Race, Ethnicity, and Gender

Joseph F. Healey is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Christopher Newport University in Virginia. He received his PhD in sociology and anthropology from the University of Virginia. An innovative and experienced teacher of numerous race and ethnicity courses, he has written articles on minority groups, the sociology of sport, social movements, and violence, and he is also the author of Statistics: A Tool for Social Research (10th ed., 2014). Eileen O’Brien is an Assistant Professor at SUNY-Brockport where her teaching and research interests range from introductory sociology to courses on race, ethnicity, gender, social class and theory. She authored Whites Confront Racism (Rowan and Littlefield, 2001) and has co-authored White Men on Race (Beacon Press, 2003) with Joe Feagin, a pre-eminent scholar on race and ethnic relations. She received her Ph.D. from the U.of Florida in 1999 M.A. from Ohio State in 1996; both degrees in sociology.

• PART I. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MINORITY GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES1. Diversity in the United States: Questions and ConceptsNarrative Portrait: The Social Construction of Racial IdentityDeveloping a Racial Identity - Lawrence HillNarrative Portrait: The Cultural Sources of PrejudiceKaffir Boy - Mark MathabaneReadingsPrejudice, Discrimination, and Racism - Norman YetmanUsing Racial and Ethnic Concepts: The Critical Case of Very Young Children - Debra van Ausdale and Joe R. FeaginConstructing Categories of Difference - Karen Rosenblum and Toni-Michelle TravisCurrent Debates: Race and SportsThe Dominance of Black Athletes is Genetic - Jon EntineThe Argument for Genetic Differences is Deeply Flawed - Kenan MalikDebate Questions to Consider2. Assimilation and PluralismNarrative Portrait: Assimilation, Then and NowChoosing a Dream: Italians in Hell′s Kitchen - Mario PuzoAlways Running: La Vida Loca - Luiz RodriguesReadingsDivided Fates - M. Patricia Fernandez-Kelly and Richard SchaufflerFifteen Years on the Bottom Rung - Anthony DePalmaOpening Faces: The Politics of Cosmetic Surgery and Asian American Women - Eugenia KawCurrent Debates: English Only?English Only Will Speed the Assimilation of Immigrants - Mauro MujicaBilingualism Should Be Encouraged - Aida Hurtado and Luis A. VegaDebate Questions to ConsiderPART II. THE EVOLUTION OF DOMINANT-MINORITY RELATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES3. The Development of Dominant-Minority Relations in Pre-Industrial America: The Origins of SlaveryNarrative Portrait: A Slave′s LifeLife as a Slave Girl - Harriet JacobsNarrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb - Henry BibbReadingsSlavery Unwilling to Die - Joe R. FeaginJezebel and Mammy: The Mythology of Female Slavery - Deborah Gray WhiteCurrent Debates: How Did Slavery Affect the Origins of African American Culture?Slavery Created African American Culture - Stanley ElkinsAfrican American Culture Was Created by an Interplay of Elements From Africa and America - William D. PiersenDebate Questions to Consider4. Industrialization and Dominant-Minority Relations: From Slavery to Segregation and the Coming of Post-Industrial SocietyNarrative Portrait: The KitchenetteDeath on the City Pavement - Richard WrightReadingsThe Meaning of Emancipation According to Black Women - Angela DavisWhat is Affirmative Action? - Fred L. PincusAdolescent Masculinity, Homophobia, and Violence: Random School Shootings, 1982-2001 - Michael Kimmel and Matthew MahlerCurrent Debates: Affirmative ActionAffirmative Action Casts Suspicions on Legitimate Black Achievement and Depicts African Americans as Incapable - Thomas SowellWhy We Still Need Affirmative Action - Orlando PattersonDebate Questions to ConsiderPART III. UNDERSTANDING DOMINANT -MINORITY RELATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY5. African AmericansNarrative Portrait: The Persistence of RacismJust Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders His Ability To Alter Public Space - Brent StaplesThe Mulatto Millennium - Danzy SennaReadingsI Am Not a Racist But... - Eduardo Bonilla-Silva and Tyrone A. FormanRace and Criminalization: Black Americans and the Punishment Industry - Angela DavisThe Elephant in the Living Room: The Issue of Race in Close Black/White Friendships - Kathleen Odell KorgenCurrent Debates: ReparationsReparations for African Americans in Historical Context - Joe R. Feagin and Eileen O′BrienReparations Are an Idea Whose Time Has Come - Manning MarableBlood Money: Why I Don′t Want Reparations for Slavery - John McWhorterDebate Questions to Consider6. Native AmericansNarrative Portrait: Native Americans′ Experiences and PerspectivesLakota Woman - Mary Crow DogTalking to the Owls and Butterflies - John Lame DeerReadingsGrowing Up Indian - Leonard PeltierFrom the Ground Up - Charon AstoyerCurrent Debates: Are Indian Sports Team Mascots Offensive?Indian Symbols and Mascots Are Not Offensive - S.L. Price and Andrea WooMascots Are Offensive - C. Richard King, Ellen J. Staurowsky, Lawrence Baca, R. Davis, and Cornel PewewardyDebate Questions to Consider7. Hispanic AmericansNarrative Portrait: The Meaning of MachoAmericanization is Tough on Macho - Rose Del Castillo GuilbaultNarrative Portrait: Gender Images of LatinasThe Island Travels With You - Judith Ortiz CoferReadingsMock Spanish: A Site for the Indexical Reproduction of Racism in American English - Jane H. HillSeeing More Than Black and White: Latinos, Racsim, and the Cultural Divide - Elizabeth MartinezNot White or Black, but In Between: Latinos and Asian Americans Expanding the Language of Colorblind Racism - Eileen O′BrienCurrent Debates: Is Americanization Threatened by" Hispanization"?How to Make an American - John FonteWhy We Shouldn′t Worry About the "Hispanization" of the United States - Francis FukuyamaDebate Questions to Consider8. Asian Americans and Pacific IslandersNarrative Portrait: The RelocationWe Were Just Japs - Joseph KuriharaReadingsThe Interrelationship Between Anti-Asian Violence and Asian America - Victor M. HwangSouth Korean Sex Slaves in the United States and Canada - Salim JiwaCurrent Debates: Asian American "Success": What Are the Dimensions, Causes, and Implications for Other Minority Groups?The Success of Japanese Americans Is Cultural - Harry KitanoThe "Success" of Chinese Americans Is Structural - Alejandro Portes and Min ZhouThe Success of Asian Americans Has Been Exaggerated in Part to Criticize Other Minority Groups - Ronald TakakiDebate Questions to Consider9. New Americans: Immigration and AssimilationNarrative Portrait: Two Stories of ImmigrationLife in the Enclave - Ho YangLife as a Refugee - Vo Thi TamReadingsImmigrants in American Society - Philip Martin and Elizabeth MidgelyDiscrimination and the American Dream: The Case of Middle Eastern Americans - Amir Marvasti and Karyn D. McKinneyGlobalization and Its Mal(e)contents: The Gendered Moral and Political Economy of Terrorism - Michael S. KimmelCurrent Debates: Is Immigration Harmful or Helpful to the United States?Immigration Is Harmful - Peter BrimelowImmigration Is Not Harmful - Reynolds FarleyWe Need to Reframe the Immigration Debate - George BorjasDebate Questions to Consider10. White Ethnic GroupsNarrative Portrait: Ethnicity, Prejudice, and the Irish Political MachineShadow of the Past - David GrayReadingsHow Jews Became White - Karen BrodkinWhite Privilege and Male Privilege - Peggy McIntoshEuphemized Racism: Moral qua Racial Boundaries - Michele LamontCurrent Debates: The Racial Identities of Whites and BlacksThe Need to Understand Whiteness - Richard DyerSymbolic and Involuntary Ethnicity - Mary WatersDebate Questions to ConsiderPART IV. CONCLUSIONS11. Antiracist and Feminist SolutionsThe Emperor′s New Clothes - Patricia WilliamsThe Racial Preference Licensing Act - Derrick BellThe Redefinition and Subversion of Comparable Worth in New York State: "We Did It Our Way" - Ronnie Steinberg and Jennifer HickmanBuilding Connections with Antiracism and Feminism - Eileen O′Brien and Michael P. ArmatoAbolish the White Race by Any Means Necessary - Noel Ignatiev and John GarveyBeing an Ally - Paul KivelCommitment to Combat Racism - Judith KatzTools for White Guys Who Are Working for Social Change - Chris CrassDiscussion Questions