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Rich, Lauren; Spielberger, Julie; D'Angelo, Angela Valdovinos – Migration Policy Institute, 2012
This report compares the circumstances and characteristics of Black immigrant mothers in Palm Beach County, Florida, to those of Latina immigrant and Black native-born mothers, focusing on those living in distressed areas. The study also compares the early developmental outcomes of their children. When controlling for parental and child…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Academic Aspiration, Immigrants, Literacy
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Blustein, David L.; Murphy, Kerri A.; Kenny, Maureen E.; Jernigan, Maryam; Perez-Gualdron, Leyla; Castaneda, Tani; Koepke, Margaret; Land, Marie; Urbano, Alessandra; Davis, Ophera – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2010
This qualitative study is an exploration of 32 urban high school students' narratives about the connection between school, work, and societal expectations of their future success related to their racial and ethnic background. The sample varied along 2 contextual dimensions: participation in a psychoeducational intervention (Tools for Tomorrow) and…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Ethnicity, Race, Student Attitudes
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Hilgeman, Michelle M.; Durkin, Daniel W.; Sun, Fei; DeCoster, Jamie; Allen, Rebecca S.; Gallagher-Thompson, Dolores; Burgio, Louis D. – Gerontologist, 2009
Purpose: The primary aim of this study was to test the stress process model (SPM; Pearlin, Mullan, Semple, & Skaff, 1990) in a racially diverse sample of Alzheimer's caregivers (CGs) using structural equation modeling (SEM) and regression techniques. A secondary aim was to examine race or ethnicity as a moderator of the relation between latent…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Structural Equation Models, Academic Achievement, Caregivers
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McFarland, Pancho – Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, 2008
The critical study of rap music and hip-hop culture has the potential to expand Americans understanding of race and culture in the United States. Hip-hop culture as a multiracial, multiethnic phenomenon reveals the ways in which race relations over the past thirty years have become increasingly complex. The theories and concepts that they use to…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Racial Factors, Cultural Influences, Mexican Americans
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McFarland, Pancho – Aztlan: A Journal of Chicano Studies, 2008
Hip-hop is an interethnic contact zone that allows for the creation of new expressive cultures and new identities for young people. Its openness derives in part from the wide range of expression and interpretation allowed in 182 "McFarland" African musics. Moving beyond the often stifling options offered by an earlier generation that focused on…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Racial Factors, Cultural Influences, Mexican Americans
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Schnee, Emily – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2008
When they graduate I want them to feel, "I went through a real thing, not an approximation of college, but I went through college and that means something!" (Adjunct Instructor) This article explores the complexity of providing an academically rigorous college education to adult students enrolled in a union-supported worker education program…
Descriptors: Working Class, Equal Education, Academic Standards, Adult Students
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Hudson, Richard; Towey, James; Shinar, Ori – College Student Journal, 2008
The study's objective was to ascertain whether rates of depression were significantly higher for Dominican, Puerto Rican, South and Central American and Jamaican/Haitian students than for African American and White students. The sample consisted of 987 predominantly nontraditional college students. The depression rate for Dominican students was…
Descriptors: African American Students, College Students, Depression (Psychology), White Students
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Vargas, Manuel P.; Kuhl, Paul E. – Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 2008
This article describes a curriculum initiative intended to lay the foundational knowledge for a dialogue between Afro-Latinos and African Americans living in the United States. Afro-Latinos trace their roots to Africa and Latin America; although their physical characteristics are similar to those of African descent, their ethnic backgrounds…
Descriptors: African Americans, Preservice Teachers, Hispanic Americans, Blacks
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Miller, Kim S.; Forehand, Rex; Kotchick, Beth A. – Adolescence, 2000
Black and Hispanic adolescents (N=907) and their mothers were interviewed concerning the adolescents' experiences with penile-vaginal intercourse. Factors from three systems (self, family, and extrafamilial) that are influential in the lives of adolescents were evaluated using four outcome measures. Factors from most or all systems emerged as…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Hispanic Americans, Mothers
Thomas, Ruth – 1998
This study explored the effects of children's cultural group on the content of their dramatic and sociodramatic play. After defining play, dramatic play, sociodramatic play, and culture, observations were conducted by a preschool teacher of Latino-American and first-generation African-American 4-year-olds over an 8-week period. Play that was…
Descriptors: Black Culture, Blacks, Classroom Research, Cultural Differences
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Skilbeck, William M.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1984
Examined ethnic differences among Black, Hispanic, and White applicants for outpatients psychotherapy (N=165) using symptoms self-reported on the Symptom Checklist 90-Revised. Results indicated a significant ethnic effect on several symptom dimensions, with Black patients less likely to report symptoms than Hispanic or White patients. (LLL)
Descriptors: Blacks, Emotional Disturbances, Hispanic Americans, Patients
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Triandis, Harry C.; And Others – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1982
In questionnaires on ethnic stereotypes, (1) Hispanic and White U.S. Navy recruits indicated favorable stereotypes of their own groups (autostereotypes); (2) Whites had a more uniform autostereotype than Hispanics; (3) the White stereotype of Hispanics was generally positive but not uniform; and (4) the Hispanic stereotype of Whites was positive…
Descriptors: Blacks, Ethnic Stereotypes, Hispanic Americans, Self Concept
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Kleyn, Tatyana – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2008
As the racial and ethnic make-up of the United States (U.S.) further diversifies, the need for open dialogue around stereotypes and discrimination intensifies. Schools can provide students with the opportunity to begin to unravel the complexities of race and ethnicity. Students in bilingual classrooms inevitably bring up the issues surrounding…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Ethnic Diversity, Ethnic Stereotypes, Racial Discrimination
Ziedenberg, Jason – 2001
This report describes the racial impact of Illinois' practice of transferring young drug offenders to adult court. The state's Safe School Zone Act of 1986 and subsequent bills enacted by the legislature provide that youth age 15-16 years charged with drug sales within 1,000 feet of a school or public housing development are automatically…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Delinquency, Hispanic Americans
Rickles, Jordan; Ong, Paul M. – 2001
This paper examines the relationship between school and residential segregation, noting that while these two forms of segregation are fundamentally linked, other factors cause them to diverge. The analysis focuses on segregation in 329 metropolitan areas. Data come from the 1998-99 National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Black Students, Blacks, Elementary Education
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