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King, Joyce E. – Harvard Educational Review, 2011
In this essay, Joyce King attempts to interrupt the calculus of human (un)worthiness and to repair the collective cultural amnesia that are legacies of slavery and that make it easy--hegemonically and dysconsciously--for the public to accept myths and media reports, such as those about the depravity of survivors of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans…
Descriptors: Black Studies, Slavery, Foreign Countries, Cultural Background
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Willman, Alys; Marcelin, Louis Herns – Journal of Community Psychology, 2010
This study explores community-level risk and protective factors for youth violence in Cite Soleil, Port-au-Prince's most violent slum. The youth of Cite Soleil have often been mobilized to violence by powerful actors as tools for achieving political or financial gain. Drawing on a formal survey (N=1,575) and ethnographic data collected between…
Descriptors: Violence, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, At Risk Persons
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Jacobson, Erik – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
An estimated 800,000 persons have disabilities in Haiti, but there are no data that refer specifically to those with intellectual disabilities. Traditional fears and stigma about disability are widespread. While the constitution supports the idea that people with disabilities should have autonomy and education, there are no laws to mandate…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, Access to Education
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Ako, Edward O. – Phylon, 1987
In his 1928 play, the Harlem Renaissance writer Leslie Pickney Hill portrays Toussaint L'Ouverture, the leader of the Haitian slave rebellion, with historical accuracy. Hill's presentation was aimed at rehabilitating black pride, "A worthy literature reared upon authentic records of achievement is the present spiritual need of the race."…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Black History, Black Literature, Colonialism
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Martel, Lise D.; Mueller, Charles W. – Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Children & Youth, 2006
This study examined the predictive power of knowledge, attitudes, support for AIDS education, teaching comfort, perceived behavioral control, religious (Vodoun and Christian) beliefs, and subjective norms on Haitian educators' teaching of HIV/AIDS to their students. Two hundred and fourteen teachers from Jeremie and surrounding areas in Haiti…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Prediction