Discrimination category: 2581 books

Cover of Race, Crime, and the Law
by Randall Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012

In this powerfully reasoned, lucidly written work, Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy takes on the highly complex issues of race, crime, and the legal system, uncovering the long-standing failure of the justice system to protect blacks from criminals and revealing difficult truths about these factors in the United States.
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Troy Duster

Berkeley Sociologist, Teacher, and Civil Rights Activist

by John F. Galliher
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015

This book is a biography of University of California-Berkeley sociology professor Troy Duster. Troy Duster received an MA and PhD in sociology from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Duster is a black man who was born in South Chicago. His maternal grandmother is the famous Ida B. Wells. He...
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Dear White America

Letter to a New Minority

by Tim Wise
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012

Tim Wise is a force. His relentless touring and blogging have positioned him as one of the top commentators on the ever-changing racial landscape in the US today. A-list media seek him, his events are packed and his sales are strong. His success demonstrates that people of all colors in the US are...
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Ending Racial Preferences

The Michigan Story

by William B. Allen, Barbara J. Grutter
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2009

In 2006, Michigan voters banned affirmative action preferences in public contracting, education, and employment. The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI) vote was preceded by years of campaigning, legal maneuvers, media coverage, and public debate. Ending Racial Preferences: The Michigan Story...
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The Social Life of DNA

Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome

by Alondra Nelson
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016

The unexpected story of how genetic testing is affecting race in America We know DNA is a master key that unlocks medical and forensic secrets, but its genealogical life is both revelatory and endlessly fascinating. Tracing genealogy is now the second-most popular hobby amongst Americans, as...
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Blood Sugar

Racial Pharmacology and Food Justice in Black America

by Anthony Ryan Hatch
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2016

Why do African Americans have exceptionally high rates of hypertension, diabetes, and obesity? Is it their genes? Their disease-prone culture? Their poor diets? Such racist explanations for racial inequalities in metabolic health have circulated in medical journals for decades. Blood Sugar analyzes and...
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Testing Fate

Tay-Sachs Disease and the Right to Be Responsible

by Shelley Z. Reuter
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2016

In today’s world, responsible biocitizenship has become a new way of belonging in society. Individuals are expected to make “responsible” medical choices, including the decision to be screened for genetic disease. Paradoxically, we have even come to see ourselves as having the right to be responsible...
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One God Two Voices

Life-Changing Lessons from the Classroom on the Issues Challenging Today's Families

by Deidre Hester, Sue E. Whited
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015

An inspirational, faith-based guide to raising the next generation of leaders—based on the real-life experiences of two amazing educators.   Hailing from the hills of West Virginia and the ghettos of New York City, two teachers—one an older Caucasian and the other a younger African American—somehow...
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Birth of a Nation'hood

Gaze, Script, and Spectacle in the O. J. Simpson Case

by Toni Morrison
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2010

Co-edited and introduced by Toni Morrison, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Birth of a Nation'hood elucidates as never before the grim miasma of the O.J. Simpson case, which has elicited gargantuan fascination. As they pertain to the scandal, the issues of race, sex, violence, money,...
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The Limits of Whiteness

Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race

by Neda Maghbouleh
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017

When Roya, an Iranian American high school student, is asked to identify her race, she feels anxiety and doubt. According to the federal government, she and others from the Middle East are white. Indeed, a historical myth circulates even in immigrant families like Roya's, proclaiming Iranians to be...
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by Greg Bottoms
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2019

An innovative, hybrid work of literary nonfiction, Lowest White Boy takes its title from Lyndon Johnson’s observation during the civil rights era: “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket.” Greg Bottoms...
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A Step toward Brown v. Board of Education

Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher and Her Fight to End Segregation

by Cheryl Elizabeth Brown Wattley
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2014

In 1946 a young woman named Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher (1924–1995) was denied admission to the University of Oklahoma College of Law because she was African American. The OU law school was an all-white institution in a town where African Americans could work and shop as long as they got out before sundown....
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Justice While Black

Helping African-American Families Navigate and Survive the Criminal Justice System

by Robbin Shipp, Nick Chiles
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014

Justice While Black is a must-read for every young black male in America-and for everyone else who cares about their survival and well-being. This is a first-of-its-kind essential guide for African-American families about how to understand the criminal justice system, and about why that system continues...
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Why Do We Still Have A Race Problem?

Whatever Makes Us Different, Makes Us the Same

by Raymond Sturgis
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2012

America has changed, however the disparity of equality between white and African Americans have not. African Americans are still statistically unemployed more than whites, statistically first in receiving welfare benefits and first in violent crimes reporting. Today, African Americans and white people...
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