Through individual stories, essays, poetry, and critical analyses, Experiencing Race, Class, and Gender in the United States, Seventh Edition, 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. In addition to its focus on minorities victimized by discrimination, this anthology includes the experiences of the privileged and of those who resist change, and reinforces students' understanding that they can effect changes in their lives and in society.
Preface Identity Part I Racial and Ethnic Identity 1. Just 'Cause I'm Mixed by Afro DZ aka (Peter Shungu) 2. American Anthropological Association "Statement on Race" 3. Ethnicity in American Life: The Historical Perspective by John Hope Franklin 4. Toward a More Perfect Union by Barack Obama 5. 'Racial Impostor Syndrome': Here Are Your Stories by National Public Radio 6. Every Good-Bye Ain't Gone by James Baldwin 7. The Loudest Voice by Grace Paley 8. To Be Hopi or American by Polingaysi Qoyawayma (Elizabeth Q. White) 9. People of Color Who Never Felt They Were Black by Darryl Fears 10. Rosa Wakefield by John Langston Gwaltney 11. I'm Not Your Miss Saigon by Jillian Montilla 12. In the Aloha State, All (Identity) Politics is Local by Eric Pape 13. American Dreamer by Bharati Mukherjee 14. On the Other Side of the War: A Story by Elizabeth Gordon 15. Medicalization of Racial Features: Asian American Women and Cosmetic Surgery by Eugenia Kaw 16. Before the Great Gorge by Carlos Cumpian 17. Race in a Genetic World by Harvard Magazine 18. Exploring the Cuban Conundrum: Exiles, Immigrants, Americans or Illegals? by Mercedes Diaz Suggestions for Responding to Part I Part II Gender and Sexual Identity 19. Adam Rippon: When I Came Out is When I Started to Own Who I Am As a Person by Karen Price 20. Why Are White Men Stockpiling Guns? by Jeremy Adam Smith 21. There's a Petition Calling for the First Transgender Barbie by Huffington Post 22. Where I Come From Is Like This by Paula Gunn Allen 23. The Male Role Stereotype by Doug Cooper Thompson 24. Transgender Rights in the United States: A Short History by Tom Head 25. A Transsexual's Story by Jessica R. Stearns 26. Two Sexes Are Not Enough by Anne Fausto-Sterling 27. Same-Sex-Marriage Flashpoint: Alabama Considers Quitting the Marriage Business by Debbie Elliott 28. When the Political Is Personal by Ann Marie Nicolosi Suggestions for Responding to Part II Part III Economics and the American Dream 29. Decloaking Class: Why Class Identity and Consciousness Count by Janet Zandy 30. The Truth About Growing Up Rich by Sallie Bingham 31. Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education by bell hooks 32. Daddy Tucked the Blanket by Randall Williams 33. Homeless in America by Sabena Siddiqui 34. Student Debt Lives On Hold by Consumer Reports Suggestions for Responding to Part III Suggestion for Responding to Identity Power Part IV Power and Racism 35. Why "Birth of a Nation" Still Matters in American Politics by Frank Louis Rusciano 36. ICE Spokesman Quits, Bashes Trump Administration on Immigration Raids by Willa Frej 37. Historical Discrimination in the Immigration Laws by U.S. Commission on Civil Rights 38. Immigration Laws since 1980: The Closing Door by Barbara Franz 39. Consider the Trauma Immigration Raids Cause for Children by Dr. Rebekah Diamond 40. The Year in Hate: Trump Buoyed White Supremacists in 2017, Sparking Backlash Among Black Nationalist Groups by oDouth 41. 2-205 by Reshma Baig 42. Something About the Subject Makes It Hard to Name by Gloria Yamato 43. White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh 44. Native Americans vs. the U.S. Government by Michael Dorris 45. Urban Native Americans by Roberta Fiske-Rusciano 46. Sex, Class, and Race Intersections: Visions of Women of Color by Carol Lee Sanchez 47. Crimes Against Humanity by Ward Churchill 48. Anti-Semitism in the United States by Robert Cherry 49. Seeing More Than Black and White by Elizabeth Martinez 50. Behind Barbed Wire by John Hersey 51. Asian Americans Battle "Model Minority" Stereotype by Robert Daseler 52. "Jim Crow" Law by Benjamin Quarles 53. Jim Crow Revived in Cyberspace by Greg Palast and Martin Luther King III 54. It's Not Just Starbucks: White Fear is an American Problem by Renee Graham 55. Emmett Louis Till, 1941-1955 by Southern Poverty Law Center 56. Subtle vs. Overt Racism by David K. Shipler 57. Blacks Feel Indignities by Robert Anthony Watts Suggestions for Responding to Part IV Part V Power and Sexism 58. Citizenship and Violence by The American Prospect 59. Manhood on the Mat by Jackson Katz and Sut Jhally 60. For Women's History Month, a Look at Gender Gains-and Gender Gaps-in the U.S. by Abigail Geiger and Kim Parker 61. Sexual Harassment at Work in the Era of #MeToo by Nikki Graf 62. Sexual Harassment: The Nature of the Beast by Anita Hill 63. Breaking Down Gender Bias in the Construction Industry by Kate Stephenson 64. Congress Passes Bill to Protect Young Athletes From Sexual Abuse by Feminist Newswire 65. A More Hidden Crime: Adolescent Battered Women by Nancy Worcester 66. Why Doesn't She Just Leave? by Clarethia Ellerbe 67. Rape and Sexual Assault by James A. Doyle 68. The Sexual Assault Epidemic That No One Talks About by Joseph Shapiro 69. "The Rape" of Mr. Smith by Unknown 70. Roe v. Wade Turns 45, But There's No Time to Celebrate by Ilyse Hogue 71. Unions Are Fighting For Families by Liz Shuler Suggestions for Responding to Part V Part VI Power and Classism 72. Warren Buffett Calls for Higher Taxes for US Super-Rich by Graeme Wearden 73. Imagine a Country by Holly Sklar 74. Bulging Jails Are Other American Exception by Albert R. Hunt 75. What the Dip in Life Expectancy is Really About: Inequality by Julia Belluz 76. The Opioid Epidemic Explained by German Lopez 77. Institutionalized Discrimination by Robert Cherry 78. Jury Whops Insurer by Leslie Brown 79. The Spectre of Regionalism by Hunter O'Hara 80. Why People Love "Assistance to the Poor" But Hate "Welfare" by Ashley Jardina 81. Mothers Dying After Childbirth is a Medical Issue-But Cultural Too by Erin Sagen 82. The Tainted Water Crisis in Upstate New York That Andrew Cuomo Can't Shake by Alexander C. Kaufman Suggestions for Responding to Part VI Part VII Race, Class, and Gender During the Obama and Trump Administrations: A Comparative Look 83. How America Changed During Barack Obama's Presidency by Michael Dimick 84. Ousted Standing Rock Leader on the Pipeline Protest That Almost Succeeded by Phil McKenna 85. Trump Wants Immigrants To Be Afraid by Dara Lind 86. 25 Texas Mosques Open Their Doors to Harvey Survivors by Dean Obeidalla 87. The Atlantic's Adam Serwer: The Politics of Racism in Trump's America by Shorenstein Center 88. The Trump Administration Isn't Just Curtailing Women's Rights, It's Systematically Eroding Trust in Women by Annalisa Merelli 89. The Pendulum Effect: The Science That Took Us From Obama to Trump by Marjorie M. Fuller 90. Environmental Justice in the Age of Trump by Michael J. Brogan 91. The Power to Count: Citizenship and the Census by Victor Thompson Suggestions for Responding to Part VII Suggestions for Responding to Power Change Part VIII Taking Action 92. Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum by Eric Holder 93. Diversity and Its Discontents by Arturo Madrid 94. Breakfast at Perkins by Derek Schork 95. Five Ways to Help Prevent Domestic Violence by Richard Tolman 96. Going Public with Our Vision by Charlotte Bunch 97. A Manifesto for Men by Andrew Kimbrell 98. Resistance to Change by Kathleen Ryan 99. The March for our Lives, Explained by Jen Kirby 100. Freedom for the Thought We Hate by Gerald Gunther 101. The Oklahoma Teachers' Strike is 26 Years in the Making by Jon Hazell Suggestions for Responding to Part VIII Part IX Change Makers 102. Boys State by Michael Moore 103. Victory at Arnot by Mary Harris "Mother" Jones 104. The Organizer's Tale by Cesar Chavez 105. The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act by Ramon Johnson 106. Free at Last by Southern Poverty Law Center 107. The Movement by Anne Moody 108. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by Muriel Tillinghast 109. "Don't Tell Us It Can't Be Done" by Michael Ryan 110. Saving Native Lands by Valerie Taliman 111. Cecilia Fire Thunder: She Inspires Her People by Ann Davis 112. Claiming Respect for Ancestral Remains: Repatriation and the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma by Robert L. Cast, Bobby Gonzalez, and Timothy K. Perttula 113. The Weinstein Effect by Linda Barstyn 114. A New Lynching Memorial Highlights America's Grim Legacy of Racial Terrorism by P.R. Lockhart 115. Message to My Daughters by Edwidge Danticat Suggestions for Responding to Part IX Suggestions for Responding to Change Credits C1 Index I1
