Tag: SOC 410

Cameron Binaley

Racial Activism at Bushnell University

With issues of racism and prejudice back in the nation spotlight, activist movements started by students have once again emerged in higher education. Since many of these activist movements are initiated by students of color at predominantly white institutions, students of color almost always meet resistance. This presentation will discuss the findings of a case study I conducted on a student of color student leader at Bushnell University. This case study will look at this student’s struggles and progress in the pursuit of racial equality at Bushnell University.

SOC 410, Global Issues: Race in America

Melisa Ortiz Berry

Bushnell History Symposium, P103

10 AM – 1 PM

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Jared Dodson

Mission Trips: Serving God’s Church or White Savior Syndrome?

This presentation will analyze the nature of short-term, U.S.-based mission trips and their ramifications on the missionary and those being ministered to alike. Through a sociological case study, this presentation will address the problematic elements in short-term missions, their effects on how race and diversity is viewed in the church, and potential ways of improving the way the church does short-term missions. 

SOC 410, Global Issues: Race in America

Melisa Ortiz Berry

Bushnell History Symposium, P103

10 AM – 1 PM

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Tyler King

Examining the Christian Departments at Bushnell

In higher education there has been many complaints that the concepts are ethnocentric around white western culture. It is clear that this could have some racial implications that could be detrimental to our society. This study aims to check if the books that professors in the Christian Ministry department and Bible and Theology department, are written by ethnically diverse authors. My hypothesis is that the lack of diversity within the reading causes minority students to be less engaged in the material. Through looking at the textbooks assigned in the classes we will be able to determine if they are all written by a certain group. I hope to point out a clear fixable issue at Bushnell that can change so that we can encourage diversity so that different ethnicities feel welcomed in the Christian departments.

SOC 410, Global Issues: Race in America

Melisa Ortiz Berry

Bushnell History Symposium, P103

10 AM – 1 PM

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Yashu Lanki

Final Case Study

For this case study, I have examined race and racism that have ramifications for religious environment. More specifically, the objective is to highlight the importance of building more racial diverse churches by comparing it the data with racial dominated churches. My data includes 8 testimonies, church’s websites, and lectures by the faculty sponsor. First, I gathered 8 testimonies from, Be the Bridge Facebook group, and I analyzed their experiences with racial diverse and racial dominated churches. The testimonies and comments have demonstrated the benefits of racial diverse churches: comfort, welcoming, peace, etc. In addition, I have researched and collected data from church’s websites of percentage distributions of the congregation by race and ethnicity. The data includes the person, type of church, church’s frequency of addressing racism to congregation, and comments and quotes from congregation. There will also be a second set of data with the same factors that reflects my personal experience with racial diverse and racial dominated churches. Lastly, throughout my paper will consist of important details from lectures I have learned in this course and readings I took notes from. As a result, my case study will focus strictly to prove that churches should be racially diverse. 

SOC 410, Global Issues: Race in America

Melisa Ortiz Berry

Bushnell History Symposium, P103

10 AM – 1 PM

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Emmalee Rusk

Racial Representation in Children’s Books – A Case Study

Diverse racial representation in illustrated children’s books falls devastatingly short of what it should be. In this Case Study, a comparison of several books will be analyzed to show this fact with the backing of other studies and polls taken about diversity in illustrated children’s books. The lack of diverse character illustrations in children’s books is detrimental to a multicultural societal perspective, not only for the children but for those introducing and reading these books to the younger and more susceptible audiences.

SOC 410, Global Issues: Race in America

Melisa Ortiz Berry

Bushnell History Symposium, P103

10 AM – 1 PM

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