Getting Real About Race
Getting Real About Race: Hoodies, Mascots, Model Minorities, and Other Conversations

Getting Real About Race: Hoodies, Mascots, Model Minorities, and Other Conversations


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Undergraduate students of race, racism and ethnicity in the United States

Table of 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

About the Author :
Stephanie M. McClure is a professor of sociology at Georgia College. She teaches classes on racial stratification, social theory, and the sociology of education. Her research interests are in the area of higher education, with a focus on college student persistence and retention across race, class, and gender, and a special emphasis on postcollege student experiences that increase student social and academic integration. She has published in the Journal of Higher Education, Symbolic Interaction, and The Journal of African American Studies.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781452258904
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc
  • Height: 254 mm
  • No of Pages: 312
  • Sub Title: Hoodies, Mascots, Model Minorities, and Other Conversations
  • ISBN-10: 1452258902
  • Publisher Date: 19 Aug 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 177 mm


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