial synthesis which is relevant to the author of the intended audience. As Martin shows. the audience is composed of compatriots.

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Contents Jan 1982

Contents

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Table of contents for Explorations in Sights and Sounds, Number 2, Summer, 1982

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[Review Of] Hedu Bouraoui, Ed., The Canadian Alternative: Cultural Pluralism And Canadian Unity, George F. Theriault Jan 1982

[Review Of] Hedu Bouraoui, Ed., The Canadian Alternative: Cultural Pluralism And Canadian Unity, George F. Theriault

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Alternative might be defined as "proving or necessitating a choice between two (or, loosely, more than two) things." The reader with an active interest in the theme expressed in the sub-title will readily perceive as did the writers of the papers included in this interesting little book, that its main title must be understood in the looser meaning.

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[Review Of] Lynwood Carranco And Estle Beard, Genocide And Vendetta: The Indian Wars Of Northern California, Charles E. Roberts Jan 1982

[Review Of] Lynwood Carranco And Estle Beard, Genocide And Vendetta: The Indian Wars Of Northern California, Charles E. Roberts

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Indian and white relations in northern California is a subject that has made little impact on the American historical imagination. Only Theodora Kroeber's lshi in Two Worlds, a book that derives its power from romantic concepts of the noble savage and the vanishing red man, has garnered much of an audience. What is sorely needed are histories of such tribes as the Pomo, Hupa, Witun, and Maidu that take them from the 1820s into the 20th century. Such study is difficult to pursue; the rapidity with which California's native peoples were overrun and their cultures shattered has left a chaotic …

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[Review Of] Mario T. Garcfa, Desert Immigrants: The Mexicans Of El Paso, 1880- 1920, Joe Rodriguez Jan 1982

[Review Of] Mario T. Garcfa, Desert Immigrants: The Mexicans Of El Paso, 1880- 1920, Joe Rodriguez

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Mario T. Garcia's Desert Immigrants documents and analyzes the growth of the border city of El Paso, Texas. The transformation of El Paso from a small crossroads community between Mexico and the U.S. to a major commercial and industrial metropolis is presented in terms of "the growth of American industrial capitalism and its need for new sources of cheap and manageable labor." Garcia's attention to the economic underpinnings of El Paso's growth is well developed and he integrates many types of historical information. Business and labor statistics, demographic figures and newspaper accounts of day-to-day life in the city show the …

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[Review Of] Ira Bruce Nadel, Jewish Writers Of North America: A Guide To Information Sources, Stewart Rodnon Jan 1982

[Review Of] Ira Bruce Nadel, Jewish Writers Of North America: A Guide To Information Sources, Stewart Rodnon

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

This is an extensive bibliography covering selected American and Canadian Jewish authors, both contemporary and historical. The book is separated into four major sections: General Reference Guides (bibliographies, literary histories, anthologies, etc.), Poets, Novelists and Short-Story Writers, and Dramatists. Each of the last three sections is divided into two parts: American-Jewish and Canadian-Jewish authors. Concluding the volume are two appendixes-Yiddish Literature, and Checklists of Additional American and Canadian Jewish Writers-plus the usual author, title, and subject indexes.

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[Review Of] Philip Rosen, The Neglected Dimension: Ethnicity In American Life, Barbara Linebaugh Jan 1982

[Review Of] Philip Rosen, The Neglected Dimension: Ethnicity In American Life, Barbara Linebaugh

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

This book was initiated by the National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs with funding from the Ford Foundation and the U.S. Office of Education. It clearly states and carries out its purpose, i.e., alteration of the ordinary high school curriculum to reflect the diversity of the American ethnic heritage. Throughout the text the richness and significance of that diversity is highlighted, emphasizing several times in skillful and simple language that to be a hyphenated American is un-American. The author has gone to great lengths to include writing from a wide variety of ethnic groups in his selections; any student reading …

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[Review Of] J. Anthony Paredes, Ed., Anishinabe: 6 Studies Of Modern Chippewa, Andrew Wiget Jan 1982

[Review Of] J. Anthony Paredes, Ed., Anishinabe: 6 Studies Of Modern Chippewa, Andrew Wiget

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

At a time when contemporary Indian life is overlooked in favor of romantic glorification of the past, this book is especially welcome. It is unique in its vision, presenting in a single volume six complementary reports of coordinated research done during the 1960s among one of the largest Native American tribes.

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[Review Of] Anzia Yezierska, Red Ribbon On A White Horse, Carol Schoen Jan 1982

[Review Of] Anzia Yezierska, Red Ribbon On A White Horse, Carol Schoen

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

The republication of Anzia Yezierska's Red Ribbon on a White Horse, with an afterword by her daughter, Louise Henriksen, is an important event in two respects: first, it represents another step in the rediscovery of a significant writer whose work deals with the experience of immigrant Jewish women at the turn of the twentieth century. Second, it is a valuable document for information on that period of mass migration. Scholars concerned with ethnic literature, as well as those previously unfamiliar with Yezierska's works, will find here interesting insights into the problems and pressures of the immigrants.

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[Review Of] Un Nuevo Dia, Barbara Hiura Jan 1982

[Review Of] Un Nuevo Dia, Barbara Hiura

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Un Nuevo Dia is a bilingual (Spanish/English) quarterly publication whose purpose is to report on "the progress being made both locally and nationally in new and improved educational programs for minority children."1 It is achieving this goal by printing articles which deal with discriminatory practices against minority students in various community public schools. Many of the articles offer solutions to this problem, emphasizing community action as an effective political tool.

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Critique [Of Fascism: A Review Of Its History And Its Present Cultural Reality In The Americas], Wolfgang Binder Jan 1982

Critique [Of Fascism: A Review Of Its History And Its Present Cultural Reality In The Americas], Wolfgang Binder

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Professor Forbes’ article represents a timely and important contribution. It should, if need be, serve as a means of raising the readers’ historical consciousnesses during a period in which dramatic changes in U.S. economic and social policies are under way, in a time when unabashed power politics seem to be imposed on half the globe by the ruling classes of both great imperial powers.

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Institutional Racism, Vine Deloria Jr Jan 1982

Institutional Racism, Vine Deloria Jr

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Much of the activity in the 1960s revolving about civil rights reflected the belief that racism was a personal flaw which could be corrected by the proper adjustment of federal laws to give substance to the promises of citizenship. George Wallace, Lester Maddox, and Bull Connor all personified racism with their determined efforts to prevent blacks from achieving full citizenship rights and their excesses spurred them to action when it was believed that with the power of the federal government curbing the activities of a few die-hard racists discrimination would finally be conquered. The emphasis on personal attitudes obscured the …

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Table Of Contents Jan 1982

Table Of Contents

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, 1982

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Critique [Of Fascism: A Review Of Its History And Its Present Cultural Reality In The Americas], Shirley Vining Brown Jan 1982

Critique [Of Fascism: A Review Of Its History And Its Present Cultural Reality In The Americas], Shirley Vining Brown

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Forbes’s analysis of fascism reveals that fascist tendencies are dormant seeds of exploitation that resurface and flourish under conditions of greed or when exploitive systems are threatened and opposed by those they oppress. Because fascism is more than politics and shares a symbiotic relationship with supportive and enduring cultural values, he is correct in directing our attention to those historical and cultural antecedents that give rise to omnifarious forms of fascism in this country and elsewhere. Cultural values and their symbiotic connectedness with political decisions are perhaps the single-most important feature of fascism considered in this timely and cogently discussed …

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Table Of Contents Jan 1982

Table Of Contents

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, vol. 5, no. 2, 1982

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Critique [Of Fascism: A Review Of Its History And Its Present Cultural Reality In The Americas], Frank J. Cavaioli Jan 1982

Critique [Of Fascism: A Review Of Its History And Its Present Cultural Reality In The Americas], Frank J. Cavaioli

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Writing from the vantage point of the 1980s, white historians have questioned the earlier simplistic interpretations of Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Democracy. Certainly that “democracy” excluded blacks, Indians, women, and the poor, since it was modeled on the ancient Athenian system. It is clear that these and other evils were compromised and were not resolved to the complete satisfaction of the masses. For example, though the Civil War produced the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments white Americans devised other systems to keep blacks in an inferior position.

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Critique [Of Racial Intelligence Testing And The Mexican People], Olivia Mercado Jan 1982

Critique [Of Racial Intelligence Testing And The Mexican People], Olivia Mercado

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Educational institutions are representative microcosms of the society. If the society segregates, exploits, and excludes racial groups, then it can be expected that educational institutions will follow suit. The intelligence testing of the 1920s and 1930s was an academic response to eugenics theories and to contemporary political-economic policies related to immigration, miscegenation, and segregation. As Gonzalez concludes, the creation of intelligence tests and their application were not only an apologia but also a means to maintain the status quo in the society.

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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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