Whitman Family Biographies

The following family biographical information was compiled by graduate student intern Brittney Teal-Cribbs using sources from Western Oregon University Archives

Murphy Family Biographies

The following family biographical information was compiled by graduate student intern Brittney Teal-Cribbs using sources from Western Oregon University Archives

Webb Family Biographies

The following family biographical information was compiled by graduate student intern Brittney Teal-Cribbs using sources from Western Oregon University Archives

Afro-Brazilian Religious Suppression in 1920s and 1930s Rio de Janeiro

This paper shows how academics and the Brazilian government suppressed Afro-Brazilian religions in Rio de Janeiro in the 1930s. Both United States and French anthropologists had a role in developing attitudes toward Afro-Brazilian religions. They corresponded with race attitudes about whitening the Brazilian population. Whereas prominent United States anthropologists often evidenced negative attitudes toward these religions, the French presented a much more positive perspective. These new attitudes created an environment for greater tolerance to religions formerly persecuted

Ground Family Biographies

The following family biographical information was compiled by graduate student intern Brittney Teal-Cribbs using sources from Western Oregon University Archives

Lucas Family Biographies

The following family biographical information was compiled by graduate student intern Brittney Teal-Cribbs using sources from Western Oregon University Archives

Haley Family Biographies

The following family biographical information was compiled by graduate student intern Brittney Teal-Cribbs using sources from Western Oregon University Archives

Hutchinson Family Biographies

The following family biographical information was compiled by graduate student intern Brittney Teal-Cribbs using sources from Western Oregon University Archives

Davidson Family Biographies

The following family biographical information was compiled by graduate student intern Brittney Teal-Cribbs using sources from Western Oregon University Archives

The Negotiation Between Ethnicity and Language in German-Immigrant Hip-Hop

Throughout Europe, hybrid youth cultures continue to form and morph as global migration creates minority enclaves in urban areas. Music plays a large part in the transformation of this culture for Germany\u27s large Turkish population. Participation by both sides in the German hip-hop scene has created a type of transculturation in which aspects of both cultures are preserved. Hip-hop was first transformed in Germany by white artists whose lyrics more closely resembled traditional soft rock. Today, the immigrant populations have appropriated this uniquely German form of hip-hop to discuss deeper issues of race, poverty and violence that transcend racial stereotypes