{"product_id":"americas-growing-inequality-9781498521116","title":"Americas Growing Inequality","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is a compilation of the best and still-most-relevant articles published in Poverty \u0026amp; Race, the bimonthly of The Poverty \u0026amp; Race Research Action Council from 2006 to the present. Authors are some of the leading figures in a range of activities around these themes. It is the fourth such book PRRAC has published over the years, each with a high-visibility foreword writer: Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. Bill Bradley, Julian Bond in previous books, Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Chicago for this book. The chapters are organized into four sections: Race \u0026amp; Poverty: The Structural Underpinnings; Deconstructing Poverty and Racial Inequities; Re(emerging) Issues; Civil Rights History.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe are living in a truly extraordinary moment in our history, plagued with economic inequality and rampant injustices. America’s Growing Inequality: The Impact of Poverty and Race is an essential tool to educate, inspire, and energize people to fight for necessary change. -- Richard L. Trumka, President, AFL-CIO\u003cbr\u003eYou need this helpful ammunition in the fight against inequality! -- Julian Bond, Chairman Emeritus, NAACP\u003cbr\u003eA very helpful analysis of our society’s deep-seated, persistent and shameful problems, along with guidelines for reform. -- Lani Guinier, Harvard Law School\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Congressman Luis Gutierrez Introduction, Chester Hartman  I. Racism and Poverty: The Structural Underpinnings  Toward a Structural Racism Framework  Andrew Grant-Thomas \u0026amp; john a. powell  Structural Racism: Focusing on the Cause Cliff Schrupp  American Indian Tribes and Structural Racism  Sherry Salway Black   Structural Racism and Rebuilding New Orleans Maya Wiley  Race vis-à-vis Class in the U.S.? john a. powell \u0026amp; Stephen Menendian  More Than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the Inner City William Julius Wilson  Tensions Among Minority Groups Symposium with S.M. Miller, Wade Henderson, Don T. Nakanishi, john a. powell, Maria Blanco, Howard Winant  Indigenous Peoples: Response to the Periodic Report of the United States to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination  Tribal Self-Government in the United States John Dossett  When Affirmative Action Was White Ira Katznelson  The Importance of Targeted Universalism  john a. powell, Stephen Menendian \u0026amp; Jason Reece  Implicit Bias A Forum – eds. Intro para  Does Unconscious Bias Matter? Ralph Richard Banks \u0026amp; Richard Thompson Ford  Implicit Bias Insights as Preconditions to Structural Change john a. powell \u0026amp; Rachel Godsil  Litigating Implicit Bias Eva Paterson  Implicit Bias, Racial Inequality and Our Multivariate World Andrew Grant-Thomas  Beyond Bias Olati Johnson  Banks \u0026amp; Ford Response  Tax Aversion: The Legacy of Slavery  Robin Einhorn  Tax Aversion: The Sequel Robin Einhorn  Scapegoating Blacks for the Economic Crisis Gregory D. Squires  Speculators, Not CRA, Behind Foreclosures in Black Neighborhoods John I. Gilderbloom \u0026amp; Gregory D. Squires  The Missing Class: The Near Poor Victor Tan Chen \u0026amp; Katherine S. Newman  Criminalization of Poverty: UN Report  Can We Think about Poverty without Thinking about Criminality? Kaaryn Gustafson  The Criminalization of Homelessness National Law Center on Homelessness \u0026amp; Poverty Can We Organize for Economic Justice Beyond Capitalism? LeeAnn Hall \u0026amp; Danny HoSang  Beyond Public\/Private: Understanding Corporate Power john a. powell \u0026amp; Stephen Menendian  The Help Association of Black Women Historians  Reshaping the Social Contract: Demographic Distance and Our Fiscal Future Manuel Pastor \u0026amp; Vanessa Carter  Social Justice Movements in a Liminal Age Deepak Bhargava  II. Deconstructing Poverty and Racial Inequality  The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger  Richard Wilkinson \u0026amp; Kate Pickett  Why Racial Integration Remains an Imperative Elizabeth Anderson  Building a National Museum Lonnie G. Bunch, III  How White Activists Embrace Racial Justice Mark R. Warren  Ending\/Reducing Poverty: A Forum  – Exec Summary of CAP report; Comments on it by Christopher Howard, Herbert J. Gans, David K. Shipler, Mtangulizi Sanyika, William E. Spriggs, Margy Waller, Jill Cunningham, Michael R. Wenger, + CAP response   Unions Make Us Strong Julius G. Getman  A Freedom Budget for all Americans Chester Hartman  The Kerner Commission: Remembering, Forgetting and Truth-Telling Bruce R. Thomas  How Seattle and King County Are Tackling Institutional Inequities Julie Nelson, Glenn Harris, Sandy Ciske \u0026amp; Matias Valenzuela  One Nation Indivisible: Just Cause – Causa Justa Multi-racial Movement-Building for Housing Rights Maria Poblet \u0026amp; Dawn Phillips  The Opportunity Impact Statement  The Opportunity Agenda  The International Year for People of African Descent  Richard Clarke  Count Them One by One: Black Mississippians Fighting for the Right to Vote Gordon A. Martin, Jr.  Why Are African Americans and Latinos Under-represented Among Recipients of Unemployment Insurance and What Should We Do About It? Andrew Grant-Thomas  The Cobell Trust Land Lawsuit Justin Guilder  Truth and Reconciliation in Greensboro, North Carolina: A Paradigm for Social Transformation  Marty Nathan \u0026amp; Signe Waller  Greensboro Truth \u0026amp; Reconciliation Commission Marty Nathan \u0026amp; Signe Waller  Apologies\/Reparations   Apology for Slavery (H. Res. 194)   Joint Resolution of Apology to Native People John Dossett  III. (Re)Emerging Issues  The Seattle\/Louisville Decision and the Future of Race-Conscious Programs  Philip Tegeler  Separate ≠ Equal: Mexican Americans Before Brown v. Board  Philippa Strum  Segregation and Exposure to High-Poverty Schools in Large Metropolitan Areas, 2008-09  Nancy McArdle, Theresa Osypuk \u0026amp; Dolores Acevedo-García  The Social Science Evidence on the Effects of Diversity in K-12 Schools Roslyn Arlin Mickelson  How Colleges and Universities Can Promote K-12 Diversity: A Modest Proposal Julius Chambers, John Charles Boger \u0026amp; William Tobin Commentaries by Pedro Noguera, john a. powell, William L. Taylor, Wendy Puriefoy, Richard D. Kahlenberg, Jenice L. View  When the Feds Won’t Act: School Desegregation, State Courts, and Minnesota’s The Choice is Yours Program  Myron Orfield \u0026amp; Baris Gumus-Dawes  Reaffirming the Role of School Integration in K-12 Education Policy Post- Conference Statement: An Urgent Need for Federal Support   Middle-Income Peers As Educational Resources and the Constitutional Right to Equal Access Derek W. Black  Community-Based Accountability:Best Practices for School Officials Jason Langberg, Taiyyaba Qureshi \u0026amp; Eldrin Deas  The Role of Teacher Union Locals in Advancing Racial Justice and Improving the Quality of Schooling in the United States  Mark Simon  American Indian Boarding Schools  Affirmative Furthering Fair Housing: The 21st Century Challenge  Rob Breymaier  Race and Public Housing: Revisiting the Federal Role Richard Rothstein  Integration and Housing Choice: A Dialogue Camille Zubrinsky Charles, Ingrid Gould Ellen \u0026amp; Maria Krysan   What Are We Holding Our Public Schools Accountable For? The Gap Between What is Measured and What is Needed to Prepare Children for an Increasingly Diverse Society Amy Stuart Wells  The Goal of Inclusive, Diverse Communities: Introduction to the Final Report of the National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity  Lessons from Mount Laurel: The Benefits of Affordable Housing for All Concerned Douglas S. Massey  Housing America’s Native People Wendy L. Helgemo   No Home in Indian Country Janeen Comenote  Mossville, Louisiana: A Community’s Fight for the Human Right to a Healthy Environment  Michele Roberts  Understanding Health Impact Assessment: A Tool for Addressing Health Disparities  Saneta De Vuono-Powell \u0026amp; Jonathan Heller  Health Equity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Children and Youth: What’s Racism Got to Do With It?  Laurin Mayeno, Joseph Keawe-aimoku Kaholokula, David MKI Liu, Lloyd Asato \u0026amp; Winston Tseng  Neighborhood – The Smallest Unit of Health: A Health Center Model for Pacific Islander and Asian Health Jamila Jarmon  Health Care and Indigenous Peoples in the United States Michael Yellow Bird  Race, Poverty and Incarceration  Donald Braman  A Strategy for Dismantling Structural Racism in the Juvenile Justice System  Edgar S. Cahn, Keri A. Nash \u0026amp; Cynthia Robbins  JJDPA (box accompanying Cahn et al.)   Native Americans and Juvenile Justice: A Hidden Tragedy Terry L. Cross  National Statement to Support Human and Civil Rights for All Immigrants and to Oppose Compromise Immigration Reform Proposals   21st Century Gateways: Immigrants in Suburban America Audrey Singer, Susan W. Hardwick \u0026amp; Caroline B. Brettell  Natural Allies or Irreconcilable Foes? Reflections on African-American\/Immigrant Relations  Andrew Grant-Thomas, Yusuf Sarfati \u0026amp; Cheryl Staats  Transportation and Civil Rights: Thomas W. Sanchez \u0026amp; Marc Brenman Commentaries by Guillermo Mayer, Angela Glover Blackwell, Eugene B. Benson, Wade Henderson, David Rusk, Laura Barrett, Thomas W. Sanchez \u0026amp; Marc Brenman  Right to the City: Social Movement and Theory  Jacqueline Leavitt, Tony Roshan Samara \u0026amp; Marnie Brady  IV. Civil Rights History  Bayard Rustin and the Civil Rights Movement Daniel Levine  A Civil Right to Organize Richard D. Kahlenberg \u0026amp; Moshe Z. Marvit Commentaries on the Kahlenberg-Marvit Article Various Authors Kahlenberg and Marvit Respond  Local People as Law Shapers: Lessons from Atlanta’s Civil Rights Movement Tomiko Brown-Nagin  Freedom Riders Raymond Arsenault  The Chicago Freedom Movement 40 Years Later: A Symposium: Assessing the Chicago Freedom Movement —James Ralph, Success and the Chicago Freedom Movement— Mary Lou Finley, The End-the-Slums Movement —Bernard LaFayette, Jr Forty Years of the Civil Rights Movement in Chicago— Dick Simpson Overall, Things Are Not Good— Salim Muwakkil  The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Gathers 50 Years After It Started: A Report on the Reunion Mike Miller  The Other Side of Immigration: Humane, Sensible \u0026amp; Replicable Responses in a Changing Nation Susan E. 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