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  • Women Warriors of the Afro-Latina Diaspora

    Women Warriors of the Afro-Latina Diaspora Arte Público Press 2012-04-30 248 pages Paperback ISBN: 978-1-55885-746-9 Edited by: Marta Moreno Vega, Alba Marinieves and Yvette Modestin Afro-Latina women relate their personal stories and advocacy for racial equality “My housewife mother turned into a raging warrior woman when the principal of my elementary school questioned whether her…

  • Philosophy and the Mixed Race Experience

    “Philosophy and the Mixed Race Experience” is a collection of essays by mixed race philosophers about the mixed race experience. Each essay is meant to represent one of three possible things: (1) what the philosopher sees as the philosopher’s best work, (2) evidence of the possible impact of the philosopher’s mixed race experience on the…

  • Loop of Jade

    There is a Chinese proverb that says: ‘It is more profitable to raise geese than daughters.’ But geese, like daughters, know the obligation to return home. In her exquisite first collection, Sarah Howe explores a dual heritage, journeying back to Hong Kong in search of her roots.

  • Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice, 7th Edition

    Counseling the Culturally Diverse: Theory and Practice, 7th Edition Wiley December 2015 832 pages 7.2 x 1.7 x 9.6 inches Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-1119084303 Derald Wing Sue, Professor of Psychology and Education Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York David Sue, Professor Emeritus of Psychology Western Washington University, Bellingham,…

  • The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome

    The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome Beacon Press 2016-01-12 216pages 6 x 9 Inches Cloth ISBN: 978-080703301-2 Alondra Nelson, Dean of Social Science; Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies Columbia University, New York, New York The unexpected story of how genetic testing is affecting race in America We know…

  • Race, Power, and the Obama Legacy

    This book critically examines Obama’s presidency and legacy, especially in regard to race, inequality, education, and political power.

  • President Barack Obama: A More Perfect Union

    Barack Obama’s “improbable quest” has become a fact of American life and a benchmark in American history. Striving now toward “a more perfect union,” Obama and the nation confront obstacles unforeseen at the outset of the 2008 electoral campaign. John K. Wilson tracks the sweep of this progress from the beginning of Obama’s political career…

  • Racial Realities and Post-Racial Dreams: The Age of Obama and Beyond

    “Racial Realities and Post-Racial Dreams” is a moral call, a harkening and quickening of the spirit, a demand for recognition for those whose voices are whispered. Julius Bailey straddles the fence of social-science research and philosophy, using empirical data and current affairs to direct his empathy-laced discourse. He turns his eye to President Obama and…

  • The Story of French New Orleans: History of a Creole City

    The Story of French New Orleans: History of a Creole City University Press of Mississippi January 2016 208 pages (approx.) 1 map, bibliography, index 6 x 9 inches Hardcover ISBN: 9781496804860 Dianne Guenin-Lelle, Professor of French Albion College, Albion, Michigan Why New Orleans is considered America’s distinctly French city What is it about the city…

  • “I Don’t See Color” Personal and Critical Perspectives on White Privilege

    Who is white, and why should we care? There was a time when the immigrants of New York City’s Lower East Side—the Irish, the Poles, the Italians, the Russian Jews—were not white, but now “they” are. There was a time when the French-speaking working classes of Quebec were told to “speak white,” that is, to…