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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Reel bad Arabs Reel bad Arabs Jack G. Shaheen "In this comprehensive study of over one thousand films, award-winning film authority Jack G. Shaheen documents the tendency to portray Muslim Arabs as Public Enemy #1 - brutal, heartless, uncivilize… OL123925W
Racism and ethnic bias Racism and ethnic bias Linda Jacobs Altman Explores the issues of racism and stereotyping in modern American society, including religious or political beliefs, or sexual orientation. OL15839335W
The Pregnancy Projet The Pregnancy Projet Gaby Rodriguez The true story of a high school senior whose faked pregnancy rocked her community and made international headlines. Growing up, Gaby Rodriguez was often told she would end up a teen mom. After all, h… OL16168149W
Black Rednecks And White Liberals Black Rednecks And White Liberals Thomas Sowell In a series of long essays, Black Rednecks and White Liberals presents an in-depth look at many of the long-prevailing assumptions about blacks, about Jews, about Germans, about slavery, and about ed… OL1935799W
They eat horses, don't they? They eat horses, don't they? Piu Marie Eatwell "Eatwell reveals the truth behind forty-five myths about the French, from the infamous horsemeat banquets of the nineteenth century that inspired an irrepressible rumor, to breaking down our long-hel… OL19997320W
Breaking through bias Breaking through bias Andrea S. Kramer More than fifty years after the beginning of the Women's Movement and forty years after passage of Title IX, women are still not "making it" in traditionally male careers. Women start their careers o… OL20029863W
Men and women in interaction Men and women in interaction Elizabeth Aries 1. The Elusive Truth About Men and Women2. Task and Expressive Roles3. Dominance and Leadership in Groups4. Interruptions5. Language Use and Conversational Management6. Conversation Content7. Gender … OL3750555W
Typecasting Typecasting Elizabeth Ewen,Stuart Ewen "In this work of popular history, Ewen & Ewen expose the pivotal developments that have made stereotypes a persistent, common language. Moving across centuries and continents in thirty eloquent vigne… OL5099398W
The View from Vesuvius The View from Vesuvius Nelson Moe "The vexed relationship between the two parts of Italy, often referred to as the Southern Question, has shaped that nation's political, social, and cultural life throughout the twentieth century. But… OL6208841W
More Than a Label More Than a Label Aisha Muharrar Drawn from a survey of more than one thousand teenagers, first-person stories help to address the problems inherent in labeling people. OL8924223W