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Blackballed : the Black vote and US democracy - Darryl Pinckney
Blackballed : the Black vote and US democracy - Darryl Pinckney
Blackballed is Darryl Pinckney's meditation on a century and a half of Black participation in U.S. electoral politics. In this combination of memoir, historical narrative, and contemporary political and social analysis, he investigates the struggle for Black voting rights from Reconstruction through the civil rights movement, leading up to the election of Barack Obama as president. Interspersed throughout the historical narrative are Pinckney's own memories of growing up during the Civil Rights Era, his unsure grasp of the events he saw on television or heard discussed, and the reactions of his parents to the social changes that were taking place at the time and later to Obama's election. He concludes with an examination of the current state of electoral politics, the place of Blacks in the Democratic coalition, and the ongoing efforts by Republicans to suppress the Black vote, with particular attention to the Supreme Court's recent decision to strike down part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and what it may mean for the political influence of Black voters in future elections. Blackballed also includes 'What Black Means Now, ' an essay on the history of the Black middle class, stereotypes about Blacks and crime, and contemporary debates about 'post-Blackness' and breaking free of essentialist notions of being Black.
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Blackballed : the Black vote and US democracy - Darryl Pinckney
Biased : uncovering the hidden prejudice that shapes what we see, think, and do - Jennifer L. Eberhardt
Biased : uncovering the hidden prejudice that shapes what we see, think, and do - Jennifer L. Eberhardt
You don't have to be racist to be biased. Unconscious bias can be at work without our realizing it, and even when we genuinely wish to treat all people equally, ingrained stereotypes can infect our visual perception, attention, memory, and behavior. This has an impact on education, employment, housing, and criminal justice. In Biased, with a perspective that is at once scientific, investigative, and informed by personal experience, Jennifer Eberhardt offers us insights into the dilemma and a path forward. Eberhardt works extensively as a consultant to law enforcement and as a psychologist at the forefront of this new field. Her research takes place in courtrooms and boardrooms, in prisons, on the street, and in classrooms and coffee shops. She shows us the subtle--and sometimes dramatic--daily repercussions of implicit bias in how teachers grade students, or managers deal with customers. It has an enormous impact on the conduct of criminal justice, from the rapid decisions police officers have to make to sentencing practices in court. Eberhardt's work and her book are both influenced by her own life, and the personal stories she shares emphasize the need for change. She has helped companies that include Airbnb and Nextdoor address bias in their business practices and has led anti-bias initiatives for police departments across the country. Here, she offers practical suggestions for reform and new practices that are useful for organizations as well as individuals. Unblinking about the tragic consequences of prejudice, Eberhardt addresses how racial bias is not the fault of nor restricted to a few "bad apples" but is present at all levels of society in media, education, and business. The good news is that we are not hopelessly doomed by our innate prejudices. In Biased, Eberhardt reminds us that racial bias is a human problem--one all people can play a role in solving.
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Biased : uncovering the hidden prejudice that shapes what we see, think, and do - Jennifer L. Eberhardt
America for Americans : a history of xenophobia in the United States - Erika Lee
America for Americans : a history of xenophobia in the United States - Erika Lee
"Many of us like to think of the United States as a nation of immigrants. We pride ourselves on our history of welcoming foreigners and believe this sets our nation apart from every other. But the phrase 'a nation of immigrants' only dates from the mid-twentieth century, and has served to paper over a much darker history of hatred of -- and violence against -- foreigners arriving on our shores. As the acclaimed historian Erika Lee shows in America for Americans, the recent spasm of xenophobic policy and treatment of immigrants -- from the abuses of ICE to the Muslim ban to the proposed border wall -- is only the latest manifestation of another, less known but even more influential American creed. As Lee argues, an intense fear of strangers based on their race, religion, ethnicity, or national origin has always been at the heart of the American project. From Benjamin Franklin calling German immigrants 'swarthy' aliens to the anti-Chinese exclusion movement in 1876 San Francisco to modern paranoia over Mexican immigration and the 'browning of America, ' xenophobia has been an ideological force working hand-in-hand with American nationalism, capitalism, and racism. Offering a new framework and theory of xenophobia to explain what it is, what it does, and how it works, Lee shows that more often than not in our nation's history, xenophobia has been the rule -- not the exception. At the same time, she reveals why we cannot understand institutionalized racism, sexism, classism without first examining the role of xenophobia in creating these related problems. Forcing us to reckon with the less palatable side of American history and beliefs, America for Americans is a necessary corrective and ultimately a spur to action for any concerned citizen"--
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America for Americans : a history of xenophobia in the United States - Erika Lee
Always running : la vida loca, gang days in L.A. - Luis J. Rodriguez
Always running : la vida loca, gang days in L.A. - Luis J. Rodriguez
Winner of the Carl Sandburg Literary Award, hailed as a New York Times notable book, and read by hundreds of thousands, Always Running is the searing true story of one man’s life in a Chicano gang—and his heroic struggle to free himself from its grip. By age twelve, Luis Rodriguez was a veteran of East Los Angeles gang warfare. Lured by a seemingly invincible gang culture, he witnessed countless shootings, beatings, and arrests and then watched with increasing fear as gang life claimed friends and family members. Before long, Rodriguez saw a way out of the barrio through education and the power of words and successfully broke free from years of violence and desperation. Achieving success as an award-winning poet, he was sure the streets would haunt him no more—until his young son joined a gang. Rodriguez fought for his child by telling his own story in Always Running, a vivid memoir that explores the motivations of gang life and cautions against the death and destruction that inevitably claim its participants. At times heartbreakingly sad and brutal, Always Running is ultimately an uplifting true story, filled with hope, insight, and a hard-earned lesson for the next generation.
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Always running : la vida loca, gang days in L.A. - Luis J. Rodriguez
Algorithms of oppression : how search engines reinforce racism - Safiya Umoja Noble
Algorithms of oppression : how search engines reinforce racism - Safiya Umoja Noble
"In Algorithms of Oppression, Safiya Umoja Noble challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for all forms of ideas, identities, and activities. Data discrimination is a real social problem. Noble argues that the combination of private interests in promoting certain sites, along with the monopoly status of a relatively small number of Internet search engines, leads to a biased set of search algorithms that privilege whiteness and discriminate against people of color, especially women of color. Through an analysis of textual and media searches as well as extensive research on paid online advertising, Noble exposes a culture of racism and sexism in the way discoverability is created online. As search engines and their related companies grow in importance--operating as a source for email, a major vehicle for primary and secondary school learning, and beyond--understanding and reversing these disquieting trends and discriminatory practices are of utmost importance."--Page 4 of cover
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Algorithms of oppression : how search engines reinforce racism - Safiya Umoja Noble
Racial Identity and Racial Treatment of Mexican Americans
Racial Identity and Racial Treatment of Mexican Americans
How racial barriers play in the experiences of Mexican Americans has been hotly debated. Some consider Mexican Americans similar to European Americans of a century ago that arrived in the United States with modest backgrounds but were eventually able ...
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Racial Identity and Racial Treatment of Mexican Americans
Journal of Hate Studies
Journal of Hate Studies
The Journal of Hate Studies is an annual peer-reviewed publication of the Gonzaga University Institute for Hate Studies.The Journal of Hate Studies is an international scholarly journal promoting the sharing of interdisciplinary ideas and research relating to the study of what hate is, where it comes from, and how to combat it.  It presents cutting-edge essays, theory, and research that deepen the understanding of the development and expression of hate.View the complete list of issues by theme.
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Journal of Hate Studies
Implicit Bias Tests - Project Implicit, Harvard University
Implicit Bias Tests - Project Implicit, Harvard University
Project Implicit is a non-profit organization and international collaboration between researchers who are interested in implicit social cognition - thoughts and feelings outside of conscious awareness and control. The goal of the organization is to educate the public about hidden biases and to provide a “virtual laboratory” for collecting data on the Internet.
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Implicit Bias Tests - Project Implicit, Harvard University
The Impact of Racial Identity, Ethnic Identity, Asian Values and Race-Related Stress on Asian Americans and Asian International College Students’ Psychological Well-Being - Derek Kenji Iwamoto and William Ming Liu
The Impact of Racial Identity, Ethnic Identity, Asian Values and Race-Related Stress on Asian Americans and Asian International College Students’ Psychological Well-Being - Derek Kenji Iwamoto and William Ming Liu
The current study investigated the direct and moderating effects of racial identity, ethnic identity, Asian values, and race-related stress on positive psychological well-being among 402 Asian American and Asian international college students.
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The Impact of Racial Identity, Ethnic Identity, Asian Values and Race-Related Stress on Asian Americans and Asian International College Students’ Psychological Well-Being - Derek Kenji Iwamoto and William Ming Liu
Illusion of Progress: Charlottesville's Roots in White Supremacy - The Citizen Justice Initiative at the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies, University of Virginia
Illusion of Progress: Charlottesville's Roots in White Supremacy - The Citizen Justice Initiative at the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies, University of Virginia
Throughout the summer of 2017, the Citizen Justice Initiative team researched the history surrounding Charlottesville’s Confederate statues to create a StoryMap entitled “The Illusion of Progress: Charlottesville’s Roots in White Supremacy.” The resource builds on extensive work by members of the Charlottesville and University community, who collected sources, made presentations, wrote think pieces, and created syllabi to educate onlookers, activists, and curious citizens about the roots of white supremacy locally and beyond.
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Illusion of Progress: Charlottesville's Roots in White Supremacy - The Citizen Justice Initiative at the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African American and African Studies, University of Virginia
Historical Roots of Implicit Bias in Slavery - B. Keith Payne, Heidi A. Vuletich, and Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi
Historical Roots of Implicit Bias in Slavery - B. Keith Payne, Heidi A. Vuletich, and Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi
Implicit racial bias remains widespread, even among individuals who explicitly reject prejudice. One reason for the persistence of implicit bias may be that it is maintained through structural and historical inequalities that change slowly. We investigated the historical persistence of implicit bias by comparing modern implicit bias with the proportion of the population enslaved in those counties in 1860. Counties and states more dependent on slavery before the Civil War displayed higher levels of pro-White implicit bias today among White residents and less pro-White bias among Black residents. These associations remained significant after controlling for explicit bias. The association between slave populations and implicit bias was partially explained by measures of structural inequalities. Our results support an interpretation of implicit bias as the cognitive residue of past and present structural inequalities.
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Historical Roots of Implicit Bias in Slavery - B. Keith Payne, Heidi A. Vuletich, and Jazmin L. Brown-Iannuzzi
Exploring Racial Bias Among Biracial and Single-Race Adults: The IAT
Exploring Racial Bias Among Biracial and Single-Race Adults: The IAT
To overcome the obstacles of measuring racial attitudes, Pew Research Center conducted an Implicit Association Test (IAT), a technique that psychologists say measures subconscious or “hidden” bias by tracking how quickly individuals associate good and bad words with specific racial groups.
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Exploring Racial Bias Among Biracial and Single-Race Adults: The IAT
Ethnicity and Health in America Series: Racism-Related Stress in the Asian-American Community - American Psychological Association
Ethnicity and Health in America Series: Racism-Related Stress in the Asian-American Community - American Psychological Association
Asian-Americans tend be held to high expectations in the U.S. Terms such as “Asian advantage” and “model minority” are the cultural expectations placed on Asian-Americans as a group that each individual will be highly intelligent, wealthy, self-reliant and obedient, and live the “American dream.” Not living up to these stereotypes and expectations places a great burden on the individual and often makes her/him feel inadequate. Perceived racial discrimination has been associated with several negative mental health outcomes, including higher psychological distress, suicidal ideation, state anxiety, trait anxiety and depression. The facts are that Asian-Americans are a diverse group of individuals, with diverse experiences.
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Ethnicity and Health in America Series: Racism-Related Stress in the Asian-American Community - American Psychological Association
11 Terms You Should Know to Better Understand Structural Racism - The Aspen Institute
11 Terms You Should Know to Better Understand Structural Racism - The Aspen Institute
This glossary describes terms related to structural racism and terms used to promote racial equity analysis. It was created by the Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change, a group that worked with leading innovators to produce strong and reliable frameworks for successful and sustainable community change and development.
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11 Terms You Should Know to Better Understand Structural Racism - The Aspen Institute
The word 'bigot' is back. Here's why it's so powerful
The word 'bigot' is back. Here's why it's so powerful
A law professor and author of a new book on bigotry discusses key cases now in front of the US Supreme Court that could redefine who bigots really are.
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The word 'bigot' is back. Here's why it's so powerful