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  • African American/Black Upward Mobility through Sports : A Critical Analysis

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    Smith, Michael D.
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    Research has shown that African Americans/Blacks, especially those with low socioeconomic status, acknowledge athletics as an avenue for upward mobility (Coakley, 2011). Although the chances of becoming a professional athlete might seem unachievable through sports, athletes develop tangible and intangible abilities that transfer and are useful in the years following...
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    participation in athletics (Harper, Collin & Blackman 2013). The objective of this study is to explore the

  • Chingasos y Putasos : Examining Cultural and Structural Violence among Mexican American Youth

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    Lerma, Zandro E.
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    In this thesis, I examine Johan Galtung’s theory of violence and discuss how his concepts of cultural and structural violence helps explain the problem of direct violence among Mexican American youth. I argue that cultural violence, mainly dominant narratives of colonialism and masculinity, cause some Mexican American youth to act...
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    , Victor Rios, Lerma 11 Kristine Levan and Ms Berry and Michelle Alexander. Like the work of

  • Leadership and Loyalty Revisited : Catholic Latinas and Leadership

    Creator:
    Morales-Warming, Melissa
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    White women’s experiences with major institutions, the church included, often are generalized to other women’s experiences, much like how the experience of men in often represented as the experience of all humankind. In 2001 Elaine Howard Ecklund studied white lay women in the Catholic Church and explored two questions: What...
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  • Barbie Feathers: Writing Native Women

    Creator:
    Hedges, Jamie Lewis
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    Literature has often misrepresented Natives and women. I involved Native Women in researching and editing my novel to fairly and accurately represent them. in open-ended interviews they described their experiences of nature, enjoyment, and discrimination as well as their critiques of the novel itself. Descriptions were of discrimination as perceived...
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  • The Experiences of Student-Athletes from Marginalized Communities Through Critical Dialogic Spaces

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    Ekabutr, Amanda S.
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    On top of time demanding athletic and academic constraints, Division I student-athletes must balance many social identities, that include their race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, social class, religious affiliation, etc. This study attempts to fill the gap by providing student-athletes with marginalized identities a platform to (1) offer their own...
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    (c) applied dimension (Adams, Blumenfeld, Castañeda, Hackman, Peters, & Zúñiga, 2013). At an

  • The Indian New Deal and the Effects it had on Federally Recognized Tribes

    Creator:
    Hall, Gabriann
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    This paper covers the impact of Franklin D Roosevelt's, "Indian New Deal" and the effect it had on federally recognized Indian tribes. I have taken an in-depth look at specific areas of New Deal legislation including the Indian Reorganization Act, the Johnson O'Malley Act, and the Indian Arts and Crafts...
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    act) 128 B. Indian Reorganization Act (outline of act) 138 C. Johnson-O'Malley Act (complete act

  • Everyday Movement Against Capitalism : Prospects for a Prefigurative Strategy toward Open Utopia

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    Riccio, Alexander
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    Across the U.S. social activism is on the upsurge, offering possibilities for a revolution against capitalism. However, these possibilities are potentially undermined by entrenched factionalism amongst the left. At root, such in-fighting is fostered by the creation of false dualistic frameworks on the transition out of capitalism and into the...
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