Preface
* Indicates New Reading
IDENTITY
Part I: Racial and Ethnic Identity 1 I Walk Alone by Lonnie Poco 2 *Why Race Isn’t as ‘Black’ and ‘White’ as we Think by Brent Staples3 American Anthropological Association Statement on “Race” 4 The Loudest Voice by Grace Paley 5 To be Hopi or American by Polingaysi Qoyawayma (Elizabeth Q. White) 6 People of Color Who Never Felt They Were Black by Darryl Fears 7 Rosa Wakefield by John Langston Gwaltney 8 I Am a Racially Profiling Doctor by Sally Satel 9 Are Doctor’s Offices Places for Racial Profiling? By Thomson American Health Consultant10 El Hilo Que Nos Une by Celia Alvarez 11 In Search of Bruce Lee’s Grave by Shanlon Wu 12 Remembering My Grandmother, Remembering Lebanon by Therese Saliba 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 Beyond the Melting Pot by William A. Henry III
Part II: Gender Identity 18 In the Beginning There Are Babies by Angela Phillips 19 Time Warp in the Toy Store by Ellen J. Reifler 20 How Women are Treated in Language by Janet Shibley Hyde 21 Where I Come From is Like This by Paula Gunn Allen 22 The Male Role Stereotype by Doug Cooper Thompson 23 Taking It by Leonard Kriegel 24 Tears Still Taboo for Average Guy by Carl Ryan 25 Asymmetries in Communication by Deborah Tannen
Part III: Sexual Identity 26 A Transsexual’s Story by Jessica Stearns 27 Two Sexes are Not Enough by Anne Fausto-Sterling 28 Cold Feet: Why America Has Gay Marriage Jitters by Elisabeth Bumiller 29 When the Political is Personal by Ann Marie Nicolosi Part IV: Economics and the American Dream 33 *The 40-Percent Rule by Martha Burk34 Decloaking Class: Why Class Identity and Consciousness Count by Janet Zandy 35 Looking for Work by Gary Soto 36 The Truth About Growing Up Rich by Sallie Bingham 37 To Be Black, Gifted, and Alone by Bebe Moore Campbell 38 Keeping Close to Home: Class and Education by bell hooks 39 Jewish and Working Class by Bernice Mennis 40 Daddy Tucked the Blanket by Randall Williams 41 Mother Courage by Ariel Gore 42 We’re Not Bums by Peter Swet 43 Poverty or at Home in a Car by Jackie Spinks 44 The Fall by Marge Piercy
POWER
Part V: Power and Racism45*The 2000 Presidential Election in Black and White by Frank L. Rusciano 46 Rethinking America by Evelyn Hu-DeHart 47 Historical Discrimination in the Immigration Laws by U. S. Commission on Civil Rights 48*Immigration Laws Since 1980: The Closing Door by Barbara Franz49*The Dirty Saga of Onandaga County by Linda Carty50 Anti-Immigrant Violence by Southern Poverty Law Center 51 2-205 by Reshma Baig 52 Something About the Subject Makes It Hard to Name by Gloria Yamato 53 White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh 54 Native Americans v. The U. S. Government by Michael Dorris 55 Urban Indians by Roberta Fiske-Rusciano 56 Sex, Class and Race Intersections: Visions of Women of Color by Carol Lee Sanchez 57 Crimes Against Humanity by Ward Churchill 58 Beyond Stereotyping by Daniela Gioseffi 59 Anti-Semitism in the United States by Robert Cherry 60 Seeing More than Black and White by Elizabeth Martinez 61The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria by Judith Ortiz Cofer 62 Behind Barbed Wire by John Hersey 63 A Personal Narrative by Susan Shimizu Taira 64 Asian Americans Battle “Model Minority” Stereotype by Robert Daseler 65 ”Jim Crow” Law by Benjamin Quarles 66 Jim Crow Revived in Cyberspace by Greg Palast and Martin Luther King III 67 The Negro A Beast... or in the Image of God? by Earl Ofari Hutchinson 68 Emmett Louis Till, 1941-1955 by Southern Poverty Law Center 69 As Media Furor Subsides, Jasper Sorts Out Its Future by Kyle Johnson 70 Subtle vs. Overt Racism by David K. Shipler 71 Blacks Feel Indignities by Robert Anthony Watts
Part VI: Power and Sexism72* Aging and Gay, and Facing Prejudice in Twilight by Jane Gross73* What’s Their Real Problem with Gay Marriage? by Russell Shorto 74* A War Against Boys? by Michael Kimmel75 Manhood on the Mat by Jackson Katz and Sut Jhally 76 The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage by Andrew Sullivan 77* 1-2 Punch, a Major Blow to Roe by Allison Stevens78* Erosion of Unions Hurts Women, Particularly Latinas by Linda Chavez-Thompson and Gabriela Lemus79 Gender Warriors Fight the Wrong Battle by Laura Sessions Stepp 80 Losing a Church, Keeping the Faith by Andrew Sullivan 81 Foul Play by Kathleen Sharp 82 Our Bodies, Their Selves by Katrine Ames 83 The Nature of the Beast by Anita Hill 84 Like a Smack in the Face: Pornography in the Trades by Barbara Trees 85 Bad Sports by Mariah Burton Nelson 86 A More Hidden Crime: Adolescent Battered Women by Nancy Worcester 87 Why Doesn’t She Just Leave? by Clarethia Ellerbee 88 Rape and Sexual Assault by James A. Doyle 89 Fraternities of Fear by Kathleen Hirsch 90 ”The Rape” of Mr. Smith by Unknown 91 Forbidden Fruit by Anne Finger 92 Certain Words Can Trip Up AIDS Grants, Scientists Say by Erica Goode 93 Mothers of Convention by Lindsy Van Gelder 94 What’s Fair in Love and War by Randy Shilts
Part VII Power and Classism 95 Imagine a Country by Holly Sklar 96 The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison by Jeffrey H. Reiman 97 The Great Divide by David Moberg 98 *Tainted ‘Justice’ at the EPA by Manuel Pastor, Bill Gallegos and Michele Prichard99 Normalizing Poverty by Celine-Marie Pascale 100 Institutionalized Discrimination by Robert Cherry 101 Jury Whops Insurer by Lesley Brown 102 Single Mothers and Welfare by Ellen L. Bassuk, Angela Browne, and John C. Buckner 103 *Regionalism by Hunter O’Hara 104 Persistent Welfare Stereotypes by Renu Nahata 105 A Way Out by Rita Henley Jensen 106 The Root Causes of Homelessness in American Cities by Doug A. Timmer, D. Stanley Eitzen, and Kathryn D. Talley
CHANGE
Part VIII: Taking Action 108 Affirmative Action: The Sequel by Orlando Patterson 109 Diversity and Its Discontents by Arturo Madrid 110 Choosing Disability by Laura Hershey 111 Breakfast at Perkins by Derek Schork 112 The Push for Power by Eloise Salholz 113 Going Public with our Vision by Charlotte Bunch 114 A Manifesto for Men by Andrew Kimbrell 115 Lesbian Teen Sues District for Bias by Peter Y. Hong 116 The Campus Environment for Gay and Lesbian Life by John D’Emillio 117 Resistance to Change by Kathleen Ryan 118 The Campus Climate for Gay Students by Robert A. Rhoads 119 *At Colleges, Women are Leaving Men in the Dust by Tamar Lewin 120 Battered Women by Cynthia Diehm and Margo Ross 121 Freedom for the Thought We Hate by Gerald Gunther 122 *America 101 by Bill Moyers
Part IX: Change Makers
123 Victory at Arnot by Mary Harris “Mother” Jones 124 The Organizer’s Tale by Cesar Chavez 125 Workers Demand Rights by Louise Palmer 126 Free at Last by Southern Poverty Law Center 127 The Movement by Anne Moody 128 Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Muriel Tillinghast 129 ”Don’t Tell Us It Can’t Be Done” by Michael Ryan 130 Saving Native Lands by Valerie Taliman 131 Cecilia Fire Thunder: She Inspires Her People by Ann Davis 132 How I Changed the Governor’s Mind by Renee La Couture Tulloch 133 Friends of Justice: Take Heart by Deb Price 134 *What Condoms Can Prevent AIDS? No Way! by Helene Cooper
Part X: Race, Class, and Gender After 9/11 and Post-Katrina135*Phoenix Rising from the Waters: The Post-Katrina Renewal of the New Orleans East Vietnamese Community by Mary Sue Ply136*Feeling the Pain of My People: Hurricane Katrina, Racial Inequality and the Psyche of Black America by Ismail K. White, Tasha S. Philpot, Kristin Wylie, and Ernest McGowen137*Most Katrina Aid from Overseas Went Unclaimed by John Solomon and Spencer S. Hsu138*A Failure of Leadership by Bob Herbert139*We Are Not the Enemy: Hate Crimes Against Arabs, Muslims, and Those Perceived to be Arab or Muslim After 9/11 by the Human Rights Watch140 Flag Raising at Ground Zero by The Iowa State Daily 141 Immigrant Families Condemn Racial Targeting by Tram Nguyen 142 America’s Challenge: Domestic Security, Civil Liberties, and National Unity after September 11 by Muzaffar A. Chishti, Doris Meissner, Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Jay Peterzell, Michael J. Wishnie, and Stephen W. Yale-Loehr 143 Seeing Islam as “Evil” Faith, Evangelicals Seek Converts by Laurie Goodstein 144”Empty Seats in the Lifeboat”: 9/11 Stalls Refugees by Donovan Slack 145 Working Class Women as War Heroes by Farai Chideya
