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This text employs critical race theory as a theoretical and analytical framework to unveil how racial stratification shapes the socioeconomic outcomes and racial inequality in the labour market. The pages guide students interested in CRT and investigating racism, discrimination and inequality.
Discrimination in employment --- Labor market --- Equality --- Ireland --- Race relations. --- Blacks. --- Discrimination. --- Group favouritism. --- Immigrants. --- Labour market. --- Racial Inequality. --- Racial stratification. --- Racism. --- White supremacy. --- Whites.
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Despite its image as an epicenter of progressive social policy, New York City continues to have one of the nation's most segregated school systems. Tracing the quest for integration in education from the mid-1950s to the present, The Battle Nearer to Home follows the tireless efforts by educational activists to dismantle the deep racial and socioeconomic inequalities that segregation reinforces. The fight for integration has shifted significantly over time, not least in terms of the way "integration" is conceived, from transfers of students and redrawing school attendance zones, to more recent demands of community control of segregated schools. In all cases, the Board eventually pulled the plug in the face of resistance from more powerful stakeholders, and, starting in the 1970s, integration receded as a possible solution to educational inequality. In excavating the history of New York City school integration politics, in the halls of power and on the ground, Christopher Bonastia unearths the enduring white resistance to integration and the severe costs paid by Black and Latino students. This last decade has seen activists renew the fight for integration, but the war is still far from won.
Education and state --- School integration --- Segregation in education --- History. --- History. --- History. --- African American history. --- Black Freedom Struggles. --- New York City. --- civil rights. --- education history. --- integration. --- racial inequality. --- segregation. --- social movements.
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In their own words, the subjects of this book present a rich portrait of the modern black middle-class, examining how cultural consumption is a critical tool for enjoying material comforts as well as challenging racism. New York City has the largest population of black Americans out of any metropolitan area in the United States. It is home to a steadily rising number of socio-economically privileged blacks. In Black Privilege Cassi Pittman Claytor examines how this economically advantaged group experiences privilege, having credentials that grant them access to elite spaces and resources with which they can purchase luxuries, while still confronting persistent anti-black bias and racial stigma. Drawing on the everyday experiences of black middle-class individuals, Pittman Claytor offers vivid accounts of their consumer experiences and cultural flexibility in the places where they live, work, and play. Whether it is the majority white Wall Street firm where they're employed, or the majority black Baptist church where they worship, questions of class and racial identity are equally on their minds. They navigate divergent social worlds that demand, at times, middle-class sensibilities, pedigree, and cultural acumen; and at other times pride in and connection with other blacks. Rich qualitative data and original analysis help account for this special kind of privilege and the entitlements it affords—materially in terms of the things they consume, as well as symbolically, as they strive to be unapologetically black in a society where a racial consumer hierarchy prevails.
Middle class African Americans --- African Americans --- Social conditions --- Race identity --- Middle-class blacks. --- black cultural capital. --- black privilege. --- consumer racial hierarchy. --- consumers. --- cultural flexibility. --- cultural racism. --- racial inequality. --- racial pride. --- racial uplift. --- Afro-Americans --- Black Americans --- Colored people (United States) --- Negroes --- Africans --- Ethnology --- Blacks --- Middle class --- Black people
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Most people in jail have not been convicted of a crime. Instead, they have been accused of a crime and cannot afford to post the bail amount to guarantee their freedom until trial. Punishing Poverty examines how the current system of pretrial release detains hundreds of thousands of defendants awaiting trial. Tracing the historical antecedents of the US bail system, with particular attention to the failures of bail reform efforts in the mid to late twentieth century, the authors describe the painful social and economic impact of contemporary bail decisions. The first book-length treatment to analyze how bail reproduces racial and economic inequality throughout the criminal justice system, Punishing Poverty explores reform efforts, as jurisdictions begin to move away from money bail systems, and the attempts of the bail bond industry to push back against such reforms. This accessibly written book gives a succinct overview of the role of pretrial detention in fueling mass incarceration and is essential reading for researchers and reformers alike.
Bail --- 20th century. --- bail bond industry. --- bail reform. --- bail. --- contemporary bail decisions. --- convictions. --- crimes. --- criminal justice system. --- criminals. --- defendants. --- economic impact. --- economic inequality. --- freedom. --- going to prison. --- historical antecedents. --- jail. --- jurisdictions. --- mass incarceration. --- money bail systems. --- poor people. --- pretrial detention. --- pretrial release. --- racial inequality. --- reform efforts. --- social impact. --- trials. --- us bail system.
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"This book offers a historical analysis of one of the most striking and dramatic transformations to take place in Brazil and the United States during the twentieth century--the redefinition of the concepts of nation and democracy in racial terms. The multilateral political debates that occurred between 1930 and 1945 pushed and pulled both states towards more racially inclusive political ideals and nationalisms. Both countries utilized cultural production to transmit these racial political messages. At times working collaboratively, Brazilian and U.S. officials deployed the concept of "racial democracy" as a national security strategy, one meant to suppress the existential threats perceived to be posed by World War II and by the political agendas of communists, fascists, and blacks. Consequently, official racial democracy was limited in its ability to address racial inequities in the United States and Brazil. Shifting the Meaning of Democracy helps to explain the historical roots of a contemporary phenomenon: the coexistence of widespread antiracist ideals with enduring racial inequality"--Provided by publisher.
United States --- Race relations --- Political aspects. --- 1930s. --- 1940s. --- 20th century. --- brazil. --- brazilian history. --- coexistence. --- contemporary. --- democracy. --- early 20th century. --- historical analysis. --- identity. --- modern world. --- national identity. --- national. --- nationhood. --- political. --- politics. --- racial democracy. --- racial equality. --- racial identity. --- racial inequality. --- racism. --- racist politics. --- transformation. --- united states history. --- world history. --- Brazil
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This book looks beyond the headlines to uncover the controversial history of California's ballot measures over the past fifty years. As the rest of the U.S. watched, California voters banned public services for undocumented immigrants, repealed public affirmative action programs, and outlawed bilingual education, among other measures. Why did a state with a liberal political culture, an increasingly diverse populace, and a well-organized civil rights leadership roll back civil rights and anti-discrimination gains? Daniel Martinez HoSang finds that, contrary to popular perception, this phenomenon does not represent a new wave of "color-blind" policies, nor is a triumph of racial conservatism. Instead, in a book that goes beyond the conservative-liberal divide, HoSang uncovers surprising connections between the right and left that reveal how racial inequality has endured. Arguing that each of these measures was a proposition about the meaning of race and racism, his deft, convincing analysis ultimately recasts our understanding of the production of racial identity, inequality, and power in the postwar era.
Referendum --- History --- California --- Race relations --- Politics and government --- affirmative action programs. --- american politics. --- ballot initiatives. --- bilingual rights. --- california. --- civil rights. --- conservative liberal divide. --- controversial. --- discrimination. --- diversity. --- historical. --- history buffs. --- immigrants. --- inequality. --- liberal politics. --- modern history. --- nonfiction. --- postwar california. --- postwar era. --- public services. --- race issues. --- racial conservatism. --- racial identity. --- racial inequality. --- racism. --- undocumented immigrants. --- united states. --- voter rights.
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How has Latino immigration transformed the South? In what ways is the presence of these newcomers complicating efforts to organize for workplace justice? Scratching Out a Living takes readers deep into Mississippi's chicken processing plants and communities, where large numbers of Latin American migrants were recruited in the mid-1990s to labor alongside an established African American workforce in some of the most dangerous and lowest-paid jobs in the country. As America's voracious appetite for chicken has grown, so has the industry's reliance on immigrant workers, whose structural position makes them particularly vulnerable to exploitation. Based on the author's six years of collaboration with a local workers' center, this book explores how Black, white, and new Latino Mississippians have lived and understood these transformations. Activist anthropologist Angela Stuesse argues that people's racial identifications and relationships to the poultry industry prove vital to their interpretations of the changes they are experiencing. Illuminating connections between the area's long history of racial inequality, the industry's growth and drive to lower labor costs, immigrants' contested place in contemporary social relations, and workers' prospects for political mobilization, Scratching Out a Living paints a compelling ethnographic portrait of neoliberal globalization and calls for organizing strategies that bring diverse working communities together in mutual construction of a more just future.
Industrial relations --- African Americans --- Foreign workers, Latin American --- Chicken industry --- Capital and labor --- Employee-employer relations --- Employer-employee relations --- Labor and capital --- Labor-management relations --- Labor relations --- Employees --- Management --- Afro-Americans --- Black Americans --- Colored people (United States) --- Negroes --- Africans --- Ethnology --- Blacks --- Alien labor, Latin American --- Latin American foreign workers --- Poultry industry --- Social conditions. --- Mississippi --- Race relations. --- Social conditions --- E-books --- Black people --- african american workers. --- american migrants. --- american workforce. --- black and immigrant labor. --- black workers. --- chicken processing. --- ethnic studies. --- exploitative labor practices. --- hispanic american studies. --- industrial food production. --- latin american immigrants. --- latinx immigration. --- latinx in the us south. --- mississippi labor. --- neoliberal globalization. --- poultry industry. --- race and labor. --- racial inequality in the us. --- racial inequality. --- working class inequality. --- working class.
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White Americans, abetted by neo-conservative writers of all hues, generally believe that racial discrimination is a thing of the past and that any racial inequalities that undeniably persist-in wages, family income, access to housing or health care-can be attributed to African Americans' cultural and individual failures. If the experience of most black Americans says otherwise, an explanation has been sorely lacking-or obscured by the passions the issue provokes. At long last offering a cool, clear, and informed perspective on the subject, this book brings together a team of highly respected sociologists, political scientists, economists, criminologists, and legal scholars to scrutinize the logic and evidence behind the widely held belief in a color-blind society-and to provide an alternative explanation for continued racial inequality in the United States. While not denying the economic advances of black Americans since the 1960's, Whitewashing Race draws on new and compelling research to demonstrate the persistence of racism and the effects of organized racial advantage across many institutions in American society-including the labor market, the welfare state, the criminal justice system, and schools and universities. Looking beyond the stalled debate over current antidiscrimination policies, the authors also put forth a fresh vision for achieving genuine racial equality of opportunity in a post-affirmative action world.
Racism --- African Americans --- Civil rights. --- United States --- Race relations. --- Race question --- 20th century. --- african americans. --- america. --- american culture. --- american society. --- bigotry. --- black americans. --- color blindness. --- criminal justice system. --- criminologists. --- cultural criticism. --- economists. --- health care discrimination. --- historians. --- housing discrimination. --- legal scholars. --- low income families. --- neo conservatives. --- political scientists. --- racial discrimination. --- racial inequality. --- racial issues. --- racial prejudice. --- sociologists. --- united states. --- wage gaps. --- welfare state. --- white americans. --- whitewashing.
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Reproducing Race, an ethnography of pregnancy and birth at a large New York City public hospital, explores the role of race in the medical setting. Khiara M. Bridges investigates how race-commonly seen as biological in the medical world-is socially constructed among women dependent on the public healthcare system for prenatal care and childbirth. Bridges argues that race carries powerful material consequences for these women even when it is not explicitly named, showing how they are marginalized by the practices and assumptions of the clinic staff. Deftly weaving ethnographic evidence into broader discussions of Medicaid and racial disparities in infant and maternal mortality, Bridges shines new light on the politics of healthcare for the poor, demonstrating how the "medicalization" of social problems reproduces racial stereotypes and governs the bodies of poor women of color.
Hospitals --- Discrimination in medical care --- Minorities --- Maternity services --- Medical care --- Alpha Hospital (New York, N.Y.) --- america. --- biology of race. --- childbirth. --- ethnographers. --- ethnography. --- expecting mothers. --- infant mortality. --- marginalized women. --- maternal mortality. --- medicaid. --- medical setting. --- new york city. --- politics of healthcare. --- poor women. --- pregnancy. --- pregnant women. --- prenatal care. --- public healthcare system. --- public hospital. --- racial inequality. --- racial issues. --- racialization. --- role of race. --- social constructions. --- social inequality. --- social problems. --- us healthcare. --- women of color. --- womens issues.
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Portrait of America describes our nation's changing population and examines through a demographic lens some of our most pressing contemporary challenges, ranging from poverty and economic inequality to racial tensions and health disparities. Celebrated author John Iceland covers various topics, including America's historical demographic growth; the American family today; gender inequality; economic well-being; immigration and diversity; racial and ethnic inequality; internal migration and residential segregation; and health and mortality. The discussion of these topics is informed by several sources, including an examination of household survey data, and by syntheses of existing published material, both quantitative and qualitative. Iceland discusses the current issues and controversies around these themes, highlighting their role in everyday debates taking place in Congress, the media, and in American living rooms. Each chapter includes historical background, as well as a discussion of how patterns and trends in the United States compare to those in peer countries.
United States -- Description and travel. --- United States -- History. --- United States -- Social life and customs. --- Families --- Equality --- Immigrants --- Race discrimination --- Poverty --- Business & Economics --- Demography --- Social conditions --- Social conditions. --- United States --- Population. --- Families -- United States.. --- Equality -- United States.. --- Immigrants -- United States -- Social conditions.. --- Race discrimination -- United States.. --- Poverty -- United States.. --- United States -- Population. --- 21st century american culture. --- american family. --- american studies. --- changing population. --- contemporary challenges. --- democracy. --- discrimination. --- diversity. --- economic inequality. --- economic well being. --- ethnic inequality. --- family. --- gender inequality. --- health disparities. --- health. --- historical demographic growth. --- historical. --- history. --- immigration. --- inequality. --- internal migration. --- political. --- poverty. --- racial inequality. --- racial tensions. --- residential segregation. --- sociology in the twenty-first century series. --- sociology. --- united states of america.
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