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Editor's Note Miguel A. Carranza, Miguel A. Carranza
Editor's Note Miguel A. Carranza, Miguel A. Carranza
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
This special issue of the journal on the theme of "Race, Class, and Gender" results from papers presented at the Association's 1993 national conference held at Salt Lake City, Utah. Under the able guidance of conference co-organizers, Alberto Pulido and Jennifer Pierce, the meeting was an outstanding success both in attendance and active participation. Fortunately, both Jennifer and Alberto enthusiastically agreed to be co-editors of this special issue.
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Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Number 17, Issue 1, 1994
Racism And Aids: African Origin Theories Of Hiv-1, Charles W. Hunt
Racism And Aids: African Origin Theories Of Hiv-1, Charles W. Hunt
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
The AIDS epidemic, first discovered in the United States in 1981, has caused a great deal of speculation with regard to the origins of both the HIV-1 retrovirus and the early pathways for the epidemic itself. The African origins theory is the most widely accepted origin theory for HIV-1 in the West. This theory is based upon six assertions, all of which either lack evidence or, when evidence has been present, these assertions have been contradicted. The African origins theory is unsubstantiated. The African origins theory is based not upon scientific logic but rather upon victim-blaming, the attempt to define …
A Pattern Of Possibility: Maxine Hong Kingston's Woman Warrior, Thelma J. Shinn
A Pattern Of Possibility: Maxine Hong Kingston's Woman Warrior, Thelma J. Shinn
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Maxine Hong Kingston is one of the many contemporary American novelists of non-European ethnicities and one of many women novelists who have found in mythology and folklore both stories and images which can transform the genre by providing "novel" patterns of order and "meronymic" language. These inclusive patterns and words help expand our perspective as they encompass both the linear and cyclical stories of the individual within the context of communal and social, mythic and historic, truths. In The Woman Warrior, the complex "frog knot" of her female heritage is untied for us not only to open up women's possible …
Introduction, Jennifer L. Pierce, Alberto L. Pulido
Introduction, Jennifer L. Pierce, Alberto L. Pulido
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
From the margins, we find ourselves well positioned to tell "other stories" -- life histories, traditions, and cultural myths which typically go unheard in dominant society.[2] As illustrated in the lead article, "A Pattern of Possibility: Maxine Hong Kingston's Woman Warrior, "by Thelma J. Shinn, such stories are "meronymic" -- mero from the Greek meaning "part" -- because our unique social location allows us to see beyond the dominant mythos and tell "other" parts of "the story." Telling these stories is not only empowering to those whom we name, but it also changes and transforms the official storyline itself. Life …
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Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Number 17, Issue 2, 1994
Perceptions Of Domestic Abuse Among Mexican American And Anglo American Women, Arthur S. Evans Jr., Sara Torres
Perceptions Of Domestic Abuse Among Mexican American And Anglo American Women, Arthur S. Evans Jr., Sara Torres
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
This paper examines the role of culture in shaping perceptions, definitions, and interpretations Mexican American and Anglo American women hold of domestic abuse. Two theoretical views concerning perceptions that Mexican Americans may hold of domestic abuse are discussed. The first view suggests that Mexican American women follow a pluralist model and therefore differ significantly in their perceptions of domestic abuse from Anglo American women. The second position holds that Mexican American women are quickly becoming assimilated into the American mainstream and consequently share attitudes toward domestic abuse similar to those of Anglo American women. Interviews were conducted with women living …
Contributors
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Notes on contributors to Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Volume 17, Issue 2, 1994
Media Discourse And The Feminization Of Poverty, Carmen L. Manning-Miller
Media Discourse And The Feminization Of Poverty, Carmen L. Manning-Miller
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Source diversity models suggest that by using non-conventional, non-official sources for news content, the prevailing perceptions about poor people and their needs would be undermined in news coverage. This study found that major newspapers are making efforts to diversify the sources quoted in their coverage of poverty issues. However, the portrayals of poor people have not changed, particularly for women and people of color. Results of this study suggest that source diversity research must go further to explore how sources are used to address the problems of the poor and how media influence public perceptions of public policy related to …
Whose Crying Game? One Woman Of Color's Reflection On Representations Of Men Of Color In Contemporary Film, Marian M. Sciachitano
Whose Crying Game? One Woman Of Color's Reflection On Representations Of Men Of Color In Contemporary Film, Marian M. Sciachitano
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
This film review of The Crying Game critically interrogates the politics of representation and domination which "spectacleize" Black male bodies. Working out of her location as an Asian American woman who is sensitive to the cinematic and everyday politics of exoticization, this cultural critic provides an analysis of the dynamic relations of power at work in the racial and heterosexual production and exploitation of Black gays in contemporary film. Drawing on the work of such critics as bell hooks, Robert Reid-Pharr, Kobena Mercer, and Judith Butler, she challenges us not to simply perpetuate the imperial gaze.
The Creation Of Education By Hispanic Women, Heidi Howarth
The Creation Of Education By Hispanic Women, Heidi Howarth
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
This paper examines the experience of Hispanic females in the public school in relation to how alternative learning, which takes place outside of classroom activities and discussions, generates a distinct method by which to gain an education. Four major frameworks utilized in discussing minority participation in education are presented and a focus on gender differences in education is submitted. This is followed by information obtained through an in-depth interview process. Analysis of the information shows the failure to account for differentiation between male and female Hispanics presents an assimilationist posturing of research. By placing race/ethnicity, class, and gender on equal …
Selected Readings On Race, Class, And Gender, Alberto L. Pulido, Jennifer L. Pierce
Selected Readings On Race, Class, And Gender, Alberto L. Pulido, Jennifer L. Pierce
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Selected Readings On Race, Class, and Gender
Race, Gender, And The Status-Quo:Asian And African American Relations In A Hollywood Film, Clarence Spigner
Race, Gender, And The Status-Quo:Asian And African American Relations In A Hollywood Film, Clarence Spigner
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Hollywood films play a significant role in constructing and reinforcing inter-ethnic tensions through negative representations of Asian Americans and African Americans. While white males are most often depicted as smart and romantically desirable, thereby reinforcing an ideology of white male dominance, Asian Americans and Blacks are typically diminished to demeaning and secondary status. Thi[this] article explores these racist steretotypes [stereotypes] in director Michael Cimino's 19985[1985] film Year of the Dragon (as well as a number of other Hollywood films), arguing that such race and gender-specific imagery is functional; for while it promotes race/gender stereotypes, it also serves to rationalize white …
Contributors
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Notes on contributors to Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Volume 17, Issue 1, 1994
Table Of Contents
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Number 16, Issue 1, 1993
Editor's Note Miguel A. Carranza, Miguel A. Carranza
Editor's Note Miguel A. Carranza, Miguel A. Carranza
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
This is my first issue as Publications Editor for the National Association for Ethnic Studies (NAES). I consider it quite an honor to have been nominated to be the new incoming editor. I would like to thank the outgoing editor, Gretchen M. Bataille, for all of her support and guidance during this transition period. NAES Publications have profited greatly by her commitment and dedication to ensuring that our journal remain an active outlet in publishing important research being produced by scholars in the field of ethnic studies. With the able assistance of Catherine Udall Turley, our managing editor, I am …
Intermarriage And Ethnicity: Punjabi Mexican Americans, Mexican Japanese, And Filipino Americans, Karen B. Leonard
Intermarriage And Ethnicity: Punjabi Mexican Americans, Mexican Japanese, And Filipino Americans, Karen B. Leonard
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
The problem is intermarriage, specifically intermarriages patterned by gender (all the men are from one ethnic background and almost all of the women from another) which produce significant biethnic communities. The author's original research on Punjabi Mexican Americans, people whose fathers came from India's Punjab province and whose mothers were of predominantly Mexican or Mexican American heritage, combined field work and interviews with California county records and local historical materials to show the flexibility of ethnic identity. She compares the Punjabi Mexican Americans to Filipino European Americans and Mexican japanese, using studies done by Barbara Posadas and Chizuko Watanabe. She …
Contributors
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Notes on contributors to Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Volume 16, Issue 1, 1993
Local Control Of Nineteenth Century Public Policy And The Ethnic Working Class In New England's Mill Towns, Paul R. Dauphinais
Local Control Of Nineteenth Century Public Policy And The Ethnic Working Class In New England's Mill Towns, Paul R. Dauphinais
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
This essay, using census material, newspaper reports, and other primary sources, examines the impact of local control of public policy on ethnic working class in nineteenth century New England. Research on New England's ethnic groups often focuses on large textile centers dominated by outside interests such as Fall River, Massachusetts or Manchester, New Hampshire. Corporate interests in these cities displayed a disproportionate influence of public policy often serving corporate, not public, interests. The focus of this study, Fitchburg and Worcester, Massachusetts, exhibited well diversified economies controlled by local interests. Local control led public policy in a direction more beneficial to …
A New Look At The Old "Race" Language: Rethinking "Race" And Exclusion In Social Policy, Chorswang Ngin
A New Look At The Old "Race" Language: Rethinking "Race" And Exclusion In Social Policy, Chorswang Ngin
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
This essay is an examination of the use of the notion “race" current in American social science literature and public discourse. It argues that the current assumptions of “race" are mistaken and lead to misunderstanding and misdirected social policy. A rethinking of the notions of “race" requires making a paradigmatic shift of the old categories of “race" and “race relations" to a new language that rejects “race" as a descriptive and an analytical category. It examines the processes through which “racist" social policies are enacted against Asian immigrants in contemporary Southern California.
Language Policy And Language Repression: The Case Of Spanish Basques And Mexican Americans, Deborah Faltis
Language Policy And Language Repression: The Case Of Spanish Basques And Mexican Americans, Deborah Faltis
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
This paper presents the argument that there are many similarities between the linguistic and cultural repression experienced by Basques in Spain and Mexican Americans in the United States. Linguistic and cultural repression, both historically and currently, is analyzed in terms of various language policies, especially those policies related to language use in school. The struggle for and importance of bilingual education for language and cultural maintenance is discussed. The paper concludes with the caution that the rise of conservative political groups such as The English Only Movement demonstrates that concern about linguistic and cultural repression is as imperative currently as …
Explorations In Ethnic Studies
Introduction Maulana Karenga, Guest Editor, Maulana Karenga
Introduction Maulana Karenga, Guest Editor, Maulana Karenga
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
This special issue on "Ethnicity and Public Policy" explores critical issues in public policy from various vantage points. Its scope is wide-ranging and aims at delineating and analyzing discourse and practices which both inform and constitute public policy on ethnic questions. It includes theoretical, historical and practical studies and represents a variety of approaches to both the definition and discourse of ethnicity and public policy on the national and international level.
Editor's Note Miguel A. Carranza, Miguel A. Carranza
Editor's Note Miguel A. Carranza, Miguel A. Carranza
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
This issue of the journal contains a variety of articles which are related yet diverse in their focus on topics concerning ethnic studies. In the first article, David Hood and Ruey-Lin Lin extend previous research on sentencing disparities in the state of Washington for Hispanics, Native Americans and Whites. Even after the creation of the Sentencing Reform Act, a decade later, sentencing disparities exist. In her research on the Los Angeles riots of 1992, Theresa Martinez analyzes the role of rap music as being a reflection and/or cause of inner city despair, hopelessness and anger.
Recognizing The Enemy: Rap Music In The Wake Of The Los Angeles Riots, Theresa A. Martinez
Recognizing The Enemy: Rap Music In The Wake Of The Los Angeles Riots, Theresa A. Martinez
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
The May 1992 riots in Los Angeles demonstrated more than anything in recent history that the inner cities are filled with despair, hopelessness, and anger. Some feel that rap music is responsible for both gangs and the lawlessness unleashed by the riots. This paper will seek to address this notion by looking at the rap lyrics of artists who have been considered the most radical and the most angry. By examining rap lyrics we can detect anger and frustration in the ghetto. Rap music did not cause rioting in Los Angeles but it effectively heralded measures taken by inner-city residents …
Sentencing Disparities In Yakima County: The Washington Sentencing Reform Act Revisited, David L. Hood, Ruey-Lin Lin
Sentencing Disparities In Yakima County: The Washington Sentencing Reform Act Revisited, David L. Hood, Ruey-Lin Lin
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
This study expands upon an earlier exploration of sentencing disparity in the Yakima County, Washington judicial system. The Sentencing Reform Act was adopted in 1981, becoming effective in 1984, to end inequitable sentences imposed on individuals who are convicted of similar offenses. This work adds to the original study by including an investigation of "exceptional" sentences and "offense type" crime. Independent variables are defendants' ethnicity (Hispanic, Native American, and White), age, and gender. The period of investigation includes fiscal years 1986 through 1991. Data was provided to the researchers by the Washington Sentencing Guidelines Commission and was processed using a …
Setting Sun: Popular Culture Images Of The Japanese And Japanese Americans And Public Policy, Mary Young
Setting Sun: Popular Culture Images Of The Japanese And Japanese Americans And Public Policy, Mary Young
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
The negative, stereotypical depictions of the Japanese and Japanese Americans in American popular culture in the first half of the twentieth century were of great importance in the promulgation of the Asian Exclusion Act of 1924, the internment of Japanese Americans following the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the subsequent dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The American public had been adequately prepared to accept inaccurate representations of Japanese and Japanese Americans; therefore, there was little public outcry against these actions.
Institutionalized Discrimination In The Legal System: A Socio-Historical Approach, Michael Hodge, Kevin E. Early, Harry Gold
Institutionalized Discrimination In The Legal System: A Socio-Historical Approach, Michael Hodge, Kevin E. Early, Harry Gold
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Despite many of the social, political, and economic changes of the 1960s, discrimination is still prevalent in the United States. Increasingly, evidence of discrimination can be seen in our nation's courts, institutions of higher education, in public policy decisions, and every social, political and economic institution. The question of how this can be in these days of ethnic and cultural diversity has aroused considerable interest among social scientists, as well as among the general public. One area that has been the target of considerable research is the criminal justice system. Wilbanks[1] has suggested that it is a "myth" that the …
When All The World's A Stage: The Impact Of Events On News Coverage Of South Africa, 1979-1985, Stanley O. Gaines Jr., David C. Roberts, Donald J. Baumann
When All The World's A Stage: The Impact Of Events On News Coverage Of South Africa, 1979-1985, Stanley O. Gaines Jr., David C. Roberts, Donald J. Baumann
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
A time series analysis was used to investigate: (1) whether a significant increase in news coverage of South Africa occurred during the critical years of 1979-1985 ; (2) whether the geographic origin and/or sociopolitical impact of events, rather than deaths per se, caused the increase; and (3) the manner in which the increase occurred. Results indicated that two symbolic events (i.e., a series of riots in twenty-one South African townships, internal to South Africa; and the awarding of the Nobel Prize to Bishop Desmond Tutu, external to South Africa) cumulatively were responsible for a significant rise in news coverage of …
A Selected Bibliography On Race/Ethnicity And Public Policy In The United States, Ronald Schmidt
A Selected Bibliography On Race/Ethnicity And Public Policy In The United States, Ronald Schmidt
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
A Selected Bibliography on Race/Ethnicity and Public Policy in the United States