Discrimination Race Relations category: 2480 books
Black Woman Reformer
Ida B. Wells, Lynching, and Transatlantic Activism
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2015
During the early 1890s, a series of shocking lynchings brought unprecedented international attention to American mob violence. This interest created an opportunity for Ida B. Wells, an African American journalist and civil rights activist from Memphis, to travel to England to cultivate British moral...
by Tina G. Patel
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
Race and Society is a thoughtful and critically engaging exploration of some of the key issues around race and racialisation, which have arisen in what is considered to be a highly diverse and complex society***.***
With a progressive approach emphasising the social construction of race issues...
by Linda Martín Alcoff, Ronald Robles Sundstrom, Gabriella Beckles-Raymond
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
Philosophy and the Mixed Race Experience is a collection of essays by philosophers about the mixed race experience. Each essay is meant to represent one of three possible things: (1) what the philosopher sees as the philosopher’s best work, (2) evidence of the possible impact of the philosopher’s...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2015
As religions grow and evolve, they adapt to their current circumstances, with new ideologies often deviating dramatically from their roots. The variety of religious institutions in modern society necessitates a focus on diversity and inclusiveness in the interactions between organizations of different...
Matters of the Heart
A History of Interracial Marriage in New Zealand
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
From whalers and traders marrying into Maori families in the early 19th century to the growth of interracial marriages in the later 20th, Matters of the Heart unravels the long history of interracial relationships in New Zealand. It encompasses common law marriages and Maori customary marriages, alongside...
An Aristocracy of Color
Race and Reconstruction in California and the West, 1850–1890
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
In the South after the Civil War, the reassertion of white supremacy tended to pit white against black. In the West, by contrast, a radically different drama emerged, particularly in multiracial, multiethnic California. State elections in California to ratify Reconstruction-era amendments to the U.S....
by John Stone, Polly Rizova
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2014
Despite global shifts in world power, racial conflict remains one of the major problems of contemporary social life. This concise and engaging book demonstrates the interplay between identity, power and conflict in the creation, persistence and transformation of patterns of race and ethnic relations...
Racial Reconstruction
Black Inclusion, Chinese Exclusion, and the Fictions of Citizenship
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
The end of slavery and the Atlantic slave trade triggered wide-scale labor shortages across the U.S. and Caribbean. Planters looked to China as a source for labor replenishment, importing indentured laborers in what became known as “coolieism.” From heated Senate floor debates to Supreme Court...
Talking About Structural Inequalities in Everyday Life
New Politics of Race in Groups, Organizations and Social Systems
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
The book, Talking About Structural Inequalities in Everyday Life: New Politics of Race in Groups, Organizations, and Social Systems, provides critical attention to contemporary, innovative, and cutting?edge issues in group, organizational, and social systems that address the complexities of racialized...
by Melissa Coburn
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2013
Race as Narrative in Italian Women's Writing Since Unification explores racist ideas and critiques of racism in four long narratives by female authors Grazia Deledda, Matilde Serao, Natalia Ginzburg, and Gabriella Ghermandi, who wrote in Italy after national unification. Starting from the premise...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2001
A landmark work by twelve leading critics and community leaders—essential reading for anyone interested in the history of American race relations.
Ignited by the infamous shooting of Amadou Diallo, unarmed and innocent, at the hands of New York City police officers, journalist Jill Nelson...
Where's The EQ?
Race And Policing Up Close
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2016
Countless deaths of African Americans at the hands of police officers have sparked national debate surrounding the legitimacy of these killings and the current state of race relations in America. Emotional Intelligence (EQ) anchors this book and is used in assessing several of these types of encounters...
New Destination Dreaming
Immigration, Race, and Legal Status in the Rural American South
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles have long been shaped by immigration. These gateway cities have traditionally been assumed to be the major flashpoints in American debates over immigration policy—but the reality on the ground is proving different. Since the 1980s, new immigrants have increasingly...
Racing the Storm
Racial Implications and Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2007
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit land and gravely affected the lives of many people in the states along the Gulf Coast. Katrina went beyond demonstrating the devastating natural effects of a hurricane by exposing the continuing significance of race relations and racial stereotyping in U.S....