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How real is race? How real is race? Carol Chapnick Mukhopadhyay How real is race? What is biological fact, what is fiction, and where does culture enter? What do we mean by a “colorblind” or “postracial” society, or when we say that race is a “social construction… OL12088969W
SISTERHOOD QUESTIONED?: RACE, CLASS AND INTERNATIONALISM IN THE AMERICAN AND BRITISH WOMEN'S MOVEME… SISTERHOOD QUESTIONED?: RACE, CLASS AND INTERNATIONALISM IN THE AMERICAN AND BRITISH WOMEN'S MOVEME… CHRISTINE BOLT This readable and informative survey, including both new research and synthesis, provides the first close comparison of race, class and internationalism in the British and American women's movements … OL13628459W
Race Race Marc Aronson Race. You know it at a glance: he's black; she's white. They're Asian; we're Latino. Racism. I'm better; she's worse. Those people do those kinds of things. We all know it's wrong to make these judgm… OL15150114W
Foucault, Douglass, Fanon, and Scotus in Dialogue Foucault, Douglass, Fanon, and Scotus in Dialogue Cynthia R. Nielsen Through examining Douglass's and Fanon's concrete experiences of oppression, Cynthia R. Nielsen demonstrates the empirical validity of Foucault's theoretical analyses concerning power, resistance, an… OL16820289W
'Sleepwalking to segregation'? 'Sleepwalking to segregation'? Nissa Finney This book explores contemporary claims about race and migration, combining an overview of the subject with new research. The authors argue that the myths of race and migration are the real threat to … OL16983060W
Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age (Studies in Medical Anthropology) Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age (Studies in Medical Anthropology) Barbara A. Koenig (ed.) With the completion of the sequencing of the human genome in 2001, the debate over the existence of a biological basis for race has been revived. In Revisiting Race in a Genomic Age, historians, anth… OL17755173W
Story of the Negro Story of the Negro Arna Wendell Bontemps A history of the Negro race, from the early tribes of Africa and empire of Ethiopia, through the practice of slavery in many areas, especially the United States, to early twentieth century achievemen… OL1946472W
Race, gender, and the activism of Black feminist theory Race, gender, and the activism of Black feminist theory Suryia Nayak "Beginning from the premise that psychology needs to be questioned, dismantled, and new perspectives brought to the table in order to produce alternative solutions, this book takes an unusual trans-d… OL19662496W
The great Han The great Han Kevin Carrico "The Great Han is an ethnographic study of the Han Clothing movement (Hanfu yundong), a neo-traditionalist and majority racial nationalist movement that has emerged in China since 2001. Participants … OL19754183W
The new Black The new Black Guy-Uriel E. Charles,Kenneth Walter Mack The election and reelection of Barack Obama ushered in a litany of controversial perspectives about the contemporary state of American race relations. In this volume, some of the country's most celeb… OL19970460W
White backlash White backlash Marisa Abrajano "White Backlash provides an authoritative assessment of how immigration is reshaping the politics of the nation. Using an array of data and analysis, Marisa Abrajano and Zoltan Hajnal show that fears… OL19998427W
Hot Wheels Hot Wheels Charles Hofer An easy reader with illustrations of some extreme cars. These cars are taking to the city streets. They will drive over bridges and through tunnels. Check it out! OL20367686W
The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages Geraldine Heng >Geraldine Heng questions the common assumption that the concepts of race and racisms only began in the modern era. Examining Europe's encounters with Jews, Muslims, Africans, Native Americans, Mongo… OL20591810W
Social Statistics and Ethnic Diversity Social Statistics and Ethnic Diversity Patrick Simon,Victor Piché,Amélie A. Gagnon Migration; Population Economics; Sociology, general; Political Science; Human Geography OL20832191W
WebQuester WebQuester Joan M. Morris,Vincent N. Parrillo,Arlen D. Carey,Rodney Coates,Robert Harris WebQuester is a series of online interactive exercises covering approximately 20 topics in Race and Ethnic Relations. There are three to four Web sites per topic. These Web sites are monitored regula… OL21371767W
Undermining Intersectionality Undermining Intersectionality Barbara Tomlinson ix, 270 pages ; 24 cm OL21630257W
The new South Africa at twenty The new South Africa at twenty Peter C. J. Vale,Estelle H. Prinsloo "In this book, some of South Africa's finest academic minds reflect on 20 years of democratic rule in the country. How far have South Africans really come? Is race still an entrenched issue in the co… OL22301682W
Yearning Yearning Bell Hooks,Christopher Raschka "For bell hooks, the best cultural criticism sees no need to separate politics from the pleasure of reading. Yearning collects together some of hooks's classic and early pieces of cultural criticism … OL31122W
Six Poets of Racial Uplift Six Poets of Racial Uplift Effie T. Battle The poetry of Effie T. Battle, Gertrude Arquene Fisher, Bettiola Heloise Fortson, Christina Moody, Maggie Pogue Johnson, and Myra Viola Wilds testifies to the value of black life during the difficult… OL3351871W
Life on the color line Life on the color line Gregory Howard Williams "A stunning journey to the heart of the racial dilemma in this country. Everyone will be enriched by reading the unforgettable tale. OL3501253W
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