Tearing Down Walls and Building Lives: A Systematic Approach to Welfare Reform

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Structural Racism in the United States: A Report to the U.N. Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the occasion of its review of the Periodic Report of the United States of America

As a signatory to the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), 1 the United States is under an obligation to condemn and pursue a policy of eliminating racial discrimination, in all its forms (art. 2, ¶1). The U.S. has not taken seriously the duty under Article 2 of CERD to affirmatively address racial discrimination. Instead, the U.S. has rationalized racial discriminatory effects as not covered by U.S. law. Sometimes these effects are caused by explicit government polices. At other times they are caused by private actors. Frequently, it is a combination of both. The Convention defines racial discrimination (art. 1, ¶1) to mean distinctions, exclusions, restrictions or preferences based on race which have “the purpose or effect” of nullifying or impairing the recognition, enjoyment or exercise, on an equal footing, of human rights and fundamental freedoms in any field of public life. CERD’s definition of discrimination is unequivocal: effects and racially disparate outcomes caused by individual action or government practices or policies, singularly or collectively, are of primary concern. Contrary to CERD, U.S. law defines racial discrimination more narrowly in at least two critical respects. First, with few exceptions U.S. law narrowly defines cognizable racial discrimination by requiring evidence of intent to discriminate. Section II demonstrates that such a requirement is contrary to the framework of CERD and does not reflect the real-world operation of discriminatory behavior in contemporary American society

The Ursinus Weekly, April 18, 1955

MSGA election rescheduled for May 9 • Hoberman, Leger Lantern editors • Concert features Music for you • Changes in cast of Spring play • Plans for May Day now in full swing • Winchester announces new editorial and business staff • Spring coronation to be prom theme • Activities calendar to be set up • WSGA, WAA, Y elections Thursday • Editorials: Our paper is your paper • Fraternity row • If you can\u27t, don\u27t • Wherefore a head tax • Frosh dance on April 29 • Lecture notes • Frosh and sophs now on Dean\u27s list • Earth to a man from Mars • Sunisru sweepstakes (Better known as the termpaper derby) • Curtis sweeps annual sports intramurals • Net chances bright as 8 girls return • Lacrosse lessons at Ursinus begin • Schreiner girls capture intramural hoop crown • They wear varsity U\u27s • Jesperson leads tennis team in E-town opener • Ninth inning rally sparks Albright win • Big Schoes sets four year scoring mark • Single by Harris wins first for Bears, 3-2, behind Slotter • Fords trample Bear trackmen by 95-27 • Ursinus Belles begin softball • Dawkins, Fay to lead \u2756 teams • Student-faculty show success; Campus Chest raises $1175 • Summer School July 5, August 26 • Barbara Wagner FTA president • Alumnus wins fellowship • Dr. M. Oppenheimer highlights Temple Medical School • French Club views colored slides of Francehttps://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/weekly/1471/thumbnail.jp

Iconic dishes, culture and identity: the Christmas pudding and its hundred years’ journey in the USA, Australia, New Zealand and India

Asserting that recipes are textual evidences reflecting the society that produced them, this article explores the evolution of the recipes of the iconic Christmas pudding in the United States, Australia, New Zealand and India between the mid-nineteenth and the mid-twentieth centuries. Combining a micro-analysis of the recipes and the cookbook that provided them with contemporary testimonies, the article observes the dynamics revealed by the preparation and consumption of the pudding in these different societies. The findings demonstrate the relevance of national iconic dishes to the study of notions of home, migration and colonization, as well as the development of a new society and identity. They reveal how the preservation, transformation and even rejection of a traditional dish can be representative of the complex and sometimes conflicting relationships between colonists, migrants or new citizens and the places they live in