Burgess Library: Belonging: Race and Ethnicity

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Being Brown in Dixie by Cameron D. Lippard (Editor)
Call Number: F220.S75 B45 2011

ISBN: 9781935049289

Publication Date: 2010

How has the dramatic influx of Latino populations in the US South challenged and changed traditional conceptions of race? Are barriers facing Latinos the same as those confronted by African Americans? The authors use the Latino experience of living and working in the South to explore the shifting complexities of race relations. Systematically considering such central issues as hiring, housing, education, and law enforcement, they emphasize the critical social and policy implications for new gateway communities and for our society as a whole.
American Ethnic Practices in the Twenty-First Century by Jill Florence Lackey
Call Number: GN560.U6 L33 2013

ISBN: 9780739178294

Publication Date: 2013

American Ethnic Practices in the Twenty-First Century by Jill Florence Lackey highlights the continued importance of ethnic practices in the Milwaukee area and their positive contributions to broader society. Challenging the idea of declining ethnicity, the book shows how community-building activities of ethnic groups strengthen social fabric in areas like organization, language, religion, food, and more. Lackey argues that these often-overlooked practices play a vital role in American societ
Raciolinguistics by H. Samy Alim (Editor)
Call Number: P120.R32 R34 2016

ISBN: 9780190625696

Publication Date: 2016

Taking into account rapidly changing demographics in the U.S and shifting cultural and media trends across the globe - from Hip Hop cultures, to transnational Mexican popular and street cultures, to Israeli reality TV, to new immigration trends across Africa and Europe - Raciolinguistics shapes the future of scholarship on race, ethnicity, and language. By taking a comparative look across a diverse range of language and literacy contexts, the volume seeks not only to set the research agenda in this burgeoning area of study, but also to help resolve pressing educational and political problems in some of the most contested raciolinguistic contexts in the world.
Images That Injure by Paul Martin Lester (Editor)
Call Number: P96.S74 I45 2011

ISBN: 9780313378928

Publication Date: 2011

This book presents a series of original research essays on media images of groups including African Americans, Latinos, women, the elderly, the physically disabled, gays and lesbians, and Jewish Americans, just to mention a few. Specific examples of these images are derived from a variety of sources, such as advertising, fine art, film, television shows, cartoons, the Internet, and other media, providing a wealth of material for students and professionals in almost any field.
Gringo Injustice by Alfredo Mirandé (Editor)
Call Number: KF4755 .G75 2020

ISBN: 9780367276058

Publication Date: 2019

The recent mass shooting of 22 innocent people in El Paso by a lone White gunman looking to "Kill Mexicans" is not new. It is part of a long, bloody history of anti-Latina/o violence in the United States. Gringo Injustice brings this history to life, shedding critical light on the complex relationship between Latinas/os and the United States' legal and judicial system. Essays examine the unauthorized use of deadly force by police and patterned incidents of lynching, hate crimes, gang violence, and racial profiling. The book also highlights the hyper-criminalization of barrio youth and considers wide-ranging implications from the disproportionate imprisonment of Latinas/os. Gringo Injustice provides a comprehensive and powerful look into the Latina/o community's fraught history with law enforcement and the American judicial system.
An African American and Latinx History of the United States by Paul Ortiz
Call Number: E184.S75 O79 2018

ISBN: 9780807013106

Publication Date: 2018

Paul Ortiz's An African American and Latinx History of the United States offers a bottom-up, interconnected history, centering the voices and struggles of Black and Latinx peoples against white supremacy and imperialism. It argues that the "Global South" was crucial to the US's development and highlights their shared fight for liberation, challenging traditional narratives of American exceptionalism.
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
ISBN: 9781603094504

Publication Date: 2019

A graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. In 1942, at the order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up and shipped to one of ten "relocation centers," hundreds or thousands of miles from home, where they would be held for years under armed guard. They Called Us Enemy is Takei's firsthand account of those years behind barbed wire, the joys and terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his mother's hard choices, his father's faith in democracy, and the way those experiences planted the seeds for his astonishing future.
Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
Call Number: E184.O6 H64 2020

ISBN: 9781984820365

Publication Date: 2020

Cathy Park Hong's Minor Feelings is a collection of essays exploring the complex and often contradictory experiences of being Asian American in the United States. It delves into the "minor feelings" of shame, suspicion, and melancholy that arise from racial microaggressions, invisibility, and the model minority myth, offering a powerful and personal critique of race and identity in America.
What Is Your Race? by Kenneth Prewitt
Call Number: E184.A1 .P725 2013

ISBN: 9780691173566

Publication Date: 2016

The nation needs to move beyond a race classification whose origins are in discredited eighteenth-century race-is-biology science, a classification that once defined Japanese and Chinese as separate races, but now combines them as a statistical "Asian race." One that once tried to divide the "white race" into "good whites" and "bad whites," and that today cannot distinguish descendants of Africans brought in chains four hundred years ago from children of Ethiopian parents who eagerly immigrated twenty years ago. Contrary to common sense, the classification says there are only two ethnicities in America--Hispanics and non-Hispanics. But if the old classification is cast aside, is there something better? What Is Your Race? clearly lays out the steps that can take the nation from where it is to where it needs to be.

Whiter : Asian American Women on Skin Color and Colorism by Nikki Khanna
ISBN: 9781479832477

Publication Date: 2020

Featuring contributors of many ages, nationalities, and professions, this compelling collection covers a wide range of topics, including light-skin privilege, aspirational whiteness, and anti-blackness. From skin-whitening creams to cosmetic surgery, Whiter amplifies the diverse voices of Asian American women who continue to bravely challenge the power of skin color in their own lives.
The Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity by Stephen M. Caliendo (Editor)
ISBN: 9780429608483

Publication Date: 2020

he first half of the book challenges readers to grapple with some of the most controversial aspects of categorization, prejudice and discrimination through focused chapters ranging from the notion of Whiteness to the supposed biological rationale for racial categorization. The second half is comprised of 70 shorter entries on specialized concepts, persons and groups that are crucial to understanding these issues. Taken as a whole, this volume provides a broad, multi-disciplinary and global overview of issues that continue to provide challenges to notions of equality and justice.
Black Lives Matter in US Schools : Race, Education, and Resistance by Boni Wozolek
ISBN: 9781438489193

Publication Date: 2022

Boni Wozolek's Black Lives Matter in US Schools examines the impact of the Black Lives Matter movement on education. It explores how race and systemic inequality manifest in schools, documents student and educator resistance, and analyzes efforts to promote racial justice within educational settings
For Equals Only : Race, Equality, and the Equal Protection Clause by Tina Fernandes Botts
ISBN: 9781498501248

Tina Fernandes Botts' For Equals Only examines the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, arguing that its original intent was more limited than current interpretations. The book analyzes the historical context and legal evolution of the clause, highlighting how its application has often fallen short of achieving true racial equality and proposing a more historically grounded understanding.
Race and Policing by Rebecca Rissman
ISBN: 9781680786262

Publication Date: 2017

Race and Policing examines recent incidents of minorities being mistreated or dying in police custody, delving into the historical institutions and laws that underpin today's system and exploring what police departments and the communities they serve are doing to improve communication and relationships.
Navigating White News by David C. Oh; Seong Jae Min
ISBN: 9781978831452

Publication Date: 2023

David C. Oh's Navigating White News examines the experiences of Asian American journalists working in mainstream (often predominantly white) newsrooms. The book explores the challenges they face in navigating racial stereotypes, advocating for diverse representation, and shaping narratives within a white-dominated industry.
Caring for Equality : A History of African American Health and Healthcare by David McBride
ISBN: 9781442260603

Publication Date: 2018

David McBride chronicles the struggle by African Americans and their white allies to improve poor black health conditions as well as inadequate medical care--caused by slavery, racism, and discrimination--since the arrival of African slaves in America.
The Digital Edge : How Black and Latino Youth Navigate Digital Inequality by S. Craig Watkins
ISBN: 9781479888788

Publication Date: 2018

S. Craig Watkins' The Digital Edge explores how Black and Latino youth navigate unequal access to and opportunities within the digital world. The book examines their creative uses of technology despite these disparities and the implications of digital inequality for their social and economic futures
Race, Education, and Reintegrating Formerly Incarcerated Citizens : Counterstories and Counterspaces by John R. Chaney
ISBN: 9781498540919

Publication Date: 2017

John R. Chaney's Race, Education, and Reintegrating Formerly Incarcerated Citizens uses personal stories and safe spaces to explore the education and re-entry struggles of people who've been in prison, focusing on how race, education, and the prison system intersect.education, and the carceral system.
Visualizing Equality : African American Rights and Visual Culture in the Nineteenth Century by Aston Gonzalez
ISBN: 9798890856678

Publication Date: 2020

Aston Gonzalez charts the changing roles of African American visual artists as they helped build the world they envisioned. Understudied artists such as Robert Douglass Jr., Patrick Henry Reason, James Presley Ball, and Augustus Washington produced images to persuade viewers of the necessity for racial equality, black political leadership, and freedom from slavery. Moreover, these activist artists' networks of transatlantic patronage and travels to Europe, the Caribbean, and Africa reveal their extensive involvement in the most pressing concerns for black people in the Atlantic world. Their work demonstrates how images became central to the ways that people developed ideas about race, citizenship, and politics during the nineteenth century.
US Latinization : Education and the New Latino South by Spencer Salas
ISBN: 9781438465005

Publication Date: 2017

Spencer Salas and Pedro R. Portes' US Latinization: Education and the New Latino South examines the increasing Latino population in the Southern US and its impact on education. The book explores the challenges and opportunities this demographic shift presents for schools and communities in adapting to a more diverse student body.
The Latino Question : Politics, Labouring Classes and the Next Left by Armando Ibarra
ISBN: 9781786800381

Publication Date: 2018

While so many Latino/Chicano Americans struggle in pursuit of the 'American dream', while figures such as Donald Trump are accepted in mainstream politics, and scaremongering and paranoia is rife, the need for a vivid, empirically grounded study on Latino politics, culture and society has never been greater. The Latino Question fulfils this need, offering a cutting-edge analysis of the transformative nature of Latino politics in the US. In a radical alternative to dominant ideas, the authors emphasise the importance of political economy for understanding Latino politics, culture and social issues

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Academic Search Complete
The world's most valuable and comprehensive scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals and more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full-text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. going back as far as 1887.
Biography in Context
An engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on the world's most influential people. It allows users to search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places, or gender as well as keyword and full text.
HeinOnline Social Justice Suite
HeinOnline Social Justice Suite has more than 3,200 scholarly journals that examine more than a thousand topics, all dating back to the first issue ever published. Topics in this collection include: Civil Rights and Social Justice, Gun Regulation and Legislation in America, LGBTQ+ Rights, Open Society Justice Initiative, Slavery in America and the World: History, Culture & Law.
Social Sciences Full Text
Provides access to a wide assortment of the most important English-language journals published in the social sciences. This resource provides detailed indexing for over 625 periodicals dating back as far as 1983—nearly 400 of which are peer-reviewed.
TOPICsearch
Contains full text for over 150,961 articles from 475 diverse sources including international and regional newspapers, EBSCO's unparalleled collection of periodicals, biographies, public opinion polls, book reviews, pamphlets, and government information.

Code Switch: Race and Identity, Remixed
NPR's Code Switch podcast focuses on race and identity. Episodes cover a wide range of topics, including the history of Mexican food in the US, political tensions between Arab-American and Black voters, the Lakota Nation's language preservation efforts, and the co-opting of hip hop.
American Folklife Center--Ethnographic Studies
The American Folklife Center (AFC) documents and shares the many expressions of human experience to inspire, revitalize, and perpetuate living cultural traditions.
Center for World Indigenous Studies
An independent, non-profit research and education organization dedicated to wider understanding and appreciation for ideas and knowledge of indigenous peoples.
African American Heritage from the National Archives
The Archives holds a wealth of material documenting the Black experience. This page highlights these resources online, in programs, and through traditional and social media.
Institute for Latino Studies
ILS fosters a deeper understanding of Latino communities in order to empower students, faculty, and community members to make better strategic decisions as to what kind of a country we want to leave for future generations.
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. We conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research.
Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education
The Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education project offers a data-informed foundation for those working to close persistent equity gaps by providing a comprehensive review of the educational pathways of today’s college students and the educators who serve them.
Urban Institute - Research and Ethnicity
The Urban Institute is the trusted source for unbiased, authoritative insights that inform consequential choices about the well-being of people and places in the United States. Our experts analyze racial and ethnic disparities in health care, housing access, economic well-being, retirement security, educational attainment, and public assistance receipt. We evaluate how systemic and structural barriers drive these gaps and how the disparities undermine educational success and economic advancement and perpetuate wage, income, and wealth disparities. We also develop policy solutions to reduce and eliminate these racial inequities.