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Urban Ethnic Organizing. Working Paper Series Number 6.
Reidy, Daniel F. – 1975
Described in this paper are the outcomes of an exploratory study concerning the development of a nomenclature about dynamic organizational activities occurring in urban communities of blacks, other non-whites, and white ethnics. Analysis, evaluation prediction, and policy recommendations for future community planning and action are explored. Ohio…
Descriptors: Black Community, Blacks, Community Planning, Community Study
African-American Psychological Health.
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Edwards, Karen L. – Journal of Ethnic Studies, 1989
The objective of the study was to define psychological health from the individual perspectives of African-American women and men of different age groups, and to develop a global definition for all African-Americans. The findings suggest that characteristics of psychological health may be the same across race, although specific interpretations and…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cultural Differences, Mental Health, Psychological Needs
Race, Residence, Discrimination, and Economic Opportunity: Modeling the Nexus of Urban Racial Phenomena.
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Galster, George C.; Keeney, W. Mark – Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1988
A cross-sectional simultaneous equation model is specified whereby metropolitan-wide levels of racial residential segregation, housing discrimination, interracial occupational dissimilarities, and Black/White mean incomes are endogenous. Results support the hypothesis of mutually causal interrelationships among these phenomena. Results of policy…
Descriptors: Blacks, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Income, Labor Market
Processes of Hispanic and Black Spatial Assimilation.
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Massey, Douglas S.; Mullan, Brendan P. – American Journal of Sociology, 1984
Despite beliefs that race is declining in importance within U.S. society, analysis of census data from the southwestern United States indicates continuing residential segregation, even for higher income Blacks. Higher income Hispanics found it easier to leave segregated neighborhoods because Anglos were much less likely to move when Hispanics…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Blacks, Ethnic Discrimination, Hispanic Americans
Ethnic Attitudes and Language Usage.
Crosthwait, Charles; Billiard, Charles E. – 1978
The purpose of the study reported here was: (1) to determine whether any predictable relationships exist between the spoken language patterns of individuals and those individuals' ethnic attitudes; and (2) to identify the degree of association present among various selected demographic factors, language patterns, and ethnic attitudes. The…
Descriptors: Black Attitudes, Blacks, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Images
Developing a Cooperative Postsecondary Model for Increasing Employability of Economically Disadvantaged Groups.
Ockerman-Garza, Janet; And Others – 1982
An analysis was made of the case histories of two Georgia State University (GSU) "cooperative models" for the delivery of career education and formal academic services to economically disadvantaged groups. One of the models served primarily black, primarily female Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) participants by providing…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Blacks, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis