Race, Ethnicity, and Gender: Selected Readings Book

Acknowledgments     xvi
Preface to the Second Edition     xi
Preface From the First Edition     xiv
An Introduction to the Study of Minority Groups in the United States     1
Diversity in the United States: Questions and Concepts     3
Questions to Consider in This Chapter     4
Narrative Portrait: The Social Construction of Racial Identity     4
Developing a Racial Identity   Lawrence Hill     5
Narrative Portrait: The Cultural Sources of Prejudice     6
Kaffir Boy   Mark Mathabane     6
Readings     8
Prejudice, Discrimination, and Racism   Norman Yetman     9
Discussion Questions     23
Using Racial and Ethnic Concepts: The Critical Case of Very Young Children   Debra Van Ausdale   Joe R. Feagin     23
Discussion Questions     35
Constructing Categories of Difference   Karen Rosenblum   Toni-Michelle Travis     35
Discussion Questions     47
Current Debates: Race and Sports     47
The Dominance of Black Athletes Is Genetic   Jon Entine     48
The Argument for Genetic Differences Is Deeply Flawed   Kenan Malik     49
Debate Questions to Consider     50
Assimilation and Pluralism     51
Questions to Consider in This Chapter     52
Narrative Portraits: Assimilation, Then and Now     52
Choosing a Dream: Italians in Hell's Kitchen   Mario Puzo     53
Always Running: La Vida Loca   Luis Rodriguez     54
Readings     54
Divided Fates: Immigrant Children in a Restructured U.S. Economy   M. Patricia Fernandez-Kelly   Richard Schauffler     55
Discussion Questions     75
Fifteen Years on the Bottom Rung   Anthony DePalma     75
Discussion Questions     81
"Opening" Faces: The Politics of Cosmetic Surgery and Asian American Women   Eugenia Kaw     81
Discussion Questions     92
Current Debates: English Only?     92
English Only Will Speed the Assimilation of Immigrants   Mauro Mujica     93
Bilingualism Should Be Encouraged   Aida Hurtado   Luis A. Vega     94
Debate Questions to Consider     97
The Evolution of Dominant-Minority Relations in the United States     99
The Development of Dominant-Minority Relations in Pre-Industrial America: The Origins of Slavery      101
Questions to Consider in This Chapter     102
Narrative Portraits: A Slave's Life     102
Life as a Slave Girl   Harriet Jacobs     102
Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb   Henry Bibb     103
Readings     104
Slavery Unwilling to Die: The Historical Development of Systematic Racism   Joe R. Feagin     105
Discussion Questions     124
Jezebel and Mammy: The Mythology of Female Slavery   Deborah Gray White     124
Discussion Questions     132
Current Debates: How Did Slavery Affect the Origins of African American Culture?     132
Slavery Created African American Culture   Stanley Elkins     133
African American Culture Was Created by an Interplay of Elements From Africa and America   William D. Piersen     133
Debate Questions to Consider     134
Industrialization and Dominant-Minority Relations: From Slavery to Segregation and the Coming of Post-Industrial Society     135
Questions to Consider in This Chapter     136
Narrative Portrait: The Kitchenette     137
Death on the City Pavement   Richard Wright     137
Readings     138
The Meaning of Emancipation According to Black Women   Angela Davis     139
Discussion Questions     146
What Is Affirmative Action?   Fred L. Pincus     146
Discussion Questions     155
Adolescent Masculinity, Homophobia, and Violence: Random School Shootings, 1982-2001   Michael S. Kimmel   Matthew Mahler     155
Discussion Questions     167
Current Debates: Affirmative Action     168
Affirmative Action Casts Suspicions on Legitimate Black Achievement and Depicts African Americans as Incapable   Thomas Sowell     169
Why We Still Need Affirmative Action   Orlando Patterson     170
Debate Questions to Consider     171
Understanding Dominant-Minority Relations in the United States Today     173
African Americans     175
Questions to Consider in This Chapter     176
Narrative Portraits: The Persistence of Racism     176
Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space   Brent Staples     177
The Mulatto Millennium   Danzy Senna     178
Readings     180
"I Am Not a Racist But...": Mapping White College Students' Racial Ideology in the USA   Eduardo Bonilla-Silva   Tyrone A. Forman      181
Discussion Questions     204
Race and Criminalization: Black Americans and the Punishment Industry   Angela Davis     204
Discussion Questions     213
The Elephant in the Living Room: The Issue of Race in Close Black/White Friendships   Kathleen Odell Korgen     214
Discussion Questions     221
Current Debates: Reparations     221
Reparations for African Americans in Historical Context   Joe R. Feagin   Eileen O'Brien     222
Reparations Are an Idea Whose Time Has Come   Manning Marable     223
Blood Money: Why I Don't Want Reparations for Slavery   John McWhorter     225
Debate Questions to Consider     226
Native Americans     227
Questions to Consider in This Chapter     228
Narrative Portraits: Native Americans' Experiences and Perspectives     228
Lakota Woman   Mary Crow Dog     229
Talking to the Owls and Butterflies   John Lame Deer     229
Readings     230
Trends Among American Indians in the United States   Russell Thornton     231
Discussion Questions     249
Growing Up Indian   Leonard Peltier      249
Discussion Questions     256
From the Ground Up   Charon Asetoyer     256
Discussion Questions     260
Current Debates: Are Indian Sports Team Mascots Offensive?     260
Indian Symbols and Mascots Are Not Offensive   S. L. Price   Andrea Woo     261
Mascots Are Offensive   C. Richard King   Ellen J. Staurowsky   Lawrence Baca   R. Davis   Cornel Pewewardy     262
Debate Questions to Consider     264
Hispanic Americans     265
Questions to Consider in This Chapter     266
Narrative Portrait: The Meaning of Macho     266
Americanization Is Tough on Macho   Rose Del Castillo Guilbault     267
Narrative Portrait: Gender Images of Latinas     268
The Island Travels With You   Judith Ortiz Cofer     268
Readings     269
Mock Spanish: A Site for the Indexical Reproduction of Racism in American English   Jane H. Hill     270
Discussion Questions     285
Seeing More Than Black and White: Latinos, Racism, and the Cultural Divide   Elizabeth Martinez     285
Discussion Questions     290
Not White or Black, but In Between: Latinos and Asian Americans Expanding the Language of Colorblind Racism   Eileen O'Brien     291
Discussion Questions     299
Current Debates: Is Americanization Threatened by "Hispanization"?     300
How to Make an American   John Fonte     300
Why We Shouldn't Worry About the "Hispanization" of the United States   Francis Fukuyama     302
Debate Questions to Consider     304
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders     305
Questions to Consider in This Chapter     306
Narrative Portrait: The Relocation     306
We Were Just Japs   Joseph Kurihara     306
Readings     308
The Interrelationship Between Anti-Asian Violence and Asian America   Victor M. Hwang     309
Discussion Questions     320
South Korean Sex Slaves in the United States and Canada   Salim Jiwa     320
Discussion Questions     321
Current Debates: Asian American "Success"-What Are the Dimensions, Causes, and Implications for Other Minority Groups?     322
The Success of Japanese Americans Is Cultural   Harry Kitano     322
The "Success" of Chinese Americans Is Structural   Alejandro Portes   Min Zhou      324
The Success of Asian Americans Has Been Exaggerated, in Part, to Criticize Other Minority Groups   Ronald Takaki     325
Debate Questions to Consider     326
New Americans: Immigration and Assimilation     327
Questions to Consider in This Chapter     328
Narrative Portraits: Two Stories of Immigration     328
Life in the Enclave   Ho Yang     329
Life as a Refugee   Vo Thi Tam     330
Readings     331
Immigrants in American Society   Philip Martin   Elizabeth Midgely     332
Discussion Questions     337
Discrimination and the American Dream: The Case of Middle Eastern Americans   Amir Marvasti   Karyn D. McKinney     338
Discussion Questions     345
Globalization and Its Mal(e)contents: The Gendered Moral and Political Economy of Terrorism   Michael S. Kimmel     345
Discussion Questions     354
Current Debates: Is Immigration Harmful or Helpful to the United States?     355
Immigration Is Harmful   Peter Brimelow     355
Immigration Is Not Harmful   Reynolds Farley     356
We Need to Reframe the Immigration Debate   George Borjas      357
Debate Questions to Consider     358
White Ethnic Groups     359
Questions to Consider in This Chapter     360
Narrative Portrait: Ethnicity, Prejudice, and the Irish Political Machine     360
Shadow of the Past   David Gray     361
Readings     362
How Jews Became White   Karen Brodkin     364
Discussion Questions     376
White Privilege and Male Privilege   Peggy McIntosh     377
Discussion Questions     385
Euphemized Racism: Moral qua Racial Boundaries   Michele Lamont     385
Discussion Questions     406
Current Debates: The Racial Identities of Whites and Blacks     406
The Need to Understand Whiteness   Richard Dyer     407
Symbolic and Involuntary Ethnicity   Mary Waters     408
Debate Questions to Consider     409
Conclusions     411
Antiracist and Feminist Solutions     413
The Emperor's New Clothes   Patricia Williams     415
The Racial Preference Licensing Act   Derrick Bell     422
The Redefinition and Subversion of Comparable Worth in New York State: "We Did It Our Way"   Ronnie Steinberg    Jennifer Hickman     431
Building Connections Between Antiracism and Feminism   Eileen O'Brien   Michael P. Armato     438
Abolish the White Race by Any Means Necessary   Noel Ignatiev   John Garvey     448
Being an Ally   Paul Kivel     451
Commitment to Combat Racism   Judith Katz     457
Tools for White Guys Who Are Working for Social Change   Chris Crass     458
Discussion Questions     460
Index     461
About the Editors     477