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Toy Len Goon's Legacy and the Myth of the Model Minority
A journey from Chinese immigrant to "U.S. Mother of the Year" unpacks the roots of the model minority myth and its legacy In 1952, Toy Len Goon, a Chinese immigrant widow who raised eight children while running their family laundry, was selected as U.S. Mother of the Year by the American Mother's Committee of the Golden Rule Foundation. In ......
In an era of mass incarceration, corrections face significant challenges, such as inmate mistreatment, poor confinement conditions, and unpreparedness for reentry. Solutions often focus on individual correctional officers-removing "rotten apples." However, this approach overlooks the systemic issues within correctional institutions. In Corrections ......
In an era of mass incarceration, corrections face significant challenges, such as inmate mistreatment, poor confinement conditions, and unpreparedness for reentry. Solutions often focus on individual correctional officers - removing "rotten apples." However, this approach overlooks the systemic issues within correctional institutions. In ......
Shows how police serve to assist ICE despite sanctuary laws insisting otherwise In the United States, local law enforcement agencies are legally and organizationally independent entities from federal law enforcement agencies like the FBI and ICE. While local police enforce local, state and federal laws, they are not required to enforce civil ......
Shows how police serve to assist ICE despite sanctuary laws insisting otherwise In the United States, local law enforcement agencies are legally and organizationally independent entities from federal law enforcement agencies like the FBI and ICE. While local police enforce local, state and federal laws, they are not required to enforce civil ......
White Girls, Queer Teens, and the Racial Foundations of Purity Culture
Takes seriously youths' ownership of their sexual choices within purity culture Gaining mass popularity in the mid-1990s with the True Love Waits rally on the Washington Mall, purity culture began as an urge from evangelical conservatives for Christian adolescents to publicly commit to practicing abstinence until marriage. Throughout this decade ......
White Girls, Queer Teens, and the Racial Foundations of Purity Culture
Takes seriously youths' ownership of their sexual choices within purity culture Gaining mass popularity in the mid-1990s with the True Love Waits rally on the Washington Mall, purity culture began as an urge from evangelical conservatives for Christian adolescents to publicly commit to practicing abstinence until marriage. Throughout this decade ......
Argues that regulation of the substance that creates life and spreads harm is crucial in a post-Roe America Controls on sexual reproduction are so familiar. Check out any authority over human lives - religious, medical, sociopolitical, familial, psychological - and you'll find teachings about what people must, shouldn't, may, and may not do with ......
How to build stamina to confront racial exhaustion and communicate differently about race In the wake of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, many Americans - regardless of race - find themselves exhausted by conversations about race and racism. People of color continue to bear the weight of systemic racism while also shouldering the ......
