Transfer of the Kenyan Kikuyu male circumcision ritual to future generations living in the United States

2009 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael N. Mbito ◽  
Julia A. Malia
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Male Circumcision ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Generations

The Women of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation

2019 ◽  
pp. 87-104
Author(s):  
Claradina Soto ◽  
Toni Handboy ◽  
Ruth Supranovich ◽  
Eugenia L. Weiss
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
The United States ◽  
Indigenous Women ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Cheyenne River

This chapter describes the impact of colonialism on indigenous women with a focus on the experience of the Lakota women on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation in South Dakota. It explores the experiences of indigenous women as related to history, culture, intrapersonal violence, and internalized oppression. A case study of a Lakota woman is provided as an example of strength and triumph in overcoming adversity and being empowered despite the challenges of marginalization faced by many Native Americans in the United States and indigenous women throughout the world. The chapter discusses how readers can be advocates and actively engage in decolonizing and dismantling systems of oppression to protect future generations and to allow indigenous communities to heal and revitalize.

Sahiyo Stories: Shattering the Silence on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (14) ◽  
pp. 1760-1770
Author(s):  
Mariya Taher
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Female Genital Mutilation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Genital Mutilation ◽  
Good Woman ◽  
Digital Stories ◽  
Female Genital

Sahiyo Stories brought together women from across the United States to create personalized digital stories narrating the experience of undergoing female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). FGM/C continues because people believe that if a girl does not undergo it, she will not grow up to be a “good woman.” For centuries, then, women have been afraid to speak about FGM/C for fear of ostracization from their communities, getting loved ones in trouble, and other reasons. Sahiyo Stories shatters this silence and the digital stories collection is woven together by a united sentiment to protect future generations of girls from this harm.

Decline in Frequency of Newborn Male Circumcision After Change in Medicaid Coverage Status in Selected States in the United States

2021 ◽  
pp. 003335492097171
Author(s):  
Taron Torosian ◽  
Joshua J. Quint ◽  
Jeffrey D. Klausner
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Policy Change ◽  
Male Circumcision ◽  
Private Health Insurance ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
The United States ◽  
Medicaid Coverage ◽  
Medicaid Policy ◽  
Tract Infections

Objectives Male circumcision is linked to a reduction in the risk of HIV infection, sexually transmitted infections, penile inflammatory skin disorders, cancers, urinary tract infections, and other complications. We examined the extent to which the change in circumcision recommendation by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1999 and Medicaid coverage status in states affected the total number of procedures performed. Methods We used data from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample for 1998-2011 collected annually by the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project. We examined data on all male births in the United States with Medicaid and private health insurance. We then categorized births into 4 groups: (1) births with newborn male circumcision procedure, (2) births with Medicaid or private health insurance, (3) births that occurred in states where Medicaid coverage for newborn male circumcision was removed, and (4) births that occurred before or after the policy change. We used multivariable logistic regression to estimate the adjusted odds of newborn male circumcision. Results In the 10 states where a change in Medicaid policy occurred, circumcision frequency had a mean percentage-point decrease of 21.4% among Medicaid beneficiaries and 3.2% among private health insurance beneficiaries from before to after the policy change. In states where coverage was maintained, the change in circumcision frequency was negligible for Medicaid and private health insurance beneficiaries. These changes resulted in an estimated 163 456 potential circumcisions not performed. Conclusion Decreases in newborn male circumcision frequency correlated with the Medicaid policy change for the procedure. Efforts should be made to reduce barriers for cost-effective preventive procedures that promote health, such as newborn male circumcision.

“Leaving the world better than we saw it:” Imperatives for general and special educators

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Festus E. Obiakor
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Black Males ◽  
Skin Color ◽  
Special Educators ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
National Origin ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
The World ◽  
Better Than

AbstractThe United States and our world have been witnessing tremendous changes at socio-economic, political, and educational levels. Some of these changes have been fantastic and some have been depressing. For example, many of our fellow citizens are still enduring discriminations, victimizations, prejudices, and inaccurate expectations because of their race, skin color, language, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and values, to mention a few. These are evidenced in recent marches, protests, and agitations led by the “Black Lives Matter” movement to tackle increased police harassments, brutalities, shootings, and killings of Blacks, especially Black males. There are apparent disruptions, anxieties, frustrations, and deliberations about the kind of world that we are living in and the kind of world that we are leaving behind for our future generations. The critical questions are, Are we really “leaving the world better than we saw it?” What can general and special educators do to “leave the world better than they saw it?” This article responds to these questions.

scholarly journals On the Record: Sissieretta Jones and Black Feminist Recording Praxes

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-42
Author(s):  
Kristin Moriah
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
African American ◽  
African Americans ◽  
Role Model ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Black Feminist ◽  
Performance Reviews ◽  
Madison Square Garden ◽  
German Newspapers

In this article, I examine how Sissieretta Jones (frequently described as America’s first Black superstar, among other superlatives) strategically leveraged her European performance reviews in order to increase her listenership and wages in the United States. Jones toured Europe for the first (and only) time from February until November in 1895. According to clippings that she provided to African American newspapers, the singer performed at the renowned Winter Garden in Berlin for three months. Sissieretta Jones also claimed that she performed for Wilhelm II, the last German Emperor and King of Prussia, at his palace and was subsequently presented with an elaborate diamond brooch for her performance. Afterward, the singer told the African American newspaper the Indianapolis Freeman that she would like to live in Europe permanently. Her biographers frequently cite the success of this trip and its symbolic importance for African Americans. And yet, evidence of these events in the archives of major German newspapers is elusive and contradictory at best, if it exists at all. Nevertheless, after the much-hyped tour, her career would take many twists and turns. Sissieretta Jones eventually performed in venues like Carnegie Hall and Madison Square Garden. She was the highest-paid Black female performer of the nineteenth century and a role model for future generations of Black performers.

The Rule Against Perpetuities and the Law Commission's Flawed Philosophy

2000 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 284-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.P. Gallanis
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Current Generation ◽  
Economic Rationale ◽  
The Law ◽  
Law Commission

The author considers the proposal of the Law Commission that the Rule against Perpetuities should be amended rather than abolished and emphasises the need for a balance between the freedom of the current generation and the freedom of future generations to control property. The article draws attention to the experience of Canada and the United States and suggests that experience undermines the Rule's economic rationale and that the Law Commission should consider recommending the Rule's abolition.

Present or Future

2020 ◽  
pp. 107-111
Author(s):  
Alasdair Roberts
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
National Security ◽  
Department Of Defense ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Present Generation ◽  
National Economies

This chapter looks at how leaders also think about another border as they formulate a strategy for governing. This is the temporal divide between present and future, the invisible line that separates the present generation from the generations that follow. Institutions can be designed to give more weight to the interests of future generations. Indeed, leaders have built institutions with a vested interest in tending to future threats. In the United States, the Department of Defense regularly reviews threats to national security that will likely face the next generation. However, leaders are often driven toward shortsightedness, because they must also respond to more immediate challenges. Any state, democratic or authoritarian, must deal with the reality of competition within the system of states. To maintain security and influence, leaders must keep their national economies growing, even if it causes long-term environmental damage.

Solving the Debt Problem Fairly

2019 ◽  
pp. 85-102
Author(s):  
William G. Gale
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
The United States ◽  
High Income ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Economic Mobility ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Debt Problem ◽  
Employment Programs ◽  
The One

Who should pay higher taxes and receive fewer benefits? What’s fair? As explored in Chapter 5, debt, taxes, and spending redistribute resources within and across generations. Addressing the debt problem would help future generations – the nation’s children and grandchildren. It is no longer clear that each generation will be better off than the one before it. This makes it all the more important that each generation controls the debt it leaves to the next generation. The United States used to have high income inequality and significant economic mobility: people who worked hard could ascend the income ladder. In recent years, though, the gap between rich and poor has grown dramatically while rates of mobility haven’t improved. Policymakers should narrow inequalityin ways that are productive and fair, investing more in education, healthcare, nutrition, neighborhoods, and employment programs, and judiciously raising taxes on high-income households.

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