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Undergraduate students of race, racism and ethnicity in the United States
Contents
PART I. LAYING THE FOUNDATION
Essay 1: "But My Mother Says It's Rude to Talk About Race!": How and Why We Need To Discuss Race in the United States - Cherise A. Harris and Stephanie M. McClure
Essay 2: "What is Racism Anyway?": Understanding the Basics of Racism and Prejudice - Beverly Daniel Tatum
Essay 3: "They Should Get Over It!": The End of Racial Discrimination? - Matthew W. Hughey
Essay 4: "Blacks Are Naturally Good Athletes": The Myth of a Biological Basis for Race - Daniel Buffington
PART II. DEBUNKING INDIVIDUAL ATTITUDES
Essay 5: "If People Stopped Talking about Race, It Wouldn't Be a Problem Anymore": Silencing the Myth of a Color-Blind Society - Ted Thornhill
Essay 6: "Oprah, Obama, and Cosby Say Blacks Should Just Work Harder, Isn't That Right?": The Myth of Meritocracy - Paula Ioanide
Essay 7: "If Only He Hadn't Worn the Hoodie...": Race, Selective Perception, and Stereotype Maintenance - Rashawn Ray
Essay 8: "Asians Are Doing Great, So That Proves Race Really Doesn't Matter Anymore": The Model Minority Myth and the Sociological Reality - Min Zhou
Essay 9: "But Muslims Aren't Like Us!": Deconstructing Myths About Muslims in America - Jen'nan Ghazal Read
Essay 10: "It's Just a Mascot!": The Dark Side of Sports Symbols - D. Stanley Eitzen and Maxine Baca Zinn
PART III. INSTITUTIONS, POLICIES, AND LEGACIES OF OPPRESION
Family
Essay 11: "But What About the Children?": Understanding Contemporary Attitudes Toward Interracial Dating - Nikki Khanna
Essay 12: "Blacks Don't Value Marriage as Much as Other Groups": Examining Structural Inequalities in Black Marriage Patterns - Dawne Mouzon
Education
Essay 13: "Well, That Culture Really Values Education": Culture Versus Structure in Educational Attainment - Emily Meanwell, Hersheda Patel, and Stephanie M. McClure
Essay 14: "They Don't Want to Be Integrated, They Even Have Their Own Greek Organizations": History, Institutional Context, and "Self-Segregation" - Stephanie M. McClure
Essay 15: "I Had a Friend Who Had Worse Scores Than Me and He Got Into a Better College": The Legal and Social Realities of the College Admissions Process - OiYan Poon
Politics, Social Policy, and the State
Essay 16: "Black People Voted for Obama Just Because He's Black": Group Identification and Voting Patterns - Veronica Womack, James Bridgeforth, Bre'Auna Beasley
Essay 17: "We Don't Have to Listen to Al Sharpton Anymore": Obama's Election and Triumphalist Media Narratives of Post-Racial America - Enid Logan
Essay 18: "We Need to Take Care of `Real Americans' First": Historical and Contemporary Definitions of Citizenship - Kara Cebulko
Essay 19: "If Black People Aren't Criminals, Then Why Are So Many of Them in Prison?": Confronting Racial Biases in Perceptions of Crime and Criminals - Sara Doude
Essay 20: "Now All the Good Jobs Go to Them!": Affirmative Action in the Labor Market - Wendy Leo Moore
PART IV. RACE IN EVERYDAY INTERACTIONS
Essay 21: "Native American/Indian, Asian/Oriental, Latino/Hispanic...Who Cares?": Language and the Power of Self-Definition - Brad Koch
Essay 22: "Why Do They Get to Use the N-Word But I Can't?": Privilege, Power, and the Politics of Language - Geoff Harkness
Essay 23: "I'm Not Racist. Some of My Best Friends Are . . . ": The Shift From Being a "Friend" to Becoming an Ally - Cherise A. Harris
