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As you may know, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has expanded its policy of detaining immigrant and asylum-seeking families to a former prison in Taylor, Texas. While a 2007 lawsuit improved the conditions in which men, women, and children were held, ICE's current family detention standards remain of great concern to child, family, and immigrant rights advocates. ICE officials have indicated that they will re-open their Family Residential Standards for public comment this year (an improvement on the initial two week comment period offered by the previous administration). ICE is currently considering bids for one or more family detention facilities, so this comment period is a great opportunity to shape family detention policy at the national level. The Family Residential Standards can be quite specific, and we especially encourage comments on topics about which you have particular expertise. We are particularly interested in hearing from academics, researchers, analysts, and practitioners with expertise in any of the following areas: child and family welfare, juvenile justice issues, incarceration and detention, immigration law and policy, international human rights, refugee and asylum law, international migration, post-traumatic stress conditions in children and adults, and the Violence Against Women Act. We welcome your expertise on specific standards, on family detention policy generally, and/or on the standards' framework. We welcome any degree of engagement, whether it's a short letter communicating your general impressions, a list of specific deficiencies or improvements, "best practices" from your own field, or a point by point analysis of the standards. We also welcome sign-on letters from professional organizations, research groups, academic departments, and other professional organizations. As a preliminary deadline, we are asking you to prepare your comments by August 31, 2009. To learn more about family detention policy, please visit: http://sites.google.com/site/famresstandards/ and join our *low-traffic* listserv http://groups.google.com/group/FRS-working-group?pli=1 . We will use the listserv to post updates on ICE's public comment period and to share drafts--please sign up to stay informed. Please contact Lauren Martin lauren.martin@uky.edu for more information about how you can contribute, and feel free to forward this email to other interested parties. Thank you for taking the time to advocate for humane immigration enforcement practices towards families!Editor Available
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Congratulations goes out to Joseph O. Jewell who has been appointed interim director of Texas A&M University's Race & Ethnic Studies Institute. For more on the Institute (which include a broad race/ethnicity focus), please visit http://resi.tamu.eduNEW PUBLICATION!
Between Good and Ghetto: African American Girls and Inner-City Violence Nikki Jones Rutgers University Press 2009 Paper $22.95 | ISBN 978-0-8135-4616-2 Cloth $72.00 | ISBN 978-0-8135-4614-8 | 228 pages | 5 ½ x 5 ½ “Nikki Jones’s sharp, detailed investigation of the way fighting, on the street and in school, shapes the lives of young African American women combines shrewd analytical insight and clear evocative language to give readers an understanding of what it costs a ‘good girl’ to stay good, and what happens to those who ‘go for bad.’” —Howard S. Becker, author of Outsiders and Writing for Social Scientists With an outward gaze focused on a better future, BETWEEN GOOD AND GHETTO: African American Girls and Inner-City Violence (Paper $22.95, 978-0-8135-4615-5, November 2009), by Nikki Jones, reflects the social world of inner-city African American girls and how they manage threats of personal violence. BETWEEN GOOD AND GHETTO is a richly descriptive and compassionate account of how African American girls negotiate schools and neighborhoods governed by the “code of the street”—the form of street justice that regulates violence in distressed urban areas. Jones reveals the multiple strategies girls use to navigate interpersonal and gender-specific violence and how they reconcile the gendered dilemmas of their adolescence. Illuminating struggles for survival within this group, BETWEEN GOOD AND GHETTO encourages others to move African American girls toward the center of discussions of “the crisis” in poor, urban neighborhoods. “This book adds invaluable information and analysis to the growing debate on the violence perpetrated by girls, and the ethnographic method is exactly what is needed to further the question of whether today’s girls—particularly those most marginalized due to class, race, and neighborhood—are more violent.” —Joanne Belknap, author of The Invisible Woman: Gender, Crime & Justice About the Author Nikki Jones is an assistant professor in the department of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. A VOLUME IN THE RUTGERS SERIES IN CHILDHOOD STUDIES Edited by Myra Bluebond-Langner, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Rutgers UniversityNEW PUBLICATION!
Racing Romance: Love, Power, and Desire Among Asian American/ White Couples Kumiko Nemoto Rutgers University Press 2009 Paper ISBN: 978-0-8135-4533-2 Cloth ISBN: 978-0-8135-4532-5 Pages: 208 pages Description: Despite being far from the norm, interracial relationships are more popular than ever.Racing Romance sheds special light on the bonds between whites and Asian Americans, an important topic that has not garnered well-deserved attention until now. Incorporating life-history narratives and interviews with those currently or previously involved with an interracial partner, Kumiko Nemoto addresses the contradictions and tensions—a result of race, class, and gender—that Asian Americans and whites experience. Similar to black/white relationships, stereotypes have long played crucial roles in AsianAmerican/white encounters. Partners grapple with media representations of Asian women as submissive or hypersexual and Asian men are often portrayed as weak laborers or powerful martial artists. Racing Romance reveals how allegedly progressive interracial relationships remain firmly shaped by the logic of patriarchy and gender inherent to the ideal of marriage, family, and nation in America, even as this ideal is juxtaposed with discourses of multiculturalism and color blindness. Praise for Racing Romance "Increasingly, Asians and Asian Americans are dating and marrying whites, but so far there has been little research on the dynamics of these relationships. In Racing Romance, Kumiko Nemoto shows that "model minority" status does not inoculate interracial intimacy against race and gender stereotypes. Drawing on in-depth interviews, she shows that couples navigate very different romantic landscapes, depending on whether the Asian-origin partner is a man or a woman. "—Rachel F. Moran, author of Interracial Intimacy: The Regulation of Race and Romance "A beautifully written exploration of Asian American-white interracial romance and marriage that expertly balances nuance and compassion with incisive analytical and theoretical clarity. A major contribution to the field."—Karen Kelsky, author of Women on the Verge: Japanese Women, Western Dreams "Kumiko Nemoto’s ground-breaking study of white-Asian interracial relationships brings a rare acuity and rigor to bear on a subject that has been surprisingly neglected by scholars, boldly extending the parameters of sociological research."—Susan Koshy, author of Sexual Naturalization: Asian Americans and Miscegenation "A provocative, insightful, and richly-detailed study. This book should be required reading for anyone studying race and romance in contemporary society."—Erica Chito Childs, author of Navigating Interracial Borders: Black-White Couples and Their Social Worlds "In Racing Romance, Nemoto skillfully blends post-colonial and psychoanalytic perspectives to illuminate the motivations and experiences of interracial romance giving us an engaging and important glimpse into the ongoing racial reconstruction of US society."—Joane Nagel, author of Race, Ethnicity & Sexuality: Intimate Intersections, Forbidden Frontiers "In Racing Romance, Kumiko Nemoto shows that race (and gender) considerations profoundly affect the desires and choices of whites and Asian Americans when they intermarry. Although many of the couples she interviewed claimed to be "color-blind," Nemoto painstakingly demonstrates how racism shapes their narratives of identity, love, and family. Bravo!"—Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, author of Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States "Racing Romance provides an insightful analysis of racialized gender constructions of masculinity and femininity in interracial marriages. While taking us inside the everyday dynamics of interracial relationships, this book never loses sight of the structures that shape intimate life in American society."—Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, Professor of American Civilization, Brown University.NEW PUBLICATION!
Interracial Marriages Between Black Women and White Men Cheryl Judice Cambria Press 2008 Description Interracial marriages between African Americans and Caucasian Americans in the United States are the least common of all interracial marriages, with marriages between black women and white men being the less frequent of the two combinations. Since the 1990s, however, increasing numbers of black women have been marrying white men. This book examines the dynamics of race, social class and marriage in contemporary American society specifically with respect to marriages between African Americans and Caucasian Americans, comparing and contrasting the experiences of couples in both intermarriage patterns. Despite being the focus of extensive sociological and psychological research during the latter half of the twentieth century, most research on black-white intermarriage focused on African American men who married white women. Sociological research focused on the deviant nature of these marriages while psychological research focused on various pathologies attributed to couples who crossed the color line to marry. Little research was directed towards marriages between African American women and white men with even less attention given to delineating differences in the two black-white marital pairings. As marriages between African American women and white men have become more common, it is important to understand why this trend has emerged and how this marriage type differs from the more prevalent African American man, white woman marriage combination. This book is one of the first published on interracial marriages which focuses specifically on marriages between African American women and Caucasian American men in contemporary America. The author examines the historical, social, and legal contexts from which these marriages emerged while demonstrating how the race and sex of each partner is important to understanding how the marriage is socially experienced. ISBN13: 9781604975772NEW PUBLICATION!
Xaripu Community Across Borders: Labor Migration, Community and Family Manuel Barajas University of Notre Dame Press 2009 Praise for The Xaripu Community Across Borders “The Xaripu Community is an exciting, refreshing, and critical ethnographic study that breaks new ground for theorizing transnational migration experiences and gender relationships across borders and challenges monolithic characterizations of Mexican migrants. Presenting a nuanced critique of previous frameworks, Barajas puts forward innovative assertions and arguments for an ‘interactive colonization’ framework that will have repercussions on debates about the Mexican migration experience in the United States.” —Mary Romero, Arizona State University “This interesting work aims to develop a framework for understanding how the intersection of racism, patriarchy, and economic oppression affects labor migration, community formation, and gender dynamics among the Xaripu across borders. It contributes to our understanding of another facet of the Mexican experience of migration.” —Cecilia Menjivar, editor of Latinos/as in the United States: Changing the Face of América “Manuel Barajas does a masterful job of integrating various theoretical perspectives to provide us a more sophisticated understanding of one particular transnational community. His model of interactive colonialism draws from such diverse conceptual and methodological traditions as neocolonialism and internal colonialism, globalization theory, network theory, gender relations, and historical materialism. At the same time, his approach is firmly grounded in the specific experience of the transborder Xaripu community, based in both Mexico and California. The complexity of his framework is a necessary reflection of the multiple economic and social factors that are shaping this type of emergent globalized community.” —Mario Barrera, University of California, Berkeley ABOUT THE BOOK During the past three decades there have been many studies of transnational migration. Most scholarship has focused on one side of the border, one area of labor incorporation, one generation of migrants, and one gender. Manuel Barajas presents the first cross-national, comparative study to examine an indigenous Mexican community’s experience with international migration and transnationalism. He presents an extended case study of the Xaripu community, with home bases in both Xaripu, Michoacán, and Stockton, California. He elaborates how various forms of colonialism, institutional biases, and emergent forms of domination have shaped Xaripu labor migration, community formation, and family experiences across the Mexican/U.S. border for over a century. Of special interest are Barajas’s formal and informal interviews within the community, his examination of oral histories, and his participant observation in several locations. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Manual Barajas is associate professor of sociology at California State University,Sacramento. For additional information, please contact: Kathryn Pitts p: 574.631.3267; email: pitts.5@nd.edu MARKETING DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME PRESS 310 FLANNER HALL, NOTRE DAME, IN 46556, USA Telephone: 574.631.6346 • fax: 574.631.4410 • www.undpress.nd.edu • undpress.1@nd.edu ISBN 978-0-268-02212-9 • $29.00 Paper • 352 pages • Publication Date: April 20, 2009NEW PUBLICATION!
Blurring the Color Line: The New Chance for a More Integrated America Richard Alba Harvard University Press 2009 The book argues that the next quarter of a century will offer an extraordinary opportunity to advance racial integration in the middle and levels of American society because of the retirement of the heavily white baby boom. In combination with demographic change, the departure of the baby boom from the labor market will generate non-zero-sum mobility on a large scale, allowing members of minorities to move up without threatening the life chances that advantaged whites more or less take for granted. The significance of this sort of mobility can be glimpsed in the past because of the role it played in the mass assimilation of the white ethnics in the decades following World War II. However, for the integration scenario to be realized we will as a nation have to commit to changes that promote it, the most of important of which is investment in the education of minority youth.NEW PUBLICATION!
Legacies of Race: Identities, Attitudes, and Politics in Brazil Stanley R. Bailey Stanford University Press 2009 Product Description The United States and Brazil were the largest slave-trading societies of the New World. The demographics of both countries reflect this shared past, but this is where comparisons end. The vast majority of the "Afro-Brazilian" population, unlike their U.S. counterparts, view themselves as neither black nor white but as mixed-race. Legacies of Race offers the first examination of Brazilian public opinion to understand racial identities, attitudes, and politics in this racially ambiguous context. Brazilians avoid rigid notions of racial group membership, and, in stark contrast to U.S. experience, attitudes about racial inequality, African-derived culture, and antiracism strategies are not deeply divided along racial lines. Bailey argues that only through dispensing with many U.S.-inspired racial assumptions can a general theory of racial attitudes become possible. Most importantly, he shows that a strict notion of racial identification in black and white cannot be assumed universal. Editorial Reviews "A highly original and innovative breakdown of the complex dynamics of race in contemporary Brazil. Bailey interrogates the long-standing notion that a denial of racial discrimination is a key ingredient in Brazilian racial common sense. His work will give rise to considerable debate." —G. Reginald Daniel, University of California, Santa Barbara, author of Race and Multiraciality in Brazil and the United States "Legacies of Race takes on two issues of fundamental importance in social and political analysis—false consciousness and the discontinuity between elite and mass politics—and engages both issues in the most relevant contemporary policy context—race. It is a breakthrough contribution." —Paul Sniderman, Stanford University —Edward E. Telles, Princeton University, author of Race in Another America: The Significance of Skin Color in BrazilNEW PUBLICATION!
Centuries of Racial Framing and Counter-Framing Joe R. Feagin Routledge 2009 About the Book In this book Joe R. Feagin extends the systemic racism framework in previous Routledge books by developing an innovative new concept, the white racial frame. Now four centuries-old, this white racial frame encompasses not only the stereotyping, bigotry, and racist ideology accented in other theories of "race," but also the visual images, array of emotions, sounds of language, interlinking interpretations, and inclinations to discriminate that are still central to the frame’s everyday operation. Deeply imbedded in American minds and institutions, this white racial frame has for centuries functioned as a broad worldview, one essential to the routine legitimation, scripting, and maintenance of systemic racism in the United States. Here Feagin examines how and why this white racial frame emerged in North America, how and why it has evolved socially over time, which racial groups are framed within it, how it has operated in the past and in the present for both white Americans and Americans of color, and how the latter have long responded with strategies of resistance that include enduring counter-frames. ISBN: 978-0-415-99439-2 Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)NEW PUBLICATION!
Indigenous Peoples and Globalization: Resistance and Revitalization Thomas D. Hall and James V. Fenelon Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers 2009 The issues native peoples face intensify with globalization. Through case studies from around the world, Hall and Fenelon demonstrate how indigenous peoples? movements can only be understood by linking highly localized processes with larger global and historical forces. The authors show that indigenous peoples have been resisting and adapting to encounters with states for millennia. Unlike other antiglobalization activists, indigenous peoples primarily seek autonomy and the right to determine their own processes of adaptation and change, especially in relationship to their origin lands and community. The authors link their analyses to current understandings of the evolution of globalization. Thomas D. Hall is the Edward Myers Dolan Professor of Anthropology at DePauw University and coauthor, with Christopher Chase-Dunn, of Rise and Demise: Comparing World Systems. James V. Fenelon is Professor of Sociology at California State University–San Bernardino and author of Culturicide, Resistance, and Survival of the Lakota (Routledge 1998). “Hall and Fenelon give us a global perspective on Indigenous social movements through detailed case studies of important struggles across the globe. We learn about Maori of New Zealand, the Adevasi in India, the Zapatista Movement in Mexico, and the Lakota and Navajo in the United States. These and other movements are placed in a larger framework that helps us understand how native peoples have been able to persist over the centuries and resist the recent pressures of globalization. An excellent text for classes that stress human rights and indigenous perspectives.” —Louise Lamphere, Professor of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, Visting Professor at University of California–Berkley "This work will be significant to the work of a wide range of scholars with interests in anthropology, human rights, ecological pasts and futures, and the legacies of violent colonialisms.” —Neil Whitehead, Professor of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison “This book provides considerable empirical detail in case studies that are helpful and illustrative…. The book covers theoretical insights that all students in the social science and American Indian studies fields should be aware of and should take into consideration when analyzing policy, history, and current events among indigenous peoples.” —from the foreword by Duane Champagne “This is a book I’ve long been hoping for, as an introduction to Native American Studies. Combining social scientific analysis with humanistic commitment, Hall and Fenelon examine the persistence of Native peoples throughout the Americas and beyond amidst the encroachments of globalism. A superb work.” —Christopher Vecsey, Director of the Native American Studies Program, Colgate University “This fascinating study examines the continuing struggles of indigenous peoples to sustain their autonomy in the face of both national and international political and economic forces. Using a revitalized notion of ‘world systems’ professors Hall and Fenelon illustrate the importance of appreciating the global dimensions to the long history of such widespread resistance by indigenous societies. Using closely argued examples from both current and past contexts the authors show in detail the intricate sets of relationships that bind the fate of indigenous peoples to the vagaries of political and economic power beyond their own social horizons. Particular case studies of the Mexican Zapatistas, the Maori in New Zealand, Adevasi in India, and of Native North America convincingly ground the authors’ theoretical approaches and allow them to make a powerful historical argument for indigenous human rights. Hall and Fenelon stress that a better understanding of the cyclical nature of such conflicts is itself an important element in ensuring recognition of those rights. As a result we are obliged to rethink not just our scholarly analyses but also the nature of our own political and cultural commitments to a more equitable world. Indigenous peoples throughout the world are experiencing the full presence of injustice in the form of duplicitous development schemes, poverty, landlessness, dispossession, political and religious oppression, and genocide. Hall and Fenelon have created a remarkable book about the complex reasons for these injustices. They extend their earlier work in a sober, yet provocative manner, especially from a world-system perspective. The power of the book rests on its ability to provoke and urge us to rethink many facets of social change and history connected to the diverse indigenous peoples on our planet.” —Pat Lauderdale, Professor of Justice, Arizona State University, Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity, and the Department of Sociology “This book is about how indigenous peoples are forbearing the invisible hand of free market and its proponents, and in the process are finding new political life and cultural strength. Fenelon and Hall tell story after story about Indigenous peoples saying, 'we are still here, we are getting stronger, and we are calling the shots on our terms.' Students and scholars interested in globalization theory, Indigenous issues, and American Indian Studies need to read about these stories.” —Manley Begay, director of the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy in the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy and senior lecturer/associate social scientist in the American Indian Studies Program at The University of ArizonaNEW PUBLICATION!
The End of White World Supremacy: Black Internationalism and the Problem of the Color Line Roderick Bush Bouler, CO: Paradigm Publishers Temple University Press 2009 "Roderick Bush has produced an outstanding and original work that will allow scholars to effectively reframe many central issues pertaining to the history of race-based social movements and Black political thought specifically and radical social movements of the past 40 years more generally." —David Baronov, Associate Professor of Sociology, St. John Fisher College The End of White World Supremacy explores a complex issue— integration of Blacks into White America—from multiple perspectives: within the United States, globally, and in the context of movements for social justice. Roderick Bush locates himself within a tradition of African American activism that goes back at least to W.E.B. Du Bois. In so doing, he communicates between two literatures—worldsystems analysis and radical Black social movement history—and sustains the dialogue throughout the book. Bush explains how racial troubles in the U.S. are symptomatic of the troubled relationship between the white and dark worlds globally. Beginning with an account of white European dominance leading to capitalist dominance by White America, The End of White World Supremacy ultimately wonders whether, as Myrdal argued in the 1940s, the American creed can provide a pathway to break this historical conundrum and give birth to international social justice. paper EAN: 978-1-59213-573-8 (ISBN: 1-59213-573-0) $28.95, Jul 09, Available cloth EAN: 978-1-59213-572-1 (ISBN: 1-59213-572-2) $79.50, Jul 09, Available 264 pp 6x9NEW PUBLICATION!
Hate Crimes and Ethnoviolence: The History, Current Affairs, and Future of Discrimination in America Howard J. Ehrlich Wewst View Press 2009 Howard J. Ehrlich is the director of The Prejudice Institute and the recipient of Sociological Practice Award from the Society for the Applied Study of Sociology and the SAGES Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues. Ehrlich conducted the first national survey of ethnoviolence, helped design the protocol for identifying hate crimes, and wrote and produced the award-winning, nationally syndicated radio program The Great Altantic Radio Conspiracy.NEW PUBLICATION!
The Integration Debate: Competing Futures for American Cities Chester Hartman and Gregory D. Squires (eds.) Routledge 2009 Foreword by Henry Cisneros Racial integration and policies intended to achieve greater integration continue to generate controversy in the United States, with some of the most heated debates taking place among long-standing advocates of racial equality. Today, many nonwhites express what has been referred to as "integration exhaustion" as they question the value of integration in today's world. And many whites exhibit what has been labeled "race fatigue," arguing that we have done enough to reconcile the races. Many policies have been implemented in efforts to open up traditionally restricted neighborhoods, while others have been designed to diversify traditionally poor, often nonwhite, neighborhoods. Still, racial segregation persists, along with the many social costs of such patterns of uneven development. This book explores both long-standing and emerging controversies over the nation's ongoing struggles with discrimination and segregation. More urgently, it offers guidance on how these barriers can be overcome to achieve truly balanced and integrated living patterns. "Bravo! the best overview yet of US racial segregation issues. These experienced researchers foreground racial segregation's oppressive consequences for all Americans and show Justice William Douglas' 1968 housing verdict still applies to divided cities - a 'spectacle of slavery unwilling to die' These savvy analystis provide clear, innovative solutions to the nation's urban racism." Joe R. Feagin, Texas A & M University "Good schools, safe neighborhoods and economic security aren't just lucky happenstances. Where you live has everything to do with health, wealth, education and well-being. this book documents the far reaching costs of the nation's continued housing segregation 40 yars after the passage of the Fair Housing Act. the writers here don't stop at history, though, they offer sound prescriptions that can help us become a truly integrated society." Wade Henderson, President, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights "A must-read for anyone interested in understanding and addressing the legacies of our racist past (and present)." Camille Z. Charles, University of Pennsylvania $130.00 hardcover $35.95 paperback A PORTION OF THE ROYALTIES WILL GO TO THE JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL FAIR HOUSING LEGAL SUPPORT CENTER IN CHICAGO AND THE NATIONAL FAIR HOUSING ALLIANCE IN WASHINGTON DC.** Toll free number: 800-634-7064 International: 561-361-6000 X 6418 orders@taylorandfrancis.com Contributors include: Chester Hartman, Poverty & Race Research Action Council; Gregory D. Squires, George Washington University; Shanna Smith and Cathy Cloud, National Fair Housing Alliance; Nancy A. Denton, University at Albany; John Relman, Glenn Schlactus and Shalini Goel, Relman and Dane; Michael P. Seng and F. Willis Caruso, John Marshall Law School; Florence Wagman Roisman, Indiana University School of Law; Elizabeth K. Julian and Demetria McCain, Inclusive Communities Project; William A. Darity, Jr., Duke University; Alicia Jolla, City of Charlotte; Samuel L. Myers, Jr., University of Minnesota; Kris Marsh, University of Maryland; Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Harvard School of Public Health; Theresa L. Osypuk, Northeastern University Bouve College of Health Sciences; Nancy McArdle, Harvard School of Public Health; George Lipsitz and Melvin L. Oliver, University of California, Santa Barbara; Marc Mauer, The Sentencing Project; Stefanie DeLuca, Johns Hopkins University; James E. Rosenbaum, Northwestern University; Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Lourdes Hernandez-Cordero, and Robert E. Fullilove, Columbia University School of Public Health; Stephen Steinberg, Queens College and Graduate Center of the City University of New York; Janet L. Smith, University of Illinois at Chicago; Roger Wilkins, George Mason University2008 PUBLICATIONS BY ASA-SREM SECTION MEMBERS
The Black Academic's Guide to Winning Tenure Without Losing Your Soul Kerry Ann Rockquemore and Tracey Laszloffy Lynne Rienner Publishers For an African American scholar, who may be the lone minority in a department, navigating the tenure minefield can be a particularly harrowing process. Kerry Ann Rockquemore and Tracey Laszloffy go beyond standard professional resources to serve up practical advice for black faculty intent on playing—and winning—the tenure game. Addressing head-on how power and the thorny politics of race converge in the academy, The Black Academic's Guide is full of invaluable tips and hard-earned wisdom. It is an essential handbook that will help black faculty survive and thrive in academia without losing their voices, or their integrity. "This book should be required reading in the professional development courses offered by most graduate programs. It deftly addresses the subtle abuses of power and the always challenging-to-address racial politics that pervade all aspects of society, including academia."—Romney Norwood, Georgia State University “A critical resource for black junior faculty who are attempting to negotiate the politics of promotion and tenure at their institutions. Both sensible and effective."—Rainier Spencer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas “Provides valuable information and practical tips.... This book outlines concrete steps any junior faculty member can and should take to help them win tenure—but it is especially valuable for faculty of color."—Krista Johnson, Agnes Scott CollegeThe Myth of the Model Minority: Asian Americans Facing Racism Rosalind Chou and Joe Feagin Rowman & Littlefield Publishers http://www.paradigmpublishers.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=186966 In this pathbreaking book sociologists Rosalind Chou and Joe Feagin examine, for the first time in depth, racial stereotyping and discrimination daily faced by Asian Americans long viewed by whites as the "model minority." Drawing on more than 40 field interviews across the country, they examine the everyday lives of Asian Americans in numerous different national origin groups. Their data contrast sharply with white-honed, especially media, depictions of racially untroubled Asian American success. Many hypocritical whites make sure that Asian Americans know their racially inferior "place" in U.S. society so that Asian people live lives constantly oppressed and stressed by white racism. The authors explore numerous instances of white-imposed discrimination faced by Asian Americans in a variety of settings, from elementary schools to college settings, to employment, to restaurants and other public accommodations. The responses of Asian Americans to the U.S. racial hierarchy and its rationalizing racist framing are traced—with some Asian Americans choosing to conform aggressively to whiteness and others choosing to resist actively the imposition of the U.S. brand of anti-Asian oppression. This book destroys any naïve notion that Asian Americans are universally "favored" by whites and have an easy time adapting to life in this still racist society. "The authors show how the 'model minority' is a myth, too inaccurate to be useful. They reveal how it reflects invidious assumptions and is abused for political purposes. Anyone who cares about Asian Americans—indeed, who is interested in the dynamics of diversity—should be interested in this detailed critique. Very highly recommended." —Frank H. Wu, author of Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White "Through a compelling analysis of white racism experienced by Asian Americans in their everyday lives, Chou and Feagin offer a powerful examination of the psychological and emotional burdens imposed by racism in contemporary society." —Leland T. Saito, University of Southern California "Most Americans believe Asian Americans are content, do not suffer from discrimination, and are all in the path to whiteness. Bravo to the authors for bringing to the fore the racial oppression endured by Asian Americans!" —Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke University "This book captures how individual Asian Americans encounter racial hostility and discrimination in a variety of social and institutional spaces, and the distinct ways they strategically respond to such treatment. Some respondents resign themselves to situations while others challenge and actively resist stereotyping, inequitable treatment, and harassment. But as Chou and Feagin convincingly argue, all are both blessed and cursed with the 'double consciousness' shaped by a pervasive 'white racial frame.'" —Michael Omi, University of California–Berkeley "As an often invisible and silent minority, Asian Americans can at last find voice in this brilliant book that recognizes the reality of their experience. The courage, nobility, and honesty of the authors will assist all involved in the struggle for equity and inclusion." —Edna B. Chun, Broward Community College
Non-Married Women and Asset Ownership: The Effects of Marital Status and Social Class on Wealth Accumulation Lori Latrice Sykes Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Description Using census based data, this study examines whether or not differences in asset ownership for non-married women can be explained by race alone or whether other social and demographic variables help explain observed differences. Reviews “. . . the [work] is both explanatory and predictive in examining the determinant of not only asset ownership but the levels of assets, in particular, the levels of the key components of the average American’s portfolio.” – Dr. Hayward Derrick Horton, Professor of Sociology, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany “This study not only brings the issue of racialized gender economic inequality into focus but also highlights many areas for future fruitful research.” – Dr. C. Jama Adams, John Jay College of Criminal Justice “The book has important methodological, theoretical, and social policy implications.” - Dr. David I. Rudder, Adjunct Faculty in M.S. in Strategic Leadership Program, Neumann College Table of Contents Foreword by Hayward Derrick Horton Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Ain’t No Making It: Socioeconomic Status and Wealth in Historical Perspective 2 Trends in Net Worth and Wealth Composition 3 Explaining Difference 4 Perspectives on Wealth Inequality 5 A Home of Her Own 6 Living Single and In Business for Themselves 7 The Great Divide: Savings, Stocks, and Real Estate 8 Non-Married Female Baby Boomers and Asset Ownership 9 Conclusion Bibliography Appendix: Notes on Data and Methods Index ISBN10: 0-7734-5371-7 ISBN13: 978-0-7734-5371-5 Pages: 156
Doing Business with Beauty: Black Women, Hair Salons, and the Racial Enclave Economy Adia Harvey Wingfield Rowman & Littlefield Publishers The book argues that studies of entrepreneurship generalize from the experiences of immigrant men and thus overlook the ways racism and sexism are systemic, intersecting processes that create different entrepreneurial experiences for racial minority women. Given this, Harvey Wingfield argues that Black women's entrepreneurial ventures can best be described as "racial enclave economies" that are fundamentally shaped by the systemic gendered racism these women encounter in numerous settings. Focusing on Black women hair salon owners, "Doing Business with Beauty" considers how systemic gendered racism influences Black women's motivations for becoming entrepreneurs, business decisions, and interactions with customers and stylists.
Immigrants and Modern Racism: Reproducing Inequality Beth Frankel Merenstein Lynne Rienner Publishers With rising numbers of immigrants of color in the United States, sheer demographic change has long promised—falsely, it now seems—to solve the "race problem." Directly connecting the issues of race relations and immigrant incorporation, Beth Merenstein sheds light on what the changing contours of the US's racial and ethnic makeup mean for our dearly held concept of "equal opportunity for all."
Deliverance and Submission: Evangelical Women and the Negotiation of Patriarchy in South Korea Kelly Chong Harvard University Press South Korea is home to some of the largest evangelical Protestant congregations in the world. This book investigates the meaning of—and the reasons behind—a particular aspect of contemporary South Korean evangelicalism: the intense involvement of middle-class women. Drawing upon extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Seoul that explores the relevance of women’s experiences to Korean evangelicalism, Kelly H. Chong not only helps provide a broader picture of the evangelical movement’s success in South Korea, but addresses the global question of contemporary women’s attraction to religious traditionalism. In highlighting the growing contradictions ¬between the forces of social transformation that are rapidly liberalizing modern Korean society, and a social system that continues to uphold patriarchal structures and relations on both the societal and familial levels, Chong captures the missing dimension of gender in her analysis of Korean evangelicalism. By focusing on the spiritual and institutional dynamics of women’s religious participation, this study reveals how such religious practices serve as crucial channels through which women can navigate, negotiate, and even resist the restrictions and ambiguities of contemporary Korean family and gender relations.
Imperial Citizens: Koreans and Race from Seoul to LA Nadia Y. Kim Stanford University Press Asians and Latinos comprise the vast majority of contemporary immigrants to the United States, and their growing presence has complicated America's prevailing White-Black race hierarchy. Imperial Citizens uses a global framework to investigate how Asians from U.S.-dominated homelands learn and understand their place along U.S. color lines. With interviews and ethnographic observations of Koreans, the book does what others rarely do: venture to the immigrants' home country and analyze racism there in relation to racial hierarchies in the United States. Attentive to history, the book considers the origins, nature, and extent of racial ideas about Koreans/Asians in relation to White and Black Americans, investigating how immigrants engage these ideas before they depart for the United States, as well as after they arrive. The author shows that contemporary globalization involves not just the flow of capital, but also culture. Ideas about American color lines and citizenship lines have crossed oceans alongside U.S. commodities. Editorial Reviews "Nadia Kim writes cogently and compellingly about Korean and Korean American attitudes, beliefs, and concerns about race, gender, and much more. In providing a transnational and historical perspective, Imperial Citizens is a model of enlightened and engaged scholarship." —John Lie, University of California, Berkeley "In a compelling analysis of the varied ways that racial categories and racial meanings are formed in both South Korea and the United States, Nadia Kim expands ourunderstanding of how race "travels." She demonstrates the global, hegemonic reach of U.S. racial ideology and captures the ways Korean American immigrants position themselves in distinctive racial contexts. Attentive to class, gender, and generational differences, Kim shows us how Korean Americans come to learn, and to resist, dominant patterns of racialization." —Michael Omi, University of California, Berkeley "A masterful demonstration of the globalization of white racism! Nadia Kim's interviews with Korean immigrants and their children reveal integral links between U.S. global hegemony and immigration. This book depicts the human tragedy of Korean American hyper-conformity in a nation that perpetuates white supremacy: preference for white beauty leading to plastic surgery; women preferring white men who exoticize or abuse them; and Korean internalization of white-racist attitudes toward Americans of color." —Joe R. Feagin, Texas A&M University So Much Reform, So Little Change:The Persistence of Failure in Urban Schools Charles M. Payne Harvard Education Publishing Group This frank and courageous book explores the persistence of failure in today’s urban schools. At its heart is the argument that most education policy discussions are disconnected from the daily realities of urban schools, especially those in poor and beleaguered neighborhoods. Charles M. Payne argues that we have failed to account fully for the weakness of the social infrastructure and the often dysfunctional organizational environments of urban schools and school systems. The result is that liberals and conservatives alike have spent a great deal of time pursuing questions of limited practical value in the effort to improve city schools. Payne carefully delineates these stubborn and intertwined sources of failure in urban school reform efforts of the past two decades. Yet while his book is unsparing in its exploration of the troubled recent history of urban school reform, Payne also describes himself as “guardedly optimistic.” He describes how, in the last decade, we have developed real insights into the roots of school failure, and into how some individual schools manage to improve. He also examines recent progress in understanding how particular urban districts have established successful reforms on a larger scale. Drawing on a striking array of sources—from the recent history of various urban school systems, to the growing sophistication of education research, to his own experience as a teacher, scholar, and participant in reform efforts—Payne paints a vivid and unmistakably realistic portrait of urban schools and reforms of the past few decades. So Much Reform, So Little Change will be required reading for everyone interested in the plight—and the future—of urban schools. Advance Praise: “A brilliant, thoughtful, and provocative analysis. Charles Payne shows why almost thirty years of school reform has brought so little change to urban public schools. Rooted in the reality of the Chicago Public Schools, Payne’s book contains lessons that are relevant to schools everywhere.” —Pedro Noguera, New York University “Charles Payne’s book is likely to anger teachers and administrators, conservatives and liberals, school reformers and the foundations that fund them. All will see themselves depicted as naïve about what it takes to improve urban schools. Many will see themselves depicted as part of the problem rather than part of the solution. At the same time no reader who has spent much time in urban schools will deny the accuracy of Payne’s insights—for example, about why improving high schools has proved so much more difficult than improving elementary schools, why more resources alone won’t produce successful urban schools, and why the choice of a particular whole school reform program is not the critical decision. While his analysis is deeply sobering, Payne shows that improvement in urban schools is possible—and indeed that significant improvements have already taken place.” —Richard J. Murnane, Harvard Graduate School of Education “This is a wonderful book, absolutely essential reading for educators, policymakers, and community and civic leaders who are committed to creating schools that promote high achievement for Black and Latino students. Payne helps us understand the challenges and possibilities for the transformation of urban schools. This is a smart book—one that should change our conversation about the reform of urban schools.” —Theresa Perry, Simmons College http://www.hepg.org/hep/book/82
Teach Freedom: Education for Liberation in the African-American Tradition Charles M. Payne and Carol Strickland, editors,(Teachers College Press) http://store.tcpress.com/0807748722.shtml “One of the basic lessons of the southern civil rights movement is that you cannot predict what spark will light a fire.” —From the Foreword by Charles E. Cobb Jr., senior writer and diplomatic correspondent for allAfrica.com “One of the guiding principles has to be that we cannot lead a struggle that involves masses of people without identifying with the people and without getting people to understand what their potentials are, what their strengths are.” —Ella Baker, Advisor, Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee The self-conscious use of education as an instrument of liberation among African Americans is exactly as old as education among African Americans. This dynamic anthology is about those forms of education intended to help people think more critically about the social forces shaping their lives and think more confidently about their ability to react against those forces. Featuring articles by educator-activists, this collection explores the largely forgotten history of attempts by African Americans to use education as a tool of collective liberation. Together these articles explore the variety of forms those attempts have taken, from the shadow of slavery to the contradictions of hip-hop. Contributors address “Lessons from the Past” and discuss Citizenship Schools in the south, Ella Baker and the Harlem Y, Mississippi Freedom Schools, and Black Panther Liberation Schools. Contemporary models are covered as well, demonstrating the depth and tenacity of the tradition in such efforts as the Freedom Schools established by the Children’s Defense Fund. Contributors: Chris Myers Asch • William Ayers • Charles E. Cobb Jr. • Sekou M. Franklin • Jonathan Gayles • Hollyce C. Giles • Deanna M. Gillespie • Steven Hahn • Michael G. Hayes • Charles E. Jones • Carol D. Lee • David Levine • Ernest Morrell • Robert C. Morris • Daniel Perlstein • Randolph G. Potts • Fannie Theresa Rushing • Gale Seiler • Susan Wilcox. Charles M. Payne is the Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor in the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago. His books include the award-winning I’ve Got the Light of Freedom: The Organizing Tradition and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle. Carol Sills Strickland has served as associate editor for the journal New Schools, New Communities, and on the editorial boards of the Harvard Educational Review and Afterschool Matters.