Through individual stories, essays, and critical analyses, this anthology introduces issues of race, class, and gender within an interdisciplinary framework. Themes of identity, power, and change are examined from many different perspectives and voices.
Through individual stories, essays, and critical analyses, this collection examines diversity in American society. Readings are organized around major themes of identity, power, and change, and encourage students to re-examine their own identities and life situations while understanding the experiences and values of individuals and groups that make up contemporary American society. Each reading includes discussion questions, and exercises and projects. The editor is affiliated with Rider University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Table of Contents
Preface
* Indicates New Reading
IDENTITY
Part I: Racial and Ethnic Identity
1 I Walk Alone by Lonnie Poco
2 *Why Race Isn’t as ‘Black’ and ‘White’ as we Think by Brent Staples
3 American Anthropological Association Statement on “Race”
4 The Loudest Voice by Grace Paley
5 To be Hopi or American by Polingaysi Qoyawayma (Elizabeth Q. White)
6 People of Color Who Never Felt They Were Black by Darryl Fears
7 Rosa Wakefield by John Langston Gwaltney
8 I Am a Racially Profiling Doctor by Sally Satel
9 Are Doctor’s Offices Places for Racial Profiling? By Thomson American Health Consultant
10 El Hilo Que Nos Une by Celia Alvarez
11 In Search of Bruce Lee’s Grave by Shanlon Wu
12 Remembering My Grandmother, Remembering Lebanon by Therese Saliba
13 American Dreamer by Bharati Mukherjee
14 On the Other Side of the War: A Story by Elizabeth Gordon
15 Medicalization of Racial Features: Asian-American Women and Cosmetic Surgery by Eugenia Kaw
16 Before the Great Gorge by Carlos Cumpian
17 Beyond the Melting Pot by William A. Henry III
Part II: Gender Identity
18 In the Beginning There Are Babies by Angela Phillips
19 Time Warp in the Toy Store by Ellen J. Reifler
20 How Women are Treated in Language by Janet Shibley Hyde
21 Where I Come From is Like This by Paula Gunn Allen
22 The Male Role Stereotype by Doug Cooper Thompson
23 Taking It by Leonard Kriegel
24 Tears Still Taboo for Average Guy by Carl Ryan
25 Asymmetries in Communication by Deborah Tannen
Part III: Sexual Identity
26 A Transsexual’s Story by Jessica Stearns
27 Two Sexes are Not Enough by Anne Fausto-Sterling
28 Cold Feet: Why America Has Gay Marriage Jitters by Elisabeth Bumiller
29 When the Political is Personal by Ann Marie Nicolosi
Part IV: Economics and the American Dream
33 *The 40-Percent Rule by Martha Burk
34 Decloaking Class: Why Class Identity and Consciousness Count by Janet Zandy
35 Looking for Work by Gary Soto
36 The Truth About Growing Up Rich by Sallie Bingham
37 To Be Black, Gifted, and Alone by Bebe Moore Campbell
38 Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education by bell hooks
39 Jewish and Working Class by Bernice Mennis
40 Daddy Tucked the Blanket by Randall Williams
41 Mother Courage by Ariel Gore
42 We’re Not Bums by Peter Swet
43 Poverty or at Home in a Car by Jackie Spinks
44 The Fall by Marge Piercy
POWER
Part V: Power and Racism
45*The 2000 Presidential Election in Black and White by Frank L. Rusciano
46 Rethinking America by Evelyn Hu-DeHart
47 Historical Discrimination in the Immigration Laws by U. S. Commission on Civil Rights
48*Immigration Laws Since 1980: The Closing Door by Barbara Franz
49*The Dirty Saga of Onandaga County by Linda Carty
50 Anti-Immigrant Violence by Southern Poverty Law Center
51 2-205 by Reshma Baig
52 Something About the Subject Makes It Hard to Name by Gloria Yamato
53 White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
54 Native Americans v. The U. S. Government by Michael Dorris
55 Urban Indians by Roberta Fiske-Rusciano
56 Sex, Class and Race Intersections: Visions of Women of Color by Carol Lee Sanchez
57 Crimes Against Humanity by Ward Churchill
58 Beyond Stereotyping by Daniela Gioseffi
59 Anti-Semitism in the United States by Robert Cherry
60 Seeing More than Black and White by Elizabeth Martinez
61The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria by Judith Ortiz Cofer
62 Behind Barbed Wire by John Hersey
63 A Personal Narrative by Susan Shimizu Taira
64 Asian Americans Battle “Model Minority” Stereotype by Robert Daseler
65 ”Jim Crow” Law by Benjamin Quarles
66 Jim Crow Revived in Cyberspace by Greg Palast and Martin Luther King III
67 The Negro A Beast... or in the Image of God? by Earl Ofari Hutchinson
68 Emmett Louis Till, 1941-1955 by Southern Poverty Law Center
69 As Media Furor Subsides, Jasper Sorts Out Its Future by Kyle Johnson
70 Subtle vs. Overt Racism by David K. Shipler
71 Blacks Feel Indignities by Robert Anthony Watts
Part VI: Power and Sexism
72* Aging and Gay, and Facing Prejudice in Twilight by Jane Gross
73* What’s Their Real Problem with Gay Marriage? by Russell Shorto
74* A War Against Boys? by Michael Kimmel
75 Manhood on the Mat by Jackson Katz and Sut Jhally
76 The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage by Andrew Sullivan
77* 1-2 Punch, a Major Blow to Roe by Allison Stevens
78* Erosion of Unions Hurts Women, Particularly Latinas by Linda Chavez-Thompson and Gabriela Lemus
79 Gender Warriors Fight the Wrong Battle by Laura Sessions Stepp
80 Losing a Church, Keeping the Faith by Andrew Sullivan
81 Foul Play by Kathleen Sharp
82 Our Bodies, Their Selves by Katrine Ames
83 The Nature of the Beast by Anita Hill
84 Like a Smack in the Face: Pornography in the Trades by Barbara Trees
85 Bad Sports by Mariah Burton Nelson
86 A More Hidden Crime: Adolescent Battered Women by Nancy Worcester
87 Why Doesn’t She Just Leave? by Clarethia Ellerbee
88 Rape and Sexual Assault by James A. Doyle
89 Fraternities of Fear by Kathleen Hirsch
90 ”The Rape” of Mr. Smith by Unknown
91 Forbidden Fruit by Anne Finger
92 Certain Words Can Trip Up AIDS Grants, Scientists Say by Erica Goode
93 Mothers of Convention by Lindsy Van Gelder
94 What’s Fair in Love and War by Randy Shilts
Part VII Power and Classism
95 Imagine a Country by Holly Sklar
96 The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison by Jeffrey H. Reiman
97 The Great Divide by David Moberg
98 *Tainted ‘Justice’ at the EPA by Manuel Pastor, Bill Gallegos and Michele Prichard
99 Normalizing Poverty by Celine-Marie Pascale
100 Institutionalized Discrimination by Robert Cherry
101 Jury Whops Insurer by Lesley Brown
102 Single Mothers and Welfare by Ellen L. Bassuk, Angela Browne, and John C. Buckner
103 *Regionalism by Hunter O’Hara
104 Persistent Welfare Stereotypes by Renu Nahata
105 A Way Out by Rita Henley Jensen
106 The Root Causes of Homelessness in American Cities by Doug A. Timmer, D. Stanley Eitzen, and Kathryn D. Talley
CHANGE
Part VIII: Taking Action
108 Affirmative Action: The Sequel by Orlando Patterson
109 Diversity and Its Discontents by Arturo Madrid
110 Choosing Disability by Laura Hershey
111 Breakfast at Perkins by Derek Schork
112 The Push for Power by Eloise Salholz
113 Going Public with our Vision by Charlotte Bunch
114 A Manifesto for Men by Andrew Kimbrell
115 Lesbian Teen Sues District for Bias by Peter Y. Hong
116 The Campus Environment for Gay and Lesbian Life by John D’Emillio
117 Resistance to Change by Kathleen Ryan
118 The Campus Climate for Gay Students by Robert A. Rhoads
119 *At Colleges, Women are Leaving Men in the Dust by Tamar Lewin
120 Battered Women by Cynthia Diehm and Margo Ross
121 Freedom for the Thought We Hate by Gerald Gunther
122 *America 101 by Bill Moyers
Part IX: Change Makers
123 Victory at Arnot by Mary Harris “Mother” Jones
124 The Organizer’s Tale by Cesar Chavez
125 Workers Demand Rights by Louise Palmer
126 Free at Last by Southern Poverty Law Center
127 The Movement by Anne Moody
128 Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Muriel Tillinghast
129 ”Don’t Tell Us It Can’t Be Done” by Michael Ryan
130 Saving Native Lands by Valerie Taliman
131 Cecilia Fire Thunder: She Inspires Her People by Ann Davis
132 How I Changed the Governor’s Mind by Renee La Couture Tulloch
133 Friends of Justice: Take Heart by Deb Price
134 *What Condoms Can Prevent AIDS? No Way! by Helene Cooper
Part X: Race, Class, and Gender After 9/11 and Post-Katrina
135*Phoenix Rising from the Waters: The Post-Katrina Renewal of the New Orleans East Vietnamese Community by Mary Sue Ply
136*Feeling the Pain of My People: Hurricane Katrina, Racial Inequality and the Psyche of Black America by Ismail K. White, Tasha S. Philpot, Kristin Wylie, and Ernest McGowen
137*Most Katrina Aid from Overseas Went Unclaimed by John Solomon and Spencer S. Hsu
138*A Failure of Leadership by Bob Herbert
139*We Are Not the Enemy: Hate Crimes Against Arabs, Muslims, and Those Perceived to be Arab or Muslim After 9/11 by the Human Rights Watch
140 Flag Raising at Ground Zero by The Iowa State Daily
141 Immigrant Families Condemn Racial Targeting by Tram Nguyen
142 America’s Challenge: Domestic Security, Civil Liberties, and National Unity after September 11 by Muzaffar A. Chishti, Doris Meissner, Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Jay Peterzell, Michael J. Wishnie, and Stephen W. Yale-Loehr
143 Seeing Islam as “Evil” Faith, Evangelicals Seek Converts by Laurie Goodstein
144”Empty Seats in the Lifeboat”: 9/11 Stalls Refugees by Donovan Slack
145 Working Class Women as War Heroes by Farai Chideya
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Through individual stories, essays, and critical analyses, this collection examines diversity in American society. Readings are organized around major themes of identity, power, and change, and encourage students to re-examine their own identities and life situations while understanding the experiences and values of individuals and groups that make up contemporary American society. Each reading includes discussion questions, and exercises and projects. The editor is affiliated with Rider University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Product Details
Table of Contents
Preface
* Indicates New ReadingIDENTITY
Part I: Racial and Ethnic Identity
1 I Walk Alone by Lonnie Poco
2 *Why Race Isn’t as ‘Black’ and ‘White’ as we Think by Brent Staples
3 American Anthropological Association Statement on “Race”
4 The Loudest Voice by Grace Paley
5 To be Hopi or American by Polingaysi Qoyawayma (Elizabeth Q. White)
6 People of Color Who Never Felt They Were Black by Darryl Fears
7 Rosa Wakefield by John Langston Gwaltney
8 I Am a Racially Profiling Doctor by Sally Satel
9 Are Doctor’s Offices Places for Racial Profiling? By Thomson American Health Consultant
10 El Hilo Que Nos Une by Celia Alvarez
11 In Search of Bruce Lee’s Grave by Shanlon Wu
12 Remembering My Grandmother, Remembering Lebanon by Therese Saliba
13 American Dreamer by Bharati Mukherjee
14 On the Other Side of the War: A Story by Elizabeth Gordon
15 Medicalization of Racial Features: Asian-American Women and Cosmetic Surgery by Eugenia Kaw
16 Before the Great Gorge by Carlos Cumpian
17 Beyond the Melting Pot by William A. Henry III
Part II: Gender Identity
18 In the Beginning There Are Babies by Angela Phillips
19 Time Warp in the Toy Store by Ellen J. Reifler
20 How Women are Treated in Language by Janet Shibley Hyde
21 Where I Come From is Like This by Paula Gunn Allen
22 The Male Role Stereotype by Doug Cooper Thompson
23 Taking It by Leonard Kriegel
24 Tears Still Taboo for Average Guy by Carl Ryan
25 Asymmetries in Communication by Deborah Tannen
Part III: Sexual Identity
26 A Transsexual’s Story by Jessica Stearns
27 Two Sexes are Not Enough by Anne Fausto-Sterling
28 Cold Feet: Why America Has Gay Marriage Jitters by Elisabeth Bumiller
29 When the Political is Personal by Ann Marie Nicolosi
Part IV: Economics and the American Dream
33 *The 40-Percent Rule by Martha Burk
34 Decloaking Class: Why Class Identity and Consciousness Count by Janet Zandy
35 Looking for Work by Gary Soto
36 The Truth About Growing Up Rich by Sallie Bingham
37 To Be Black, Gifted, and Alone by Bebe Moore Campbell
38 Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education by bell hooks
39 Jewish and Working Class by Bernice Mennis
40 Daddy Tucked the Blanket by Randall Williams
41 Mother Courage by Ariel Gore
42 We’re Not Bums by Peter Swet
43 Poverty or at Home in a Car by Jackie Spinks
44 The Fall by Marge Piercy
POWER
Part V: Power and Racism
45*The 2000 Presidential Election in Black and White by Frank L. Rusciano
46 Rethinking America by Evelyn Hu-DeHart
47 Historical Discrimination in the Immigration Laws by U. S. Commission on Civil Rights
48*Immigration Laws Since 1980: The Closing Door by Barbara Franz
49*The Dirty Saga of Onandaga County by Linda Carty
50 Anti-Immigrant Violence by Southern Poverty Law Center
51 2-205 by Reshma Baig
52 Something About the Subject Makes It Hard to Name by Gloria Yamato
53 White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
54 Native Americans v. The U. S. Government by Michael Dorris
55 Urban Indians by Roberta Fiske-Rusciano
56 Sex, Class and Race Intersections: Visions of Women of Color by Carol Lee Sanchez
57 Crimes Against Humanity by Ward Churchill
58 Beyond Stereotyping by Daniela Gioseffi
59 Anti-Semitism in the United States by Robert Cherry
60 Seeing More than Black and White by Elizabeth Martinez
61The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria by Judith Ortiz Cofer
62 Behind Barbed Wire by John Hersey
63 A Personal Narrative by Susan Shimizu Taira
64 Asian Americans Battle “Model Minority” Stereotype by Robert Daseler
65 ”Jim Crow” Law by Benjamin Quarles
66 Jim Crow Revived in Cyberspace by Greg Palast and Martin Luther King III
67 The Negro A Beast... or in the Image of God? by Earl Ofari Hutchinson
68 Emmett Louis Till, 1941-1955 by Southern Poverty Law Center
69 As Media Furor Subsides, Jasper Sorts Out Its Future by Kyle Johnson
70 Subtle vs. Overt Racism by David K. Shipler
71 Blacks Feel Indignities by Robert Anthony Watts
Part VI: Power and Sexism
72* Aging and Gay, and Facing Prejudice in Twilight by Jane Gross
73* What’s Their Real Problem with Gay Marriage? by Russell Shorto
74* A War Against Boys? by Michael Kimmel
75 Manhood on the Mat by Jackson Katz and Sut Jhally
76 The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage by Andrew Sullivan
77* 1-2 Punch, a Major Blow to Roe by Allison Stevens
78* Erosion of Unions Hurts Women, Particularly Latinas by Linda Chavez-Thompson and Gabriela Lemus
79 Gender Warriors Fight the Wrong Battle by Laura Sessions Stepp
80 Losing a Church, Keeping the Faith by Andrew Sullivan
81 Foul Play by Kathleen Sharp
82 Our Bodies, Their Selves by Katrine Ames
83 The Nature of the Beast by Anita Hill
84 Like a Smack in the Face: Pornography in the Trades by Barbara Trees
85 Bad Sports by Mariah Burton Nelson
86 A More Hidden Crime: Adolescent Battered Women by Nancy Worcester
87 Why Doesn’t She Just Leave? by Clarethia Ellerbee
88 Rape and Sexual Assault by James A. Doyle
89 Fraternities of Fear by Kathleen Hirsch
90 ”The Rape” of Mr. Smith by Unknown
91 Forbidden Fruit by Anne Finger
92 Certain Words Can Trip Up AIDS Grants, Scientists Say by Erica Goode
93 Mothers of Convention by Lindsy Van Gelder
94 What’s Fair in Love and War by Randy Shilts
Part VII Power and Classism
95 Imagine a Country by Holly Sklar
96 The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison by Jeffrey H. Reiman
97 The Great Divide by David Moberg
98 *Tainted ‘Justice’ at the EPA by Manuel Pastor, Bill Gallegos and Michele Prichard
99 Normalizing Poverty by Celine-Marie Pascale
100 Institutionalized Discrimination by Robert Cherry
101 Jury Whops Insurer by Lesley Brown
102 Single Mothers and Welfare by Ellen L. Bassuk, Angela Browne, and John C. Buckner
103 *Regionalism by Hunter O’Hara
104 Persistent Welfare Stereotypes by Renu Nahata
105 A Way Out by Rita Henley Jensen
106 The Root Causes of Homelessness in American Cities by Doug A. Timmer, D. Stanley Eitzen, and Kathryn D. Talley
CHANGE
Part VIII: Taking Action
108 Affirmative Action: The Sequel by Orlando Patterson
109 Diversity and Its Discontents by Arturo Madrid
110 Choosing Disability by Laura Hershey
111 Breakfast at Perkins by Derek Schork
112 The Push for Power by Eloise Salholz
113 Going Public with our Vision by Charlotte Bunch
114 A Manifesto for Men by Andrew Kimbrell
115 Lesbian Teen Sues District for Bias by Peter Y. Hong
116 The Campus Environment for Gay and Lesbian Life by John D’Emillio
117 Resistance to Change by Kathleen Ryan
118 The Campus Climate for Gay Students by Robert A. Rhoads
119 *At Colleges, Women are Leaving Men in the Dust by Tamar Lewin
120 Battered Women by Cynthia Diehm and Margo Ross
121 Freedom for the Thought We Hate by Gerald Gunther
122 *America 101 by Bill Moyers
Part IX: Change Makers
123 Victory at Arnot by Mary Harris “Mother” Jones
124 The Organizer’s Tale by Cesar Chavez
125 Workers Demand Rights by Louise Palmer
126 Free at Last by Southern Poverty Law Center
127 The Movement by Anne Moody
128 Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Muriel Tillinghast
129 ”Don’t Tell Us It Can’t Be Done” by Michael Ryan
130 Saving Native Lands by Valerie Taliman
131 Cecilia Fire Thunder: She Inspires Her People by Ann Davis
132 How I Changed the Governor’s Mind by Renee La Couture Tulloch
133 Friends of Justice: Take Heart by Deb Price
134 *What Condoms Can Prevent AIDS? No Way! by Helene Cooper
Part X: Race, Class, and Gender After 9/11 and Post-Katrina
135*Phoenix Rising from the Waters: The Post-Katrina Renewal of the New Orleans East Vietnamese Community by Mary Sue Ply
136*Feeling the Pain of My People: Hurricane Katrina, Racial Inequality and the Psyche of Black America by Ismail K. White, Tasha S. Philpot, Kristin Wylie, and Ernest McGowen
137*Most Katrina Aid from Overseas Went Unclaimed by John Solomon and Spencer S. Hsu
138*A Failure of Leadership by Bob Herbert
139*We Are Not the Enemy: Hate Crimes Against Arabs, Muslims, and Those Perceived to be Arab or Muslim After 9/11 by the Human Rights Watch
140 Flag Raising at Ground Zero by The Iowa State Daily
141 Immigrant Families Condemn Racial Targeting by Tram Nguyen
142 America’s Challenge: Domestic Security, Civil Liberties, and National Unity after September 11 by Muzaffar A. Chishti, Doris Meissner, Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Jay Peterzell, Michael J. Wishnie, and Stephen W. Yale-Loehr
143 Seeing Islam as “Evil” Faith, Evangelicals Seek Converts by Laurie Goodstein
144”Empty Seats in the Lifeboat”: 9/11 Stalls Refugees by Donovan Slack
145 Working Class Women as War Heroes by Farai Chideya