Discrimination category: 2581 books
Goondeen
Understanding Australia
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
In Aboriginal terminology, a ‘Goondeen’ is a person respected for their wisdom, gleaned from long experience; an elder who is listened to and their opinions shared and acted upon. In this book, you will meet three Goondeens: Uncle Albert Holt, a Murri man and champion of equality; Henry Palaszczuk,...
From Human Trafficking to Human Rights
Reframing Contemporary Slavery
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Over the last decade, public, political, and scholarly attention has focused on human trafficking and contemporary forms of slavery. Yet as human rights scholars Alison Brysk and Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick argue, most current work tends to be more descriptive and focused on trafficking for sexual exploitation.
In...
The Racial Glass Ceiling
Subordination in American Law and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
A compelling study of a subtle and insidious form of racial inequality in American law and culture. Why does racial equality continue to elude African Americans even after the election of a black president? Liberals blame white racism while conservatives blame black behavior. Both define the race problem...
by Spencer Cohn
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2015
It's shocking how little most of us know about the fundamental rules for workplace survival. Few people truly understand how to hang onto their jobs, how to effectively respond to threats to their jobs, or what to do if their main source of income is abruptly terminated. Considering how dependent...
Spaces of Hate
Geographies of Discrimination and Intolerance in the U.S.A.
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by John Iceland
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2017
Race and Ethnicity in America examines patterns and trends in racial and ethnic inequality over recent decades. John Iceland shows how color lines have generally softened over time in the United States but deep-seated inequalities remain—generally, blacks, American Indians, and some Hispanics fare...
Complex Justice
The Case of Missouri v. Jenkins
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
In 1987 Judge Russell Clark mandated tax increases to help pay for improvements to the Kansas City, Missouri, School District in an effort to lure white students and quality teachers back to the inner-city district. Yet even after increasing employee salaries and constructing elaborate facilities...
Notes of a Racial Caste Baby
Color Blindness and the End of Affirmative Action
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1998
The Constitution of the United States, writes Bryan Fair, was a series of compromises between white male propertyholders: Southern planters and Northern merchants. At the heart of their deals was a clear race-conscious intent to place the interests of whites above those of blacks.
In this provocative...
Explorations in Diversity
Examining the Complexities of Privilege, Discrimination, and Oppression
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2017
Every person comes to know and understand their life from their own perspective. As a result, it is often difficult and sometimes unbelievable to realize that others, whom one may or may not know, might also experience daily life in a vastly different way. Explorations in Diversity offers readers...
Reimagining Equality
A New Deal for Children of Color
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
2018 Outstanding Academic Title, given by Choice Magazine
A comprehensive examination of developmental inequality among children
Developmental equality–whether every child has an equal opportunity to reach their fullest potential–is essential for children’s future growth and access...
Racism and Ethnicity
Global Debates, Dilemmas, Directions
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Racism and Ethnicity*: Global Debates, Dilemmas, Directions* examines in detail the theories, histories and principal debates of race, racism and ethnicity within a global context. The text offers critical evaluation of the work of major figures from Du Bois to Goldberg, and presents new research...
Complexion Based Discriminations
Global Insights
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
Complexion based discrimination is a harsh prejudice against dark-skinned people by fair-skinned people that has been prevalent in all countries and continents of the world. This book states the unbearable traumas faced by dark-skinned people such as Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther, Jimmy Carter, Barack...
by Elaine Allen Lechtreck
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
In 1963, the Sunday after four black girls were killed by a bomb in a Birmingham church, George William Floyd, a Church of Christ minister, preached a sermon based on the Golden Rule. He pronounced that Jesus Christ was asking Christians to view the bombing from the perspective of their black neighbors...
The Color Bind
Talking (and Not Talking) About Race at Work
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
Since the 1960s, the dominant model for fostering diversity and inclusion in the United States has been the “color blind” approach, which emphasizes similarity and assimilation and insists that people should be understood as individuals, not as members of racial or cultural groups. This approach...