Discusses the lack of minority representation of both authors and protagonists in the Newbery Medal books which are recognized as the most distinguished contributions to American children's literature. Topics include the subjectivity involved in deciding what book is distinguished enough for an award and older books that have racial stereotypes.…

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)

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…

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…

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…

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.

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)…

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…

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…

Seniors are routinely subjected to negative stereotypes regarding their physical and cognitive abilities. The power and prevalence of cultural stereotypes of aging essentially results in a "double-whammy" to seniors. First, they influence the way that seniors are treated by society. Second, cultural stereotypes affect how seniors see…

This paper argues that using the notion of ambivalence in understanding ethnic hatred can be helpful to educators who struggle to address the pedagogical implications of students' feelings of hatred. It is suggested that, although hate feelings are difficult to change, unraveling the ambivalence in the affective politics of hatred creates…

The present report describes the psycho-educational services referral pattern in the school system serving both a permanent Bedouin town A and its vicinity in Israel's Negev desert. The subjects of the study were students in the school system in A between the years 1997 to 2002 (with additional data from 2004). The total number of referrals to…

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)

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)