Big Race Research Articles

“One big race”, narrow paths and Golden spoons: fatalistic narratives among young South Koreans

Durkheim’s Le Suicide outlined two distinct types of suicide that depend on an individual’s level of social regulation. While one of these, anomie/anomic suicide has been greatly explored by both Durkheim and subsequent literature, the concept of fatalistic suicide has been neglected due to Durkheim’s own proclamation that it had little contemporary importance. In this article, I report narratives related to suicide gathered from interviewing South Koreans aged 20–30 that mirror elements of fatalistic suicide, such as violently blocked passions and oppressive discipline. South Koreans in this age group often discussed that they have constantly felt immense pressure from society to achieve particular life goals by certain ages, and not achieving these expectations essentially means that one’s life is over. Furthermore, I contend that achieving these lofty expectations, such as going to what is considered a prestigious university or getting a well-respected first job is hardly possible for the masses, and instead sets up many students and postgraduates for inescapable failure. The reaction to this failure of being able to meet goals and expectations can be understood in terms of Durkheim’s anomie, given that people’s goals can no longer be regulated by society once they have failed. This article posits that individuals move between extremes of Durkheim’s social regulation.

At Times I Didn't Drown

At Times I Didn't Drown

COVID-19 Treatment at a Glance.

As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads across the world, the ongoing clinical trials are leading to a big race worldwide to develop a treatment that will help control the pandemic. Unfortunately, COVID-19 does not have any known effective treatment with reliable study results yet. In this pandemic, there is not a lot of time to develop a new specific agent because of the rapid spread of the disease. The process of developing a vaccine is long and requires hard work. Although the pathophysiology of the disease is not fully understood, some of the proposed treatment alternatives are based on old evidence and some have been used with the idea that they might work owing to their mechanism of action. The efficacy, reliability, and safety of the currently available treatment alternatives are therefore a matter of debate. Currently, the main therapies used in the treatment of COVID-19 are antiviral drugs and chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine. Other proposed options include tocilizumab, convalescent plasma, and steroids, but the mainstay of the treatment in intensive care units remains supportive therapies.

From pathogenesis to therapy of COVID-19

The world is facing the pandemic of a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) leading to the development of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In effect, the scientific potential in the field becoming the cutting-edge of biomedical research. It is in a big race to test the available pharmacologic resource of registered antiviral drugs and to discover of novel pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and biologicals (such as vaccines, gene and stem cell therapy, and recombinant proteins produced biotechnologically). We argue that the knowledge of (i) angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptor, (ii) viral S-glycoprotein ligand, and (iii) cellular proteases, required for the entry of Cov-2 into the target cell, may provide novel therapeutic approaches for COVID-19. Finally, we reason the described approaches could lead to the identification of better drugs for COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 syndrome.

Virtual Machine Escape in Cloud Computing Services

It’s of axioms; every progress that is devised in the field of facilitating daily life through technology is matched by many complications in terms of the methods that led to the creation of these inventions and how to maintain their sustainability, consistency, and development. In digital world that became not only as axiom of its nature, but it is now one of the main inherent features that define digital technology. Whereas Major international companies are in a big race to produce the new development and invention of their products to be supplied to markets, and all of that should be conquered within not more than a year. The immersion in that big race has to be armed with patience and deep breath.

Reflections on the Boston Marathon from a Breast Cancer Oncologist (or, Why I Just Don't Quit)

Preparing for a big race like the Boston Marathon pales in comparison to what a cancer patient faces, but there are similarities when it comes to always showing up and never giving up, as this narrative describes.

Essential Measures

Race and ancestry are both popularly viewed in the United States as different but intertwined reflections on a person’s essentialized identity that answer the question of “who is what?” Despite this loose but well-understood connection between the two concepts and the availability of ancestry data on the U.S. census, researchers have rarely used the two sources of data in combination. In this article, drawing on theories of boundary formation, I compare these two forms of identification to explore the salience and social closure of racial boundaries. Specifically, I analyze race-reporting inconsistency and predict college completion at multiple levels of racial ancestry aggregation using Census data. The results suggest that, while much of the variation in these measures corresponds to popular “big race” conceptions of difference, considerable variation remains among individual ancestries.

FACE VALUES: LORD SEBASTIAN COE RUNNING THE GAMES

Planning is in its final stages for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, with an unprecedented demand for tickets to the numerous events that make up this international athletic competition. For Lord Sebastian Coe, who has been at the heart of this enterprise from its very beginning, this may qualify as the biggest race of his life. Coe talked with Pearl Doherty about his evolution from Olympic champion to manager of London's Olympic dreams.

Vanguards of the New Negro: African American Veterans and Post-World War I Racial Militancy

On 28 July 1919 African American war veteran Harry Haywood, only three months removed from service in United States Army, found himself in midst of a maelstrom of violence and destruction on par with what he had experienced on battlefields of France. The previous day, simmering tensions between black and white residents of Chicago reached a boiling point following stoning and subsequent drowning of young Eugene Williams who had dared to challenge color-line at Lake Michigan's 29th Street beach. As he returned to city following his latest run as a waiter on Michigan Central Railroad, Haywood, formerly a soldier in highly decorated 8th Illinois National Guard (370th Infantry Regiment), learned of riot and feared worst. A white coworker validated his anxiety, cautioning him against entering southside of city because, There's a big race riot going on out there, and already this morning, a couple of colored soldiers were killed coming in unsuspectingly. While most likely rumor, warning punctuated Haywood's disillusionment with facade of American democracy stemming from his battles with systemic racism of U.S. Army and deepened his resolve to actively resist brewing assault on Chicago's black community. After briefly reuniting with his family, Haywood immediately went to 8th Illinois Armory and met with fellow veterans of regiment to prepare a military style defense of their neighborhood from Irish rioters. Stocked with a cache of 1903 Springfield rifles and a browning sub-machine gun procured from armory, Haywood and his comrades established positions in an apartment overlooking 51st Street, and stood ready to utilize their military training in anticipation of an impending evening attack. Haywood recalled similar actions taken throughout South's Black Belt by other groups of African American veterans. (1) Although no ambush occurred, Chicago race riot indelibly transformed Haywood's racial and political consciousness. As he wrote in his autobiography, the war and riots of 'Red Summer' of 1919 left me bitter and frustrated. I felt that I could never again adjust to situation of Black inequality. The warlike nature of American race relations in aftermath of World War I prompted many black veterans to question meaning of their service and seek new strategies for achieving racial justice. After a period of intellectual self-discovery, Haywood joined radical African Blood Brotherhood (ABB), a secret paramilitary organization founded by Cyril Briggs, editor of The Crusader, and committed to defense of black people, liberation of Africa, and destruction of global capitalism. Upon its dissolution, he became a member of Communist Party and emerged as one of its most influential black leaders. Racially enlightened and deeply politicized as a result of their experiences, African American veterans like Haywood represented and embodied New Negro of post-World War I era. (2) This essay examines how activism and racial militancy of black veterans fundamentally shaped historical development and ideological diversity of New Negro movement. The New Negro movement, rooted in political consciousness and collective racial identity of black people in communities throughout United States and African Diaspora more broadly, was a product of domestic and global upheavals of World War I and its aftermath. While etymology of term dates to post-Reconstruction era, when a new generation of African Americans sought to distance themselves from slavery and its legacy, vast social, political, and demographic transformations brought about by global conflict made New Negro of war and postwar periods substantively distinct from previous historical epochs. Scholars have examined various factors that gave rise to New Negro, which included black migration, international revolutionary movements, most notably in Russia and Ireland, growth of a radical black press, emergence of a host of new racially militant political organizations, and most significantly a spirit of defiance stemming from disillusioning experience of black support for and military participation in war. …

Advantage India

India has been on a world trip�all-pervading, ubiquitous, appropriately qualified to be in the global race. There has in fact emerged a tremendous opportunity for the country to be a potential winner in the big race. The question that arises now is how to turn this opportunity into a winning proposition. This is precisely the focus of this paper. The author identifies some of the current core competencies that can be leveraged to build India's future and help the country win the global race. It draws from some of the achiever nations' and company's examples and tries to formulate a success strategy for India. The key lies in strategizing for the future, designing the rules of the game�away from the confines of the current market, industry, and customer requirements towards defining the market space for dominating the future market. The author cites the example of Singapore�a small island that has grown enormously on the foundation of competitive infrastructure. Core competencies are considered the tools for positioning the country strategically so that it succeeds. Three core competencies are identified: Power of youth Power to gain knowledge Power of enterprise. Power of youth gives the energy and the conviction to change and challenge the existing. Power of knowledge enables tapping of huge potential market through creative abilities. What is required is a hunger for knowledge in the relevant area and using the acquired knowledge creatively to produce market solutions. Finally, the highest value comes from an entrepreneurial perspective�what an individual does by way of entrepreneurial value addition makes a difference to him and to the organization competing in the industry. The entrepreneurial spirit in India is believed as being at a much higher level than many other countries including China. India is all ready to take risks and is thus going head on with its foreign direct investments without worrying about failures. And, it is this spirit that is unleashed to help the country in the game of winning.

Ritual under Change: Mongolian Influences on Horse Races and Mountain Divinity Worship in Tibet

AbstractThe article outlines the Mongolian influences on the biggest horse race festival in Nagchu prefecture in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR).Since old times these horse races have been closely linked to the worship of the local mountain deity by the patrilineal nomadic clans of the South-Eastern Changthang, the North Tibetan plain. In the seventeenth century the West Mongol chieftain Güüshi Khan shaped the history of Tibet. To support his political claims, he enlarged the horse race festival's size and scale, and had his troops compete in the different horse race and archery competitions in Nagchu. Since then, the winners of the big race are celebrated side by side with the political achievements and claims of the central government in power.