Getting Real About Race (eBook)

Stephanie M. McClure, Cherise A. Harris (Herausgeber)

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2021 | 3., Third Edition
352 Seiten
Sage Publications, Inc (Verlag)
978-1-5443-5489-7 (ISBN)

Inhalt

I. LAYING THE FOUNDATION
Essay 1: “Talking About Race Just Makes Everybody Uncomfortable”: Why We Need to Discuss Race in the United States - Cherise A. Harris and Stephanie M. McClure
Essay 2: “What is Racism Anyway?”: Understanding the Basics of Racism and Prejudice - Beverly D. Tatum
Essay 3: “Blacks Are Naturally Good Athletes”: The Myth of a Biological Basis for Race - Daniel Buffington
Essay 4: “Native American/Indian, Asian/Oriental, Latino/Hispanic . . . Who Cares?”: Language and the Power of Self-Definition - Bradley Koch
Essay 5: “But Islam Is a Religion, Not a Race”: The Racialization of Religion - Moustafa Bayoumi
Essay 6: “Doesn’t Anti-blackness Only Happen in the U.S.?”: Confronting the Reality of Global Anti-blackness - Nikka Khanna
II. DEBUNKING INDIVIDUAL ATTITUDES
Essay 7: “I Just Want to Get Back to Normal”!: Silencing the Myth of a Color-Blind Society - Ted Thornhill
Essay 8: “Black People Would Make It If They Just Worked Hard”: The Myth of Meritocracy - Paula Ioanide
Essay 9: “If Only They Hadn’t. . . [Been Black]”: Race, Implicit Bias, and Stereotype Maintenance - Rashawn Ray and Jasmón Bailey
Essay 10: “My Family Had to Learn English When They Came, so Why Is Everything in Spanish for Them?”: Race and the Spanish Language in the United States - Jennifer Domino Rudolph
Essay 11: “Asians Are Doing Great, so That Proves Race Really Doesn’t Matter Anymore”: The Model Minority Myth and the Sociological Reality - Min Zhou and Victoria Tran
Essay 12: “But It’s Honoring! It’s Tradition”: The Persistence of Racialized Indian Mascots in Sports - Dana M. Williams
Essay 13: “Good Guys with Guns Protect Us”: The Intersection of Race and Gender in Gun Ownership - Angela Stroud
III. INSTITUTIONS, POLICIES, AND LEGACIES OF OPPRESSION
Essay 14: “Black People Have Money Now, So Why Are They Still Complaining?”: Exploring the Fragility of the Black Middle Class - Jonathan Grant
Essay 15: “But Parents Just Want What Is Best for Their Kids”: Sociological Realities of Privileged Parenting and Opportunity - Margaret A. Hagerman
Essay 16: “Well, That Culture Really Values Education”: Culture Versus Structure in Educational Attainment - Hersheda Patel, Emily Meanwell, and Stephanie M. McClure
Essay 17: “They Don’t Want To Be Integrated; They Even Have Their Own Organizations”: History, Institutional Context, and “Self-Segregation” on College Campuses - Stephanie M. McClure and Kaílah Jeffries
Essay 18: “I Had a Friend Who Had Worse Scores Than Me and They Got Into a Better College”: The Legal and Systemic Realities of Selective College Admissions Processes - OiYan Poon, Nikki Kahealani Chun, Joanne Song Engler, and Douglas H. Lee Politics
Essay 19: “If They Cared About Their Kids They Wouldn’t Have Broken the Law” - Kara Cebulko
Essay 20: “If Black People Aren’t Criminals, Then Why Are So Many of Them in Prison?”: Confronting Racial Biases in Perceptions of Crime and Criminals - Sara Buck Doude and Vanessa Rodriguez
Essay 21: “My Mom Says We Are Half Cherokee”: Indigenous Identity, Being, and Belonging - Angela Gonzales and Judy Kertész
Essay 22: “If Only They Would Make Better Choices . . . ”: Confronting Myths About Ethnoracial Health Disparities - Dawne M. Mouzon and Breanna D. Brock
Essay 23: “Now All the Good Jobs Go to Them!”: Affirmative Action in the Labor Market - Wendy Leo Moore
Essay 24: “But This Is Erasing History!”: The Myths and Realities of Memorializing the Confederacy - James L. Thomas
Essay 25: “Sure, Black Lives Matter But Why Do They Have to Loot and Riot?!”: Debunking Myths of Black Protest - Hersheda Patel and James Bridgeforth
IV. RACE IN EVERYDAY INTERACTIONS
Essay 26: “Why Do They Get to Use the N-Word but I Can’t?”: Privilege, Power, and the Politics of Language - Geoff Harkness
Essay 27: “It’s Appreciation, Not Appropriation! I Don’t Know Why You’re Offended!”: Understanding Cultural Appropriation - Brittney Dennis
Essay 28: “I’m Not Racist; Some of My Best Friends and Family Are . . . ”: From “Friends and Family” to Allies, Accomplices, and Co-Conspirators - Cherise A. Harris

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.11.2021
• Verlagsort: Thousand Oaks
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-5443-5489-4 / 1544354894
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5443-5489-7 / 9781544354897