Social discrimination and social justice Books
Little, Brown & Company Halfway Home
Book SynopsisA 'persuasive and essential' (Matthew Desmond) work that will forever change how we look at life after prison in America through Miller's 'stunning, and deeply painful reckoning with our nation's carceral system' (Heather Ann Thompson).Each year, more than half a million Americans are released from prison and join a population of twenty million people who live with a felony record.Reuben Miller, a chaplain at the Cook County Jail in Chicago and now a sociologist studying mass incarceration, spent years alongside prisoners, ex-prisoners, their friends, and their families to understand the lifelong burden that even a single arrest can entail. What his work revealed is a simple, if overlooked truth: life after incarceration is its own form of prison. The idea that one can serve their debt and return to life as a full-fledge member of society is one of America's most nefarious myths. Recently released individuals are faced with jobs that are off-limits, apartments that cannot be occupied and votes that cannot be cast.As The Color of Law exposed about our understanding of housing segregation, Halfway Home shows that the American justice system was not created to rehabilitate. Parole is structured to keep classes of Americans impoverished, unstable, and disenfranchised long after they've paid their debt to society.Informed by Miller's experience as the son and brother of incarcerated men, captures the stories of the men, women, and communities fighting against a system that is designed for them to fail. It is a poignant and eye-opening call to arms that reveals how laws, rules, and regulations extract a tangible cost not only from those working to rebuild their lives, but also our democracy. As Miller searchingly explores, America must acknowledge and value the lives of its formerly imprisoned citizens.PEN America 2022 John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction FinalistWinner of the 2022 PROSE Award for Excellence in Social Sciences2022 PROSE Awards Finalist2022 PROSE Awards Category Winner for Cultural Anthropology and SociologyAn NPR Selected 2021 Books We LoveAs heard on NPR’s Fresh Air
£999.99
Little, Brown & Company A Terrible Thing to Waste
Book SynopsisA powerful indictment of the notion of hereditary intelligence, A Terrible Thing to Waste shows how environmental racism drives the black-white IQ gap and explains what can be done to remedy its toxic effects on marginalized communities.The 1994 publication of the The Bell Curve and its controversial thesis catapulted the topic of genetic racial differences in IQ to the forefront of renewed and heated debate. Now, in A Terrible Thing to Waste, award-winning science writer Harriet A. Washington adds her incisive analysis to the fray. She takes apart the spurious notion of intelligence as an inherited trait, pointing instead to environmental racism -- a confluence of institutional factors that relegate marginalized communities to living and working near sites of toxic waste, pollution, and urban decay -- as the prime cause of the reported black-white IQ gap. Investigating the deleterious heavy metals, neurotoxins, deficient prenatal care, bad nutrit
£15.19
Little, Brown & Company Breaking Hate
Book SynopsisA stunning exploration of how to heal a nation reeling from extremist violence from a viral TED speaker and onetime white-supremacist leader who now work as a peace activist disengaging hateful radicals.
£20.90
Little, Brown Book Group Weathering
Book Synopsis''Monumental '' IBRAM X. KENDI''Eloquent, comprehensive and compassionate'' LINDA VILLAROSA''Superbly insightful'' HARRIET A. WASHINGTONFusing science and social justice, Weathering offers an urgent and necessary exploration of how systemic injustice erodes the health of marginalized people. Renowned public health researcher Dr Arline T. Geronimus coined the term ''weathering'' to describe what public health statistics have long evidenced: systemic injustice takes a physical, oftentimes deadly, toll on Black, brown, working class and poor communities. They are disproportionately more likely to suffer from chronic diseases and die at much younger ages than their middle- and upper-class white counterparts. Weathering argues that health and ageing have more to do with how society treats us than how well we take care of ourselves. It reveals what happens to human bodies as they attempt to withstand and overcome tTrade ReviewThe culmination of a life's groundbreaking work... frequently jaw-dropping... reasons for optimism too... crisp, backed with evidence and rather heroic in spirit * Guardian *One of the most significant public health research discoveries of the last few decades is this: when it comes to health and aging, how society treats us has more of an impact than how we take care of ourselves. In this monumental book, Arline T. Geronimus meticulously demonstrates that systemic injustice isn't just oppressive - it's toxic on the body; it's deadly * Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning *That body of evidence, which Dr. Geronimus describes in her new book, Weathering has turned her into an "icon" and provided a framework for understanding health inequities that goes deeper than blaming poor health on lifestyle choices or flawed genetics * New York Times *Superbly insightful. If this unique volume did nothing else, I would recommend Weathering as the book on healthcare disparities. But it also distills and delivers its scholarship and insight in engaging narratives, including compelling personal histories so that you will glean your education in racial health disparities-and how to end them-quite painlessly. In fact, reading Weathering, with its clear-eyed mixture of reality and hope, is a delight * Harriet A. Washington, author of Medical Apartheid and Carte Blanche *Arline Geronimus brings together a lifetime of research, scholarship, and experience to explain how continually battling back oppression hurts the human body. Her book offers an eloquent, comprehensive and compassionate framework for understanding the physiological effects of societal harm and a path to healing -- Linda Villarosa, author of Under the SkinAs I learn more about the complexity of chronic diseases, and the reasons black people who grew up like I did endure them more often than others, it provides me a peace of mind I didn't know was possible. This book brings clarity where I've long had confusion. No doubt, it will influence the broader discussion about health and race in this country on a macro and policy-level. But more than that, it will be invaluable to folks who've faced anything like I did since I was a childIn trying to understand the causes of group disparities in health outcomes, analysts have focused on features of the disadvantaged groups themselves - their genes, culture, income level, etc. - at the expense of environmental factors. Weathering corrects this bias. Better than any writing I've seen, it shows how the environments of the disenfranchised have a weathering impact on their health and longevity. Well-written and accessible, it is a powerful book; indispensable to developing policies capable of reducing these disparities. And more generally, it is a must read by anyone interested in the nature of identity in American life. In short, it deserves the very broadest of readerships! * Claude M. Steele, author of Whistling Vivaldi *Public health activist and scientist Arline T. Geronimus, draws on her research to shine a light on what it means to age as a Black person in the United States * Essence *Neither genetic differences nor unhealthy lifestyles are at the root of racial health disparities in the U.S., according to this powerhouse study. Geronimus uncovers and forcefully critiques harmful narratives in healthcare and social policy, including an "exaggerated" emphasis on the benefits of postponing childbearing (which puts Black mothers, in particular, at greater risk for "poor birth outcomes") and "age-washing" (which presupposes that there is "a universally uniform growth and aging process" and discounts the effects of racism and classism). Impassioned and persuasive, this is an essential call for change * Publishers Weekly, Starred Review *Anurgent call for compassion and social justice * Booklist *In this insightful and well-argued book, the author contends that the physiological effects of living in marginalized communities, often caused by racial, ethnic, religious, and class discrimination, play a more significant role in the health of its members than genetics or lifestyle choices. The text benefits from the author's inclusion of stories of individuals who have experienced firsthand the effects of weathering, including those of her own family as descendants of Eastern European Jewish immigrants. In the hard-driving second part of the book, Geronimus provides suggestions to create a new path forward, creating action items for readers truly interested in doing something about racialized injustice and the weathering it causes. A compelling contribution to the literature on the important issue of health care inequity * Kirkus, Starred Review *The power of Geronimus's project remains the attempt to provide a conceptual framework for patterns that medical institutions, in their convenient recourse to individual failings, have yet to fully recognize. I think about luminaries of Black Hollywood and hip-hop who are routinely felled by their own hearts well before their time and how the pandemic has coincided with ongoing police and carceral violence. I think about the elevated lead levels that were recently found in eighteen hundred Illinois public schools, or the noxious fumes released on residents of East Palestine, Ohio, when a Norfolk Southern train derailed in February. It is an observed truth that illness and death follow some kinds of people more than others. The mountain of evidence accretes still * New Yorker *
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Faber & Faber Black British Lives Matter
Book SynopsisFeaturing essays from David Olusoga, Dawn Butler MP, Kit de Waal, Kwame Kwei-Armah, and many more.In response to the international outcry at George Floyd's death, Lenny Henry and Marcus Ryder have commissioned this collection of essays to discuss how and why we need to fight for Black lives to matter - not just for Black people but for society as a whole.Recognising Black British experience within the Black Lives Matter movement, nineteen prominent Black figures explain why Black lives should be celebrated when too often they are undervalued. Drawing from personal experience, they stress how Black British people have unique perspectives and experiences that enrich British society and the world; how Black lives are far more interesting and important than the forces that try to limit it."We achieve everything not because we are superhuman. We achieve the things we achieve because we are human. Our strength does not come from not having any weaknesses, ou
£12.74
Random House USA Inc The Young Antiracists Workbook
Book SynopsisKids 12 and up can discover ways to work toward a better future in this illustrated workbook guiding them to reflect on their understanding of race—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist.Antiracism is not a destination but a journey—one that takes deliberate, consistent work. Dr. Ibram X. Kendi''s concept of antiracism has changed the way we talk about race, equality, and justice in America, pointing us toward new ways of thinking about ourselves and our society. Young people must be included in conversations on race, which is why Dr. Kendi has created this workbook with bestselling YA author Nic Stone for readers age twelve and up.Reflection questions include: Have you ever tried to change something about yourself to fit in? Did it work? Why or why not?How does the word racist feel when you hear or say it? Is it a weapon or a descriptor? Why?Why is empathy an important tool for any antiracist''s toolbox?Whether or not you''ve read How to Be a (Young) Antiracist, this workbook offers the opportunity to reflect on your personal commitment to antiracism and is a log of your journey toward a better future.
£16.19
Penguin Putnam Inc Woke Racism
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed linguist John McWhorter argues that an illiberal neoracism, disguised as antiracism, is hurting Black communities and weakening the American social fabric.Americans of good will on both the left and the right are secretly asking themselves the same question: how has the conversation on race in America gone so crazy? We’re told to read books and listen to music by people of color but that wearing certain clothes is “appropriation.” We hear that being white automatically gives you privilege and that being Black makes you a victim. We want to speak up but fear we’ll be seen as unwoke, or worse, labeled a racist. According to John McWhorter, the problem is that a well-meaning but pernicious form of antiracism has become, not a progressive ideology, but a religion—and one that’s illogical, unreachable, and unintentionally neoracist.
£21.00
International Publishers Co Inc.,U.S. Reconstruction
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£21.38
MB - Cornell University Press Race Money and the American Welfare State
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£46.18
Beacon Press White Fragility
Book SynopsisExplores the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.
£22.46
Shepheard-Walwyn (Publishers) Ltd What If It Were You
Book SynopsisWhat If It Were You? draws back the curtain on the men, women and children who suffer in silence, giving a voice to those whose rights, freedom and wellbeing are so often compromised. The hard-hitting realism of Arif-Fear's poetry uncovers the reality of many forms of abuse, and presents them in a way which is direct and uncompromising.Table of ContentsForeword, What If It Were You?, I Am a Woman, Cut, Your Guilty Secret, Covered, Free, Double Standards, Family Reunion, Dry Wounds, Strength, Fear, Why Do You Hate Me?, Fragile, Home, Just Like You, Hope, What Do You See?, Empty Streets, Coconut, I Am Not Human, Hypocrisy Is Spelled with a Y, Idol of Oppression, Binaries, Two-Faced Feminist, Blind Hearts, Invisible, Warriors of Barbarity, Steps of Hate, Angel beneath the Ground, Ya Suriya! (Oh Syria!), Shattering the Glass, My Prophet, Inhuman, Not You, Honour, Undesirable Muslim, The Jungle Never Dies, Weapon of War, #Me Too, Kafir, What is Freedom?, Further support and information, About the author.
£10.00
University of Regina Press Until We Are Free Reflections on Black Lives
Book SynopsisThe killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012 by a white assailant inspired the Black Lives Matter movement, which quickly spread outside the borders of the United States. The movement's message found fertile ground in Canada, where Black activists speak of generations of injustice and continue the work of the Black liberators who have come before them. Until We Are Free contains some of the very best writing on the hottest issues facing the Black community in Canada. It describes the latest developments in Canadian Black activism, organizing efforts through the use of social media, Black-Indigenous alliances, and more. 'Until We Are Free busts myths of Canadian politeness and niceness, myths that prevent Canadians from properly fulfilling its dream of multiculturalism and from challenging systemic racism, including the everyday assaults on black and brown bodies. This book needs to be read and put into practice by everyone.' —Vershawn Young, author of Your Average Nigga: Performing R
£19.00
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Beyond the Horizon
Book SynopsisBeyond the Horizon is the heart-wrenching debut novel by award-winning author Ammo Darko, telling the tale of a young Ghanaian woman tricked into a life of exploitation by her husband.Mara stares in the mirror, searching for the woman she used to know. The sweet, innocent woman that was excited to marry the man her father chose for her, to start a family and live in a house of her own. But her husband had other plans.Determined to make his fortune in Europe, Mara''s husband expects her to sacrifice everything to make his dreams come true but the sacrifice is more than she could ever have imagined... Beyond the Horizon is a gripping and provocative story of the plight of African women, the lies they were sold about life in Europe, and the false hopes of those they leave behind.
£15.29
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Pedagogies of Punishment
Book SynopsisWritten by interdisciplinary authors from the fields of educational policy, early childhood education, history, political philosophy, law, and moral philosophy, this volume addresses the use of disciplinary action across varied educational contexts. Much of the punishment of children occurs in non-criminal contexts, in educational and social settings, and schools are institutions where young people are subject to disciplinary practices and justifications that are quite unlike those found elsewhere. In addition to this, the discipline they receive is often discriminatory, being disproportionately focused on students of colour and other minoritized identities, and unjust in other ways. This timely text is a comprehensive examination of punishment in schools, prompting discussions on racial equity, social justice in education and the school to prison pipeline. Each chapter offers empirically informed, theoretical investigations into punishment in educational settings, including how puniTrade ReviewPunishment of students is a fact of school life. Should it be? If so, what forms of punishment are justified and under what conditions? In this superb, edited book, Thompson and Tillson bring together noted philosophers and teacher educators for a comprehensive and definitive response to those questions. * Larry Nucci, Adjunct Professor, School of Education, University of California, Berkeley USA *What punishment is and when and how it is justified in education are underexplored topics. This book dives deep into theories and practices of punishment in education, illuminating conceptual complexities as well as intended and unintended impacts of punishment on diverse young people. The book is foundational for understanding punishment in education from analytic and practical views. * Liz Jackson, Professor and Head of the Department of International Education, Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong *There’s a rich literature on the justification of punishment, but its routine use by schools is unquestioned. This rich volume presents a persuasive case for thinking that schools can only fulfil their educational mission if their punishments are justified. Philosophers, educationalists and everyone who cares about children will find it illuminating. * Neil Levy, Professor of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Australia and Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, United Kingdom *This collection of interdisciplinary literature is an insightful contribution to education fields and provides a valuable resource for educators, families, and communities. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Punishing Children: Foundational Analyses 1. Should School Children be Punished?, Joan Goodman (University of Pennsylvania, USA) 2. Punishment, Pupils, and School Rules, John Tillson (Liverpool Hope University, UK) and Winston C. Thompson (Ohio State University, USA) 3. Responsibility and the Potential Punishment of Children, Larisa Svirsky (Brandeis University, USA) Part II: Punishment in Practice and at the Margins 4. Justice for Trans Youth: Imagining Education Without Cisgenderism, Jenna Scaramanga (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK) 5. Racialized Childhoods, Educational Goods, and “No Excuses” Schools: In Defense of Play and Agency, Abigail Beneke (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) 6. Punishment in Early Childhood: Do Exclusionary Practices Threaten Children’s Moral Rights?, Joy Dangora Erickson (Endicott College, USA) 7. A New Look at Shaming in Schools, Clio Stearns (Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, USA) and Peter Stearns (George Mason University, USA) Part III: Due Process, Standing, and the Authority to Punish 8. Due Process: Fairness in Procedure and Substance in the Public Schools, Todd A. DeMitchell (University of New Hampshire, USA) 9. Taking Hypocrisy to School, Kartik Upadhyaya (Kings College London, UK) and John Tillson (Liverpool Hope University, UK) 10. The Punitive Classroom: Punishment and Punitive Feelings Between Adults and Children, Ruth Cigman (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK) Part IV: Exploring Alternatives to Punishment 11. What We Talk About When We Talk About Punishments and Consequences, Avi Mintz (Newlane University, USA) 12. Praise and Positive Behavior Management, Zoë A.Johnson King (University of Southern California, USA) 13. Nudging School Discipline, Viktor Ivankovic (Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia) 14. Making Sense of Student (Mis)behavior: A Critical Pragmatist Alternative to Pedagogies of Punishment, Barbara S. Stengel, Elizabeth A. Self and Rebecca A. Peterson (Vanderbilt University, USA) List of Contributors Index
£21.99
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Pedagogies of Punishment
Book SynopsisWinston C. Thompson is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education and Associate Professor of Philosophy (by courtesy) at Ohio State University, USA. He is the Editor of Philosophical Foundations of Education (Bloomsbury, 2022).John Tillson is Senior Lecturer of Philosophy of Education at Liverpool Hope University, UK. He is the author of Children, Religion and the Ethics of Influence (Bloomsbury 2019).Trade ReviewPunishment of students is a fact of school life. Should it be? If so, what forms of punishment are justified and under what conditions? In this superb, edited book, Thompson and Tillson bring together noted philosophers and teacher educators for a comprehensive and definitive response to those questions. * Larry Nucci, Adjunct Professor, School of Education, University of California, Berkeley USA *What punishment is and when and how it is justified in education are underexplored topics. This book dives deep into theories and practices of punishment in education, illuminating conceptual complexities as well as intended and unintended impacts of punishment on diverse young people. The book is foundational for understanding punishment in education from analytic and practical views. * Liz Jackson, Professor and Head of the Department of International Education, Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong *There’s a rich literature on the justification of punishment, but its routine use by schools is unquestioned. This rich volume presents a persuasive case for thinking that schools can only fulfil their educational mission if their punishments are justified. Philosophers, educationalists and everyone who cares about children will find it illuminating. * Neil Levy, Professor of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Australia and Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, United Kingdom *This collection of interdisciplinary literature is an insightful contribution to education fields and provides a valuable resource for educators, families, and communities. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Punishing Children: Foundational Analyses 1. Should School Children be Punished?, Joan Goodman (University of Pennsylvania, USA) 2. Punishment, Pupils, and School Rules, John Tillson (Liverpool Hope University, UK) and Winston C. Thompson (Ohio State University, USA) 3. Responsibility and the Potential Punishment of Children, Larisa Svirsky (Brandeis University, USA) Part II: Punishment in Practice and at the Margins 4. Justice for Trans Youth: Imagining Education Without Cisgenderism, Jenna Scaramanga (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK) 5. Racialized Childhoods, Educational Goods, and “No Excuses” Schools: In Defense of Play and Agency, Abigail Beneke (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) 6. Punishment in Early Childhood: Do Exclusionary Practices Threaten Children’s Moral Rights?, Joy Dangora Erickson (Endicott College, USA) 7. A New Look at Shaming in Schools, Clio Stearns (Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, USA) and Peter Stearns (George Mason University, USA) Part III: Due Process, Standing, and the Authority to Punish 8. Due Process: Fairness in Procedure and Substance in the Public Schools, Todd A. DeMitchell (University of New Hampshire, USA) 9. Taking Hypocrisy to School, Kartik Upadhyaya (Kings College London, UK) and John Tillson (Liverpool Hope University, UK) 10. The Punitive Classroom: Punishment and Punitive Feelings Between Adults and Children, Ruth Cigman (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK) Part IV: Exploring Alternatives to Punishment 11. What We Talk About When We Talk About Punishments and Consequences, Avi Mintz (Newlane University, USA) 12. Praise and Positive Behavior Management, Zoë A.Johnson King (University of Southern California, USA) 13. Nudging School Discipline, Viktor Ivankovic (Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia) 14. Making Sense of Student (Mis)behavior: A Critical Pragmatist Alternative to Pedagogies of Punishment, Barbara S. Stengel, Elizabeth A. Self and Rebecca A. Peterson (Vanderbilt University, USA) List of Contributors Index
£65.00
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Navigating Womanhood in Contemporary Botswana
Book SynopsisStephanie S. Starling is Chief of Staff at Justice Defenders, an NGO providing legal practice, education, and training to prisoners in Africa. She was previously Head of Research for a major data journalism studio specialising in international development trends.Trade ReviewA contemporary approach to the ethnography of gender in southern Africa, this book makes an important contribution through its exploration of the intersections between gender, fertility, and personhood in Botswana. It illustrates the precarity and positionality of women in this region and the need for ethnographic understandings of the lived experiences of those with whom we work. * Rebecca Upton, Colgate University, USA *A necessary and beautiful book that delves deep, with such tact and academic rigour, into contemporary womanhood in Botswana by centring the women’s narratives. By analysing, and exposing the intricate bi-legal, historical, societal and gendered interconnections, the book illuminates the complexities and contradictions of Black Batswana womanhood without being universalistic. * Patrycja Sosnowska-Buxton, The University of Stavanger, Norway *Stephanie's book is a fluent, compelling, challenging read. The experience of navigating womanhood that she sets out is filled with pain and unachievable standards. Whilst Stephanie explores some of the ways in which attitudes towards womanhood are changing, it seems that change comes very slowly. * Alexander McLean, Founder and CEO of Justice Defenders *Written in an accessible and captivating manner this book weaves the story of Batswana women through multiple facets of their lives. It brilliantly amplifies the voices of the women telling their stories in their own words. Although written about Botswana, it is very much the story of all African women and indeed many aspects will resonate with women across the world. While acknowledging the positive strides made so far, it also captures the ground that is yet to be won. A must read for all gender and development practitioners, students and women everywhere. * Evelyne Opondo, Africa Director at International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) *This book is an outstanding contribution to our knowledge of the construction of womanhood in a particular context and location while also contextualising it for women worldwide. It is an in-depth, scholarly study, nevertheless written in clear, accessible English and has my warmest recommendation for readers to further their understanding of the subtleties of gender construction and the implications for diverse women’s lives. * Robin Burns, Formerly of La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia *Table of ContentsAbstract Acknowledgments Chapter One – “Inferior in every way to a man”: Women in Botswana Chapter Two – Research Design and Methodology in Cross-Cultural Interviewing Chapter Three – “If you look at a woman you see a mother”: Achieving Womanhood Chapter Four – “I keep on feeling like they take advantage”: The Costs of Womanhood Chapter Five – “The life of women has changed very, very much”: Womanhood in Transition Chapter Six – “No men ever worked harder than Batswana women”: Conclusions References Appendix: Participant Details
£80.75
Edinburgh University Press Militant Cosmopolitics
Book SynopsisMaps the radical cosmopolitan dimension of global protests and social movements from recent decades
£23.74
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Black Lives Matter
Book SynopsisShaonta' Allen is Assistant Professor of Sociology and African and American American Studies at Dartmouth College, USA.Simone N. Durham is Faculty Lecturer of Sociology at Morgan State University and Doctoral Candidate at the University of Maryland College Park, USAAngela Jones is Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Stony Brook University, USA.
£52.25
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Prescription for Inequality
Book SynopsisThis book explores how social determinants of health (SDH) impact the health of a variety of marginalized demographic groups in the United States. Chapters focus on the 13 groups that research demonstrates are most disadvantaged by SDH and, consequently, who suffer the most from ongoing health disparities in America. This includes Black and Hispanic individuals, the LGBTQIA+ community, women, the elderly, people with disabilities, veterans, and those living in rural areas, among others.Chapters follow a standardized format that makes it easy for readers to focus in on aspects of the subject that are of greatest interest. Each profile begins with a snapshot of that group's current state of health, including the biggest medical concerns and how other determinants of health may play a role. Next, each chapter takes an in-depth look at the four components of SDH: economic factors, educational access and quality, healthcare access and quality, and living environment and sTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American (APIDA) Populations 2. Black Populations 3. Disabled Populations 4. Elderly Populations 5. Hispanic, Chicanx, and Latinx (HLC) Populations 6. Homeless and Housing Insecure Populations 7. Incarcerated Populations 8. Indigenous Populations 9. Low-Income Populations 10. Rural Populations 11. Sexual and Gender Minority Populations 12. Veterans 13. Women and Girls Bibliography and Further Readings Index
£90.25
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Youth Activism
Book SynopsisHava Rachel Gordon, Ph.D. is Professor of Sociology at the University of Denver, USA. She is the author of This Is Our School! Race and Community Resistance to School Reform (2021), which won the 2023 Outstanding Book Award from the American Educational Research Association.
£52.25
Rowman & Littlefield Reinventing Diversity
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn appropriate subtitle for this book might be No Easy Answers. Veteran diversity consultant Ross recognizes and well articulates the reasons why inclusion simply hasn’t taken root in many corporations as well as the reasons why well-meaning efforts don’t work. Many questions are asked here, but few are answered directly; yet the author underscores the fact that the journey to real diversity means listening intently and demonstrating patience, perseverance, and a deeper understanding of all communities involved rather than pretending to know all the answers. Philosophy aside (and there’s plenty to ruminate on), Ross shares different frameworks to help drive home a true change in thinking: nine steps to manage unconscious bias, eight basic principles of organizational communities, concentric circles of stakeholder resistance, and more. Architecture alone won’t transform an organization into one that’s culturally competent. Instead, read his account of a much-needed change at an inner-city midwestern hospital. Then apply his guidelines elsewhere. * Booklist *Ross, a corporate consultant, discusses problems with diversity programs and offers advice on how to improve their success. Personal stories, quotes from senior managers, research studies, statistics, lists, and interviews dominate the book. Diversity programs often fail because employee attendance is mandatory and the success of such programs is ill defined. Diversity is viewed as a human resource issue to many employees. Ross advises that diversity programs should develop a sense of organizational inclusion in terms of decision-making, responsibility, and leadership. The author's model requires a conscious shift affecting strategic planning, stakeholder development, organizational systems, and accountability. Ross provides numerous stories to help explain his diversity ideas, including the Fosbury Flop, the QWERTY keyboard, Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates's arrest at his home in Cambridge, and Stanley Milgram's research. The book concludes with basic principles of organizational community; steps to manage unconscious biases; and a model of building a culture of inclusion and cultural competency. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional readership. * CHOICE *I applaud Howard Ross for raising the issues, for bringing his heart, soul, spirit and passion to an issue he has devoted much of his life to. We have no choice but to embrace diversity, and Howard says we must confront our own biases in that embracing, and in our effort to construct a more inclusive society. His words ain't nothing but the truth, embracing my Ebonics. This is mind-expanding and important work. -- Julianne Malveaux, President of Bennett College for WomenIn ReInventing Diversity, Howard Ross explains that creating what he calls "Organizational Community" requires vision, which sounds like a platitude. Then we read on to discover that vision is much more than sight, or even foresight. Vision involves an intense level of focus and planning that anticipate the role of diversity in the globalized 21st century. If Howard Ross didn't exist, we'd have to invent him. Or at least reinvent him. -- Kojo Nnamdi, Host, The Kojo Nnamdi Show, WAMU FM, Washington DCHoward Ross’ global and academic experiences are artfully reflected in this book. His insights and guidance make this a must read for anyone wanting to create culturally inclusive community in organizations. I plan to make it required reading for leaders wherever I go. -- Rosalyn Taylor O'Neale, VP, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer Campbell Soup CompanyReInventing Diversity is a true reflection of Howard Ross’s heart and soul and his decades-long commitment to transforming human relationships. This book not only challenges us to think differently about diversity and inclusion, but it also points to a new direction about how we can overcome the lines and barriers that divide us. As a civil rights leader on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality, I use these lessons daily. -- Joe Solmonese, President, Human Rights Campaign (HRC)This book, like Howard Ross, is brimming with substance and soul. It is an important work that invites courageous conversations and difficult dialogues with ourselves and with others. Page after page offers us the wisdom, inspiration and tools we need to be effective advocates for diversity and inclusion. At last, here is the book we have been waiting for! -- Johnnetta Betsch Cole, President Emerita of Spelman College and Bennett College for WomenTable of ContentsOne Song Introduction: A Personal Journey Chapter 1: Why Does It Matter? Chapter 2: Why Most Diversity Programs Haven't Succeeded Chapter 3: The Background is Background Chapter 4: The Conundrum of Community Chapter 5: Uncovering the Background of Diversity Chapter 6: Transforming Cultural Competency Into Competitive Advantage What is Cultural Competency? Chapter 7: Paradigm Shift Two, How Can We Know Bias When We Can't Even See It In Ourselves? Chapter 8: Memes, Myself and I: Understanding Perceptual Identity Chapter 9: Developing Diversity Mastery: Understanding Your Wiring Chapter 10: "It's the System, Stupid!"Paradigm Shift Three: Moving From Events to Culture-Based Systems Change Chapter 11: The Eight Basic Principles of Organizational Community Chapter 12: Creating Cultures that Work Chapter 13: Walls Come Tumbling Down Chapter 14: A New Way Home Endnotes Acknowledgements Bibliography Index
£42.75
Rowman & Littlefield Everyday Bias
Book SynopsisTo be human is to be biased. From this simple truth, nationally recognized diversity expert Howard J. Ross explores the biases we each carry within us. Incorporating anecdotes from today's headlines alongside case studies from over 30 years of diversity consulting, Ross helps readers understand how unconscious bias impacts our day-to-day lives and, particularly, our daily work lives. And, he answers the question: Is there anything we can do about it? by providing examples of behaviors that the reader can engage in to disengage the impact of their own biases. Originally published in 2014, the updated edition draws new examples from today's headlines such as the #me too Movement, police shootings, and bias in the ever more partisan Trump era.Trade ReviewFounder of a diversity consulting company, Ross examines how to identify and overcome unconscious biases in everyday life. He takes up much more than discrimination based on race, gender, national origin, and other protected categories. The author delves into perceptions of Democrats and Republicans toward presidential candidates, patient income with respect to health care, shapes of objects relative to the shapes of objects around them, the George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin criminal case, and homosexuality. Ross lists a wide variety of biases—such as the tendency to anchor on one trait to make decisions and the inclination to make conclusions about a person based on first impressions—and draws on numerous research studies to support his conclusions. He also points to ways to overcome both personal and organizational bias. The former includes accepting uncertainty in life, exploring awkwardness and uncomfortable feelings, and getting feedback from others; the latter, finding patterns of privilege or exclusion of employees, brainstorming, listening to dissenting opinions, and analyzing the quality of information obtained. . . .Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; professionals; general readers. * CHOICE *The author explores the many biases that we each carry within us. Most people do not see themselves as biased towards people of different races or different genders. And yet, in virtually every area of modern life, disparities remain. Breakthroughs in the cognitive and neurosciences give some idea why our results seem inconsistent with our intentions. Bias is natural to the human mind, a survival mechanism that is fundamental to our identity. And, overwhelmingly, it is unconscious. Incorporating anecdotes from today’s headlines alongside case studies from over 30 years as a nationally prominent diversity consultant, Ross helps readers understand how unconscious bias impacts our day-to-day lives and particularly our daily work lives. He also provides examples of behaviors that the reader can engage in to disengage the impact of their own biases. * Journal of Consumer Policy *Howard Ross, a diversity expert, consultant, and founder of Cook-Ross, Inc., writes an in-depth look into the human mind and explores the known and unknown biases that constantly shape our thoughts and actions. . . .I believe this text would be helpful for business students and those who are currently in the workforce. . . .[This book] could be a valuable addition for those interested in the topic of bias and how it is manifested. * The Christian Librarian *getAbstract recommends Ross's insights to human resource professionals, managers and leaders dealing with a diverse workforce, and to anyone seeking to learn, grow and evolve. * getAbstract *We are certain we are 'one' person, not a thousand different selves reacting unconsciously to thousands of different stimuli. Everyday Bias is an important guide to seeing oneself the way others might. -- Ken Burns, filmmakerHoward Ross has done it again! Another gem that promises and delivers validated and practical methods for understanding our own biases. Everyday Bias explores those areas of bias that we all have and how it has meaningful, often negative impact for businesses, schools and society in general. For the casual interested reader or the chief diversity officer of an organization this book stands out as an invaluable guide to recognizing one’s own biases and how to effectively interrupt our usual patterns of thinking and behavior. Moreover, it offers fresh thinking through vivid examples of promising practices to disrupt unconscious bias by organizations and corporations. Howard is the unique writer that can blend evidence based data, rigorous analytical research and invaluable personal knowledge to ensure every reader finds a new and important insight. -- Marc A. Nivet, Chief Diversity Officer, Association of American Medical Colleges, Inc.The real genius of Everyday Bias is that it allows all of us to better understand bias without the guilt that often prevents us from addressing it. . . . Howard’s P.A.U.S.E. model is a groundbreaking shift in how to reconcile bias in an empowering way that will create stronger organizations and nations, better equipped to leverage the strength of difference. -- Steve Pemberton, Chief Diversity Officer, Walgreens and Author of A Chance in the WorldHoward Ross has thoroughly researched and clearly explained how and why we human beings engage in unconscious judgments. Most importantly, he helps us see how we can find a way not to act on our unconscious biases about people who are different from us. I learned an enormous amount from this book. Read it and you will too! Written by a consummate professional in diversity and inclusion consultancy, this book reinforces my belief that we human beings have the capacity to discover a new and effective way to acknowledge our differences and to move toward a day when our differences do not make any more difference. -- Johnnetta Betsch Cole, President Emerita of Spelman College and Bennett College for WomenFor decades leaders have been challenged with how to effectively build and tap in to the full power of diversity and inclusion. By learning to accept the human tendency towards “bias,” Howard Ross provides a solution for the reader to more effectively design and lead his or her organization towards greater human engagement and powerful organizational results. Leaders of all types will benefit from these questions, methods and techniques to foster engaged, innovative and powerfully productive teams. -- Tony Byers, PhD, Corporate Chief Diversity OfficerTable of ContentsIntroduction: Blinded by the Light of Our Bias Chapter One If You are Human, You are Biased Chapter Two Thinking about Thinking Chapter Three The Many Faces of Bias Chapter Four Life, Death and Unconscious Bias on a Rainy Night Chapter Six Like Water for the Fish: Networks of Bias in Everyday Life Chapter Seven Shifting to Neutral: How We Can Learn to Disengage from Bias Chapter Eight Incubators of Consciousness: Creating More Conscious Organizations Conclusion: A Brave New World, A Grand New Journey Acknowledgments Bibliography Endnotes
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Rowman & Littlefield The Violence of Hate
Book SynopsisThe Violence of Hate, Fourth Edition presents a systematic introduction to issues related to the sociology and social psychology of hate and violence as they target people who are different in socially significant ways. It offers an integrated perspective on the causes and consequences of hate-motivated violence and the reasons we have not always been effective in stopping it. Not only do the authors address the experiences of racial, ethnic, and religious groups under attack, but also those who are victimized because of their sexual orientation, gender, gender-identity, age, or disability status. In addition, they include a chapter dedicated solely to the exploration of hate crimes, an evolving legal concept and public policy domain, as well as a chapter in which they suggest approaches that may be effectively applied collectively to the reduction of hate violence. As in earlier versions of The Violence of Hate, Levin and Nolan take the position that support for hate-motivated violencTable of Contents1. Perspectives on Hate and Violence Hate, Prejudice, and Discrimination Transforming the Terms Prejudice versus Discrimination The Role of the Individual Justifying Hate Violence The Influence of Significant Others From Individual to Institutional Discrimination Constructing Group Identity Who Controls an Individual’s Group Identity? Changing Group Identity The Privilege of White Identity When Stereotypes Turn Nasty Is Hate on the Decline? Underestimating Bigotry Unconscious Bias The Difference Between Small and Insignificant Hate Crimes are Vastly Under-Reported It Takes Only a Few Bad Apples Conclusion 2. Explaining the Violence of Hate Environment, Heredity, and the Power of the Situation The Environmental View—Blaming the Victim The Hereditary View—Blaming the Victim A Situationist View of Hate Violence Threatening Situations Can Inspire Hate Hate Crimes Against Muslims Hate Crimes Against Immigrants The New Anti-Semitism A Continuing Racial Gap The Obama Factor Bashing Gays and Lesbians Hate Crimes Against Women Conclusion 3. Hate Crimes Motive Matters The Hate Crime Statistics Act The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program NIBRS Hate Crime Data Why Now? Pros and Cons of Hate Crime Laws Hate Crime Laws Today Federal Civil Rights Statutes The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act State Hate Crime Statutes Hate Crime Laws and the U.S. Constitution Policing Hatred When the Police Are Viewed as Perpetrators of Hate Violence When the Police Are Viewed as Victims of Hate Violence Explaining Bias in Policing Bourdieu’s Theory of Practice: A Sociological Perspective on Police Violence The Traffic Enforcement Analogy: A Sociological Explanation Policing Hate Crimes Seeing Hate Crimes Intension and Extension of the Term “Hate Crime” Classification of Hate Crime Incidents Why Is This Distinction Important? Hate Crimes in Europe The Roma in Europe Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Violence Conclusion 4. A Typology of Hate Hatemongers The Role of Organized Hate Hate from a Distance Biblical Bigotry The Militia Movement and White Supremacy Expanding the Influence of Organized Hate Mass Murder in the Name of Hate Dabblers Getting a Thrill Being Defensive Getting Even Sympathizers Behind Closed Doors An Eliminationist Anti-Semitism Cultural Hate Culture Transcends Generations Spectators The Failure to Act Middleman Minorities Middleman Minorities in the United States The American Version of Spectatorship Conclusion 5. The Benefits of Bigotry Protest by Proxy Psychological Advantages Enhancing and Protecting Self-Esteem Reducing Uncertainty Economic and Status Advantages Getting the Dirty Work Done Eliminating Opponents Maintaining Political Power Conclusion 6. The Production of Rebels, Deviants, and Other Decent People The Power of the Situation When Normal People Do Abnormally Nasty Things Fighting Spectatorship Intergroup Contact The Impact of Competition Reducing Hostility Between Groups Structuring Opportunities for Cooperation Follow the Leader Obeying Orders The Role of Leadership The Impact of Deviance When Rebels Rebel The Importance of Empathy Across Groups Human Agency: The Ability to Create “Good” Situations The Agentic Perspective Collective Efficacy in Neighborhoods Neighborhood Agency and Collective Efficacy Conclusion Appendix A. Anti-Hate Websites Appendix B. Division E—Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
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Edinburgh University Press The Egalitarian Sublime
Book SynopsisAgainst the unjust legacies of the traditional sublime, James Williams defends an anarchist sublime: multiple, self-destructive and temporary; opposed to any idea of highest value to be shared by all, but always imposed on the powerless.
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Edinburgh University Press The Religion of White Rage
Book SynopsisThis book sheds light on the phenomenon of white rage, and maps out the uneasy relationship between white anxiety, religious fervour, American identity and perceived black racial progress.
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Little, Brown & Company No Justice
Book SynopsisThe harrowing true story of Robbie Tolan, a young black man who was shot in the chest by a white police officer . . . in his own driveway.NO JUSTICE is the harrowing story of Robbie Tolan, who early on one New Year''s Eve morning, found himself being rushed to the hospital. A white police officer had shot him in the chest after mistakenly accusing him of stealing his own car...while in his own driveway. In a journey that took nearly a decade, Tolan and his family saw his case go before the United States Supreme Court in a groundbreaking decision, while Tolan struggled with how to put his life back together. Holding him together through this journey was the strength of his mother and father, his faith in God, and an impenetrable belief that he deserved justice like any other American who''d been wronged. NO JUSTICE is the story about what happened after the cameras and social media protests went away. Robbie Tolan was left with the physical and me
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Stanford University Press Not My Type: Automating Sexual Racism in Online
Book SynopsisIn the world of online dating, race-based discrimination is not only tolerated, but encouraged as part of a pervasive belief that it is simply a neutral, personal choice about one's romantic partner. Indeed, it is so much a part of our inherited wisdom about dating and romance that it actually directs the algorithmic infrastructures of most major online dating platforms, such that they openly reproduce racist and sexist hierarchies. In Not My Type: Automating Sexual Racism in Online Dating, Apryl Williams presents a socio-technical exploration of dating platforms' algorithms, their lack of transparency, the legal and ethical discourse in these companies' community guidelines, and accounts from individual users in order to argue that sexual racism is a central feature of today's online dating culture. She discusses this reality in the context of facial recognition and sorting software as well as user experiences, drawing parallels to the long history of eugenics and banned interracial partnerships. Ultimately, Williams calls for, both a reconceptualization of the technology and policies that govern dating agencies, and also a reexamination of sociocultural beliefs about attraction, beauty, and desirability.Trade Review"[A] troubling investigation of structural racism in online dating platforms.... Williams's highly accessible narrative is made extra intriguing by the liberal inclusion of users' own words sharing their intimate thoughts."—Publishers Weekly"From the automation of white beauty standards to the chilling prevalence of racist abuse in private messages, Williams reveals the harms created when racism, technology, and romance interact."—Angéle Christin, author of Metrics at Work"This book changes how we think about the sociology of the 'real world' in dating by taking seriously the online world where so many of us find love forever or just right now. Apryl Williams shows us a new, better way to do digital sociology, and her writing makes for a compelling read."—Jessie Daniels, author of Nice White LadiesTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. A New Sexual Racism? 2. Automating Sexual Racism 3. I'm Just Not Comfortable with Them: The Myth of Neutral Personal Preference 4. I've Always Wanted to Fuck a Black or Asian Woman: Being Racially Curated in the Sexual Marketplace 5. Safety Thirst: Who Gets to Be Safe While Dating Online? Conclusion: All You Need Is Love (and Transparency, Trust, and Safety)
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Pan Macmillan Killjoy: How a small voice made a big change
Book Synopsis'I was hooked from the first page' – Mel Giedroyc'Heroic and humorous' – Independent'Warm, wise, witty' – Laura Bates, author of Everyday SexismThe uplifting and incredible true story of the No More Page 3 campaign and the unlikely everyday women who made a generational change possible.Jo Cheetham was a long way from home, studying and working as a nanny in London, when she saw news of an upcoming protest against the Page 3 pictorial in The Sun and decided to go along. Before she could talk herself out of it, Jo officially joined the No More Page 3 campaign team.Over the course of the next three years, Jo protested up and down the country, attended parliament and made an unlikely group of friends, ranging from sixteen to sixty, that would become her closest confidants and allies. Whether it was through an impromptu flash mob or a nerve-wracking group performance on the West End stage, Jo's world started to get a lot bigger.Hilarious, brilliantly warm and moving, Killjoy is a story of everyday people doing extraordinary things, the power of a grassroots campaign and ultimately what you can achieve when you shout a little bit louder.'Funny and inspiring' – Rachel Cooke, The Guardian'Snappily written with humour and irreverence, it unpeels the insanity of our patriarchal society and why it can and must change. Order it now, is our advice' – StylistTrade Review'I want to shout about this brilliantly funny book from the rooftops! Fiercely funny, truly fascinating and inspiring and touching in equal measure, Killjoy is about the real-life story of a handful of 'small' female Davids taking on large male Goliaths. Life-affirming and brilliantly told, I was hooked from the first page . . . I loved it.' -- Mel Giedroyc A funny and inspiring account of one postgraduate student's life-changing decision to join the No More Page 3 campaign: a first book that couldn't be more up my strasse if it tried. -- Rachel Cooke * The Guardian, 'Non-fiction to look out for in 2023' *Funny frank and fearless, this is an inspiring read about grassroots feminist activism and how a group of determined women can change the world. Killjoy is just like its author: warm, wise, witty and wet your pants hilarious. Older activists will recognise the struggles and triumphs she describes with wry smiles and younger ones will find this book is like a pep talk from a supportive older sister telling them they can do it too! -- Laura Bates, author of Everyday SexismI can't even begin to explain to my daughter that we grew up with naked pictures of women with massive knockers everywhere we looked, as if that was perfectly normal. This funny, frank memoir is an amazing reminder of what women went through to stop it. -- Jenny Colgan, bestselling author of Meet Me at the Cupcake CaféFunny, warm and compelling, Jo Cheetham’s Killjoy is a hugely readable real-life story of friendship, solidarity and taking on the big guys even when everyone thinks you’re mad. A great choice for book clubs, not least as it’s about a group of friends who simply refused to give up. -- AJ Pearce, bestselling author of Dear Mrs BirdSnappily written with humour and irreverence, it unpeels the insanity of our patriarchal society and why it can and must change. Order it now, is our advice. * Stylist, 'Non-fiction books you can’t miss in 2023' *A heroic and humorous account of the woman who found herself at the head of the No More Page 3 campaign, in a group of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. * The Independent, 'Debut Authors Set to Make Their Mark This Year' *I adored this heroic and unexpectedly humorous account of how Cheetham, then a PhD student who had never considered herself political or even assertive, was moved to join the No More Page 3 campaign . . . Hers is a fabulously uplifting story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, which shows we all have the power to stand up for what we believe in, and bring about change. -- Caroline Sanderson, 'Editor's Choice', The BooksellerWonderful . . . Jo Cheetham charts her journey from shy graduate student, riddled with insecurities about her working-class roots, to fearless feminist campaigner . . . Funny, relatable and heart-warming. * New Statesman *
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Pan Macmillan Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
Book SynopsisINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ‘An absolute must-read . . . Emmanuel Acho dives into important subjects like cultural appropriation and white privilege, urging you to find a way to join in the fight against racism’ – Cosmopolitan An urgent primer on race and racism, from Emmanuel Acho, an American Football Legend and host of the viral hit video series Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man.In Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, Acho takes on all the questions, large and small, insensitive and taboo, many white people are afraid to ask – yet which everyone needs the answers to, now more than ever. With the same open-hearted generosity that has made his video series of the same name a phenomenon, Acho explains the vital core of such fraught concepts as white privilege, cultural appropriation and ‘reverse racism’.In his own words, he provides a space of compassion and understanding in a discussion that can lack both. He asks only for the reader’s curiosity – but along the way, he will galvanize all of us to join the anti-racist fight.‘I really love this’ – Jada Pinkett Smith‘What Emmanuel Acho has to say is important’ – Matthew McConaugheyTrade ReviewI really love this . . . [it’s] deeply informative for those who need more clarity and understanding. Get educated with Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man -- Jada Pinkett SmithWhat Emmanuel Acho has to say is important. It has made me think, and I hope that more people read this and that it will get them thinking. He answers the questions – the why of things – that will hopefully lead, in the future, to the how we move forward -- Matthew McConaugheyEmmanuel is a voice we need right now. I admire and appreciate the way he tackles complex issues with great empathy, care and introspection. He understands that every good conversation starts with listening, and I believe the work he is doing is critical -- Roger Goodell, NFL CommissionerEmmanuel Acho pushes conversations that we need to have into the middle, when so many want them on the side. This book matters so much -- Carl Lentz
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John Murray Press Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male
Book SynopsisFrom the TIME 100 author of the Sunday Times and number 1 New York Times bestseller So You Want to Talk About Race, a subversive history of white male American identity.'One of the most admired writers and "internet yellers" around... [Mediocre is] ever more vital... Oluo's meeting the time -- this movement against white supremacy and systems of oppression. But the question she keeps asking in her work: Are we?' IBRAM X KENDI'Mediocre paints an urgent, honest picture of how white male identity has spawned unrest in the country's political ideology... It's a necessary read for the world we live in' CHIDOZIE OBASI, Harper's Bazaar'[Ijeoma's] books don't come from a place of hate, but of determination to make change... [Mediocre is] another amazing book' TREVOR NOAH on The Daily ShowWhat happens to a country that tells generation after generation of white men that they deserve power? What happens when success is defined by status over women and people of colour, instead of actual accomplishments?Through the last 150 years of American history -- from the post-Reconstruction South and the mythic stories of cowboys, to the present-day controversy over NFL protests and the backlash against the rise of women in politics -- Ijeoma Oluo exposes the devastating consequences of white male supremacy on women, people of colour, and white men themselves. As provocative as it is essential, Mediocre investigates the real costs of white male power in order to imagine a new white male identity, one free from racism and sexism.'[An] analytical and compassionate book' New Statesman'Deftly combines history and sociological study with personal narrative, and the result is both uncomfortable and illuminating' Washington Post'Ijeoma's sharp yet accessible writing about the American racial landscape made her 2018 book So You Want to Talk About Race an invaluable resource . . . Mediocre builds on this exemplary work, homing in on the role of white patriarchy in creating and upholding a system built to disenfranchise anyone who isn't a white male' TIME
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Rowman & Littlefield Backlash: What Happens When We Talk Honestly
Book SynopsisWhen George Yancy penned a New York Times op-ed entitled “Dear White America” asking white Americans to confront the ways that they benefit from racism, he knew his article would be controversial. But he was unprepared for the flood of vitriol in response. The resulting blowback played out in the national media, with critics attacking Yancy in every form possible—including death threats—and supporters rallying to his side. Despite the rhetoric of a “post-race” America, Yancy quickly discovered that racism is still alive, crude, and vicious in its expression. In Backlash, Yancy expands upon the original article and chronicles the ensuing controversy as he seeks to understand what it was about the op-ed that created so much rage among so many white readers. He challenges white Americans to rise above the vitriol and to develop a new empathy for the African American experience.Trade Review“Direct and honest, Yancy’s delineations of white violence, white indifference, and white naïveté are both thoughtful and discomforting.” * Publishers Weekly *For all readers with the courage and care to act for racial and social justice. * Library Journal *For a professional philosopher to communicate such deep rawness and suffering is, quite simply, astounding. * Tikkun Magazine *Searing, honest, and Unflagging in its pursuit of understanding. * Foreword Reviews *Rather than just acknowledging modern-day American racism, Yancy implores white readers to face the truth of their own bigotry, the privilege of their whiteness, and the ways that this whiteness inherently dehumanizes and endangers black people. . . . Yancy asks white readers to fundamentally question their sense of self, to accept the ugliness of the whiteness inherent in them. This is a monumental, incredibly difficult intellectual task. . . . Backlash is an honest, smart, and thoughtful book. . . * Los Angeles Review of Books *This is a timely account of how raising the issue of racism to a white public can bring out the worst of humanity: hate. . . . It is not an easy book to read, no matter what your cultural and racial heritage, because it is unutterably sad that we need such a book in 2018. But we do require such an analysis of racism, and its concomitant ally whiteness. It is ubiquitous and rather insidious in all forms of social life, from the White House to the trailer park. Yancy gives heartfelt, yet courageous, insight into how the vitriol from whites stirred his humanity to be proactive, and seek further ways to reach the unreachable. * CHOICE *“George Yancy’s courageous appeal to White America “to confront the problem of whiteness; to cultivate a critical awareness of the specter of whiteness and white privilege that each one of you inherits” elicited a remarkable range of responses, some hideous beyond words, some welcoming what he rightly called a “gift.” This eloquent meditation on the events and their meaning calls on us, with piercing honesty, to think hard, and work hard, to excise the malignancy of white supremacy from our culture and our lives.” -- Noam Chomsky“Backlash is a decisive intervention on a hugely important topic by a very courageous thinker. Highly recommended.” -- Simon Critchley, Hans Jonas Professor, The New School for Social Research“Although fighting racism is one of the beliefs of our liberal society, not only astute social critics but also thousands of “ordinary” people clearly experience the falsity of the predominant liberal dogmas. Yancy conclusively demonstrates how we should move far beyond the liberal attacks on alt-right neocons towards asking the key question: to what degree the conservative backlash was made possible by the silences and compromises of the liberal perspective itself. No politically correct language policy can effectively disturb actual relations of domination and power. For this fact alone, Backlash deserves to become a classic.” -- Slavoj Žižek"Through his wisdom, his research, and his lived experience, George Yancy has provided us with a thought-provoking example of the impact of racism in America: personally and impersonally, individually and collectively. Yancy deconstructs racism in a powerful way, and deepens our understanding by sharing his personal experience. All Americans can learn from reading this text. White Americans, and for that matter members of any dominant group, should especially treat this book as a special gift." -- Howard J. Ross, founder and chief learning officer of Cook Ross Inc., a diversity consulting company, and author of Everyday Bias and Reinventing DiversityTable of ContentsForeword: The End of White Innocence Acknowledgments Introduction: Talking About Racism: When Honesty Feels Like Too much to Bear Chapter 1: The Letter: Dear White America Chapter 2: Dear Nigger Professor Chapter 3: Risking the White Self Chapter 4: Accepting the Gift Notes Index About the Author
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Rowman & Littlefield Thinking Race: Social Myths and Biological
Book SynopsisThinking Race argues that racism results from a misguided blending of biological facts with pernicious socially constructed ideas. This book aims to help readers accept the reality of human difference while understanding human unity. The esteemed author team of Richard A. Goldsby, a biologist, and Mary Catherine Bateson, an anthropologist, recognize race as primarily socially constructed but also having biological reality. They argue that misunderstanding the nature of race stands in the way of addressing and solving the problems of our current racial climate. The book addresses controversial subjects, exploring whether or not race-associated biological differences are differences that might impact mental ability, medical practice, or athletic performance. Because the black/white divide is a dominant and continuing theme of U.S. history and culture, the book devotes a good deal of attention to these groups, while also covering Native Americans and Asian Americans. Thinking Race provides a thoughtful and nuanced case for viewing race as a cultural play in an ancestral theater. This perspective, anthropological and biological, will build a framework for thinking about race and provide conceptual tools for better understanding and addressing this charged and often pernicious notion.Trade ReviewIs race a social construction or a biological reality? In this brave and necessary book, Richard Goldsby and Mary Catherine Bateson provide a persuasive response: it is both. Using a wealth of genetic and cultural evidence, Goldsby and Bateson shed light on a question too often dominated by heat, and they explore the implications of their answer for medicine, social policy, and politics. -- William A. Galston, Senior Fellow, The Brookings InstitutionThis scholarly, but completely accessible and entertaining, treatise examines what we term “race” providing food for serious thought on several levels. The authors bring expertise from their respective areas of scholarship to bear on this complex topical issue. Their discussion of the intricacies involved, not readily resolved by current DNA analyses or dissection of cultural issues, gives new and thoughtful insight. Having defined race in a reasonable way next are enumerated consequences of racial discrimination along with some suggestions to balance inequity. An open-minded reading of this treatment may require rethinking of common stereotypes and abandoning racist attitudes. -- Thomas J. Kindt, authorThis wise book by a distinguished biologist and an acclaimed anthropologist forthrightly, clearly, and concisely summarizes the objective evidence that there are races and racial differences: readers will find some surprising. The authors’ take bears on many `hot-button’ issues and provides compelling and reasoned insight into how society and culture, not biology, determines racial inequality. Thinking Race is a must read. -- Lydia Villa-Komaroff, independent consultant, Intersections: Science, Business, Diversity; former vice president of research, Northwestern UniversityIf we are ever to move beyond the racial divisiveness that continues to plaque our nation, we must have courageous conversations about race. Goldsby and Bateson have written an important and engaging book that can enlighten these conversations in the interest of social justice. By explaining the biology of race, and how race is largely socially constructed, the authors help us accept human differences among us at the same time that we understand the power of human unity. -- Johnnetta Betsch Cole, President Emerita of Spelman College and Bennett College for WomenThe authors draw upon a wide spectrum of sources and methods in crafting a compelling argument that distinguishes and illustrates the complexities between race as a biological concept and race as a social construct. -- Robert Wedgeworth, founding President and CEO of ProLiteracy WorldwideTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1 Generations of Migration 2 The Notion and Nature of Race 3 Human Diversity 4 Race and Medicine 5 Race and Ability 6 Seeking Solutions Suggested Readings for Thinking Race Index
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Rowman & Littlefield Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and
Book SynopsisRacism Without Racists examines in detail how Whites talk, think, and account for the existence of racial inequality. The main argument of the book is that color-blind racism, a new racial ideology that emerged in the post-Civil Rights era, has emerged as the fountain of frames, stylistic components, and racial stories Whites rely on to articulate their views on racial affairs. Relying on systematically-gathered interview data, Bonilla-Silva not only de constructs the main elements of this ideology, but also explains how the ways most Whites live their lives (the “white habitus”) is central to the reproduction of this ideology, why a specific segment of the White community is more racially progressive, and accounts for how Blacks are effected by the ideology. In this edition, the author has added a very didactic chapter discussing what makes “systemic racism” systemic and another examining how color-blind racism framed many issues during the pandemic. Table of Contents(Fifth Edition)1 The Strange Enigma of Race in Contemporary America2 The New Racism: The U.S. Racial Structure Since the 1960s3 The Central Frames of Color-Blind Racism4 The Style of Color Blindness: How to Talk Nasty about Minorities without Sounding Racist5 “I Didn’t Get That Job Because of a Black Man”: Color-Blind Racism’s Racial Stories6 Peeking Inside the (White) House of Color Blindness: The Significance of Whites’ Segregation7 Are All Whites Refined Archie Bunkers? An Examination of White Racial Progressives8 Are Blacks Color Blind, Too? 9 E Pluribus Unum, or the Same Old Perfume in a New Bottle? On the Future of Racial Stratification in the United States10 From Obamerica to Trumpamerica: The Continuing Significance of Color-Blind Racism11 Conclusion: What is to Be Done? Talking with YOU about How to Fight Color Blind Racism in America
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Bloomsbury Academic Race Crime and Criminal Justice Controversy
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Little, Brown & Company Say Their Names: How Black Lives Came to Matter
Book SynopsisFor many, the story of the weeks of protests in the summer of 2020 began with the horrific nine minutes and twenty-nine seconds when Police Officer Derek Chauvin killed George Floyd on camera, and it ended with the sweeping federal, state, and intrapersonal changes that followed. It is a simple story, wherein white America finally witnessed enough brutality to move their collective consciousness. The only problem is that it isn't true. George Floyd was not the first Black man to be killed by police-he wasn't even the first to inspire nation-wide protests-yet his death came at a time when America was already at a tipping point.In Say Their Names, five seasoned journalists probe this critical shift. With a piercing examination of how inequality has been propagated throughout history, from Black imprisonment and the Convict Leasing program to long-standing predatory medical practices to over-policing, the authors highlight the disparities that have long characterized the dangers of being Black in America. They examine the many moderate attempts to counteract these inequalities, from the modern Civil Rights movement to Ferguson, and how the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others pushed compliance with an unjust system to its breaking point. Finally, they outline the momentous changes that have resulted from this movement, while at the same time proposing necessary next steps to move forward.With a combination of penetrating, focused journalism and affecting personal insight, the authors bring together their collective years of reporting, creating a cohesive and comprehensive understanding of racial inequality in America.
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PublicAffairs,U.S. Empathy Economics: Janet Yellen’s Remarkable Rise
Book SynopsisWhen President Biden announced Janet Yellen as his choice for secretary of the treasury, it was the peak moment of a remarkable life. Not only the first woman in the more than two-century history of the office, Yellen is the first person to hold all three top economic policy jobs in the United States: chair of both the Federal Reserve and the President's Council of Economic Advisors as well as treasury secretary.Through Owen Ullmann's intimate portrait, we glean two remarkable aspects of Yellen's approach to economics: first, her commitment to putting those on the bottom half of the economic ladder at the center of economic policy, and employing forward-looking ideas to use the power of government to create a more prosperous, productive life for everyone. And second, her ability to maintain humanity in a Washington policy world where fierce political combat casts others as either friend or enemy, never more so than in our current age of polarization.As Ullmann takes us through Yellen's life and work, we clearly see her brilliance and meticulous preparation. What stands out, though, is Yellen as an icon of progress-the "Ruth Bader Ginsburg of economics"-a superb-yet-different kind of player in a cold, male-dominated profession that all too often devises policies to benefit the already well-to-do. With humility and compassion as her trademarks, we see the influence of Yellen's father, a physician whose pay-what-you-can philosophy meant never turning anyone away. That compassion, rooted in her family life in Brooklyn, now extends across our entire country.
£23.75
PublicAffairs,U.S. Breaking Free: The Lie of Equality and The New
Book SynopsisFor more than a century, women have fought for equality. Yet, time and again, their battles have fallen short. Even so-called constitutionally-protected equal rights can be withdrawn by judges and undermined by legislators. But the greater problem is in the notion of equality itself.In Breaking Free, culture writer Marcie Bianco persuasively argues that the very concept of equality is a fallacy, an illusory goal that cannot address historic forms of discrimination and oppression. Starting with the campaign for women's suffrage and traveling through modern history, she shows us how equality has been designed to keep women and disenfranchised communities chasing an unobtainable goal. Conditioned for generations to want equality, it has become an insidious mindset locking us into the gender binary and reductive identity politics. Bianco calls upon a long-overlooked lineage to argue that only freedom can liberate feminism from these constraints, and proposes three freedom practices for women to reclaim their bodily autonomy and power.What happens if we free ourselves of equality? Controversial and thrilling, Breaking Free guides readers toward new hope for the future of the feminist movement.
£22.50
PublicAffairs,U.S. Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race
Book SynopsisFight back against misinformation and ignorance as New York Times bestselling author Keith Boykin debunks 25 of the most common claims used to refute America’s racist past and present. The most toxic racial arguments share one of five traits. They try to erase Black history, prioritize white victimhood, deny Black oppression, promote myths of Black inferiority, or rebrand racism as something else entirely. They’re all designed to distract society from racial justice, but now we have the tools to debunk them. With a mixture of personal experience, reportage, and extensive research, Keith Boykin takes a wrecking ball to twenty-five of the most widespread deceptions about race, such as: The Civil War was about states’ rights, not slavery Affirmative action is reverse discrimination Critical Race Theory is indoctrinating children to hate one another and shows us h
£22.50
Little, Brown & Company Created Equal: The Painful Past, Confusing
Book SynopsisNow a New York Times Bestseller!External physical characteristics that are genetically encoded are things over which no individual has control. But rather than appreciating the gift of diversity, some have chosen to use it to drive wedges between groups of people. Some of these external characteristics are associated with the past moral failing of slavery. Though slavery in America formally ended in the 1860s, the vestiges of that evil institution are still with us today, and those vestiges often inflict guilt on some and facilitate feelings of victimhood in others. In Created Equal, Dr. Carson uses his own personal experiences as a member of a racial minority, along with the writings and experiences of others from multiple backgrounds and demographics, to analyze the current state of race relations in America. Instead of using race as an excuse to remake America into something completely antithetical to the Constitution, Dr. Carson suggests ways to enhance and bring great success to our nation and all multiethnic societies by magnifying America's incredible strengths instead of her historical weaknesses.
£22.50
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Viola Desmond's Canada: A History of Blacks and
Book SynopsisIn 1946, Viola Desmond was wrongfully arrested for sitting in a whites-only section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. In 2010, the Nova Scotia Government recognized this gross miscarriage of justice and posthumously granted her a free pardon. Most Canadians are aware of Rosa Parks, who refused to give up her seat on a racially segregated bus in Alabama, but Viola Desmond s act of resistance occurred nine years earlier. However, many Canadians are still unaware of Desmond s story or that racial segregation existed throughout many parts of Canada during most of the twentieth century. On the subject of race, Canadians seem to exhibit a form of collective amnesia. Viola Desmond s Canada is a groundbreaking book that provides a concise overview of the narrative of the Black experience in Canada. Reynolds traces this narrative from slavery under French and British rule in the eighteenth century to the practice of racial segregation and the fight for racial equality in the twentieth century. Included are personal recollections by Wanda Robson, Viola Desmond s youngest sister, together with important but previously unpublished documents and other primary sources in the history of Blacks in Canada."Trade Review"An impressive book that tackles much more than the experience of Viola Desmond. Reynolds work is a wide-ranging discussion of the broad themes of slavery, race, segregation and historical memory." (Harvey Amani Whitfield, University of Vermont) "Reynolds' book is a significant and timely contribution to the burgeoning field of African Canadian history and social justice studies. I thank him for writing this book." (Afua Cooper, James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Dalhousie University)Table of ContentsContents: Introduction * Part I. A Narrative History * A Narrative of Race in Canadian History from Slavery to the Underground Railroad * The Many Faces of Jim Crow: Racial Segregation in Canada 1880-1960 * My Early Memories of Race, My Sister Viola and My Journey of Self-Discovery (Wanda Robson) * Part II. A Documentary History * Marie Marguerite Rose: What Her Inventory of Material Possessions Tells Us About Slavery and Freedom in Eighteenth-Century New France * West Indian Immigration to Canada 1900-1920: What the Census Figures Don't Tell Us * The Culture of Racism in Canada: Burning Crosses, Blackened-Faced Actors and Minstrel Shows * Pearleen Oliver: Pioneer in the Fight to End Racial Discrimination * Epilogue * Appendix: The Promised Land Project Symposium Round Table Discussion * References * Index
£20.90
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada
Book SynopsisDelving behind Canada's veneer of multiculturalism and tolerance, Policing Black Lives traces the violent realities of anti-blackness from the slave ships to prisons, classrooms and beyond. Robyn Maynard provides readers with the first comprehensive account of nearly four hundred years of state-sanctioned surveillance, criminalization and punishment of Black lives in Canada.While highlighting the ubiquity of Black resistance, Policing Black Lives traces the still-living legacy of slavery across multiple institutions, shedding light on the state's role in perpetuating contemporary Black poverty and unemployment, racial profiling, law enforcement violence, incarceration, immigration detention, deportation, exploitative migrant labour practices, disproportionate child removal and low graduation rates.Emerging from a critical race feminist framework that insists that all Black lives matter, Maynard's intersectional approach to anti-Black racism addresses the unique and understudied impacts of state violence as it is experienced by Black women, Black people with disabilities, as well as queer, trans, and undocumented Black communities.A call-to-action, Policing Black Lives urges readers to work toward dismantling structures of racial domination and re-imagining a more just society.
£18.90
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. Small Tragedy
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£17.99
Human Rights Watch Racist Violence in the United Kingdom
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£999.99
Bold Type Books Stakes Is High: Life After the American Dream
Book Synopsis Winner of the 2020 Kirkus Prize for NonfictionBrave, clear-eyed, and passionate, Stakes Is High is the book we need to guide us past crisis mode and through an uncertain future.The events of the past decade have forced us to reckon with who we are and who we want to be. We have been invested in a set of beliefs about our American identity: our exceptionalism, the inevitable rightness of our path, the promise that hard work and determination will carry us to freedom. But in Stakes Is High, Mychal Denzel Smith confronts the shortcomings of these stories -- and with the American Dream itself -- and calls on us to live up to the principles we profess but fail to realize. In a series of incisive essays, Smith exposes the stark contradictions at the heart of American life, holding all of us, individually and as a nation, to account. We've gotten used to looking away, but the fissures and casual violence of institutional oppression are ever-present. There is a future that is not as grim as our past. In this profound work, Smith helps us envision it with care, honesty, and imagination.
£13.29
PublicAffairs,U.S. No Justice in the Shadows: How America
Book SynopsisEach year in the United States, 400,000 people are arrested, detained, and deported, trapped in what leading immigrant rights activist and lawyer Alina Das calls the 'deportation machine.' They are people who politicians like President Trump would have us believe are 'bad hombres.' But while we're debating border walls, travel bans, child detention, and quotas, these individuals are banished from their homes, their families, and their communities, and by a country that celebrates itself as a 'nation of immigrants.'As Das explains in her urgent book, we cannot break the pattern of the abuse and marginalization of immigrants in the U.S. until we understand fully how the system works. And in this country, that means understanding how racism and criminalization intersect to doubly punish communities of color. Das traces the history of immigration policy, showing how its evolution has always been linked to racist exclusion. Combining these systems exacerbates the flaws in both-and when 1 in 3 Americans has a criminal record, millions are caught in the crosshairs. Das weaves the history of immigration with moving narratives of those who have been caught up in the deportation machine, including Aba, a hardworking mother of four young children; Ely, a survivor of the crack epidemic in the 1980s; and Alonso, a DACA recipient. In deconstructing the 'criminal alien' narrative, No Justice in the Shadows offers an essential path forward: an inclusive immigration policy premised on human dignity, due process, and respect for all people.
£20.90
David R. Godine Publisher Inc Mercurochrome
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£15.19
Monthly Review Press,U.S. Inequality, Class, and Economics
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£18.00
Africa World Press White Racism On The Western Urban Frontier:
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£21.21
