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Racism in America : a reference handbook /

"This book explains how race, once a differentiating factor, became a major basis for stratification in America that pervaded scientific thought, religious doctrine, governmental policy, and the patterned actions of decision-makers in all sectors of social life"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Foy, Steven L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2020]
Colección:Contemporary world issues.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Background and history
  • Problems, controversies, and solutions
  • Perspectives
  • Profiles
  • Data and documents
  • Resources
  • Chronology
  • Glossary.
  • Pt. 1: Background and history
  • The origins of American racism
  • Institutional venues of racism
  • Pt. 2: Problems, controversies, and solutions
  • Acknowledging the past and recognizing the presence of racism in America
  • Land, labor, and the maintenance of the status quo revisited
  • Institutional venues of racism revisited
  • Working toward solutions
  • Pt. 3: Perspectives
  • The perils of racial progress narratives / Victor Ray
  • Racism and the media landscape in the United States / Sahar D. Sattarzadeh and Matthew W. Hughey
  • Law enforcement and immigration enforcement in the Rio Grande Valley / Efrén C. Olivares
  • Reclaiming the city: racial gentrification as urban policy / Louise Seamster
  • The normalcy of legitimized racism against indigenous peoples / Dwanna L. McKay
  • Beyond DACA: why the immigration battle must be fought for the 11 million / Catalina Adorno Castillo
  • White dog, yellow mother / Alison Ho
  • The cost of silence / A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez
  • Pt. 4: Profiles
  • American Civil Liberties Union
  • Black Lives Matter
  • Black Panther Party for Self-Defense
  • Ku Klux Klan
  • Nation of Islam
  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  • The Sentencing Project
  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference
  • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
  • United Farm Workers' Movement
  • Pt. 5: Data and documents
  • Pt. 6: Resources
  • The arts
  • Consumer goods and the reification of whiteness
  • Criminal justice
  • Cyber racism
  • Education
  • Employment, health, welfare, and socioeconomic status
  • Housing and transportation
  • Immigration
  • Intersectionality
  • Military
  • Political participation
  • Racial attitudes
  • Racial construction and categorization
  • Racial progress
  • Religion
  • Reparations
  • Science and pseudoscience
  • Social psychology
  • Sports
  • Theory
  • White supremacy
  • Pt. 7: Chronology.