Experiencing Race, Class, and Gender in the United States

by Roberta Fiske-Rusciano Rider University

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538114933
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/05/2020
Edition description:	Seventh Edition
Pages:	294
Product dimensions:	8.21(w) x 10.02(h) x 0.74(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Roberta Fiske-Rusciano is adjunct assistant professor of political science, global studies, multicultural studies, and gender studies at Rider University.

Table of Contents

Preface

IDENTITY

Part I Racial and Ethnic Identity

1. Just ’Cause I’m Mixed by Afro DZ ak (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. The Loudest Voice by Grace Paley

6. To Be Hopi or American by Polingaysi Qoyawayma (Elizabeth Q. White)

7. People of Color Who Never Felt They Were Black by Darryl Fears

8. Rosa Wakefield by John Langston Gwaltney

*9. I’m Not Your Miss Saigon by Jillian Montilla

10. Before the Great Gorge by Carlos Cumpia´n

11. Race in a Genetic World by Harvard Magazine

*12. Exploring the Cuban Conundrum: Exiles, Immigrants, Americans, or Illegals? by Mercedes R. Diaz, PhD

Suggestions for Responding to Part I

Part II Gender and Sexual Identity

*13. Adam Rippon: When I Came Out Is When I Started to Own Who I Am as a Person

by Karen Price

*14. Why Are White Men Stockpiling Guns? by Jeremy Adam Smith

15. The Male Role Stereotype by Doug Cooper Thompson

16. Transgender Rights in the United States: A Short History by Tom Head

17. A Transsexual’s Story by Jessica R. Stearns

Suggestions for Responding to Part II

Part III Economics and the American Dream

18. Decloaking Class: Why Class Identity and Consciousness Count by Janet Zandy

19. The Truth about Growing Up Rich by Sallie Bingham

20. Daddy Tucked the Blanket by Randall Williams

*21. Homeless in America by Sabena Siddiqui

Suggestions for Responding to Part III

Suggestion for Responding to Identity

POWER

Part IV Power and Racism

*22. Why Birth of a Nation Still Matters in American Politics by Frank Louis Rusciano

*23. ICE Spokesman Quits, Bashes Trump Administration on Immigration Raids by Willa Frej

24. Historical Discrimination in the Immigration Laws by U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

25. Immigration Laws since 1980: The Closing Door by Barbara Franz

*26. The Year in Hate: Trump Buoyed White Supremacists in 2017, Sparking Backlash among Black Nationalist Groups by Southern Poverty Law Center

*27. What Is White Privilege, Really? by Cory Collins

28. Native Americans vs. the U.S. Government by Michael Dorris

29. Urban Native Americans by Roberta Fiske-Rusciano

30. Sex, Class, and Race Intersections: Visions of Women of Color by Carol Lee Sanchez

31. Crimes against Humanity by Ward Churchill

32. Anti-Semitism in the United States by Robert Cherry

33. Behind Barbed Wire by John Hersey

34. Asian Americans Battle “Model Minority” Stereotype by Robert Daseler

35. Jim Crow Revived in Cyberspace by Greg Palast and Martin Luther King III

*36. It’s Not Just Starbucks: White Fear Is an American Problem by Rene´e Graham

37. Emmett Louis Till, 1941–1955 by Southern Poverty Law Center

38. Blacks Feel Indignities by Robert Anthony Watts

Suggestions for Responding to Part IV

Part V Power and Sexism

39. Citizenship and Violence by The American Prospect

*40. For Women’s History Month, a Look at Gender Gains—and Gender Gaps—in the

United States by Abigail Geiger and Kim Parker

*41. Sexual Harassment at Work in the Era of #MeToo by Nikki Graf

*42. Breaking Down Gender Bias in the Construction Industry by Kate Stephenson

43. Why Doesn’t She Just Leave? by Clarethia Ellerbe

44. Rape and Sexual Assault by James A. Doyle

45. “The Rape” of Mr. Smith by Unknown

*46. Roe v. Wade Turns Forty-Five, but There’s No Time to Celebrate by Ilyse Hogue

*47. Unions Are Fighting for Families by Liz Shuler

Suggestions for Responding to Part V

Part VI Power and Classism

48. Warren Buffett Calls for Higher Taxes for U.S. Super-Rich by Graeme Wearden

49. Bulging Jails Are Other American Exception by Albert R. Hunt

50. Institutionalized Discrimination by Robert Cherry

*51. Why People Love “Assistance to the Poor” but Hate “Welfare” by Ashley Jardina

*52. 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

*53. How America Changed during Barack Obama’s Presidency by Michael Dimock

*54. The Atlantic’s Adam Serwer: The Politics of Racism in Trump’s America by Nilagia McCoy

*55. The Trump Administration Isn’t Just Curtailing Women’s Rights; It’s Systematically Eroding Trust in Women by Annalisa Merelli

*56. Environmental Justice in the Age of Trump by Michael J. Brogan

*57. 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

58. Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum by Eric Holder

59. Diversity and Its Discontents by Arturo Madrid

60. Breakfast at Perkins by Derek Schork

*61. Five Ways to Help Prevent Domestic Violence by Richard Tolman

62. Going Public with Our Vision by Charlotte Bunch

63. A Manifesto for Men by Andrew Kimbrell

64. Freedom for the Thought We Hate by Gerald Gunther

*65. The Oklahoma Teachers’ Strike Is Twenty-Six Years in the Making by Jon Hazell 240

Suggestions for Responding to Part VIII

Part IX Change Makers

66. Victory at Arnot by Mary Harris “Mother” Jones

67. Free at Last by Southern Poverty Law Center

68. The Movement by Anne Moody

69. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle by Muriel Tillinghast

70. “Don’t Tell Us It Can’t Be Done” by Michael Ryan

71. Cecilia Fire Thunder: She Inspires Her People by Ann Davis

72. Claiming Respect for Ancestral Remains: Repatriation and the Caddo Nation of

Oklahoma by Robert L. Cast, Bobby Gonzalez, and Timothy K. Perttula

*73. The Weinstein Effect by Linda Burstyn

Suggestions for Responding to Part IX

Suggestions for Responding to Change

Credits

Index

*New to this edition

Editorial Reviews

Through individual stories, essays, and critical analyses, this collection examines diversity in American society. Readings are organized around major themes of identity, power, and change, and encourage students to re-examine their own identities and life situations while understanding the experiences and values of individuals and groups that make up contemporary American society. Each reading includes discussion questions, and exercises and projects. The editor is affiliated with Rider University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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