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Constructing Self-Identity of Biracial Youth
Temesgenová, Natálie ; Klásková, Markéta (advisor) ; Cuker, Ivan (referee)
This bachelor thesis called Constructing Self-Identity of Biracial Youth examines the process of identity development. This thesis mainly focuses on factors of the process and description of the resolutions of biracial identity which are used by biracial individuals. This paper is based on qualitative research using semi-structured interviews inspired by narrative method. The subject of this research is biracial individuals in age of late adolescence and early adulthood whose one parent is Czech meanwhile the other is from any African state. The outcome of this paper is presentation of the process of ethnic identity development in Czech environment and modification of used theories to enable application of them in context of Czech environment. Also categories of self-understanding of biracial individuals are presented. Those categories are based on degree of affiliation to the Czech nationality. Concept of Afro-Europeanisms is also proposed as a resolution of clear reference group.
The Loving v. Virginia Case and its Impact on the Current Debate about Sexual Minority Rights
Sechovcová, Anežka ; Mertová, Viktorie (advisor) ; Klvaňa, Tomáš (referee)
The bachelor thesis addresses the impact of the Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia on the U.S. public debate concerning the rights of sexual minorities, concentrating on the right to marry. In the 21st century, the LGBTQ rights supporters have focused primarily on the same- sex marriage legalization. In that effort, they considered the 1967 Loving v. Virginia case analogical and they have employed the arguments used in this case to support legalization of same-sex marriage. The Supreme Court decision in the Loving v. Virginia case banned anti- miscegenation laws all over the United States and declared the right to marry to be a fundamental right of all American citizens. This became a key argument in the efforts to legalize same-sex marriage and especially in the 2015 Supreme Court decision in the case Obergefell v. Hodges which has made same-sex marriage legal in the whole U.S. The thesis first gives a historical overview of gay rights in the U.S. which is important for understanding the key court decisions and for making the parallel between interracial marriage and same-sex marriage. Then a content analysis of selected articles from the Washington Post and New York Times journals is provided, reflecting the presence of the interracial marriage (or the Loving v. Virginia case) and same-sex...

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