Race and Ethnicity in Society: The Changing Landscape, 3rd Edition
Cengage Learning
2012
480 pages
ISBN-10: 1111519536; ISBN-13: 9781111519537
Edited by
Elizabeth Higginbotham, Professor of Sociology, Womenâs Studies, and Criminology
University of Delaware
Margaret L. Andersen, Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Sociology
University of Delaware
This engaging reader is organized in four major thematic parts, subdivided into thirteen different sections. Part I (âThe Social Basis of Race and Ethnicityâ) establishes the analytical frameworks that are now being used to think about race in society. The section examines the social construction of race and ethnicity as concepts and experience. Part II (âContinuity and Change: How We Got Here and What It Meansâ) explores both the historical patterns of inclusion and exclusion that have established racial and ethnic inequality, while also explaining some of the contemporary changes that are shaping contemporary racial and ethnic relations. Part III (âRace and Social Institutionsâ) examines the major institutional structures in contemporary society and investigates patterns of racial inequality within these institutions. Persistent inequality in the labor market and in patterns of community, residential, and educational segregation continue to shape the life chances of different groups. Part IV (âBuilding a Just Societyâ) concludes the book by looking at both large-scale contexts of change, such as those reflected in the movement to elect the first African American president.
- Major themes include coverage showing the diversity of experiences that now constitute âraceâ in the United States; teaching students the significance of race as a socially constructed system of social relations; showing the connection between different racial identities and the social structure of race; understanding how racism works as a belief system rooted in societal institutions; providing a social structural analysis of racial inequality; providing a historical perspective on how the racial order has emerged and how it is maintained; examining how people have contested the dominant racial order; exploring current strategies for building a just multiracial society.
- Each section includes several pages of analysis that outline the main concepts to be covered, providing a clear initial roadmap for reading and a convenient resource students can use with assignments and while preparing for exams.
- The textâs unique organization according to overarching themes and relevant subtopics, including identity, social construction of race, why race matters, inequality, and segregation, places the articles into a broader context to promote greater understanding.
- This innovative text looks beyond a simple black/white dichotomy and focuses more broadly on an extremely wide range of ethnic groups, providing a much more realistic and useful exploration of key topics that is more relevant and compelling for todayâs diverse student population.
Table of Contents
- PART I: THE SOCIAL BASIS OF RACE AND ETHINICITY
- 1. The Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity
- Introduction by Elizabeth Higginbotham and Margaret L. Andersen
- 1. Howard F. Taylor, âDefining Raceâ
- 2. Joseph L. Graves, Jr., âThe Race Mythâ
- 3. Abby Ferber, âPlanting the Seed: The Invention of Raceâ
- 4. Karen Brodkin, âHow Did Jews Become White Folks?â
- 5. Michael Omi and Howard Winant, âOn Racial FormationââStudent Exercises
- 2. What Do You Think? Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Racism
- Introduction by Elizabeth Higginbotham and Margaret L. Andersen
- 6. Matthew Desmond and Mustafa Emirbayer, âAmerican Racism in the Twenty-First Centuryâ
- 7. Charles A. Gallagher, âColor-Blind Privilege: The Social and Political Functions of Erasing the Color Line in Post Race Americaâ
- 8. Judith Ortiz Cofer, âThe Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Mariaâ
- 9. Rainier Spencer, âMixed Race Chicâ
- 10. Rebekah Nathan, âWhat a Professor Learned by Becoming a StudentââStudent Exercises
- 3. Representing Race and Ethnicity: The Media and Popular Culture
- Introduction by Elizabeth Higginbotham and Margaret L. Andersen
- 11. Craig Watkins, âBlack Youth and the Ironies of Capitalismâ
- 12. Fatimah N. Muhammed, âHow to NOT Be 21st Century Venus Hottentotsâ
- 13. Rosie Molinary, âMarĂa de la Barbieâ
- 14. Charles Springwood and C. Richard King, ââPlaying Indianâ: Why Native American Mascots Must Endâ
- 15. Jennifer C. Mueller, Danielle Dirks, and Leslie Houts Picca, âUnmasking Racism: Halloween Costuming and Engagement of the Racial OrderââStudent Exercises
- 4. Who Are You? Race and Identity
- Introduction by Elizabeth Higginbotham and Margaret L. Andersen
- 16. Beverly Tatum, interview with John OâNeil, âWhy are the Black Kids Sitting Together?â
- 17. Priscilla Chan, âDrawing the Boundariesâ
- 18. Michael Omi and Taeku Lee, âBarack Like Me: Our First Asian American Presidentâ
- 19. Tim Wise, âWhite Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged SonââStudent Exercises
- PART II: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE: HOW WE GOT HERE AND WHAT IT MEANS
- 5. Who Belongs? Race, Rights, and Citizenship
- Introduction by Elizabeth Higginbotham and Margaret L. Andersen
- 20. Evelyn Nakano Glenn, âCitizenship and Inequalityâ
- 21. C. Matthew Snipp, âThe First Americans: American Indiansâ
- 22. Susan M. Akram and Kevin R. Johnson, âRace, Civil Rights, and Immigration Law After September 11, 2001: The Targeting of Arabs and Muslimsâ
- 23. Peggy Levitt, âSalsa and Ketchup: Transnational Migrants Saddle Two WorldsââStudent Exercises
- 6. The Changing Face of America: Immigration
- Introduction by Elizabeth Higginbotham and Margaret L. Andersen
- 24. Mae M. Ngai, âImpossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern Americaâ
- 25. Nancy Foner, âFrom Ellis Island to JFK: Education in New Yorkâs Two Great Waves of Immigrationâ
- 26. Charles Hirschman and Douglas S. Massey, âPlaces and Peoples: The New American Mosaicâ
- 27. Pew Research Center, âBetween Two Worlds: How Young Latinos Come of Age in AmericaââStudent Exercises
- 7. Exploring Intersections: Race, Class, Gender and Inequality
- Introduction by Elizabeth Higginbotham and Margaret L. Andersen
- 28. Patricia Hill Collins, âToward a New Vision: Race, Class and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connectionâ
- 29. Yen Le Espiritu, âTheorizing Race, Gender, and Classâ
- 30. Roberta Coles and Charles Green, âThe Myth of the Missing Black Fatherâ
- 31. Nikki Jones, âFrom Good to Ghettoâ
- 32. Gladys GarcĂa-Lopez and Denise A. Segura, ââThey Are Testing You All the Timeâ: Negotiating Dual Femininities among Chicana AttorneysââStudent Exercises
- PART III: RACE AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
- 8. Race and the Workplace
- Introduction by Elizabeth Higginbotham and Margaret L. Andersen
- 33. William Julius Wilson, âToward a Framework for Understanding Forces that Contribute to or Reinforce Racial Inequalityâ
- 34. Deirdre A. Royster, âRace and The Invisible Hand: How White Networks Exclude Black Men from Blue-Collar Jobsâ
- 35. Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, âFamilies on the Frontierâ.
- 36. Angela Stuesse, âRace, Migration and Labor ControlââStudent Exercises
- 9. Shaping Lives and Love: Race, Families, and Communities
- Introduction by Elizabeth Higginbotham and Margaret L. Andersen
- 37. Joe R. Feagin and Karyn D. McKinney, âThe Family and Community Costs of Racismâ
- 38. Dorothy Roberts, âShattered Bonds: The Color of Child Welfareâ
- 39. Kumiko Nemoto, âInterracial Relationships: Discourses and Imagesâ
- 40. Zhenchao Qian, âBreaking the Last Taboo: Interracial Marriage in AmericaââStudent Exercises
- 10. How We Live and Learn: Segregation, Housing, and Education
- Introduction by Elizabeth Higginbotham and Margaret L. Andersen
- 41. John E. Farley and Gregory D. Squires, âFences and Neighbors: Segregation in the 21st Centuryâ
- 42. Melvin L. Oliver and Thomas M. Shapiro, âSub-Prime as a Black Catastropheâ
- 43. Gary Orfield and Chungmei Lee, âHistoric Reversals, Accelerating Resegregation and the Need for New Integration Strategiesâ
- 44. Heather Beth Johnson and Thomas M. Shapiro, âGood Neighborhoods, Good Schools: Race and the âGood Choicesâ of White FamiliesââStudent Exercises
- 11. Do We Care? Race, Health Care and the Environment
- Introduction by Elizabeth Higginbotham and Margaret L. Andersen
- 45. H. Jack Geiger, âHealth Disparities: What Do We Know? What Do We Need to Know? What Should We Do?â
- 46. Shirley A. Hill, âCultural Images and the Health of African American Womenâ
- 47. David Naguib Pellow and Robert J. Brulle, âPoisoning the Planet: The Struggle for Environmental Justiceâ
- 48. Robert D. Bullard and Beverly Wright, âRace, Place and the EnvironmentââStudent Exercises
- 12. Criminal Injustice? Courts, Crime, and the Law
- Introduction by Elizabeth Higginbotham and Margaret L. Andersen
- 49. Bruce Western, âPunishment and Inequalityâ
- 50. RubĂ©n Rumbaut, Roberto Gonzales, Goinaz Kamaie, and Charlie V. Moran, âDebunking the Myth of Immigrant Criminality: Imprisonment among First and Second Generation Young Menâ
- 51. Christina Swarns, âThe Uneven Scales of Capital Justiceâ
- 52. Devah Pager, âThe Mark of a Criminal RecordââStudent Exercises
- PART IV: BUILDING A JUST SOCIETY
- 13. Moving Forward: Analysis and Social Action
- Introduction by Elizabeth Higginbotham and Margaret L. Andersen
- 53. Thomas F. Pettigrew, âPost-Racism? Putting Obamaâs Victory in Perspectiveâ
- 54. Frank Dobbins, Alexandra Kalev, and Erin Kelly, âDiversity Management in Corporate Americaâ
- 55. Southern Poverty Law Center, âWays to Fight HateââStudent Exercises