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Hudson, J. Blaine; Hines-Hudson, Bonetta M. – Public Personnel Management, 1996
A series of 10 workshops was held to identify racial problems and improve relations in a public service agency. The workshops focused on identifying cultural/historical myths underlying stereotypes and facilitating small group interaction to address work-related racial problems. (SK)
Descriptors: Ethnic Stereotypes, Group Dynamics, Public Agencies, Racial Relations
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Diggs, Rhunette C. – Journal of Intergroup Relations, 2001
Discussion groups with urban African American and white students and adults investigated their perceptions of racial profiling, examining what it meant to them and their families. Participants reported having heard about racial profiling in family and community contexts. Many told stories that conveyed strong feelings about experiencing racial…
Descriptors: Blacks, Ethnic Stereotypes, Racial Bias, Racial Discrimination
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Portman, Tarrell Awe Agahe; Herring, Roger D. – Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development, 2001
Historical and contemporary stereotypes of Native American Indian women have resulted in inaccurate and insensitive images. Mass media, movies, and printed materials continue to portray Native American Indian women as either princesses or savages. The purpose of this article is to provide a more humanistic perspective of this population. (Contains…
Descriptors: American Indians, Ethnic Stereotypes, Females, Humanism
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Hofmann, Sudie – American Indian Quarterly, 2005
In this article a brief history of activism on the American Indian mascot issue in Minnesota will be discussed with a specific focus on college campuses. The approaches taken at St. Cloud State University (SCSU) to create awareness on this issue and the successes and failures of actions taken to push for meaningful changes at the policy level at…
Descriptors: American Indians, Higher Education, College Athletics, Ethnic Stereotypes
York, Sherry – Library Media Connection, 2004
Hispanic heritage month is from September 15 to October 15. One problem that arises when grouping people into categories such as Hispanic or Latino is stereotyping, stereotypes can be promoted or used in this Hispanic month to promote a greater understanding of Latino cultures.
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Hispanic American Culture, Ethnic Stereotypes, Cultural Awareness
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Thompson, Phyllis I. – Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education, 2008
A university professor observes the use of a Native American stereotype by a cooperating teacher in an elementary art classroom while supervising a preservice teacher. She identifies ways that the teacher's words potentially harmed her students and reflects on her own role. This "teachable moment" is described, and characteristics of…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Teaching Experience, Classroom Environment, Classroom Communication
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Donovan, Roxanne A. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2007
There is a paucity of research on the influence of racist and sexist stereotypes in rape blame attribution, including the jezebel and matriarch stereotypes of Black women. This study extends the literature by examining how victim race, perpetrator race, and participant sex affect perceptions of a rape survivor's promiscuity (jezebel stereotype)…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Whites, Rape, African Americans
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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
Randolph, Brenda – Teaching Tolerance, 2008
As Professor Michael Bamidele Adeyemi of the University of Botswana suggests, "Americans believe that Africa is a country, that Africa is "still uncivilized," that the average African is polygamous, and that Africa is not urbanized." In fact, the African continent encompasses a diverse set of more than 50 nations, each made up…
Descriptors: Textbooks, African Culture, Foreign Countries, News Media
Limon, Jose E. – Aztlan, 1973
Descriptors: Cultural Images, Ethnic Stereotypes, Mass Media, Mexicans
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Tindall, George B. – Journal of Southern History, 1974
This presidential address delivered at the 1973 annual meeting of the Southern Historical Association develops the thesis that the South has not disappeared as a distructive cultural region and that Southerners differences from the mainstream culture parallel in many respects those of other ethnic groups. (EH)
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Stereotypes, Racial Relations, Regional Attitudes
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Lawson, Lewis A. – American Indian Quarterly, 1977
In Mitchell F. Jayne's "Old Fish Hawk" (1970) about an Osage who suddenly discovers that he has exceeded the scriptural three score and ten, the traditional theme in white American literature that the men of the dark castes have a valuable wisdom to offer the sons of the white caste is continued. (NQ)
Descriptors: American Indians, Characterization, Ethnic Stereotypes, Fiction
Liebert, Robert M.; Sprafkin, Joyce N. – School Media Quarterly, 1977
Discusses the three-stage observational learning process of exposure (amount of contact and type of content), acquisition (what is learned), and acceptance (how much affects attitudes and actions) with emphasis on racial and sexual stereotypes. (JAB)
Descriptors: Children, Ethnic Stereotypes, Learning Processes, Sex Stereotypes
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Carver, Nancy Lynn – English Journal, 1988
Reviews several adolescent novels by and about American Indians published in the 1970s and 1980s, including historical and contemporary fiction. Concludes that many books are available which do not stereotype Native Americans. (MM)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, American Indians, Characterization, Ethnic Stereotypes
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Albers, Patricia C.; James, William R. – Journal of Ethnic Studies, 1986
Employs a Marxian dialectical methodology regarding the historical role of ethnicity within the context of a capitalist political economy. Provides an example of this perspective by presenting the unity of the subjective and objective elements of what is involved in the decision to be or not to be a Santee. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: American Indians, Ethnic Stereotypes, Ethnicity, Intergroup Relations
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