中国移民学生家长与ESL教师的冲突——兼谈中西方教育文化的对抗

作者曾以访问学者的身份在加拿大卡尔加里大学留学,其间接触了许多来自祖国大陆的移民,他们以及他们的孩子在接受由加拿大各级教育部门提供的ESL课程培训上碰到了许多困难.这些困难归根结底是由于中西方文化在教育观念上的不同所导致的.这些不同主要体现在中国移民学生家长与当地的ESL老师在对待教学过程、教学内容和教学方法上的不同认知所引起的.本文探讨了这些冲突,并试图分析引起这些冲突的原因.     

古代少数民族移民对内地的影响

本文论述了少数民族移民对内地政治、军事、经济、文化和习俗的影响。该文认为 ,少数民族移民迁入内地 ,成为一支重要的政治军事力量 ,并改变了某些地区的民族人口构成 ,促进了民族融合。少数民族移民对内地畜牧业、商业的发展 ,对内地汉族文化、饮食习俗也产生了重要的影响。尤其是少数民族移民生产方式变农为牧 ,客观上有利于自然环境的保护。     

地域、迁徙及行为弱势群体及其法律保护

地域、迁徙及行为弱势群体的法律保护主要包括:边缘少数民族弱势群体及其法律保护、移民、拆迁户弱势群体及其法律保护罪犯弱势群体及其法律保护、乞丐弱势群体及其法律保护.     

Interracial and Intraracial Patterns of Mate Selection Among America’s Diverse Black Populations

Despite recent immigration from Africa and the Caribbean, Blacks in America are still viewed as a monolith in many previous studies. In this paper, we use newly released 2000 census data to estimate log‐linear models that highlight patterns of interracial and intraracial marriage and cohabitation among African Americans, West Indians, Africans, and Puerto Rican non‐Whites, and their interracial marriage and cohabitation with Whites. Based on data from several metropolitan areas, our results show that, despite lower socioeconomic status, native‐born African Americans are more likely than other Blacks to marry Whites; they also are more likely to marry other Black ethnics. West Indians, Africans, and Puerto Rican non‐Whites are more likely to marry African Americans than to marry Whites. Interracial relationships represent a greater share of cohabiting unions than marital unions. The majority of interracial unions, including native and immigrant Blacks, consist of a Black man and White woman. The implications for marital assimilation are discussed.     

内蒙古包头市突厥鲁尼文查干敖包铭文考释——兼论后突厥汗国“黑沙南庭”之所在

在内蒙古包头市达尔罕茂明安联合旗发现的突厥鲁尼文查干敖包铭文,是内蒙古迄今发现的唯一的突厥鲁尼文文献史料.根据查干敖包铭文的发现地点及其印记,可推断该铭文应属于后突厥汗国可汗家族阿史那氏的旁系家族,纪年约在7世纪末至8世纪初,极有可能为迄今发现的最早的突厥鲁尼文文献史料.结合汉籍史料和笔者的田野调查,可推断后突厥汗国的“黑沙南庭”即为达茂旗一带的草原.而查干敖包铭文,则印证笔者有关“黑沙南庭”的这一推论不误.     

Option pricing for generalized distributions

The Black Scholes formula has been widely used to price financial instruments. The derivation of this formula is based on the assumption of lognormally distributed returns which is often in poor agreement with actual data. An option pricing formula based on the generalized beta of the second kind (GB2) is presented. This formula includes the Black Scholes formula as a special case and accommodates a wide variety of nonlognormally distributed returns. The sensitivity of option values to departures from the skewness and kurtosis associated with the lognormal distribution is investigated.     

Contesting racism: how do the black middle-class use cultural consumption for anti-racism?

ABSTRACT

Drawing on interviews with thirty-two black British professionals, and ethnographic work in middle-class cultural spaces across London, this paper asks ‘How do the black middle-class use cultural consumption for anti-racism?’ I argue that the black middle-class contest the racial hierarchy at three levels through their cultural consumption: the material, the ideological, and the symbolic. At the material level, black middle-class people consume cultural forms they decode as ‘white’ in order to establish an equity with whites in levels of cultural capital. At the ideological level, black middle-class people consume cultural forms that uplift meanings and representations of blackness, thus challenging controlling images of blackness. Lastly, at the symbolic level, black middle-class folks create and sustain cultural spaces where black people’s cultural and symbolic knowledge is given proper recognition and authority.     

Parenting and child-caretaking among black men who have sex with men and associated sexual and reproductive health factors: a brief report

Abstract

The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the prevalence of parenting and child-caretaking among a sample of black men who have sex with men (MSM), as well as associations between parenting roles and sexual and reproductive health (SRH) factors. Parenting and SRH data were derived from a survey of 199 black MSM. Nearly half of the sample reported being a father or father-figure (44.4%), almost a third indicated serving as caretaker of a child (29.1%), and one in five have a biological child (20.1%). Over half of the sample reported at least one of these three parenting/child-caretaking roles (52.5%). Two significant differences were observed for sexual health variables: men with biological children were significantly more likely to report using condoms inconsistently (55.0% vs. 35.7%, p = .026) and engaging in transactional sex work (36.8% vs. 21.0%, p = .041). Given the observed prevalence, parenting and child-caretaking among black MSM warrant further inquiry as factors that may influence SRH outcomes and care utilization. Services and interventions tailored to black MSM should consider these men’s potential roles and responsibilities as parents and caretakers of children.     

真伪之辩——基于新近材料的“海德格尔事件”核心问题研究

新近出版的《海德格尔兄弟通信集》为“海德格尔事件”研究的突破性进展提供了非常重要的文本资料，为澄清诸多疑难问题提供了一个关键契机。受此推动，本文将对“海德格尔事件”的核心问题展开追问:海德格尔在校长任职动机问题上的自我辩护是谎言还是事实?胡戈·奥特在其研究中批评海德格尔的辩护乃是撒谎，这一判断以种种变式影响着今天的《黑皮笔记》研究;但依据更多材料和更严谨的分析，可以看出奥特这一具有重大影响力的研究工作存在严重漏洞，扭曲了事实，而多年来一直被质疑的海德格尔自我辩护反倒符合事实。这一发现不仅揭示出了重新全面解读“海德格尔事件”的必要性，而且推动着我们去沉思相关论战一再爆发的深层原因，这将有助于我们走上真正的疑难澄清之路。     

No experience required: Violent crime and anticipated,vicarious, and experienced racial discrimination

There is a growing body of evidence linking racial discrimination and juvenile crime, and a number of theories explain this relationship. In this study, we draw on one popular approach, Agnew's general strain theory, and extend prior research by moving from a focus on experienced discrimination to consider two other forms, anticipated and vicarious discrimination. Using data on black, white, and Hispanic youth, from the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods (PHDCN), we find that experienced, anticipated, and to a lesser extent, vicarious discrimination, significantly predict violent crime independent of a set of neighborhood, parental, and individual level controls, including prior violent offending. Additional analyses on the specific contexts of discrimination reveal that violence is associated with the anticipation of police discrimination. The effects tend to be larger for African American than Hispanic youth, but the differences are not statistically significant. These findings support the thesis that, like other strains, discrimination may not have to be experienced directly to influence offending.