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Culturally adaptive counseling skills Culturally adaptive counseling skills Miguel E. Gallardo "A key supplement for courses on multicultural counseling, this book is a practical volume that will help faculty and students see demonstrations of multicultural counseling in practice. The text cov… OL15921088W
On being different On being different Conrad Phillip Kottak "On Being Different provides an up-to-date, comprehensive, and interdisciplinary account of diversity and multiculturalism in the United States and Canada. Kottak (recent inductee to The National Aca… OL15936048W
Nina here nor there Nina here nor there Nick Krieger The next-generation Stone Butch Blues--a contemporary memoir of gender awakening and a classic tale of first love and self-discovery. Ambitious, sporty, feminine “capital-L lesbians” had been Nina… OL16470076W
The Many Colors of Crime The Many Colors of Crime John Hagan,Ruth D. Peterson In this authoritative volume, race and ethnicity are themselves considered as central organizing principles in why, how, where and by whom crimes are committed and enforced. The contributors argue th… OL16799422W
Give Us the Ballot Give Us the Ballot Ari Berman "On the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a riveting and alarming account of the continuing battle over Americans' right to vote"-- OL17606300W
Why can't they be like us? America's white ethnic groups Why can't they be like us? America's white ethnic groups Andrew M. Greeley Surveys the beliefs, nature, and values of white ethnic groups living in the United States. OL17848W
The African American student's guide to STEM careers The African American student's guide to STEM careers Robert T. Palmer This book reviews the factors that facilitate access and success of Black students in STEM majors in higher education, and it shares testimonies from Black STEM professionals that will help inspire t… OL19730468W
Racism without racists Racism without racists Eduardo Bonilla-Silva "Eduardo Bonilla-Silva's acclaimed Racism without Racists documents how, beneath our contemporary conversation about race, there lies a full-blown arsenal of arguments, phrases, and stories that whit… OL19737118W
Just medicine Just medicine Dayna Bowen Matthew "Over 84,000 black and brown lives are needlessly lost each year due to health disparities, the unfair, unjust, and avoidable differences between the quality and quantity of health care provided to A… OL20023196W
Bending toward justice Bending toward justice May, Gary "A vivid and fast-paced history, Gary May's Bending toward justice offers a dramatic account of the birth and precarious life of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. It is an extraordinary story of the intimi… OL20039955W
Affirmative action Affirmative action Mary-Lane Kamberg "Since the 1960s, the United States government has issued executive orders and passed legislation aimed at achieving fair workplace hiring practices. Critics maintain that, in an attempt to ameliorat… OL20885580W
Voting rights under fire Voting rights under fire Donathan L. Brown "With the increasing demands for changes in how we vote, the authors analyze the complications of race tied to these proposed policies through historical and contemporary challenges"-- "Voting Right… OL21181661W
U. S. Supreme Court and Racial Minorities U. S. Supreme Court and Racial Minorities Leslie F. Goldstein xvii, 461 pages : 25 cm OL25744114W
Racial and ethnic relations in America Racial and ethnic relations in America S. Dale McLemore xv, 379 pages : 24 cm OL3334278W
Race Race Thomas F. Gossett When Tom Gosset's Race: The History of an Idea in America appeared more than a generation ago, it explored the impact of race theory on literature in a way that anticipated the entire current schola… OL3336351W
New directions New directions Peter S. Gardner Nice OL3545203W
Diversity Diversity Peter Wood,Peter Wood "In just a few years, diversity has become America's most visible cultural ideal. Corporations alter their recruitment and hiring policies in the name of a diverse workforce. Universities institute n… OL4018142W
Assessment & Intervention for Communication Disorders in Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Popula… Assessment & Intervention for Communication Disorders in Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Popula… Henriette W. Langdon "As speech-language pathologists care for more clients from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds, there is a growing need for strategies to provide successful and appropriate asses… OL4119597W
Lost Battalions Lost Battalions Richard Slotkin Constructed as a military history of two American army regiments of World War I, Slotkin's narrative functions as an inquiry into the soldiers'racial and ethnic backgrounds. Both units were raised in… OL464108W
Henry B. Gonzalez Henry B. Gonzalez Brenda Haugen A biography profiling the life of Henry B. Gonzalez, the Texas and United States politician who became a voice for the poor and downtrodden. Includes source notes and timeline. OL5717400W
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