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1	Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: Revised Edition more books like this by Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D. add to wishlist The fifth-anniversary edition of the best-selling work on the development of racial identity. . Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see black youth seated together in the cafeteria. Of course, it's not just the black kids sitting together-the white, Latino, Asian Pacific, and, in some regions, American Indian youth are clustered ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| SVS
2	We Can't Teach What We Don't Know: White Teachers, Multiracial Schools more books like this by Gary R Howard add to wishlist Once again, in this expanded Second Edition, Gary Howard outlines what good teachers know, what they do, and how they embrace culturally responsive teaching. Howard brings his bestselling book completely up to date with today's school reform efforts and includes a new introduction and a new chapter that speak directly to current issues such as ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations about Race more books like this by Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D. add to wishlist This well-balanced book, written in lively prose, brings new insights and a fresh perspective to this frequent query and the issue of racial identity development.. There is a moment when every child leaves color-blindness behind and enters the world of race consciousness. At that moment, there are two roads parents, educators, and therapists can ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.75! \| SVS
4	Between Barack and a Hard Place: Racism and White Denial in the Age of Obama more books like this by Tim Wise add to wishlist Race is, and always has been, an explosive issue in the United States. In this timely new book, Tim Wise explores how Barack Obama's emergence as a political force is taking the race debate to new levels. According to Wise, for many white people, Obama's rise signifies the end of racism as a pervasive social force; they point to Obama not only as ... see all copies from $7.92! new only from $7.92! \| SVS
5	How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America more books like this by Moustafa Bayoumi add to wishlist In prose that is at once blunt and lyrical, Bayoumi presents the story of howyoung Arab and Muslim Americans are forging lives for themselves in a countrythat often mistakes them for the enemy. see all copies from $2.38! new only from $2.78! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism (PB) more books like this by Patricia Hill Collins add to wishlist There is a long history of sexualizing the black body with disastrous consequences - from lynchings in the South to the 'high-tech' lynchings of recent past. Collins looks at the ways African-American women's bodies have always been on display, from Josephine Baker to Destiny's Child, and the contradictory images of black masculinity from Michael ... see all copies from $18.00! new only from $29.55! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Secret Daughter: A Mixed-Race Daughter and the Mother Who Gave Her Away more books like this by June Cross add to wishlist In this poignant memoir and follow-up to Cross' Emmy Award-winning documentary, she deftly portrays the strains of a complicated family structure, ruptured by race, secrecy, and human fallibility. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	White Privilege: Essential Readings on the Other Side of Racism more books like this by Paula S Rothenberg add to wishlist Studies of racism often focus on its devastating effects on the victims of prejudice. But no discussion of race is complete without exploring the other side--the ways in which some people or groups actually benefit, deliberately or inadvertently, from racial bias. This is the subject of Paula Rothenberg's groundbreaking anthology, "White Privilege ... see all copies from $2.94! new only from $13.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Whiteness of a Different Color: European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race more books like this by Matthew Frye Jacobson add to wishlist Matthew Frye Jacobson argues in this text about America's racial odyssey, that race resides not in nature but in the contingencies of politics and culture. In ever-changing racial categories we glimpse the competing theories of history and collective destiny by which power has been organized and contested in the USA. Looking at the field of ... see all copies from $9.60! new only from $24.89! \| SVS
10	Part Asian 100% Hapa more books like this by Kip Fulbeck (Photographer), Sean Lennon (Foreword by), Paul R Spickard (Afterword by) add to wishlist Originally a derogatory label derived from the Hawaiian word for "half," Hapa has since been embraced as a term of pride by many whose mixed racial heritage includes Asian or Pacific Island descent. Hapas number in the millions and permeate popular film, television, print, music, and sports - yet mainstream hapa awareness remains minimal at best. ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $6.98! \| SVS
11 view cover	Naked: Black Women Bare All about Their Skin, Hair, Hips, Lips, and Other Parts more books like this by Ayana Byrd (Editor), Akiba Solomon (Editor), Sonia Sanchez (Foreword by) add to wishlist In this collection of provocative essays on body image, black women bare all about their skin, hair, hips, lips, and other parts, and lay out their own paths to acceptance. Contributors include Jill Scott, Iyanla Vanzant, and Tracee Ellis Ross. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $5.25!
12 view cover	Working Toward Whiteness: How America's Immigrants Became White more books like this by David R Roediger add to wishlist This fascinating new book by an award-winning historian of race and labour tells the definitive story of how Ellis Island immigrants became accepted as cultural insiders in America At the vanguard of the study of race and labour in American history, David Roediger is one of the most highly respected scholars in his field. He is also the author of ... see all copies from $2.66! new only from $9.98! \| first editions
13 view cover	Black White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self more books like this by Rebecca Walker add to wishlist The daughter of African-American novelist Alice Walker and Jewish activist Mel Leventhal, this memoirist shares her complicated experiences as a biracial child growing up in the waning days of the civil rights movement. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics more books like this by Bell Hook, Bell Hooks add to wishlist Crosses disciplinary boundaries, boldly interrupting business as usual in the major debates on postmodern theory, cultural criticism and the politics of race and gender. see all copies from $2.26! new only from $10.55! \| signed copies \| SVS
15 view cover	Authentically Black: Essays for the Black Silent Majority more books like this by John McWhorter add to wishlist McWhorter is one of the most original and provocative thinkers on the issue of race in America today. He argues that although African-Americans stress hard work and initiative in private, they have assumed the mantle of victimhood in the eyes of the public and have thereby created a distorted meaning of what it is to be "authentically black." see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
16 view cover	The Making of a Confederate: Walter Lenoir's Civil War more books like this by William L Barney add to wishlist For all the advances of the civil rights movement, and for all the cultural diversity attending economic prosperity, many white southerners have been unable to relinquish the Confederate past and the idea of a heroic, liberty-loving South crushed by power-hungry Yankees. The Making of a Confederate uses the life of one man--Walter Lenoir of North ... see all copies from $5.95! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Blue-Chip Black: Race, Class, and Status in the New Black Middle Class more books like this by Karyn R Lacy add to wishlist As Karyn R. Lacy's innovative work in the suburbs of Washington DC, reveals, there is a continuum of middle-classness among blacks, ranging from lower-middle class to middle-middle class to upper-middle class. Focusing on the latter two, Lacy explores an increasingly important social and demographic group: middle-class blacks who live in middle ... see all copies from $12.31! new only from $22.95! \| SVS
18 view cover	Inside Transracial Adoption more books like this by Gail Steinberg, Beth Hall add to wishlist At last! The co-directors of Pact: An Adoption Alliance offer their dynamic organization's cutting edge tools for fostering honesty and authenticity in matters of adoption and race. Acknowledging white identity issues for transracial adopters and demonstrating predictable milestones in the journey toward adulthood for transracially-adopted infants ... see all copies from $6.25! new only from $13.18! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Color Conscious: The Political Morality of Race more books like this by K Anthony and Amy Gutmann Appiah add to wishlist In America today, the problem of achieving racial justice - whether through "colour-blind" policies or through affirmative action - provokes more noisy name-calling than fruitful deliberation. In "Colour conscious", K. Anthony Appiah and Amy Gutmann, two eminent moral and political philosophers, seek to clear the ground for a discussion of the ... see all copies from $2.16! new only from $14.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	I'd Rather We Got Casinos: And Other Black Thoughts more books like this by Larry Wilmore add to wishlist "The Daily Show's" Emmy and Peabody Award-winning Senior Black Correspondent shares his provocative, timely, and--above all--hilarious views on race in America. see all copies from $2.50! new only from $2.50! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Letters from Black America more books like this by Pamela Newkirk (Editor) add to wishlist The first-ever narrative history of African Americans told through their own letters, this book includes the thoughts of politicians, writers, and entertainers, as well as those of slaves, servicemen, and domestic workers. see all copies from $16.29! new only from $26.00! \| SVS
22 view cover	What If All the Kids Are White?: Anti-Bias Multicultural Education with Young Children and Families more books like this by Louise Derman Sparks, G Ramsey Patricia, Olsen Edwards add to wishlist In this compelling volume, distinguished educators tackle a frequently asked question about multicultural education: How do I teach about racial and cultural diversity if all my students are white? The authors propose seven learning themes to help young white children resist messages of racism and build identity and skills for thriving in a ... see all copies from $23.95! new only from $23.95! \| SVS
23 view cover	Open Mike more books like this by Michael Eric Dyson add to wishlist Essays and interviews from one of the most insightful and thought-provoking black intellectuals to emerge since the heyday of the civil rights movement.. Here, collected for the first time, are interviews and essays representing Michael Eric Dyson's most important thinking on race and identity. Exploring such topics as "whiteness" as seen through ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
24 view cover	Black Like You: Blackface, Whiteface, Insult & Imitation in American Popular Culture more books like this by John Strausbaugh add to wishlist In this erudite and entertaining exploration of race in American popular culture, the author tackles blackface--a strange, often scandalous, and now taboo entertainment--showing that its impact has been deep, long-lasting, and can be seen in rock and hip-hop, in vaudeville, Broadway, and drag performances even today. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Learning to Be White more books like this by Thandeka add to wishlist Thandeka explores the politics of white experience in America. Tracing the links between religion, class and race, she reveals the child abuse, ethnic conflicts, class exploitation, poor self-esteem and a general feeling of self-contempt that are the wages for whiteness. see all copies from $12.96! new only from $25.66! \| signed copies \| SVS

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