School Choice Discourse and the Legacy of Brown

ABSTRACT

Fifty years after the Browndecision, and in the context of persistent racial and economic segregation and inequality in schooling, it is still important to examine Brown's legacy. In this focus on school choice, the rhetoric and the ways in which the legacy of Brownhas been emphatically invoked in charter school and voucher debates is studied. Four ways in which Brownis currently raised in school choice debates are identified. Through an examination of these four narratives, the ways in which the school choice debate provides a current, active space for the rethinking of the civil rights movement and its symbols, goals, and legacies are examined.     

《虎种》——纯真与邪恶的完美统一

托马斯·沃尔夫（1900—1938）是20世纪二三十年代活跃在美国文坛的著名小说家。他的作品选材切近生活,风格朴实奔放、抒情色彩浓郁,以暗示和象征的手法感染读者。虽然他的很多作品以情感旋律作为内在的结构,具有很强的抒情性,但他毕竟是一位现实主义小说家,现实主义的创作手法在其小说中随处可见。短篇小说《虎种》以纯真与邪恶的完美统一反映了20世纪初美国的种族问题,揭示了美国黑人在种族歧视的压力之下,走上毁灭道路的过程。作者用洗练的笔法,写出了美国社会在繁荣外表下隐藏的社会危机,以及作者对世界、人类本身的思考。     

明清时期粤东北梅江水系的疍民

梅江水系就有蛋民的记载最早可追溯到南宋时期。自明代始,蛋民开始被编入里甲体系进行管理。从明中期以后,随着里甲制度的崩溃,生存资源的恶化,资源匮乏的水域上的蛋民开始渐渐迁徙。     

展示中华民族博大精深的文化精髓——序刘业超《文心雕龙通论》

刘业超先生的《文心雕龙通论》,通过对龙著的历史文化解读,现代文化解读和世界文化解读,对百年来龙学研究的理论成果进行系统性总结,全面展示了中华民族博大精深的文化精髓,并将其融入现代文化视野之中,成为当代人一项宝贵的理论资源,为中国特色的文论体系与美学理论体系的建设提供了知识论、认识论与方法论的依据。《文心雕龙通论》的出版,对于以理论阐述的科学形态加速龙学走向世界的进程,推动中外文化的广泛交流,帮助更多海外学人了解龙学,了解中华文化的博大精深的思想与智慧,大有裨益。     

Embodied inter-referencing: encounters with and among “Asian” students in the Australian classroom

ABSTRACT

This essay examines the pedagogical practice of referencing my experiences as a transnational Korean American woman in the classroom and considers how it opens up space for domestic and international students of East, Southeast, and South Asian backgrounds to reflect on their different identities, histories, and cultures. In particular, it focuses on how this practice enables Asian students to share their experiences of and insights about racial difference, racism, and whiteness in Australia and other parts of the world. Building on the concept of Asian “inter-referencing” from Chua Beng Huat (2015), I coin the term “embodied inter-referencing” to describe the strategic ways I use autobiographical narrative to create an inclusive, interactive, and mutually respectful learning space. I centre here on how some Asian students respond to this strategy by telling their own stories and in the process, create transnational, diasporic, and inter-Asian affective communities inside and outside the classroom.     

Martin to Brown

The rise of the modern Black Lives Matter movement can be traced back to two key events, the 2012 death of Trayvon Martin and the 2014 death of Michael Brown. Research routinely showed that mainstream media’s narrative choices marginalize and delegitimize protesters and their causes, a pattern known as the protest paradigm. This study provides a longitudinal examination of how the same mainstream media system varied in their coverage of similar events and the degree to which journalists challenged the predicted paradigms conceptualized in other academic work. A content analysis of national newspaper coverage revealed that news before the judicial rulings focused on protesters’ tactics (violence versus peaceful) and changed to the realm of ideas (grievances and demands) after the assailants were considered not guilty of wrongdoing. No progression was found in legitimizing coverage of protests between the two cases.     

“I never thought this could be for me”: aspirational capital,identities, and political engagement among first-generation college students in São Paulo

ABSTRACT

Today, young adults from lower-income backgrounds are pursuing educational trajectories that would have been distant dreams for their parents. In many Global South countries, this expansion has followed a neoliberal logic in which private universities purport to provide students skills and increased earning capacity, and employers the necessary human capital to compete in global markets. This article examines these processes in Brazil, where federal policies have contributed to a dramatic growth in private, for-profit higher education in recent years. Building on ethnographic research in São Paulo’s expansive peripheries, our analysis examines three inter-related themes: higher education and life aspirations; intersectional identity construction; and political/community engagements. We argue that while neoliberal ideologies and policies are a key component of Brazilian higher education, many first-generation college students actively – and critically – challenge everyday oppressions and create new life possibilities in the context of enduring inequalities.     

汉、回、蒙古族MBL基因Exon Ⅰ 54位密码子点突变频率及血浆含量相关性研究

目的:初步调查我国北方地区汉、回、蒙古族健康人群MBL基因ExonⅠ54位密码子点突变的情况,检测其血浆MBL含量,探讨二者的相关性。方法:用PCR-RFLP检测MBL基因点突变频率;用MBLOli-gomerELISA试剂盒测定血浆MBL含量。结果:健康汉族人该基因突变频率0.23,血浆MBL含量均值1.99±1.50mg/L,二者负相关(r=-0.62);回族人突变频率0.15,MBL含量均值3.40±2.55mg/L,二者负相关(r=-0.67);蒙古族人基因突变频率0.18,含量均值2.52±1.95mg/L,二者负相关(r=-0.64)。结论:健康汉、回、蒙古族人MBL基因54位密码子点突变频率与其血浆含量均呈负相关。     

传统龙舟风俗文化的现代性传承研究——基于香港大澳端午龙舟游涌与佛山九江传统龙舟的比较

传统风俗的历史传承并非一成不变,由于社会政治、地域环境、经济形态、人口迁移等因素的影响,传统风俗在不同的历史环境中往往展现出各具特色的文化生态。大澳龙舟游涌在传统风俗传承过程中,依据地方环境、配合地方社会的转变呈现出不同的民间理解以及内容变化。这种极具地方色彩的诠释与再解读,令当地居民在传承传统的基础上更自然地接纳及认同本土传统风俗习惯,促进他们对地方传统风俗的坚持和传承。本文基于香港大澳端午龙舟游涌与佛山九江传统龙舟的比较,对两地传统龙舟文化及民俗风情进行实地采风,考察二者之间的袭承关系与发展变革,旨在探究潜藏其中的文化根源与文化内核。