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1.	Campbell, Alondo C.
1.	Labor Market Experiences of African and European American Men, 1979--1996 M.A. Thesis, California State University - Fullerton, 2002. MAI, 40, no. 03 (2002): 611 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Discrimination, Job; Discrimination, Racial/Ethnic; Household Income; Income Level; Labor Market Demographics; Labor Market Segmentation; Racial Differences Research reveals an income disparity between Americans of African and European descent. This research offers a historical interpretation of American males of African descent and their experiences in the labor market. In contrast with theories of labor market experiences that suggest a declining significance of race a historical interpretation suggests ideologies of white supremacy has systematical maintained inequality. The data used for this study is from the 1979-1996 NLSY (National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979). The dependent variable is the yearly earnings of the respondents, which was separated into three periods. Results of OLS regression estimates show African American males from low-income households earn less than their European counterparts holding human capital attributes constant. European American males from low-income households income is not significantly different from African American males from non-poor households. The tentative results are consistent with claims that the gap in income derives from the historical experiences of residential segregation, employment in occupations subject to high turnover and labor market discrimination.
	Bibliography Citation Campbell, Alondo C. Labor Market Experiences of African and European American Men, 1979--1996. M.A. Thesis, California State University - Fullerton, 2002. MAI, 40, no. 03 (2002): 611.

2.	Campbell, Alondo C.
2.	Marijuana, Sex, and Racialized State Domination Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University, 2007 Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University Keyword(s): Black Family; Black Studies; Drug Use; Family Formation; Health Care; Inner-City; Modeling; Sexual Behavior; Women's Roles Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The understanding of African American families is limited, mostly because within-group differences are often misunderstood by the dominant worldview. The typical tendency is to view African Americans in general and African American families in particular with stereotypical inaccuracies. How do norms and values emerge to help construct family formations? Marginalized groups face an organization of oppression from the dominant culture thus they develop sub-cultural norms in response to their marginalization. Blacks are marginalized and their historical experience in America has help the development of particular coping strategies. One such coping strategy includes self-medication in response to limited or no access to mainstream health-care. It is likely the experience marginalization and marijuana use effect the family formation. Marijuana is part of an oppositional culture that is found among resistance. How does oppositional culture affect family formations? The war on drugs and particularly marijuana has a disproportionate negative affect on marginalized communities. African Americans are overrepresented among those who are imprisoned for non-violent drug related offenses. Black youth are jailed; the community loses political power, sons, brothers, and fathers thus disrupting the development of intimate relationships that are essential for family formation. The response to oppression is resistance and marijuana is part of an oppositional culture that the dominant world view often misinterprets. State power use illicit drugs and sexual behavior as demonizing and justifying proxies to wage war on inner-city communities of color. Data taken from the NLSY79 are used in a series of hierarchal regression models to analyze respondents marijuana use, egalitarian values, sexual attitudes and sexual behavior from 1979 to 1998. The problem is the response to the organization of oppression seen as pathology. Therefore the use of theoretical approaches that view resistance to the organization of oppression as legitimate response found in the behavior of Black youth. Results suggest that marijuana use is related to sexual behavior and attitudes and this affects family formation process directly and indirectly. Directly marijuana users were found to have more egalitarian values towards attitudes about the role of women. People who have sex at a young age are more likely to use marijuana. Marijuana is a popular among youth and sub-cultures and is measured as a form of resistance to the status quo and it may be an essential part of some segments of the population to build family formations. Policy for drug use and enforcement should be reconsidered to best fit the needs of the community it is claims to serve.
	Bibliography Citation Campbell, Alondo C. Marijuana, Sex, and Racialized State Domination. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University, 2007.

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