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Crystal W. Otubuah – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This critical action research study demonstrated the importance of creating liberatory learning environments for Black and Brown student scholars through culturally relevant pedagogy. Decolonization paradigms were employed to understand the impact of colonization and how it currently influences educational structures for Black and Brown students…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Student Empowerment, Educational Environment, Power Structure
Yoon, Eunju; Lee, Dal Yob; Koo, Young Ran; Yoo, Sung-Kyung – Counseling Psychologist, 2010
Postimmigration adjustment experiences of 10 Korean immigrant women were examined using the consensual qualitative research method. Seven domains emerged: general life conditions; gender role; changes in family dynamics; ethnic/national identity, cultural competency, and belongingness; value changes; racial relationships; and support systems and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Females, Adults
Teaching for Tolerance and Understanding during the Japanese Internment: Lessons for Educators Today
Banks, Cherry A. McGee – Educational Perspectives, 2007
Following the Japanese attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the nation was thrown into a state of fear and hysteria. On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order No. 9066 which resulted in more than 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry being either interned in relocation centers, drafted, or…
Descriptors: Democracy, War, Japanese Americans, Relocation
Anderson, Alan B.; Stasiulis, Daiva K. – 1979
This paper attempts to assess the extent to which multiculturalism in Canada is fact (sociological reality), fancy (ideology), or policy. First, the actual observability of separate ethnic groups is considered. Some factors in the persistence of cultural identity are discussed. These include ethnic visibility, replenishment through continued…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity
Kong, Shiu L., Ed.; Ray, Riten, Ed. – 1978
This monograph contains the speeches and resolutions of representatives of forty-one ethnocultural groups residing in Canada. Included are: (1) opening messages by Pierre Trudeau, Joe Clark, Edward Broadbent, and Alex Chumak; (2) a discussion by Norman Cafik on federalism, multicultural groups, and Canadian unity; (3) remarks on Canadian unity by…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Ethnic Groups
Fredman, Ruth Gruber – 1982
The power of the symbol "Sephardic" to foster community association is extremely problematical in the Washington, D.C., context. Washington's Sephardic population is heterogeneous with respect to generation, self-definition, and culture. Complicating the situation is the nature of Washington itself, which in turn is inextricably linked…
Descriptors: Community, Community Characteristics, Cultural Differences, Ethnicity
Salo, Matt T. – Ethnicity, 1979
Discussed in this paper is the range of ethnic identities utilized by three North American Gypsy groups: the Rom, Romnicel and Ludar groups. Cultural characteristics that each group considers essential to its ethnic identity are described. In addition, the groups are compared with respect to their own perceptions of cultural similarity and…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Interrelationships, Cultural Traits, Ethnic Distribution
Vazquez, Jesse M. – 1985
This conference paper presents the "ethnic matrix," a theoretical model of the process of ethnicity which describes how ethnic identity is sustained or diminished in the life of an individual or ethnic group. After a general introduction, the first of the paper's three major sections presents a research review and overview of historical and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Cultural Differences, Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity
Okamoto, Dina G. – Social Forces, 2006
In the wake of the civil rights movement, new organizations formed which were based on the collective interests and identities of their constituencies. Some of these organizations brought together national origin groups who often differed by ethnicity, language, culture, religion and immigration history. In this paper, I focus on the conditions…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Asian Americans, Organizations (Groups), Organizational Theories

Longstreet, Wilma S. – Contemporary Education, 1983
Educational researchers must clarify the distinction between the terms "ethnicity" and "ethnic membership." The use of broad terms based on easily observed traits, such as racial characteristics or language, has infiltrated otherwise well-executed studies and undermined their validity. (PP)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Educational Needs, Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity
French, Sabine Elizabeth; Seidman, Edward; Allen, LaRue; Aber, J. Lawrence – Developmental Psychology, 2006
The development of ethnic identity is a critical facet of adolescence, particularly for adolescents of color. In order to examine the developmental trajectory of ethnic identity, African American, Latino American, and European American early and middle adolescents (N=420) were assessed over 3 years. Two components of ethnic identity were…
Descriptors: African Americans, Adolescents, Ethnicity, Hispanic Americans

Boski, Pawel – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1988
Conducted two studies with Nigerian and Canadian undergraduates participating as observers of videotaped Hausa and Ibo actors, cast in their ethnic schema-consistent and schema-inconsistent roles. Nigerian group modestly supported hypothesis that the phenomenon of ingroup favoritism/outgroup discrimination should be limited to schema-consistent…
Descriptors: Anthropology, College Students, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background

Duany, Jorge – Journal of Ethnic Studies, 1989
Correlates an ethnic group's preparedness to adapt in a foreign country with its success in establishing and maintaining a cultural enclave. Examines the effect of socioeconomic adaptation on the daily lives of "persistent peoples." Attempts to balance psycho-cultural and social-structural perspectives in the study of "middleman…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Case Studies, Community Characteristics, Cross Cultural Studies

Rosenthal, Doreen A.; Feldman, S. Shirley – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1992
Explores ethnic identities of first- and second-generation Chinese-Australian (n=96) and Chinese-American (n=141) high school students. Responses to ethnic identification questions of both groups were remarkably similar. Results confirm importance of analyzing distinctive components of ethnic identity separately. Internal aspects of ethnic…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adolescents, Chinese Americans, Cross Cultural Studies
Gumbert, Edgar B., Ed. – 1983
Originally presented as lectures at Georgia State University in 1982, these three papers address the themes of multiethnic societies in the United States and Great Britain. In the first paper "Identity, Conflict, and Survival Mechanisms for Asian Americans," the author discusses how the observable patterns of mobility through education…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Asian Americans, Comparative Education, Cubans