scholarly journals Migratory Movement: The Politics of Ethnic Community (Re) Construction Among Creoles of Color, 1920-1940

2005 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-60
Author(s):  
Andrew Jolivétte
Keyword(s):  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
Migratory Movement ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Racial Lines ◽  
Creoles Of Color

This article considers the social and economic conditions under which Creoles of Color left the state of Louisiana from 1920-1940.1 Because Creoles in the years following 1920 were legally reclassified as black, many lost their land, social and legal rights, and access to education as well as the possibility of upward mobility to which they had previously had access when they were accorded the status of a distinct/legal ethnic group. Creole families had to make decisions about the economic, social, religious, and cultural futures of their children and the community as a whole. As a form of resistance to colonial and neocolonial rule, thousands of Creoles left Louisiana, following the pattern established by members of the previous generation who had anticipated the advent and implications of the new legal racial system as far back as the mid to late 1800s and had engaged in the first wave of migration from 1840-1890, moving primarily from rural ethnic enclaves to larger urban cities within the US and to international sites such as Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, Brazil, and other parts of the Caribbean and Latin America where racial lines were more fluid (Gehman, 1994).

A Critical Transnational Perspective to Asian America

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yen Le Espiritu
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Asian American ◽  
The United States ◽  
Human Welfare ◽  
Vietnamese Refugees ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Status ◽  
Rights Discourse

Much of the early scholarship in Asian American studies sought to establish that Asian Americans have been crucial to the making of the US nation and thus deserve full inclusion into its polity. This emphasis on inclusion affirms the status of the United States as the ultimate protector and provider of human welfare, and narrates the Asian American subject by modern civil rights discourse. However, the comparative cases of Filipino immigrants and Vietnamese refugees show how Asian American racial formation has been determined not only by the social, economic, and political forces in the United States but also by US colonialism, imperialism, and wars in Asia.

Towards an African Qur'anic Hermeneutics

2002 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-76
Author(s):  
Michael Mumisa
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Philosophy Of Language ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Sacred Texts ◽  
Christian Perspective ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Status ◽  
African Perspective

The 20th century has been witness to great developments in theology, philosophy of language and the social sciences. Postmodernism has emerged as an influential philosophical thought. All of these 20th century phenomena have influenced how people approach sacred texts and how they comprehend and interpret them. Muslims have not been immune to these developments, and accordingly there has been a realisation among Muslim theorists that the existing interpretations of the Qur'an and Sunnah (imitado Muhammadi) may be limited and not able to suffice the needs of a changing world. The Islamic world has also been rapidly expanding to incorporate races, cultures and environments of various kinds. Consequently, racial and cultural problems have emerged causing a great need among progressive Muslims, particularly the youth, women, people of colour, and other concerned Muslims for a re-reading of the sacred texts so that they become existentially meaningful in the here and now. Such a reading will have to take into consideration differences of perspective and social location. Although this article proposes an African Qur'anic hermeneutics within the liberative discourse, it is not necessarily proposing an African Muslim perspective of liberation since there can be no such a thing as an ‘African perspective’, ‘feminist perspective’ or even ‘Christian perspective’ of liberation. By confirming the ‘us’ versus ‘them’, or dominant versus ‘other’ in the liberation process, it serves to confirm the status quo which we seek to change.

scholarly journals Dynamics of language conflicts in the 21st century

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Modern Language ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
Language Conflict ◽  
The Impact

Almost in the first quarter of the third millennium, in many countries of the world, there is a progressive dynamics of linguistic conflicts, which sometimes turn into an armed conflict. Of course, language conflicts have a very long history, but their present is even brighter. At the heart of the language conflict, as is known, is linguistic inequality, which is characterized by the status of language. The subject of the study is the impact of the globalization processes of the twenty-first century. on the development of modern language conflicts and the possibility of their settlement. The goal of the work is to reveal the essence of modern language conflicts, to clarify their peculiarities; the study of the dynamics of linguistic conflicts in the XXI century, the possible development and outline ways to solve them. The objective to analyze the dynamics of linguistic conflicts of the XXI century and to determine their possible development, outlining ways to solve contemporary linguistic conflicts. General scientific methods are used: analysis, synthesis, hypothetical method. The following results are obtained: the process of national self-affirmation, the observance of the language and culture of its legal rights must be developed and implemented by the country's elite. This process must be constant and steady; the linguistic conflict, however, is an undesirable phenomenon in the life of society, which is a kind of obstacle in solving the problems of the social life of people of all nationalities. Only non-violent method of overcoming linguistic conflicts will lead to harmonization of society. Linguistic conflict can help in this. Conclusions: a "clearing up" and neutralization of linguistic conflicts can be assisted by a sound linguistic policy and concerted efforts to reconcile all the warring parties, seeking consensus, and most importantly, fair determination of the significance of conflicting languages and equalization of the possibilities of realization in all spheres of life.

A new role for an ancient variable in Appalachia: Paradigm leveling and standardization in West Virginia

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirk Hazen
Keyword(s):  
West Virginia ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Social Processes ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Status ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Paradigm Leveling

AbstractIn many rural English-speaking communities, linguistic processes such as paradigm leveling come into direct conflict with social processes of standardization. In the US region of Appalachia, an analysis of past be leveling illustrates the progression of the sociolinguistic clashes between these forces. A quantitative sociolinguistic examination of leveled was (e.g., We was there) for 67 native Appalachian speakers was conducted to assess the status of past be in light of economic and educational improvements over the 20th century. The results indicate that leveled was declined sharply, with the youngest speakers demonstrating more standardized patterns. Although the overall rate of was leveling declined across apparent time, the rate of was contraction (e.g., We's there last night) increased, offering native Appalachians a reduced variant to contest the social push toward a fully standardized system.

scholarly journals The Ideological Asymmetry of the American Party System

2014 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 825-844 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yphtach Lelkes ◽  
Paul M. Sniderman
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Republican Party ◽  
Democratic Party ◽  
Party System ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Status ◽  
American Party

Most Americans support liberal policies on the social welfare agenda, the dominant policy cleavage in American politics. Yet a striking feature of the US party system is its tendency to equilibrium. How, then, does the Republican Party minimize defection on the social welfare agenda? The results of this study illustrate a deep ideological asymmetry between the parties. Republican identifiers are ideologically aware and oriented to a degree that far exceeds their Democratic counterparts. Our investigation, which utilizes cross-sectional, longitudinal and experimental data, demonstrates the role of ideological awareness and involvement in the Republicans’ ability to maintain the backing of their supporters even on issues on which the position of the Democratic Party is widely popular. It also exposes two mechanisms, party branding and the use of the status quo as a focal point, that Democrats use to retain or rally support for issues on the social welfare agenda on which the Republican Party’s position is widely popular.

scholarly journals Making 'Genuine Friendship' Across Racial Lines: 'Cousin Judy' and her Aboriginal 'Mates'

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rani Kerin
Keyword(s):  
Aboriginal People ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Research Grants ◽  
The Social ◽  
Anthropological Research ◽  
The Status ◽  
Racial Lines

In 1958, soon after the birth of her third child, Judy Inglis (nee Betheras, 1930-1962) applied to the Board for Anthropological Research (BAR) and the Social Science Research Council (SSCR) for research grants in order to 'study some aspects of life of part-aboriginal people living in or about Adelaide', South Australia, later refined to 'the status and influence of married women'.

‘A woman has a problem of the type that she is a woman’: Feminisation in horse racing in Poland

2021 ◽  
pp. 101269022110040
Author(s):  
Barbara Bossak-Herbst ◽  
Małgorzata Głowacka-Grajper
Keyword(s):  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Horse Racing ◽  
Employment Policy ◽  
Main Claim ◽  
The Social ◽  
Class Background ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Empirical Material

In the article, the authors examine the different phases of feminisation of the horse racing field in Poland, starting from the early communist times up to the present. The empirical material for the article is comprised of 20 in-depth interviews with women riders whose careers spanned different decades and is supplemented by field observation and statistics. Following the nationalisation of horse racing in 1950, women were excluded due to the employment policy pursued by the State Horse Racetrack Company and the traditional apprenticeship system. Things changed in 1968, when the status of amateur riders was formally established. After 1989, along with the privatisation of horse racing stables, a new influx of women riders was observed, although only a few have achieved the jockey status so far. The analysis of the social context and class background of women in horse racing is supplemented with the investigation of stereotypes on women’s attributes internalised by female riders. The main claim of the article is that although the socio-economic conditions for horse racing in Poland changed dramatically over many decades, women invariably played ‘rescue roles’, which placed them on the fringes of the world of horse racing.

scholarly journals Social contributions of Women: before and after the advent of Islam

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-48
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ndeenullah ◽  
Muhammad Faisal Zia ◽  
Misbah Bibi Qureshi
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Equal Opportunity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
The Social ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Status ◽  
Social Contributions ◽  
First Time ◽  
Islamic Society

The vast study and perusal of the social status and social contribution of women to a prosperous society reveals that before the emergence of Islam the status of women in society was just a scratch. They were behaved as if they were some sort of chattel. The birth of a daughter was condemned and the father of a daughter felt himself contemptible. The Romans believed that a woman is a shape of God's wrath. Till the end of sixteenth century The French did not believe that a woman, like a man, bears soul in the body. The Arabs used to bury their newly born daughter and they believed that the birth of a daughter is an indication that our gods are angry with us. The researcher concluded that the woman was not considered even a human being. The Hindus used to burn or bury living wife with her deceased husband and they did not allow a widow to live in the society. The all ancient civilizations were indulged in this abominable act. On the emergence of Islam the woman, first time in human history, got her natural rights and social status. They started participation in social work as teachers, nurses and even started getting knowledge with equal opportunity as compared to men were privileged in the society. The contribution of women in the society was empowered by new Islamic vision. We find that their contribution, even in the battle-fields was marvelous and exuberant. The social status of a woman bestowed them to pay their duties independently as well as to demand their legal rights. The Islamic society founded by the Holly Prophet (s.a.w) gave freedom to women in the society.

Mediterranean Ship Design in the Middle Ages

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Rieth
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Ship Design ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Actual Structure ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
Collective Dimension ◽  
The Middle Ages

‘Design’ is associated with the act of creation. The design of a ship encompasses the various ways of thinking about a ship according to its method and materials of construction, and according to the economic conditions of the period, the social context, the status of the shipbuilder, and so on. This article examines the characteristics of medieval naval architecture. The architectural approach to understand the design of the ship is marked on two principal levels: the actual structure of the hull, and the processes of building it. It explores the design methods used by the Mediterranean shipbuilders of the Middle Ages. The knowledge of design of a ship relies on collective dimension and through the restitution of the history of remains, the process of archaeological study leads to the history of the ship or the boat, to the point of its design.

scholarly journals The Transgenders’ Segregation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan) with Special Focus on their Inaccessibility to Higher Secondary / Higher Education

sjesr ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 100-109
Author(s):  
Tariq Mehmud ◽  
Abdullah ◽  
Dr. Muhammad Idris
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Gender Identification ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ◽  
Research Article ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Common

Transgender is a comprehensive and inclusive term. This term separates and divides those people whose gender manifestation does not have any correspondence and resemblance with their gender identification at the time of their birth. This research article focused on the issues of transgenders with the special focus on their inaccessibility to education. The transgenders residing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) feel themselves in a pit of infamy. The objectives of this article were to discover the hurdles and barriers faced by transgenders in KP not only in their day to day life but also in their inaccessibility to education. The transgenders of the District Mardan (the second biggest city of KP) was the population of the study. The Chain referral sampling technique was adopted because the population of the study was not easily accessible. The sample of 20 participants was selected and it comprised of two teachers, two lawyers, two trans parents and fourteen transgenders. The thematic interpretation and analysis revealed that transgenders faced hurdles and scathing attitude in every walk of life especially in their access to education. The main reason behind their plight is the lack of knowledge among the common masses regarding the status and rights of transgenders in the Islamic state of Pakistan. This article is an eye-opener for all the social circles / organizations and NGO’s not only nationally but also globally.

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