Experiencing Race, Class, and Gender in the United States

by Fiske-Rusciano, Roberta

• ISBN13: 9780073528144
• ISBN10: 0073528145
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-30
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

Through individual stories, essays, and critical analyses, this anthology introduces issues of race, class, and gender within an interdisciplinary framework. Themes of identity, power, and change are examined from many different perspectives and voices. New articles covering environmental and post-Katrina issues provide the reader with information about recent concerns of Americans living in the United States.

Table of Contents

Preface * Indicates New Reading IDENTITY

Racial and Ethnic Identity

I Walk Alone by

*Why Race Isn’t as ‘Black’ and ‘White’ as we Think by

American Anthropological Association Statement on “Race”

The Loudest Voice by

To be Hopi or American by

People of Color Who Never Felt They Were Black by

Rosa Wakefield by

I Am a Racially Profiling Doctor by

Are Doctor’s Offices Places for Racial Profiling? By

El Hilo Que Nos Une by

In Search of Bruce Lee’s Grave by

Remembering My Grandmother, Remembering Lebanon by

American Dreamer by

On the Other Side of the War: A Story by

Medicalization of Racial Features: Asian-American Women and Cosmetic Surgery by

Before the Great Gorge by

Beyond the Melting Pot by

Gender Identity

In the Beginning There Are Babies by

Time Warp in the Toy Store by

How Women are Treated in Language by

Where I Come From is Like This by

The Male Role Stereotype by

Taking It by

Tears Still Taboo for Average Guy by

Asymmetries in Communication by

Sexual Identity

A Transsexual’s Story by

Two Sexes are Not Enough by

Cold Feet: Why America Has Gay Marriage Jitters by

When the Political is Personal by

Economics and the American Dream

*The 40-Percent Rule by

Decloaking Class: Why Class Identity and Consciousness Count by

Looking for Work by

The Truth About Growing Up Rich by

To Be Black, Gifted, and Alone by

Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education by

Jewish and Working Class by

Daddy Tucked the Blanket by

Mother Courage by

We’re Not Bums by

Poverty or at Home in a Car by

The Fall by

Power and Racism 45*The 2000 Presidential Election in Black and White by

Rethinking America by

Historical Discrimination in the Immigration Laws by

Anti-Immigrant Violence by

2-205 by

Something About the Subject Makes It Hard to Name by

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by

Native Americans v. The U. S. Government by

Urban Indians by

Sex, Class and Race Intersections: Visions of Women of Color by

Crimes Against Humanity by

Beyond Stereotyping by

Anti-Semitism in the United States by

Seeing More than Black and White by

Behind Barbed Wire by

A Personal Narrative by

Asian Americans Battle “Model Minority” Stereotype by

”Jim Crow” Law by

Jim Crow Revived in Cyber

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