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Book SynopsisSarah Dauncey offers the first comprehensive exploration of disability and citizenship in Chinese society and culture from 1949 to the present. Through the analysis of a wide variety of Chinese sources, from film and documentary to literature and life writing, media and state documents, she sheds important new light on the ways in which disability and disabled identities have been represented and negotiated over this time. She exposes the standards against which disabled people have been held as the Chinese state has grappled with expectations of what makes the ''ideal'' Chinese citizen. From this, she proposes an exciting new theoretical framework for understanding disabled citizenship in different societies ''para-citizenship''. A far more dynamic relationship of identity and belonging than previously imagined, her new reading synthesises the often troubling contradictions of citizenship for disabled people the perils of bodily and mental difference and the potential for personal aTrade Review'Sarah Dauncey's brilliant book breaks entirely new ground in the study of disability in contemporary China. Via a series of finely-grained, closely-argued case studies, Dauncey explores the representation of disability across multiple media forms, and essentially creates a new scholarly field as she makes compelling arguments about citizenship and the articulation of identity amongst disabled people in China.' Margaret Hillenbrand, University of Oxford'Disability in Contemporary China is a foundational study of the cultural representation of disability in Chinese literature and film. Through close readings of texts from the Mao era to the present, firmly grounded in both social theory and disability activism, Dauncey sets a significant marker of excellence for an emerging field.' Michel Hockx, University of Notre Dame'This is a timely and hugely significant work. Dauncey's wide-ranging and sophisticated analysis of the place of disability in Chinese culture does much to move the field of critical disability studies beyond its familiar 'Global North' focus and provides a significant contribution to our understanding of the cultural, ideological and historical construction of the 'para-citizen' in Chinese society. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the place of non-normative identity in China today.' Hannah Thompson, Royal Holloway, University of LondonTable of ContentsPreface; List of abbreviations; Introduction. Understanding disability and citizenship in China; 1. Where did all the disabled people go? Cultural invisibility before 1976; 2. Backstage to centre stage: new heroes in the age of reform; 3. Entertainment or education? Disability and the cinematic imagination; 4. A narrative prosthesis? Disability and the literary imagination; 5. Blind, but not in the dark: realism sheds new light on visual impairment; 6. Private lives for public consumption: writing our disabled life stories; conclusion: the perils and possibilities of para-citizenship; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisDuring the period of decolonisation in Africa, the CIA covertly subsidised a number of African authors, editors and publishers as part of its anti-communist propaganda strategy. Managed by two front organisations, the Congress of Cultural Freedom and the Farfield Foundation, its Africa programme stretched across the continent. This Element unravels the hidden networks and associations underpinning African literary publishing in the 1960s; it evaluates the success of the CIA in secretly infiltrating and influencing African literary magazines and publishing firms, and examines the extent to which new circuits of cultural and literary power emerged. Based on new archival evidence relating to the Transcription Centre, The Classic and The New African, it includes case studies of Wole Soyinka, Nat Nakasa and Bessie Head, which assess how the authors'' careers were affected by these transnational networks and also reveal how they challenged, subverted, and resisted external influence and contTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. African literary publishing during decolonisation; 3. Wole Soyinka, the transcription centre, and the CIA; 4. Nat Nakasa, The Classic, and the cultural Cold War; 5. 'The displaced outsider': the publishing networks of Bessie Head; 6. Conclusion.

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Book Synopsis“By telling the little-known stories of six pioneering African American entrepreneurs, Black Fortunes makes a worthy contribution to black history, to business history, and to American history.”—Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times Bestselling author of Hidden FiguresBetween the years of 1830 and 1927, as the last generation of blacks born into slavery was reaching maturity, a small group of industrious, tenacious, and daring men and women broke new ground to attain the highest levels of financial success.Mary Ellen Pleasant, used her Gold Rush wealth to further the cause of abolitionist John Brown. Robert Reed Church, became the largest landowner in Tennessee. Hannah Elias, the mistress of a New York City millionaire, used the land her lover gave her to build an empire in Harlem. Orphan and self-taught chemist Annie Turnbo-Malone, developed the first national brand of hair care product

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Book SynopsisWINNER OF THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTIONINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“An elegant meditation on the complexities of the American South—and thus of America—by an esteemed daughter of the South and one of the great intellectuals of our time. An inspiration.” —Isabel WilkersonAn essential, surprising journey through the history, rituals, and landscapes of the American South—and a revelatory argument for why you must understand the South in order to understand AmericaWe all think we know the South. Even those who have never lived there can rattle off a list of signifiers: the Civil War, Gone with the Wind, the Ku Klux Klan, plantations, football, Jim Crow, slavery. But the idiosyncrasies, dispositions, and habits of the region are stranger and more complex than much of the country tends to acknowledge. In South to America, Imani Perry shows that the meaning of American is inextricably linked with the South, and that our understanding of its history and culture is the key to understanding the nation as a whole.This is the story of a Black woman and native Alabaman returning to the region she has always called home and considering it with fresh eyes. Her journey is full of detours, deep dives, and surprising encounters with places and people. She renders Southerners from all walks of life with sensitivity and honesty, sharing her thoughts about a troubling history and the ritual humiliations and joys that characterize so much of Southern life.Weaving together stories of immigrant communities, contemporary artists, exploitative opportunists, enslaved peoples, unsung heroes, her own ancestors, and her lived experiences, Imani Perry crafts a tapestry unlike any other. With uncommon insight and breathtaking clarity, South to America offers an assertion that if we want to build a more humane future for the United States, we must center our concern below the Mason-Dixon Line.  A Recommended Read from: The New Yorker • The New York Times • TIME • Oprah Daily • USA Today • Vulture • Essence • Esquire • W Magazine • Atlanta Journal-Constitution • PopSugar • Book Riot • Chicago Review of Books • Electric Literature • Lit Hub 

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“The rare book that can simultaneously make professionals of colour feel seen and give white male colleagues a comprehensive education.” — Financial Times "Empowering . . . A fresh, worthy addition to the growing body of work on diversity in the workplace.” — Publishers Weekly "A thorough analysis of the struggles faced by women of color in the workplace. . . . This is an inherently fraught topic, but [Purushothaman] addresses it with sensitivity and nuance. . . . The book is well written and would be a solid addition to any career collection in an academic or public library." — Booklist "Deepa’s firsthand experience as a senior executive, combined with the stories of the influential women she spoke with, has yielded a powerful collective narrative that business leaders would be wise to study closely in their quest not only to recruit and retain the top talent, but also to lead with empathy and understanding." — Indra Nooyi, former chairperson and CEO, PepsiCo, and author of My Life in Full "The First, the Few, the Only is a deeply personal call to action, encouraging readers to learn and feel seen from its stories and messages. This important and engaging book will help build bridges, dismantle barriers, and change how we lead in the workplace." — Billie Jean King, social justice champion and founder, Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative "We need more books by women of color for women of color—books that highlight our unique experiences and challenges in the workplace—so we can feel seen and reclaim our whole, unfiltered identities. Deepa does an amazing job of sharing her own story while also highlighting the journey of hundreds of other women of color navigating corporate spaces. You will walk away seeing yourself in the pages, experiencing a rush of validation, and feeling emboldened to find success on your own terms." — Minda Harts, speaker and author of The Memo and Right Within "A category-defining book for white colleagues, managers, and leaders at all levels of the corporate world. Deepa examines the limiting ideas that businesses often still carry about what power and leadership look like, and how that definition leaves many behind. In a world where success is often presented as a singular path, we need books like this to show us all that leadership takes many forms and has many voices." — Daniel H. Pink, number one New York Times bestselling author of When, Drive, and To Sell Is Human "For too long, women of color have been the ‘first, few, or only.’ The time is now for us to hear their stories, learn from their resilience, and evolve our vision of leadership. Deepa serves as a courageous and honest resource, empowering women of color to boldly venture into their full power." — Reshma Saujani, founder, Girls Who Code and Marshall Plan for Moms "A must-have resource for women of color struggling to overcome established power structures in corporate America. Deeply inspiring and uplifting, The First, the Few, the Only highlights the power of community, encourages women of color to be unapologetically themselves in a white male-dominated environment, and provides the necessary tools to help women thrive in an environment not designed for them." — Brooke Baldwin, journalist and bestselling author of Huddle "The First, the Few, the Only is full of eye-opening stories and empathetic advice that will benefit anyone who wants the inside scoop on power in today’s companies. This insightful book is a rallying cry for women of color to find their leadership pathway and blaze the trail toward more inclusive organizations that are more appealing to everyone. A must-read for managers too." — Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School professor and bestselling author of Men and Women of the Corporation and Confidence

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A wonderful showcase of the work of an invaluable 20th-century journalist.” — Kirkus, starred review “Charlayne Hunter-Gault is a hero of the Civil Rights movement and a brave and glorious writer. In the cause of humanity and clear-eyed reporting, she has always held the banner high.” — David Remnick “Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an eminent Dean of American journalism, a vital voice whose work chronicled the civil rights movement and so much of what has transpired since then. My People is the definitive collection of her reportage and commentary. Spanning datelines in the American South, South Africa and points scattered in between, her work constitutes a history of our time as rendered by the pen of a singular and indispensable black woman journalist.” — Jelani Cobb “Charlayne Hunter-Gault is the quintessential eye-witness to the riveting events and fascinating characters of the last half-century’s racial reckoning. In this invaluable collection—informative, vivid, bracing and humane—she reveals the distance traveled and the hard road yet ahead.” — Geraldine Brooks “Since climbing the marble steps to her first class at UGA, which she integrated in 1961, Charlayne Hunter-Gault has been a front-row observer and reporter of racial turbulence around the world. The pages in this book are a study in Black history—and reiterate her lasting impact on society. Charlayne has the innate ability to make connections, lift voices, and make every one of us—no matter our race, color, creed, or religion—feel that we will break through, together, one day.” — Heather Dunhill, Sarasota Magazine “Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an absolute gift to this world. She’s one of those unsung female heroines who bravely helped change the landscape in the worlds of civil rights and education. I was able to attend the University of Georgia and pursue a journalism career because of her sacrifice. What an eye opening experience to read her gripping new book, My People, and to fully understand her journey of struggle and triumph. Thank you Charlayne for staying in the fight even when it felt dangerous and uncertain . . . and for eventually claiming your purpose and your joy! I stand on your shoulders as do so many others.” — Deborah Johnson, ABC News Senior National Affairs Correspondent “Charlayne Hunter-Gault has masterfully weaved together her decades of bearing witness to the experiences of Black people in America and around the globe. Detailing the realities and challenges of those ranging from the everyday person to global icons, her clear and incisive words speak to both the head and the heart. Despite the struggles that she so adeptly and compassionately describes, her historic perspective leaves you with a sense of optimism that is her trademark and that is needed as much now as ever.” — Helene D. Gayle, MD, MPH President, Spelman College " A fascinating record of the evolution of modern Black life.” — Atlanta Journal-Constitution “Pathblazing journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault has gifted us this collection of some of her most essential pieces, illustrating the beauty, variety and nuance of the Black experience over five decades.” — Ms. magazine “[A] powerhouse collection. . . . Whether covering the TV show Black-ish or politics in South Africa, Hunter-Gault employs razor-sharp thinking and a keen journalistic eye. This solidifies her status as one of the greats.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review “This collection compounds Hunter-Gault’s impact by delivering a version of American history that is complex in its backward and forward glimpses and that reinforces the enduring need for telling old stories, so readers can relearn what they should have gotten right decades ago. Hunter-Gault’s book makes it easy to revisit difficult historical moments and envision better choices, better outcomes, and better futures.” — Library Journal, starred review "An inspirational collection and a must-read." — Booklist, starred review

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Book SynopsisThis book has stood the test of time as one of the most readable microhistories of colonial free blacks in America. It restores to the historical record the lives of individuals who strove to better their lives, as well as elucidates a pre-Revolutionary period when social and racial laws in America had not yet hardened. In a new preface, Breen and Innes situate their work in the explosion of work on early American slavery and African-American life over the past twodecadesTrade ReviewThis fascinating account proves that for a couple of generations in seventeenth-century Virginia the two races lived fairly comfortably side by side...It is an extraordinary and convincing story. The New York Review of Books [Breen and Innes] have pieced together sufficient details relating to the lives of some of these blacks to establish firstly that skin colour was not originally an absolute impediment to social advancement, and secondly that the white immigrant population on Virginia's eastern shore were not averse to accepting as social equals blacks who had recently purchased their freedom from slavery. The Historical Journal A thorough exploitation of available sources coupled with a sophisticated understanding of the difficult issues confronting those trying to unravel the complexities of early American race relations...[Breen and Innes] have reminded us of forgotten alternatives in this society's racial odyssey. The Journal of Southern History

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Book SynopsisPerspectives on the Obama campaign and early administrationTrade Review"These eminent scholars of African American politics provide rich, multigenerational perspectives on the Obama election and the first year of his presidency. A significant and distinctive contribution to the emerging scholarship on Obama that will be useful in African American studies and political science courses."--Robert C. Smith, coauthor of American Politics and the African American Quest for Universal Freedom"Outstanding."--ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Charles P. Henry / Introduction The Election 1.Charles P. Henry / The Jackson and Obama Contributions to a Multiracial Democracy; 2. Martin Kilson / The Electoral Building Blocks of Barack Obama's Victory; 3. Hanes Walton, Jr., Josephine A. V. Allen, Sherman C. Puckett & Donald R. Deskins, Jr. / The Election of Barack Obama and Its Implications for Racial Politics; 4. Julianne Malveaux / Did Race, Class, Gender, Generation, or the Economy trump in the 2008 Elections; 5. Dianne M. Pinderhughes / Race, The Presidency and Obama's First Year; 6. Herb Boyd / Obama and the Media; 7. Scharn Robinson / The Impact of the 2008 Campaign on the Legacy of William Jefferson Clinton Culture 8. Alice Walker / Lest We Forget: An open letter to my sisters who are brave; 9. Maulana Karenga / Barack Obama's Ambivalent Embrace of Blackness; 10. John L. Jackson / Obama, Black Religion, and the Rev. Wright Controversy; 11. Dwight Hopkins / Race, Religion, and the Race for the White House; 12. Ronald Williams II / Barack Obama and the Politics of Racial Representation; 13. Shaun Ossei-Owusu / Barack Obama's Anomalous Relationship with the Hip Hop Community; 14. Ula Taylor / First Lady Michelle Obama, Too Black and Too Strong Policy 15. Robin D. G. Kelley / President Obama, Freedom Democrat or Neo-Liberal; 16. Clarence Lusane / Globalization and the Obama Doctrine; 17. Cheryl Harris / Barack Obama, the Past, Present and Future of Race Remedies Robert L. Allen / Epilogue Contributors

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Book SynopsisWhy so few African American and Latino/a students study computer science: updated edition of a book that reveals the dynamics of inequality in American schools.The number of African Americans and Latino/as receiving undergraduate and advanced degrees in computer science is disproportionately low. And relatively few African American and Latino/a high school students receive the kind of institutional encouragement, educational opportunities, and preparation needed for them to choose computer science as a field of study and profession. In Stuck in the Shallow End, Jane Margolis and coauthors look at the daily experiences of students and teachers in three Los Angeles public high schools: an overcrowded urban high school, a math and science magnet school, and a well-funded school in an affluent neighborhood. They find an insidious “virtual segregation” that maintains inequality. The race gap in computer science, Margolis discovers, is one example of the w

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Book SynopsisHow to get more innovation and more equality.Is economic inequality the price we pay for innovation? The amazing technological advances of the last two decades—in such areas as artificial intelligence, genetics, and materials—have benefited society collectively and rewarded innovators handsomely: we get cool smartphones and technology moguls become billionaires. This contributes to a growing wealth gap; in the United States; the wealth controlled by the top 0.1 percent of households equals that of the bottom ninety percent. Is this the inevitable cost of an innovation-driven economy? Economist Joshua Gans and policy maker Andrew Leigh make the case that pursuing innovation does not mean giving up on equality—precisely the opposite. In this book, they outline ways that society can become both more entrepreneurial and more egalitarian. All innovation entails uncertainty; there's no way to predict which new technologies will catch on. Therefore, G

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Book SynopsisA finalist for the National Book Award in NonfictionA finalist for the National Book Critics'' Circle Award in NonfictionNamed a Best Book of 2023 by The New York Times, NPR, New York Magazine, Kirkus, and Barnes and NobleCritically acclaimed author of In the Wake, Christina Sharpe is a brilliant thinker who attends unflinchingly to the brutality of our current arrangements . . . and yet always finds a way to beauty and possibility (Saidiya Hartman).A singular achievement, Ordinary Notes explores profound questions about loss and the shapes of Black life that emerge in the wake. In a series of 248 notes that gather meaning as we read them, Christina Sharpe skillfully weaves artifacts from the pastpublic ones alongside others that are poignantly personaltogether with present realities and possible futures, intricately constructing an immersive portrait of everyday Black existence. The th

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Book SynopsisHe Had a Dream is a visual record of King's life and work by the only man King trusted and to whom he gave such complete access. Schulke's images, combined with his commentary on both the moment and its place in the context of the civil rights movement, create a more immediate and revealing portrait of King than we have had before.

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Book SynopsisGlobal inequality doesn’t just exist; it has been created.Trade Review"Advocates a strategy of development focused less on material consumption and more on meeting the basic human needs. Accessible to all readers, Hickel's revealing and sometimes angry critique will spur deeper thought about the inequities of the global economy." -- Library Journal (starred)"Penetratingly explores those forces that perpetuate global inequality and shreds the notion that the fissure between rich and poor is anything other than intentional." -- Publishers Weekly"Sharply argued. . . . Sure to distress the neoliberals in the audience but a powerful case for reform in the cause of economic justice." -- Kirkus Reviews"An evolutionary leap in our understanding of inequality and poverty. [The Divide] should be required reading for anyone hoping to realize a better world." -- Alnoor Ladha, Greenpeace"In this iconoclastic book, Jason Hickel shakes up the prevailing paradigm of ‘development.’ . . . [The Divide] will radically change the way in which you understand the workings of the global economic system and the challenges faced by poor countries trying to advance within it." -- Ha-Joon Chang, University of Cambridge, author of 23 Things They Don’t Tell You about Capitalism and Economics: The User’s Guide"A book that crackles with facts, indignation, and heart. Why hasn’t global poverty and hunger really declined in the last decades?…Journalists, aid workers, and anybody who has ever given aid (i.e., nearly everybody) should read this book." -- Antony Loewenstein, author of Disaster Capitalism"The Divide is exceptional, necessary, and essential…Written in a captivating and easy-to-read style, this book must become the standard text for everyone studying, working, or interested in development." -- Firoze Manji, editor of African Awakening: The Emerging Revolutions"With passion and panache, Jason Hickel tells a very different story of why poverty exists, what progress is, and who we are. The Divide is myth busting at its best." -- Danny Dorling, author of Inequality and the 1%

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Book SynopsisFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Literary Hub A leading microbiologist tackles the scientific and sociopolitical impact of viruses in eleven striking essays.Trade Review"Osmundson writes with the disarming voice of that teacher who makes science cool, even radical. His thought is discursive, his questioning accretive. He contains — and covers — multitudes: How are white people to stop spreading the lethal disease of “whiteness”? How does capitalism limit the imagination? Is evolution quintessentially queer? The task of following his leaps and swerves, while occasionally challenging, is its own reward, a chance to collaborate with a mind at work." -- John Okrent - New York Times Book Review"Virology is a brilliant book, both playful and serious, showing us all how viruses live with us, as we live with them. Drawing on queer theory, Osmundson offers a way of understanding care in the midst of anguish and anxiety as well as desire and hope. The viral world is the ordinary world of life and death, of caring for one another in our vulnerability and persistence. This book explains the science of virology for our times, offering a compassionate education for all of us disoriented in pandemic times. This book is queer pedagogy at its best: non-patronizing, thoroughly smart, and full of urgent and caring knowledge that beckons us to get closer again with caution and passion." -- Judith Butler"Joe Osmundson’s Virology is an incisive look at our relationship to earth’s most plentiful life form — how we live with viruses and how viruses live in and through us. But more than this, it is a compelling examination of the tension between avoidance and exposure, safety and risk, preservation of the self and openness to evolution and change. This book is a potent medicine for our times." -- Lacy M. Johnson, author of The Reckonings"Joseph Osmundson's Virology made me gay for viruses. Seriously. Virology is a tour de force that uses queer theory to teach us about the science of viruses. Along the way, we are forced to reckon with the reality that far from being villainous little creatures, viruses are actually fascinating almost-life forms. Virology brilliantly revises the frameworks we use to talk about life in a world filled with viruses and reminds us that our relationship with science and scientific phenomena is always social." -- Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, author of The Disordered Cosmos"I have absolutely no idea how Osmundson made a book this timely, this timeless, this packed with contents and styles we aren't supposed to experience in one text. Virology is devastating in its soulful brilliance. Rigor just became cool as **** and pleasurable again." -- Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy"Inquisitive, bold, and lyrical, Virology offers a captivating and very queer look at our present moment through the lens of someone who knows more than most of us about the science behind our shared catastrophe." -- Melissa Febos, author of Girlhood"To read Joseph Osmundson’s mind at work is such a pleasure. The tendrils of Virology go deep: to the pandemic, queerness, memes, futurity, and what it means to hold both love and despair, to live awake to both the world’s beauty and its harm. This is a profoundly necessary, urgently of-the-moment collection, one I’ll keep thinking about for a long time to come." -- Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, author of The Fact of a Body"The essays in Virology are beyond impressive. This is precision work, cutting and thoughtful, done with the deft hand of a wildly skilled writer. Joseph Osmundson has given us something precious with this important collection. It is a tribute to humanity. It is an ode to life." -- Kristin Arnett, author of With Teeth"Virology is a powerhouse of a collection, the work of a colossal mind, and these essays about viruses, risk, science, life, safety, queerness, and more are as urgent as they will prove lasting. Hallelujah for this book and for Joseph Osmundson." -- R.O. Kwon, author of The Incendiaries"Both [Joseph Osmundson’s] science and his writing chops are on full display in this stunner of an essay collection, which elegantly illustrates how microscopically tiny viruses like COVID-19 and HIV, which lead a simple existence, can have enormously complicated effects on the sociopolitical (and ultimately interpersonal) human worlds. The way Osmundson draws meaning from a queer experience of viruses is incredibly moving, ultimately resulting in a rage-filled call to action. Not to mention, it’s some of the most beautiful writing I’ve read in a long time." -- Sarah Neilson - them"Joseph Osmundson uses his training as a virologist to illustrate how viruses have shaped and will continue to shape our lives, with language that is gripping and straightforward. Scientifically sound and exceptionally perceptive" -- David Vogel - Vulture"Osmundson has created a stunningly beautiful and important book." -- Sarah Neilson - Shondaland"Luckily, we have Joseph Osmundson—an actual virologist—who writes with elegance and insight about the intersection of the real and the metaphorical, moving through topics like the legacy of HIV/AIDS, the long-term impact of Covid variants, and the effects of a prolonged pandemic on our systems of power. This is very much a book of our times." -- Literary Hub"In this scrupulous and impassioned manifesto, Osmundson, a microbiologist and activist (and podcaster!), looks at the nature of disease—and its impact on individuals and communities—through a distinctly queer lens." -- Michelle Hart - Electric Literature"A unique and singular archive of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2), HIV/AIDS, queer theory, sociopolitical criticism, and a record of the viruses that are present in our guts, on our skin, and in our blood…Osmundson turns hard science into juicy, racy-queer reality accessible to anyone who decides to buy the book, read it, and live it." -- Mark William Norby - Bay Area Reporter"This wide-ranging collection of essays is a meditation on society’s complicated relationship with viruses. In pondering SARS-CoV-2, HIV and more, Osmundson calls for more equitable access to medical care." -- Science News (a Top Book of 2022)"Joseph Osmundson brings both his background in microbiology and a deft approach to language to a meditation on how viruses have affected — and continue to affect — even the smallest of quotidian moments." -- Tobias Carroll - InsideHook"Virology is an ambitious book that succeeds in its efforts to shed light on viruses with science writing, yes, but also to shed light on the messy realities of life with queer theory, journey entries, archival data, personal essays, and above all else, naked honesty…The lessons I need — the lessons we all need — exist in this book." -- Vanessa Friedman - Autostraddle"A welcome, well-informed, queer-positive study of the blind spots a pandemic reveals." -- Kirkus (starred review)"Original and bubbling with curiosity, this is a masterful achievement." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Osmundson writes with hope for a world where racial inequities are addressed and people treat each other with love and kindness. Just as viruses change and mutate, so, too, can people." -- Ragan O'Malley - Library Journal (starred review)"A collection that weaves together the raggedness of the personal with the chaos of the political, Virology will take its place next to Susan Sontag’s Illness as Metaphor and Audre Lorde’s The Cancer Journals as a model for cultural criticism. Sparkling prose, glittering insights, lucid thinking and accessible writing about sometimes difficult topics makes Virology a must-read. It’s one of the best science and medicine books of the year." -- Bookpage (starred review)

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Book SynopsisA descendant of Confederate General Robert E. Lee chronicles his story of growing up with the South's most honored name, and the moments that forced him to confront the privilege, racism, and subversion of human dignity that came with it. With a foreword by Rev. Dr. Bernice A. King. The Reverend Robert W. Lee was a little-known pastor at a small church in North Carolina until the Charlottesville protests, when he went public with his denunciation of white supremacy in a captivating speech at the MTV Video Music Awards. Support poured in from around the country, but so did threats of violence from people who opposed the Reverend's message. In this riveting memoir, he narrates what it was like growing up as a Lee in the South, an experience that was colored by the world of the white Christian majority. He describes the widespread nostalgia for the Lost Cause and his gradual awakening to the unspoken assumptions of white supremacy which had, almost without him knowing it, distorted his values and even his Christian faith. In particular, Lee examines how many white Christians continue to be complicit in a culture of racism and injustice, and how after leaving his pulpit, he was welcomed into a growing movement of activists all across the South who are charting a new course for the region. A Sin by Any Other Name is a love letter to the South, from the South, by a Lee—and an unforgettable call for change and renewal.

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Book Synopsis?A moving and beautifully crafted memoir.??SCOTT TUROW ?A daring act of justified defiance.??SHAKA SENGHOR ?Nothing less than heroic.??JOHN GRISHAM He was seventeen when an all-white jury sentenced him to prison for a crime he didn?t commit. Now a pioneering lawyer, he recalls the journey that led to his exoneration?and inspired him to devote his life to fighting the many injustices in our legal system. Seventeen years old and facing nearly thirty years behind bars, Jarrett Adams sought to figure out the why behind his fate. Sustained by his mother and aunts who brought him back from the edge of despair through letters of prayer and encouragement, Adams became obsessed with our legal system in all its damaged glory. After studying how his constitutional rights to effective counsel had been violated, he solicited the help of the Wisconsin Innocence Project, an organization that exonerates the wrongfully convicted, and won his release after nearly ten years in prison.But the journey was far from over. Adams took the lessons he learned through his incarceration and worked his way through law school with the goal of helping those who, like himself, had faced our legal system at its worst. After earning his law degree, he worked with the New York Innocence Project, becoming the first exoneree ever hired by the nonprofit as a lawyer. In his first case with the Innocence Project, he argued before the same court that had convicted him a decade earlier?and won.In thisilluminatingstory of hope and full-circle redemption, Adams draws on his life and the cases of his clients to show the racist tactics used to convict young men of color, the unique challenges facing exonerees once released, and how the lack of equal representation in our courts is a failure not only of empathy but of our collective ability to uncover the truth.Redeeming Justiceis an unforgettable firsthand account of the limits?and possibilities?of our country?s system of law.

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Book SynopsisHousatonic Book Award WinnerLonglisted for the National Book Award and Carnegie Medal in NonfictionShortlisted for the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize and Stowe Prize One of The New York Times' “11 New Books We Recommend This Week” One of Oprah Daily's “20 of the Best Books to Pick Up This May” One of The Oklahoman's “15 Books to Help You Learn About the Tulsa Race Massacre as the 100-Year Anniversary Approaches” A The Week book of the weekAs seen in documentaries on the History Channel, CNN, and Lebron James’s SpringHill ProductionsAnd then they were gone. More than one thousand homes and businesses. Restaurants and movie theaters, churches and doctors’ offices, a hospital, a public library, a post office. Looted, burned, and bombed from the air.    Over the course of

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Book SynopsisA FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • An essential tool for individuals, organizations, and communities of all sizes to jump-start dialogue on racism and bias and to transform well-intentioned statements on diversity into concrete actions—from a leading Harvard social psychologist.NAACP IMAGE AWARD NOMINEE FOR OUTSTANDING LITERARY ACHIEVEMENT • LONGLISTED FOR THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE FT/MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD“Livingston has made the important and challenging task of addressing systemic racism within an organization approachable and achievable.”—Alex Timm, co-founder and CEO, Root Insurance CompanyHow can I become part of the solution? In the wake of the social unrest of 2020 and growing calls for racial justice, many business leaders and ordinary citizens are asking that very question. This book provides a compass for all those seeking to begin the work of anti-racism. In The Conversation, Robert Livingston addresses three simple but profound questions: What is racism? Why should everyone be more concerned about it? What can we do to eradicate it? For some, the existence of systemic racism against Black people is hard to accept because it violates the notion that the world is fair and just. But the rigid racial hierarchy created by slavery did not collapse after it was abolished, nor did it end with the civil rights era. Whether it’s the composition of a company’s leadership team or the composition of one’s neighborhood, these racial divides and disparities continue to show up in every facet of society. For Livingston, the difference between a solvable problem and a solved problem is knowledge, investment, and determination. And the goal of making organizations more diverse, equitable, and inclusive is within our capability.Livingston’s lifework is showing people how to turn difficult conversations about race into productive instances of real change. For decades he has translated science into practice for numerous organizations, including Airbnb, Deloitte, Microsoft, Under Armour, L’Oreal, and JPMorgan Chase. In The Conversation, Livingston distills this knowledge and experience into an eye-opening immersion in the science of racism and bias. Drawing on examples from pop culture and his own life experience, Livingston, with clarity and wit, explores the root causes of racism, the factors that explain why some people care about it and others do not, and the most promising paths toward profound and sustainable progress, all while inviting readers to challenge their assumptions.Social change requires social exchange. Founded on principles of psychology, sociology, management, and behavioral economics, The Conversation is a road map for uprooting entrenched biases and sharing candid, fact-based perspectives on race that will lead to increased awareness, empathy, and action.

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Book SynopsisA “profound, sometimes hilarious, often heartbreaking” (The New York Times) view of prison life, as told by currently and formerly incarcerated people, from the co-creators and co-hosts of the Peabody- and Pulitzer-nominated podcast Ear Hustle“A must-read for fans of the legendary podcast and all those who seek to understand crime, punishment, and mass incarceration in America.”—Piper Kerman, author of Orange Is the New BlackWhen Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods met, Nigel was a photography professor volunteering with the Prison University Project and Earlonne was serving thirty-one years to life at California’s San Quentin State Prison. Initially drawn to each other by their shared interest in storytelling, neither had podcast production experience when they decided to enter Radiotopia’s contest for new shows . . . and won. Using the prize for seed money, Nigel and Earlonne launched

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Book SynopsisA stirring meditation of being Black and learning to love in a loveless, anti-Black world“Only once in a lifetime do we come across a writer like Danté Stewart, so young and yet so masterful with the pen. This work is a thing to make dungeons shake and hearts thunder.”—Robert Jones, Jr., New York Times bestselling author of The ProphetsIn Shoutin’ in the Fire, Danté Stewart gives breathtaking language to his reckoning with the legacy of white supremacy—both the kind that hangs over our country and the kind that is internalized on a molecular level. Stewart uses his personal experiences as a vehicle to reclaim and reimagine spiritual virtues like rage, resilience, and remembrance—and explores how these virtues might function as a work of love against an unjust, unloving world.In 2016, Stewart was a rising leader at the predominantly white evangelical church he and his family were attending in Augusta, Georgia. Like many young church leaders, Stewart was thrilled at the prospect of growing his voice and influence within the community, and he was excited to break barriers as the church’s first Black preacher. But when Donald Trump began his campaign, so began the unearthing. Stewart started overhearing talk in the pews—comments ranging from microaggressions to outright hostility toward Black Americans. As this violence began to reveal itself en masse, Stewart quickly found himself isolated amid a people unraveled; this community of faith became the place where he and his family now found themselves most alone. This set Stewart on a journey—first out of the white church and then into a liberating pursuit of faith—by looking to the wisdom of the saints that have come before, including James H. Cone, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, and by heeding the paradoxical humility of Jesus himself.This sharply observed journey is an intimate meditation on coming of age in a time of terror. Stewart reveals the profound faith he discovered even after experiencing the violence of the American church: a faith that loves Blackness; speaks truth to pain and trauma; and pursues a truer, realer kind of love than the kind we’re taught, a love that sets us free.

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Book SynopsisNamed most anticipated book of February by Marie Claire, Essence, and A.V. Club …extraordinary and representative.—NPR Drayton explores the ramifications of racism that span generations, global white supremacy, and the pitfalls of American culture.—Shondaland After following her mother to the US at a young age to pursue economic opportunities, one woman must come to terms with the ways in which systematic racism and resultant trauma keep the American Dream inaccessible to Black people.In the early ''90s, young Tiffanie Drayton and her siblings left Trinidad and Tobago to join their mother in New Jersey, where she''d been making her way as a domestic worker, eager to give her children a shot at the American Dream. At first, life in the US was idyllic. But chasing good school districts with affordable housing left Tiffanie and her family constantly uprooted--moving from Texas to Florida

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Book SynopsisEn este bestseller del New York Times, Ijeoma Oluo nos brinda un análisis contundente e intuitivo del tema de la raza en los Estados Unidos.   La amplia cobertura que han tenido los rasgos y facetas de la supremacía blanca —desde la brutalidad policial hasta la encarcelación masiva de afroamericanos— ha convertido al racismo en el centro de atención de los medios de comunicación. Aun así, sigue siendo un tema difícil de discutir. ¿Cómo le dices a tu compañero de cuarto que sus bromas son racistas? ¿Por qué tu cuñada se ofendió cuando le preguntaste si podías tocarle el pelo, y cómo puedes arreglar esta situación? ¿Cómo les explicas qué es el privilegio blanco a tus privilegiados amigos blancos?   En Así que quieres hablar de raza, Ijeoma Oluo guía a los lectores de toda

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Book SynopsisA timely, practical resource on creating teams and organizations where everyone has the opportunity to succeed.--Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the podcast WorkLife A step-by-step guide for managers, teams, and DEI leaders looking to create impactful, lasting change in their organization, from recruitment to retention, and beyond. Are you tired of hollow promises about diversity, equity, and inclusion in your organization? Do you want to take steps towards real change – beyond issuing mission statements, signing checks, and holding listening sessions – but don’t know where to start? This book is your answer. Designed for teams to read together, Actions Speak Louder offers a comprehensive blueprint for leaders and teams who are ready to get out of their own way, look at their surroundings with new eyes, and turn their energy into a concrete plan.<

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Book SynopsisIf you're going to have an organ transplant, or a joint replacement, here's the key to getting the very best medical care: be a white, straight, middle-class male. This book takes on one of the few topics that haven't figured in the heated debate over health care reform - the largely hidden yet massive injustice of bias in medical treatment.Trade ReviewWhite, noted professor of orthopedic surgery at Harvard University, addresses the pervasive but hidden problem of prejudice in medicine in this revealing book. He uses extensive research to show how subconscious stereotyping of Blacks, women, and other minorities influences the doctor–patient relationship and how many people, therefore, receive substandard treatment. -- Clarence Waldron * Jet *As vital to medicine as mapping the rhythm of the heart and the firing of the nerves is an understanding of the diversity of the human family. Gus White takes us on a marvelous personal journey that illuminates what it means to care for people of all races, religions, and cultures. The story of this man becomes the aspiration of all those who seek to minister not only to the body but also to the soul. -- Jerome Groopman, M.D., author of How Doctors ThinkGus White has written a tour de force—a compelling story about race, health and conquering inequality in medical care. Growing up in the segregated South, receiving medical training at all-white Stanford, caring for Americans and Vietnamese in Vietnam, Dr. White has a uniquely perceptive lens with which to see and understand unconscious bias in health care. He offers astute analysis and prescriptions for eliminating inequalities, and his journey is so absorbing that you will not be able to put this book down. -- Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., author of All Deliberate SpeedSeeing Patients is a powerful and extraordinarily important book. Dr. White uses his own experience to enable us to take a close look at the sensitive issue of bias in health care, and the damage it does. He knows from the inside how good people can be negatively affected by historical and cultural forces they are not even aware of. He acknowledges the magnitude and complexity of the problem, and encourages medical schools and physicians to work together to solve it. -- James P. Comer, M.D., author of Leave No Child Behind: Preparing Today’s Youth for Tomorrow’s WorldThis is first and foremost the immensely enjoyable story of Gus White’s astonishing life’s journey. With all his achievements, he has not lost sight of his roots. Recruiting minorities into medicine has been one of his life’s priorities, and he has been a leader in promoting cultural literacy in all physicians. Seeing Patients is both exciting and insightful. -- Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical SchoolThe intertwining journeys of both orthopaedics and civil and human rights are chronicled in Dr. White’s life and career. Despite the progress made in these areas, unequal medical treatment in this country still exists due to biases, stereotypes, generalizations, language differences, and cultural barriers. -- Steven L. Frick, M.D. * AAOS Now *White’s story—part autobiography, part call to action—is a compelling and often uncomfortable read about a hidden world where even the most compassionate and egalitarian caregivers often fail a basic command of the Hippocratic oath: to do no harm. -- Sean Silverthorne * Harvard Business School Alumni Bulletin *Armed by the unique perspective afforded by being both within the American medical establishment and an African American whose grit and talent put him there, highly respected Harvard Medical School professor White is a crystal-clear visionary. The best means to improve health care for all, he says, is for medical schools to produce physicians who are not only scientifically competent but also equally culturally competent… Part stirring autobiography, part reasoned apology for egalitarian health care, White’s book makes a powerful case. -- Donna Chavez * Booklist *White uses his unique insights to discuss health care disparities, making it timeless and a must-read book that has the power to change the way we see the world…As the coronavirus pandemic brings racial, economic, and health care disparities into stark focus, Seeing Patients impresses upon us the need to see each other as fellow humans. -- Mary E. Arthur * Anesthesia & Analgesia *In this autobiography, White, Harvard’s first African American department chief, writing with Chanoff, chronicles his experiences growing up in Tennessee and his professional journey through medical school. Along the way, readers are shown how racism has impacted and still affects African Americans and others in the medical profession and in the medical system in general. -- A. W. Klink * Library Journal *White grew up in Memphis during the Jim Crow era. Affected deeply by the blatant racial prejudice he encountered in the South, as a student in Ivy League universities, as a physician during the Vietnam War, and as an orthopedic surgeon, White offers a deeply personal account. Part autobiography, and part sociological treatise on issues including race, the book chronicles how White’s epiphany in Vietnam (‘When I came out of that carnage in Vietnam, I came out with an even stronger sense that in the final analysis we are all so much more similar than different’) led to his realization that ‘the persistent derogation of out-groups’ results in unequal treatment of many categories of people. This understanding inspired him to become an activist dedicated to increasing knowledge and awareness of diversity issues. A fascinating account of how White became a professor of medical education/orthopedic surgery and the first African American department chief at Harvard’s teaching hospital, this book explains such sociological principles as race, class, and in-group/out-group processes in clear, uncomplicated prose. His a very enjoyable account of the remarkable life of an individual who did what a lot of people say they want to do: make a difference. -- C. Apt * Choice *When White attended Stanford in the late ’50s he was one of four students of color. A recommendation letter written by a mentor then included ‘this is a pale, colored boy’ to avoid misunderstanding. Now White recounts his ground-breaking life in an engaging, matter-of-fact manner… A chance encounter with a woman who felt doctors judged her by her full-body tattoo led White to consider disparities in health care. Challenges exist on both sides of the stethoscope, White argues, noting that the uncertainty felt by many African-American patients over how they will be perceived also impacts the medical encounter; the burden for alleviating racial and other disparities (such as those based in age, gender, and sexual orientation) falls on the medical and educational communities. Accessible, thought-provoking, and valuable. * Publishers Weekly *

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Book SynopsisFINALIST FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD FOR NON-FICTION Interrogating our ideas of race through the lens of her own multi-racial identity, critically acclaimed novelist Tessa McWatt turns her eye on herself, her body and this world in a powerful new work of non-fiction.Tessa McWatt has been called Susie Wong, Pocahontas and black bitch, and has been judged not black enough by people who assume she straightens her hair. Now, through a close examination of her own body--nose, lips, hair, skin, eyes, ass, bones and blood--which holds up a mirror to the way culture reads all bodies, she asks why we persist in thinking in terms of race today when racism is killing us.      Her grandmother's family fled southern China for British Guiana after her great uncle was shot in his own dentist's chair during the First Sino-Japanese War. McWatt is made of this woman and more: those who arrived in British Guiana from India as indentured lab

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Book SynopsisThis text looks at how we capsized racial progress in the quest for self-esteem. It uncovers the hidden trajectory and terms of our thinking about race relations since the 1960s.Trade ReviewElisabeth Lasch-Quinn has written an important book. It can be read in at least three ways: As a courageous critique of the racial etiquette that has become institutionalized in post-integration America. As a case study of the pervasive psychologization of American culture. And as a Menckenesque account of the way in which both cultural developments can be exploited lucratively by alleged experts. The reader will consecutively nod with recognition, laugh somewhat bitterly, and perhaps even get angry. -- Peter Berger, author of The Social Construction of RealityAmerica's racial crisis is getting worse. While there is plenty of blame to go around, much falls on 'race experts' who disseminate disinformation and promote thinly disguised totalitarian ideology. In clear, hard-hitting English, Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn presents a well-reasoned and well-balanced analysis that exposes an insidious racket. Race Experts contributes significantly to the two-front struggle against racism and demagogy. -- Eugene D. Genovese, author of Roll, Jordan, RollThis is a book for those who want more specifics on how the activists in the Civil Rights Movement—aided and abetted by pandering white liberal elites—are in full retreat from the American principle of color-blindness, and are now celebrating race-consciousness and 'racial differences.' As a whole, it is an essential primer, replete with eye-opening horror tales of political correctness, including the antics of racial/ethnic stereotype-reinforcement, which masquerade as 'sensitivity' and diversity training in workplaces and schools. Moreover, this is a handy reference for those already knowledgeable but thoroughly fed up with the histronics of racial therapy, which plays on guilt, and touchy feelings, rather than on evidence and intellect as the basis for evaluating ideas and overcoming parochial prejudices. -- Michael Meyers, executive director, New York Civil Rights CoalitionAfter a talk I once gave suggesting new practical paths that the Civil Rights movement might take, a black student told me disappointedly that she had expected that I would lend her guidance in 'forming an identity.' Race Experts crisply uncovers the source of this student's expectation. Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn deftly shows how the original Civil Rights leaders' quest for concrete community uplift has been hijacked by attempts to police and cleanse the thought processes of individuals. Anyone seeking truly to understanding the theatrics of Jesse Jackson, the black white score gap in education, the new career of 'diversity counselor,' the rise and fall of the Black Panthers, or many other often perplexing aspects of America's racial landscape cannot afford to let this book pass them by. -- John McWhorter, author of Losing the RaceRichly textured and throughly readable, Race Experts boldy explores the dense thicket of contemporary racial confusions about self-identity and color consciousness. How refreshing it is to find a work so crammed with common sense on a topic that too often has prompted scholarly muddle-headedness and theoretical overkill. Joining the trenchant work of Orlando Patterson and Darly Scott, Race Experts should draw wide acclaim. -- Bertram Wyatt-Brown, author of The Shaping of Southern CultureIn this insightful and troubling book, Lasch-Quinn explores the subtle and not so subtle ways in which the reification of race is perpetuated, despite the absence of biological evidence for the existence of race itself and even in the name of fighting racism. -- David Noble, author of America by DesignRace Experts is an important book, which should be read by every corporate leader, every educator, and every parent. Lasch-Quinn explains carefully and quietly how the idealistic goals of the civil rights movement have been displaced by misguided 'therapies' that promote racial divisiveness and narcissism, which harm all of us. -- Diane RavitchRace Experts is the first book to link together America's two favorite conversations, the one about self-help and the one about race. There is enough sloppy thinking and posturing on both subjects to make this book an effective and necessary one. * The New York Times Book Review *Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn argues quite convincingly that multiculturalism and ethnic diversity programs might instead breed contempt for and condescending behavior toward blacks. Race Experts is a scathing indictment of the new politically correct thinking on race. * The Washington Times *An original and impressive presentation that does much to illuminate the current racial situation. * Kirkus *This is sure to be a controversial book among readers interested in race issues. * Booklist *Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn offers an unflinching look at the elaborate codes that govern racial exchanges and relations and at the entrenched 'experts' who purport to know more than ordinary citizens about how men and women are to comport themselves across lines of racial division. Crisply written, forthright, replete with vivid examples, Race Experts helps to break open a long overdue debate. -- Jean Bethke Elshtain, The Laura Spelman Rockeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics, University of Chicago; author of Just War Against TerrorElisabeth Lasch-Quinn's thought provoking book brilliantly critiques the industry of the race advocates who tend to exaggerate the importance of racial differences. This is a book that dedicated proponents of social justice have been waiting for. It could even help us refocus our energies on fighting poverty and inequality. -- William Julius Wilson, Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor, Harvard UniversityIn measured but rigorously critical tones, she excoriates the theory and politics of identity, diversity training, racially based psychotherapy and educational politicies aimed at increasing racial self-esteem. Thoughtful and provocative. * Times Literary Supplement *Convincingly and cogently argued. This is an important book for Britain as well as America. * Black and Asian Studies Association Newsletter *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Acknowledgements Chapter 2 Prologue Chapter 3 The New Racial Etiquette: The Ritual of Racial Reprimand Chapter 4 Radical Chic and the Rise of a Politics of Therapy Chapter 5 The Encounter Group: A New Interracial Mode for Integration Chapter 6 Racial Identity Theory: Groundwork for a Renewal of Suspicion Chapter 7 Revolt against Repression: New Age Therapy from the Fringe to the Mainstream Chapter 8 A World of Endless Slights: Diversity Training and its Illogical Consequences Chapter 9 In Perpetual Recovery: The Problem with Multicultural Education for Self-Esteem Chapter 10 Epilogue Chapter 11 Notes Chapter 12 Credits Chapter 13 Index

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Book SynopsisHow do India’s ‘untouchables’ and 'tribals' fit into the global economy?Trade Review'An exceptional book coming from researchers who lived with the most marginalised people to present the India of dislocation and despair' -- Anand Teltumbde, writer, civil rights activist and Senior Professor of Business Management, IIIT Hyderabad'Explodes the myth of the modernising power of capitalism. This sensitive and acute analysis shows that, far from doing away with inherited inequalities of power, Indian capitalism uses and intensifies them' -- Jayati Ghosh, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi'A kaleidoscopic view of how established social forms morph and realign to produce deepening inequality and persistent, patterned disadvantage. Super-rich material and compelling analysis' -- Tania Murray Li, Anthropology, University of Toronto'Highly recommended for its careful attention to ethnographic detail, its systematically comparative approach and its grasp of political economy' -- Journal of Contemporary Asia'Undoubtedly a high quality contribution to the field of anthropological research' -- International Labour ReviewTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Series Preface Preface by Alpa Shah and Jens Lerche 1. Tribe, Caste and Class - New Mechanisms of Exploitation and Oppression - Alpa Shah and Jens Lerche 2. Macro-economic Aspects of Inequality and Poverty in India - K.P. Kannan 3. Tea Belts of the Western Ghats, Kerala - Jayaseelan Raj 4. Cuddalore, Chemical Industrial Estate, Tamil Nadu - Brendan Donegan 5. Bhadrachalam Scheduled Area, Telangana - Dalel Benbabaali 6. Chamba Valley, Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh - Richard Axelby 7. Narmada Valley and Adjoining Plains, Maharashtra - Vikramaditya Thakur 8. The Struggles Ahead - Alpa Shah and Jens Lerche Appendix: Tables and Figures Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements Index

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Book SynopsisFrom the founder of Black Girl Hockey Club, a collection of deeply insightful and piercing essays shedding light on the history of Black excellence in hockey, the future of Black joy within the sport, and the ways we can all do better when it comes to recognizing—and upheaving—systemic and institutionalized racism.Growing up, R. Renee Hess didn’t care for hockey. In fact, she was barely aware of it. She was born and raised in Southern California, hardly a hot spot for the game, despite the state having three NHL teams. But, as Hess puts it, she is “a fan of being a fan,” and when she found herself stuck in traffic after a Pittsburgh Penguins game, the streets filled with cheers, something sparked within her. Ever since Hess made that discovery, she has been actively trying to bust the myth that “Black folks don’t like hockey.”In this collection, Hess shares her hockey origin story and how she came to recognize hockey culture’s lack of authentic engagement with Black communities, tracing her journey to becoming a true game changer. But, as an academic, Hess knows that her singular viewpoint can’t tell the full story, so she reached out to former hockey players, league executives, activists, fans, media, and to the parents and youth shaping the future of the game. We hear directly from players such as Sarah Nurse and Saroya Tinker; from trailblazers like Bernice Carnegie and Kim Davis; and from the collective of Black Girl Hockey Club scholarship awardees and their families, emphasizing the importance of community and support for marginalized players. The result is a hockey book truly unlike any other.With essays that touch on representation and harmful stereotypes, the many nuanced aspects of biracial identity, being the only person of colour in the room, and the virtues of a lively group chat, Blackness Is a Gift I Can Give Her is a love letter to Black women everywhere, as well as a scathing ode to a game that Hess loves, even if it doesn't always love her back.

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Book SynopsisInner-city pastor Wayne Gordon and Civil Rights legend John M. Perkins help readers understand our current racial crisis, offering them practical, real-world strategies so they can be part of the solution.

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Book SynopsisThough they were acquitted, these same defendants were soon being ostracized by their own neighbors, and within four months of Till's death, Southern blacks were staging the historic Montgomery bus boycott-the first major battle in the coming war against racial injustice that would lead to the passage of civil rights legislation a decade later.Trade ReviewTill's sensational case, succinctly reported here, imparted a crucially vital impulse to the civil rights movement of the '60s. Publishers Weekly Whitfield... is able to write with power, strength, and persuasion. -- Raymond T. Diamond American Journal of Legal HistoryTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsChapter 1. The Ideology of LynchingChapter 2. Chicago BoyChapter 3. Trial by JuryChapter 4. The Shock of ExonerationChapter 5. Washington, D.C.Chapter 6. RevolutionChapter 7. Race and SexChapter 6. No Longer WhiteNotes BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisShe concludes with a provocative analysis of Forrest Gump, identifying the popular film as a retelling of post-World War II Southern history.Trade ReviewA resourceful, imaginative, sure-handed analysis by an author who knows both how movies and television get made and how to get at what those products mean. -- Thomas Cripps Journal of Southern History This text would be an excellent place for readers who have very little background in film or media history to begin delving into the ongoing discussion of how much reality drives media and how much media drives reality. -- Dana L. Hettich Southern Historian The best book I have found that discusses popular cinema and the American South... Graham's is a groundbreaking study that locates both blacks and whites in post-World War II cultural history. Her scholarly monograph contributes significantly to historical and film studies... Graham's book is lively, aesthetically informed, and teeming with insightful observations about a variety of topics: white women in race-conscious films; the 'anarchic physicality' of the redneck; the centrality of the 'cracker' to our understanding of American racism; the southern delinquent as social activist; the corrupt southern lawman and the redemptive southern lawyer. -- Sharon Monteith Scope Provides a perfect critical lens through which to appreciate what lies behind all the representations of the South flashing across the screen... In this meticulously researched and accessibly written book, [Allison Graham] covers such issues as the eugenics movement and class politics, white women's sexuality, the star personae of Elvis and Andy Griffith, and the political power of Southern populists. Her methodology is part of what makes the book so readable: it's interdisciplinary but not jargon-laden, drawing on the most exciting recent academic studies in cinema, culture, class, history, sociology, whiteness, gender, sexuality, and politics. The close readings in the book are never so detailed that they become tedious, but even for readers unfamiliar with the primary sources, Graham's analysis is persuasive and fascinating to read. There is no way to adequately summarize all the ingenious bits of reading pleasure in this book. -- Julia Leyda Bright Lights Film Journal Provides detailed analysis of interactions among race, gender, and, crucially, class, often neglected in cultural studies. It draws upon an enormous range of evidence. Seemingly unlikely material such as 1950s films on teenage delinquency is convincingly woven into the analysis... Not least, the book is leavened with humor in a way that makes the argument more compelling... This book provides new insights, showing how varied and subtle is the encoding of major events and struggles. The argument is complex yet accessible, making it an invaluable teaching aid. It is a major contribution to scholarship on racism and the civil rights movement in America. -- John A. Silk Journal of American History Probing, provocative, lively... Graham's often original readings and entertaining renderings [of films and television shows]... chart the tangled route whereby race becomes subsumed by class and then rediscovered. She reaches widely in her literary, film, and television references, which she juxtaposes with civil rights events to suggest how the former 'framed' the latter but also how film and television fiction sometimes offered a competing narrative as to race and civil rights... Graham has written a book very much worth reading. It is at once entertaining and instructive, and it makes 'real' the reel South as no other book to date. -- Randall M. Miller American Historical Review In a series of interlocking essays, Graham deftly explores the ways Hollywood filmmakers and television producers tried to reformulate stock southern characters in light of rapidly changing social relations... A fascinating and compelling cultural history that should be of use to a wide array of scholars. -- Patrick D. Jones American Studies Perceptive... A sophisticated analysis of films produced during the civil rights era... Readers who wish to understand the ways popular media buttress conservative assessments of race in American life will do well to digest Graham's helpful volume. -- Andrew M. Manis Georgia Historical Quarterly She restores to our field of view media texts of real complexity that have been overlooked by previous analyses... An often poetic and crisply edited long essay. -- Kevin Jack Hagopian Journal of Communication 2005Table of ContentsContents: List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Remapping DogpatchChapter 1 "The Purest of God's Creatures": White Women, Blood Pollution, and Southern Sexuality Chapter 2 Sentimental Educations: Romance, Race, and White Redemption Chapter 3 Natural Acts: Hillbillies, Delinquents, and the Disappearing Psyche Chapter 4 Reeducating the Southerner: Elvis, Rednecks, and Hollywood's "White Negro" Chapter 5 Civil Rights Films and the New Red Menace: The Legacy of the 1960sNotes Essay on Sources Index

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Book SynopsisWith a new preface by Michael WalzerJean-Paul Sartre's book is a brilliant portrait of both anti-Semite and Jew, written by a non-Jew and from a non-Jewish point of view. Nothing of the anti-Semite either in his subtle form as a snob, or in his crude form as a gangster, escapes Sartre's sharp eye, and the whole problem of the Jew's relationship to the Gentile is examined in a concrete and living way, rather than in terms of sociological abstractions.

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