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Nature Or Nurture? The Concentration Of African Americans In Specific Sports, Eric J. Klimowicz Gettysburg College

Nature Or Nurture? The Concentration Of African Americans In Specific Sports, Eric J. Klimowicz

Student Publications

The prevalence of African Americans in certain American professional sports is certainly evident. Their prevalence is particularly pertinent and commonly associated with sports such as basketball, football, and track. The percentage of the players in the National Basketball AssociatIon (NBA) that were African American in the 2017-2018 season was 73.9% (Lapchik, 2018). Additionally, the percentage of players that were African American in the National Football League (NFL) during the 2016-2017 season was 69.7% (Lapchik, 2018). These statistics however differ from proportions of African Americans representing these respective sports at the Division I college level. The percentage of African Americans at …

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The Pedophile Prophet? Breathing A Culturally Relative Point Of View Into A Controversial Cultural Debate, Samuel S. Thompson Gettysburg College

The Pedophile Prophet? Breathing A Culturally Relative Point Of View Into A Controversial Cultural Debate, Samuel S. Thompson

What All Americans Should Know About Women in the Muslim World

This work focuses on a controversial topic within women studies of the Islamic world, the very young marriage of Mohammad's second wife Aisha. The work attempts to meet the issue on level ground and explain that while this may seem as a spark on conflict between non-Muslim cultures and the Islamic world this marriage was not altogether that uncommon for the time.

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Hyper-Sexualization Of Black Women In The Media, Annalycia D. Matthews University of Washington Tacoma

Hyper-Sexualization Of Black Women In The Media, Annalycia D. Matthews

Sociology Student Work Collection

This project tackles the harsh and uncomfortable realities of what it is like to be a Black woman in the media. It examines the hyper-sexualization that occurs specifically with Black women in industries such as music, television, literature, and more.

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The N-Word : Comprehending The Complexity Of Stratification In American Community Settings, Anne V. Benfield Union College - Schenectady, NY

The N-Word : Comprehending The Complexity Of Stratification In American Community Settings, Anne V. Benfield

Honors Theses

The N-word’s remarkable durability, combined with American’s willingness to find uses for this epithet, illustrate the extent to which racial unease continues to permeate our culture. Its various definitions and spellings are continuously debated by academia, creating a dynamic topic for sociological evaluation. Overall, the N-word is alive and mobile, fluid and engraved in the American psyche, as a symbol. Some propose to condemn the word, while others attempt to rehabilitate and convert its meaning from a negative slur to a gesture of solidarity. The controversial debate of the N-word can be examined from multitudinous sociological theories, encompassing elements of …

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The Racialization Of Sexuality: The Queer Case Of Jeffrey Dahmer, Ian Barnard Chapman University

The Racialization Of Sexuality: The Queer Case Of Jeffrey Dahmer, Ian Barnard

English Faculty Books and Book Chapters

"In this article I read media and subcultural representations of Jeffrey Dahmer, the white male U.S. serial killer who gained notoriety in the late 1980s for having sex with and then murdering and dismembering men of color in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. My aim is to show the extent to which the degree of Dahmer's homosexualization in a particular representation determines Dahmer' s thinking and actions in the sphere of race, and to suggest how spiraling efforts to separate race from sexuality in the Dahmer case only further intricate the two analytic axes."

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Trapped In The Mouse House: How Disney Has Portrayed Racism And Sexism In Its Princess Films, Jessica L. Laemle Gettysburg College

Trapped In The Mouse House: How Disney Has Portrayed Racism And Sexism In Its Princess Films, Jessica L. Laemle

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This paper analyzes the history of one of the most popular entertainment companies in the world, Disney. Through the discussion of multiple princess films, from the beginning of Disney to the more current films, I analyze the ongoing racism and sexism that is presented in these timeless Disney films. I will discuss the implications that this racism and sexism has on the children who view these films and what responsibility Disney has as a worldwide company in terms of what it displays to its audience.

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The Use Of The Terms "Negro" And "Black" To Include Persons Of Native American Ancestry In "Anglo" North America, Jack D. Forbes Virginia Commonwealth University

The Use Of The Terms "Negro" And "Black" To Include Persons Of Native American Ancestry In "Anglo" North America, Jack D. Forbes

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

In 1854 the California State Supreme Court sought to bar all non-Caucasians from equal citizenship and civil rights. The court stated: The word "Black" may include all Negroes, but the term "Negro" does not include all Black persons . . . . We are of the opinion that the words "White," "Negro," "Mulatto" and "Black person," whenever they occur in our constitution . . . must be taken in their generic sense . . . that the words "Black person," in the 14th section must be taken as contra distinguished from White, and necessarily includes all races other than the …

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American Beauty Standards: “Paling” In Comparison To The White Norm, Kristen Marrinan Skidmore College

American Beauty Standards: “Paling” In Comparison To The White Norm, Kristen Marrinan

Sociology Senior Seminar Papers

America has a culturally accepted norm of what makes someone beautiful. A standard that is hard to meet. Being light-skinned, blonde and blue-eyed is the benchmark of beauty, of what is most desirable. But is that really what it takes to be attractive in America? This research examines the relationship between race, birth-place, ethnicity and self-rated attractiveness. The General Social Survey (2016) provides the quantitative data for this study. While past literature explores the connections between identity, self-esteem, and attractiveness, it does not explore the intersection of different identifying characteristics. Group position and Colourism approaches provide the theoretical foundations for …

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The Heterosexual Mother-Lesbian Daughter Relationship: Using Consensual Qualitative Research (Cqr) To Understand Perceptions Among Predominately White, Formally Educated Mothers, Julie Meredith Davis Western Michigan University

The Heterosexual Mother-Lesbian Daughter Relationship: Using Consensual Qualitative Research (Cqr) To Understand Perceptions Among Predominately White, Formally Educated Mothers, Julie Meredith Davis

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Little research specifically addresses the heterosexual mother-lesbian daughter relationship. Given this, a core research team of six utilized a Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR) approach to gain insight into two broad ideas. The first broad idea was about how heterosexual mothers perceive that their relationship with their lesbian daughters unfolds after the mothers accepted their daughters' minority sexual orientation. The second broad idea was how changes in the heterosexual mothers' values, beliefs, and attitudes (from the mothers' perspectives) influenced their postacceptance relationship with their daughters. The 10 women who agreed to participate in the study were predominately white, formally well-educated, psychologically …

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Housing Equity In Golden Gate Village, Nicole White 2024 Dominican University of California

Housing Equity In Golden Gate Village, Nicole White

Social Justice | Senior Theses

For generations, the African American community has faced many forms of housing discrimination that have created major inequalities in their everyday lived experiences (Lockwood, 2020). This study explores the long-lasting effects of discriminatory housing policies in creating disparate housing conditions within the public housing community in Marin City called Golden Gate Village, as well as the role of the Marin Housing Authority in practices of displacement and neglect. The methodology for the study included seven different interviews with Golden Gate Village residents to obtain knowledge about the community as well as grasp an understanding of the lived experiences of the …

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The Red Ribbon And The Black Cross: A Qualitative Study Of The Relationship Between Social Activism And Contemporary Black Church Responses To Hiv In Oakland, Ca, Justise Wattree 2023 San Jose State University

The Red Ribbon And The Black Cross: A Qualitative Study Of The Relationship Between Social Activism And Contemporary Black Church Responses To Hiv In Oakland, Ca, Justise Wattree

McNair Research Journal SJSU

The Black Church as a social institution has been a source of social activism during racial crises, but there is a lacking social activist response by Black churches to HIV’s disparate impact on Black communities. Previous research does not adequately explore the influence of community-based organizations on Black church responses to HIV in the context of social activism. This study examines the relationship between social activism and contemporary Black church responses to HIV in Oakland. It considers community-based organizations (CBOs) as potential drivers of social activism. Semi-structured interviews with Black church leaders in Oakland were conducted and content analyzed along …

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The State Of Homelessness In Nevada, 2020, Annie Vong, Mae Ling Catayong, Christine Guardian, Abigail Boron, Maria Jerinic, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr. 2023 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

The State Of Homelessness In Nevada, 2020, Annie Vong, Mae Ling Catayong, Christine Guardian, Abigail Boron, Maria Jerinic, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr.

Demography

This fact sheet examines data on homelessness in Nevada between 2007 and 2020. The original report, “State of Homelessness,” by the National Alliance to End Homelessness includes the number of homeless individuals that slept outside on any given night, how many beds in shelters went empty, and the number of homeless individuals per 10,000 individuals in each continuum of care in Nevada.

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Back Pages, 2023 Cal Poly Humboldt

Back Pages

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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The Language Of English, Sasha Ortiz Bazan 2023 Cal Poly Humboldt

The Language Of English, Sasha Ortiz Bazan

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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This Is Me, Kimberly Piñon 2023 Cal Poly Humboldt

This Is Me, Kimberly Piñon

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Querida Niña, Georgina Cerda Salvarrey 2023 Cal Poly Humboldt

Querida Niña, Georgina Cerda Salvarrey

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Being Part Of The Lgbtq+ Community, Genevive Cerda 2023 Cal Poly Humboldt

Being Part Of The Lgbtq+ Community, Genevive Cerda

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Nopayele, Cayele Ameyalli Esteva 2023 Cal Poly Humboldt

Nopayele, Cayele Ameyalli Esteva

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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El Primer Dia, Erick Esparza 2023 Cal Poly Humboldt

El Primer Dia, Erick Esparza

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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From Roots To Wings, Anonymous Author 2023 Cal Poly Humboldt

From Roots To Wings, Anonymous Author

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Here We Stand, Nelsy Ramirez Pacheco, Chelsea Rios Gomez 2023 Cal Poly Humboldt

Here We Stand, Nelsy Ramirez Pacheco, Chelsea Rios Gomez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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I Am, Kyra Alway 2023 Cal Poly Humboldt

I Am, Kyra Alway

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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I Am Who I Am, Claudia Lopez-Hernandez 2023 Cal Poly Humboldt

I Am Who I Am, Claudia Lopez-Hernandez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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¡Viva México!, Diego Vega, Georgina C. Salvarrey 2023 Cal Poly Humboldt

¡Viva México!, Diego Vega, Georgina C. Salvarrey

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Mis Motivadores, Eduardo A. Moreno-Ortiz 2023 Cal Poly Humboldt

Mis Motivadores, Eduardo A. Moreno-Ortiz

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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No Effect On Me, Brenda Santos 2023 Cal Poly Humboldt

No Effect On Me, Brenda Santos

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Our Need For Space, Alicia Lopez 2023 Cal Poly Humboldt

Our Need For Space, Alicia Lopez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Por Mi, Destiny Rodriguez 2023 Cal Poly Humboldt

Por Mi, Destiny Rodriguez

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Remembering My Home, Brittany Arzola 2023 Cal Poly Humboldt

Remembering My Home, Brittany Arzola

CouRaGeouS Cuentos: A Journal of Counternarratives

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Eric Klimowicz Gettysburg College

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