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Table Of Contents
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Table of contents for Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Number 14, Issue 1, 1991
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Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Notes on contributors to Explorations in Ethnic Studies, Volume 14, Issue 1, 1991
The Law And Policy Of Civil Rights: A Tactical Perspective For Educators, Le Von E. Wilson, George Steven Swan
The Law And Policy Of Civil Rights: A Tactical Perspective For Educators, Le Von E. Wilson, George Steven Swan
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
This article is presented to share with fellow professional teacher-scholars the preparation of a freshly-formulated teaching project. The aim of this project is to provide a classroom public policy study program wherein students debate policy issues in a carefully structured and professional fashion. This structure encompasses hands-on study of actually-litigated minority set-aside/affirmative action controversies before the U.S. Supreme Court, with every student always utilizing the primary documents (the litigants' briefs) used by the Supreme Court Justices themselves. These briefs provide readymade resources fueling policy debate on either side of each case.
[Review Of] K. S. Tom. Echoes From Old China: Life, Legends, And Lore Of The Middle Kingdom, Jim Schnell
[Review Of] K. S. Tom. Echoes From Old China: Life, Legends, And Lore Of The Middle Kingdom, Jim Schnell
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
K. S. Tom provides insightful glimpses into a variety of aspects of Chinese culture. In the preface, the author states "this book provides a general introduction to Chinese customs, traditions and culture. It is by no means an exhaustive or definitive account of the topics that have been selected for discussion." This reviewer was initially distracted because of the wide range of topics covered and the lack of conclusiveness and interrelatedness among these topics. However, acknowledgement by the author that this book is an introduction to a variety of aspects of Chinese culture, rather than a conclusive analysis, encouraged this …
[Review Of] Nasario Garcia. Recuerdos De Los Viejitos, Tales Of The Rio Puerco, Glen M. Kraig
[Review Of] Nasario Garcia. Recuerdos De Los Viejitos, Tales Of The Rio Puerco, Glen M. Kraig
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
The editor indicated in his foreword that he had several purposes for collecting and assembling the sixty-four stories that comprise this book. First, he had noted that little had been written concerning the history of the Rio Puerco region of New Mexico, and the little that had been written had not included the actual first person narratives of the people who had lived there. These, the collector believed, the "... vibrant oral history and literature from a previously unrecorded area can now further enrich the age old cultural heritage of Hispanic New Mexico."
[Review Of] Stephen R. Applewhite, Ed. Hispanic Elderly In Transition: Theory, Research, Policy And Practice, Allene Jones
[Review Of] Stephen R. Applewhite, Ed. Hispanic Elderly In Transition: Theory, Research, Policy And Practice, Allene Jones
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
The main focus of this book is aging as it relates to the Hispanic elderly. The author states that "the primary goal of this book is to offer a contextual overview of Hispanic aging-ranging from complex issues to tentative answers."
[Review Of] Christie Davies. Ethnic Humor Around The World: A Comparative Analysis, Alleen Nilsen, Don Nilsen
[Review Of] Christie Davies. Ethnic Humor Around The World: A Comparative Analysis, Alleen Nilsen, Don Nilsen
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
If you want to know what's in Davies' Ethnic Humor Around the World, you'll need to devote some time and energy to the matter. It's a serious study-not the kind you can read at the bus stop or listen to in bits and pieces on a cassette or read excerpted in a popular magazine. Nevertheless, this is a must-read for anyone who's tempted to make such blanket statements as the one that climaxes a currently popular video tape on cultural diversity: "There is no place in business or academics for ethnic joking."
[Review Of] Peter Thomas. Strangers From A Secret Land: The Voyages Of The Bark "Albion" And The Founding Of The First Welsh Settlements In Canada, Phillips G. Davies
[Review Of] Peter Thomas. Strangers From A Secret Land: The Voyages Of The Bark "Albion" And The Founding Of The First Welsh Settlements In Canada, Phillips G. Davies
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
This is quite a long book, with a misleading subtitle, about two quite small Welsh settlements in the Maritime Provinces. Even the author admits that the settlements at Cardigan and New Cambria "were insignificant by most of the measures historians commonly use." Nor can it be very highly recommended, even to ethnic students in Canada, because about half of the material is about Welsh maritime history and Canadian provincial politics.
[Review Of] Christine Oppong, Ed. Sex Roles, Population And Development In West Aftica [Africa], Ashton Wesley Welch
[Review Of] Christine Oppong, Ed. Sex Roles, Population And Development In West Aftica [Africa], Ashton Wesley Welch
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
This volume is part of an effort by the International Labour Office to widen the appreciation of salient demographic factors and the role of women as workers in the developing world. As stated in the introduction, it examines issues central to the national planning of four West African nations by focusing on divisions of labor, resources, skills, power and opportunities. Its thesis is threefold: a need for more conceptually rigorous documentation and understanding of social processes on which to base policies and plans; the need to give proper consideration to the diverse and changing roles of women and men; and, …
[Review Of] Margaret Connell Szasz. Indian Education In The American Colonies, 1607-1783, Gretchen Harvey
[Review Of] Margaret Connell Szasz. Indian Education In The American Colonies, 1607-1783, Gretchen Harvey
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
In this ethnohistory of American Indian education, Margaret Szasz broadly interprets education to mean the transmission of culture over time. Within "the arena of contact," prominent Indians who helped mediate the relations between Euro -- and Native Americans are identified. Szasz calls these individuals "cultural brokers," and her analysis of their roles in the history of colonial education is an important contribution to scholarship.
[Review Of] Sheila K. Johnson. The Japanese Through American Eyes, Donald L. Guimary
[Review Of] Sheila K. Johnson. The Japanese Through American Eyes, Donald L. Guimary
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
For those interested in relations between Japan and the United States, this book is timely. It traces American stereotypes and attitudes about Japan from World War II to the later 1980s. The author, an anthropologist who has lived in that nation, uses examples of popular American culture -- books, magazines, films and public opinion poll results -- to trace attitudinal shifts in the U.S. She effectively uses illustrations and cartoons from magazines and newspapers -- New Yorker, Time, Playboy, and the New York Times -- to indicate how American opinions have ranged over this period.
[Review Of] Thomas Vennum, Jr. Wild Rice And The Ojibway People, David M. Gradwohl
[Review Of] Thomas Vennum, Jr. Wild Rice And The Ojibway People, David M. Gradwohl
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
Everything you wanted to know and lots more you never thought to ask about North American wild rice are included in this extensive tome. The plant is labelled Zizania aquatica in the Linnaean nomenclature; the Ojibway called it manoomin. The author discusses the scientific classification of wild rice, its germination, growth cycle, habitat, and enemies. He also takes up the varied uses of wild rice as food: its nutritional value, methods of preparing and cooking the grain, and the reactions of Euro-Americans to this native plant which is exceedingly rich in carbohydrates and converts efficiently to energy in the body. …
[Review Of] Mitsuye Yamada And Sarie Sachie Hylkema, Eds. Sowing Ti Leaves: Writings By Multi-Cultural Women, Kate Motoyama
[Review Of] Mitsuye Yamada And Sarie Sachie Hylkema, Eds. Sowing Ti Leaves: Writings By Multi-Cultural Women, Kate Motoyama
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
Sowing Ti Leaves gathers together personal narratives, poems, essays, and a scholarly study which were produced during the Multi-Cultural Women Writers (MCWW) of Orange County's nine-year existence. Coeditor Mitsuye Yamada states in her introduction that the writing group was formed to provide a common reference point and a forum for expression. While MCWW's ancestral ties are diverse (Argentinian, Chinese, East Indian, Hawaiian, Italian, Japanese, Jewish, Lebanese, Okinawan), its members share experiences as women living within the "majority" culture. The writing process is used to enable "minority" women to understand their culture(s) and to proclaim their identities. MCWW provides a space …
[Review Of] Jade Snow Wong. Fifth Chinese Daughter, Evelyn Hu-Dehart
[Review Of] Jade Snow Wong. Fifth Chinese Daughter, Evelyn Hu-Dehart
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
I am personally delighted to see the re-issue of Jade Snow Wong's autobiographical novel, Fifth Chinese Daughter. Shortly after I arrived in the U.S. in 1959 as a rather bewildered young girl immigrant of twelve, it was my good fortune to have stumbled onto -- in the local public library -- Jade Snow Wong's wonderful story of growing up Chinese and female in America, in both the ethnic enclave of Chinatown and the San Francisco Bay Area's white college and working worlds. It helped me better understand the experience of being an "American-Chinese," the term used in those days. The …
Black Underrepresentation In Science And Technology, Robert C. Johnson
Black Underrepresentation In Science And Technology, Robert C. Johnson
Trotter Review
The United States is experiencing a crisis in the training of scientific and technical personnel. A recent report from the National Science Foundation (NSF) indicates that the number of U.S. citizens earning science and engineering doctorates has decreased nearly 5% since 1980. The National Research Council's study of the adequacy of research support for the mathematical sciences in the United States reveals that not only has the production of Ph.D.s in mathematics declined since 1969-70, but the percentage of U.S. citizens receiving those degrees fell during the last decade from 78% of all mathematics Ph.D.s to only 61% of all …
The School Choice Issue: Remarks Made At The U.S. Department Of Education's Regional Strategy Meeting On Choice In Education, Phyllis Mcclure
The School Choice Issue: Remarks Made At The U.S. Department Of Education's Regional Strategy Meeting On Choice In Education, Phyllis Mcclure
Trotter Review
The term choice as it is used by the current administration with regard to education is a cosmetic, simplistic response to the failure of American schools. Choice has become a catch-all term for a whole variety of programs, plans, and theories. We should not let this meeting or the Department of Education delude us into believing that parental choice holds the promise for poor and minority children. The term is being used to describe not only what is happening in District 4 [public school district in New York City], but a plethora of ideas based on the free market. I …
Blacks In Golf, Wornie L. Reed
Blacks In Golf, Wornie L. Reed
Trotter Review
From 1961 until the mid-1980s a weekend ritual was repeated by many African Americans who follow golf. For these individuals, each weekend morning included a peek at the standings of the weekly Professional Golf Association (PGA) tournament printed in the newspaper to see how the black golfers were doing and whether any one of them was the tournament leader or was close enough to the lead to win the tournament. As the 1980s came to an end anyone still practicing the old ritual was doing so in vain. No blacks were winning tournaments on the regular PGA Tour, nor were …
[Review Of] F. Chris Garcia, Ed. Latinos And The Political System, Jesse M. Vazquez
[Review Of] F. Chris Garcia, Ed. Latinos And The Political System, Jesse M. Vazquez
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
Latinos and the Political System, carefully compiled by F. Chris Garcia, represents a significant contribution to the field of political analysis as well as to the study of the complexities and subtleties of the politics of the Latino community in the United States. While the book's focus is clearly on the emerging place of the Latino community on the American political landscape, Garcia and his collaborators amply demonstrate that as needs and wants are converted into specific policies, the implementation of these will have significant "ramifications for the rest of the system as well as for Latino politics specifically." This …
[Review Of] Miriam Makeba And James Hall. Makeba: My Story, Nancy Hellner
[Review Of] Miriam Makeba And James Hall. Makeba: My Story, Nancy Hellner
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
Like much of her music, Miriam Makeba's autobiography is both personal and political. As it details the story of a young girl's coming of age and search for identity, it simultaneously records the history of a country struggling for independence. In the prologue, Makeba compares herself to a South African bird soaring above the horror of apartheid (aparthood) which was instituted in 1947. As she recounts the details of war and injustice in direct, understated, idiom-filled prose, and as she intertwines details of ancient customs with the realities of modern technology, Makeba suggests that music best expresses the tragic subject …
Critique [Of Ethnic Education: A Clash Of Cultures In Progressive Chicago By Gerald R. Gems], Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum
Critique [Of Ethnic Education: A Clash Of Cultures In Progressive Chicago By Gerald R. Gems], Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Gerald R. Gems has successfully put into historical context the significant issues of educational reform in the United States. In 1900, and in 1991, educational issues should be at the center of a national discussion of the kind of country we want to be.
A Stacked Deck: Racial Minorities And The New American Political Economy, Noel J. Kent
A Stacked Deck: Racial Minorities And The New American Political Economy, Noel J. Kent
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
The 1960s brought the promise of a new era of social justice for all Americans. Indeed, the overturning of official, state-sanctioned racial structures was a watershed in national life. During the 1970s and 1980s, however, the earlier momentum of the civil rights period dissipated as the end of the postwar economic expansion ushered in a crisis of American culture and polity. "Symbolic racism" emerged as a powerful political and ideological instrument to buttress resistance to racial and ethnic equality. During the 1980s, a Reagan administration antagonistic to the aspirations of minorities and the working classes in general was able to …
Introduction: Ethnicity And Justice, Johnny Washington
Introduction: Ethnicity And Justice, Johnny Washington
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
The ideal of social justice in the United States has its roots in both the Judeo-Christian and ancient Greek traditions. From the latter our notion of democracy as a just institution is derived. At the theoretical level, Plato attempted to define ideal justice in his Republic, but here we are not concerned with ideal justice. At the practical level, the Hebrew prophet Amos urged public officials to practice justice as enjoined by Moses and his predecessors. Some 2700 years later Martin Luther King, Jr., sought to combine these two senses of justice when he insisted that America can satisfy its …
Ethnic Disparities In Sentencing And The Washington Sentencing Reform Act: The Case Of Yakima County, David L. Hood, Jon R. Harlan
Ethnic Disparities In Sentencing And The Washington Sentencing Reform Act: The Case Of Yakima County, David L. Hood, Jon R. Harlan
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
An important issue confronting the criminal justice system is sentencing disparity. Sentencing disparity involves inequitable sanctions imposed on individuals who have committed similar offenses. These inequalities in sentencing patterns have allegedly centered on group differences and may reflect an ethnic or racial bias.
Critique [Of Oral Traditions Under Threat: The Australian Aboriginal Experience By Christine Morris], Alan Spector
Critique [Of Oral Traditions Under Threat: The Australian Aboriginal Experience By Christine Morris], Alan Spector
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
Christine Morris stimulates, provokes, and challenges some fundamental axioms about culture and literature in her intriguing essay. The absolutism of her position forces readers to critically examine their own ideas about the transmission and preservation of culture. Ultimately, I have some skepticism about the absolutism of her position, but her paper moved me several steps towards her position and caused me to evaluate my ideas on other issues as well.
Abstracts From The Nineteenth Annual Conference National Association For Ethnic Studies. Inc. "Ethnic Studies For The Twenty-First Century"
Explorations in Ethnic Studies
With the leadership of James H. Williams, Tengemana Thumbutu, and the staff of the College of Arts at California State Polytechnic University, NAES had one of its best-attended conferences ever. Participants enjoyed the sunny and smog-free skies of spring in California and the amenities of the Kellogg West Conference Center while renewing their commitment to the need to study and implement current research in ethnic studies.
[Review Of] Alma Luz Villanueva. The Ultraviolet Sky, Julie Schrader Villegas
[Review Of] Alma Luz Villanueva. The Ultraviolet Sky, Julie Schrader Villegas
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
Villanueva's first novel portrays the difficulties of self-affirmation and the struggle to understand and come to terms with a multi-faceted identity despite the single-minded conventions of society. Rosa, an artist of Mexican and German heritage, struggles to create herself and find a home where all her fragmented selves can rest. Through dreams, her relationship with her husband Julio, and her struggle to paint an obscure ultraviolet sky, she begins to explore her identities and to trust where they will lead her. She chooses to follow her "wolf' who whines and claws at her consciousness and only awakens fully in her …
[Review Of] Maryse Conde. A Season In Rihata, Phillipa Kafka
[Review Of] Maryse Conde. A Season In Rihata, Phillipa Kafka
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
Born and now residing in Guadaloupe [Guadeloupe], Dr. Conde received the Grand Prix de Litteraire de la Femme from France for her contributions to Caribbean literature (an interesting honor, in view of Conde's perception of France as cynically instrumental in the destruction and dismemberment of African civilization).
[Review Of] Mariano Azuela. The Underdogs, Silvester J. Brito
[Review Of] Mariano Azuela. The Underdogs, Silvester J. Brito
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
The Underdogs (Los De Abajo) is a classic novel of the Mexican Revolution. The foreword briefly covers Mexican history, from Spanish Conquest to Independence to Revolution. Its purpose is to focus upon the main sociopolitical and economic problems of the Mexican Revolution.
[Review Of] Rudolfo A. Anaya. Heart Of Aztlan, Glen M. Kraig
[Review Of] Rudolfo A. Anaya. Heart Of Aztlan, Glen M. Kraig
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
Heart of Aztlan is a novel which portrays life in Barelas, a barrio of Albuquerque, during the post-Korean War period. While the characters within the novel are fictitious, the situations in which they found themselves were only too real. The mood of the novel was one of hope while the characters continually found themselves in a situation of apparent hopelessness. The author's dedication, perhaps better than any other words, summed up this seeming paradox. "This book is dedicated to the good people of Barelas ... and to people everywhere who have struggled for freedom, dignity, and the right to self …
[Review Of] Lance Henson. Selected Poems, 1970-1983, Abby H. Werlock
[Review Of] Lance Henson. Selected Poems, 1970-1983, Abby H. Werlock
Explorations in Sights and Sounds
A previously published Native American poet, Lance Henson, a Cheyenne, evokes traditional Native American characters, customs, and beliefs and demonstrates the tension between the new and the old, attempting to reconcile a traditional closeness to the land and to the past with apparently incongruent modern phenomena.