Ethnic America: Readings in Race, Class, and Gender
Edition: 2
Copyright: 2006
Pages: 438
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& Gregory Yee Mark, takes an interdisciplinary approach to discussing race, class, and gender issues in the United States. Covering dysfunctions, theory, and current events, this book is a compilation of recent articles in the field of Ethnic America. Specific articles dealing with the history of African-American, Asian Pacific Red Indians, Native Americans, and Latinos provides a grounding for students to analyze propositions raised in more traditional sociology and anthropology classes. Following each section is a set of questions that help the reader to structure their understanding of race, class, and gender issues in the United States. These questions target two distinct audiences: students of Ethnic Studies and social justice activities. Articles covering concepts such as ethnic groups, racism, color blindness, and inter-sectionality are presented in an easy-to-understand format.
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Contributors
SECTION ONE: Conceptualizing Race, Class, and Gender
Introduction
1. Ties That Bind or Ties That Blind: Crossing Historically Forbidden Borders of "Race," Wayne Maeda
2. The Genesis of Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Alexandre Kimenyi
3. Colorblindness: Challenging the Discourse of Contemporary U.S. Racism, Rita Cameron Wedding
4. Hiring Immigrant Women: Silicon Valley's "Simple Formula," Karen J. Hossfeld
5. Class in America--2003, Gregory Mantsios
6. Enemy Aliens and Enemy Races, David Cole
7. Slave Ideology and Biblical Interpretation, Katie Geneva Cannon
SECTION TWO: Histories
Introduction
8. The Changing Political and Economic Status of the American Indians: From Captive Nations to Internal Colonies, C. Matthew Snipp
9. Tribal Sovereignty and Governmental Authority: A Historical Overview, Nicole Lim
10. Native Americans and the United States, 1830¿2000 Action and Response, Steven J. Crum
11. We Shall Overcome, Harvard Sitkoff
12. History of Africans in America, Talmadge Anderson
13. The Two Worlds of Race: A Historical View, John Hope Franklin
14. Legacies of Conquest, David G. Gutierrez
15. The American Southwest, John R. Chavez
16. The Origins and History of the Chicano Movement, Roberto Rodriguez
17. The History of Asians in America, Timothy P. Fong
18. Sikh Migration to the United States, Prit Paul Kaur
SECTION THREE: Resistance, Discontent and . . .
Introduction
19. Durban, Globalization, and the World After 9/11: Toward a New Politics, Howard Winant
20. Warrior for Gringostroika, Guillermo Gómez-Peña
21. The Wage Gap, National Committee on Pay Equality
22. The Inventing and Reinventing of "Model Minorities": The Cultural Veil Obscuring Structural Sources of Inequality, Deborah Woo
23. How U.S. Corporations Won the Debate Over Immigration, David Bacon
24. The Call to Duty, Mary Ann Carlton-Wyatt
25. If the River Bends: Forced Migration to the Midwest, Daniel F. Detzner
SECTION FOUR: Organizing for Social Justice
Introduction
26. Responding to Hate Groups: Ten Points to Remember, The Center for Democratic Renewal
27. The Truth about Racial Profiling, American Civil Liberties Union
28. The View from the Ground: Organizers Speak Out on Race, Francis Calpotura and Bob Wing
29. Immigrant Rights: Striving for Racial Justice, Economic Equality and Human Dignity, National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights 387
30. Understanding the Presence of Latinos in the United States: An Educational Perspective on the Academic Pipeline, Julie L. Figueroa
Appendix
1. Glossary
2. Internet Exercises: Raising the Roof
Improving Achievement and Closing Achievement Gaps