Literature Resources
The following are a list of literature resources that are available for the Loyola community to borrow or browse. Please contact Bejamin Harris (bharri7@luc.edu) if you are interested.
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Wise, Tim J. Affirmative Action: Racial Preference in Black and White. Publisher: Routledge. (2005)
Excerpt: "Racial preference is nothing new, argues Tim J. Wise in this compelling exploration of race, privilege, and education. This book recasts the debate of today’s controversial, race-based affirmative action policies. Wise deftly demonstrates that the American educational system has always been complicit in institutionalized racism and racial preference.
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Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. America behind the Color Line: Dialogues with African Americans. Publisher: Warner Books (January 7, 2004)
Excerpt: "In their own candid, deeply felt words, each discusses what it means to be African American in the twenty-first century: from Maya Angelou and Morgan Freeman's reflections on "returning home” to the South…to convict "Eric Edwards” telling us how his peers find self-sufficiency and prove their adulthood…from an interracial couple describing how they cope with the remnants of racism in Birmingham to a single mother's insights into how life on Chicago's newly renovated South Side still presents its own particular obstacles and dangers.” _____________________________________________________________________
Zia, Helen. Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People. Publisher: Farra Straus and Giroux. (2000)
Excerpt: "An inspiring story of the struggles of Zia and diverse Asian Americans to transform themselves from ‘aliens’ into Americans"
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Dyson, Michael Eric. Between God and Gangsta Rap. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Reprint edition (January 30th, 1997)
Excerpt: "From where I stand now- as a committed preacher and public intellectual constantly analyzing and addressing the crises of black life-black culture is constantly being redefined between the force of religious identities and secular passions. Somewhere between god and gangsta rap.”
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Baugh, John. Beyond Ebonics; Linguistic Pride and Racial Prejudice. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; New Ed edition (May 2, 2002)
Excerpt: "This highly accessible book avoids technical linguistic jargon as it traces Ebonics from its obscure origin through its eventual public demise, considering a host of legal, educational, and theoretical issues that still linger today. Baugh's investigation exposes flaws in competing definitions of Ebonics, as well as racial tensions that flared throughout the controversy.”
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Wilson, Glenn, and Qazi Rahman. Born Gay. Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers (September 15, 2005)
Excerpt: "Are people born gay, or does upbringing or even conscious personal choice play a part? The ongoing row between gay-rights activists and the conservative lobby over this burning question has now raged for many years. But the science that both groups employ in their arguments is not merely outmoded but often fallacious.”
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Bush, Melanie E. L. Breaking the Code of Good Intentions: Everyday Forms of Whiteness. Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (July 28, 2004)
Excerpt: "I realize that, however big or small the privilege of any individual, the system of white supremacy offers little encouragement for questioning its cultural, ideological, and material base… This is a book about hope, understanding, about education and awareness, about commitment, and about humanity.”
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Tucker-Frazier, Sundee. Check All That Apply: Finding Wholeness as a Multiracial Person. Publisher: Intervarsity Press (March 2002)
Excerpt: "Being multiracial is an honor. But it doesn't always feel that way. Sometimes we wonder where we fit, who our community is and who can understand us. When faced with a form that requires us to check an ethnicity, we sometimes simply feel like "none of the above.”
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Tung May Paomay, PhD. Chinese Americans and Their Immigrant Parents: Conflict, Identity, and Values. Publisher: Haworth Press (July 13, 2000)
Excerpt: "Based on culture-related themes derived from the author's psychotherapeutic work with young Chinese-American professionals, this book relates personal problems and conditions to specific sources in Chinese and American cultures and the immigration experience.”
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Dyson, Michael Eric. Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster. Publisher: Basic Books (February 28, 2006)
Excerpt: "When Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, hundreds of thousands were left behind to suffer the ravages of destruction, disease, and even death. The majority of these people were black; nearly all were poor. The Federal government's slow response to local appeals for help is by now notorious.”
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Sandeen, Arthur and Margaret J. Critical Issues for Student Affairs: Challenges and Opportunities. Publisher: Jossey-Bass (April 14, 2006)
Excerpt: "Critical Issues for Student Affairs tackles the most pressing issues facing the profession of student affairs today. Covering a wide range of topics from diversity to sources of revenue to staff retention and written by two of the most experienced and qualified leaders in student services arena, this book is sure to have a lasting legacy among all whose job it is to care about students' educational experience at colleges and universities.”
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West, Cornell. Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight against Imperialism. Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics); Reprint edition (August 30, 2005)
Excerpt: "Democracy Matters is Cornel West's bold and hard-hitting critique of the troubling deterioration of democracy in America in this threatening post-9/11 age- and a powerful and inspiring call for the revitalization of the deep democratic tradition in our country, which has waged war on the forces of imperialist corruption throughout our history. Americans must take back our democracy, and in this brilliant and moving call to arms, Cornel West shows the way.”
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Bucher, Richard D. Diversity Consciousness: Opening Our Minds to People, Culture and Opportunities. Publisher: Pearson Prentice Hall. Second edition. (2004)
Excerpt: "Diversity Consciousness is clearly well researched. Rich Bucher has written it in a thoughtful manner so the reader can not only grasp the range and depth of a wide range of diversity concepts, but can also apply critical skills to address diversity issues we experience in everyday life."
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Komives, Susan R., Nance Lucas, Timothy R. McMahon. Exploring Leadership: For College Students Who Want to Make a Difference. Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers (1998)
Excerpt: "Exploring Leadership provides a unique view of leadership as a participatory process, and helps students and young adults to develop their own potential for leadership in the organizations, groups, and communities of an increasingly diverse complex world."
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Angelou, Maya. Gather Together in My Name. Publisher: Bantam; Rei edition (January 1, 1985)
Excerpt: "This is the story of a great heroine who knows the meaning of a struggle and never loses her pride or dignity. Indeed, her story makes me proud of the human race.”
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Perry, Barbara. Hate and Bias Crime: A Reader. Publisher: Routledge; 1st edition (August 21, 2003)
Excerpt: "Whether motivated by race, gender, religion, ethnicity, or sexuality, hate crimes are perpetrated every day in and every state across the country. Hate and Bias Crime: A Reader is the first collection to bring together the essential literature on bias-motivated crimes by the most respected scholars in the field.”
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Levin, Jack and Jack McDevitt. Hate Crimes Revisited: America's War on Those Who are Different. Publisher: Westview Press (September 4, 2002)
Excerpt: "… these most- recognized authorities and media commentators reinterpret this scourge of our generation-hatred based on race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, and even citizenship.”
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Herek, Gregory M (editor) and Kevin T. Berrill. Hate Crimes: Confronting Violence against Lesbians and Gay Men. Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc. (November 11, 1991)
Excerpt: "Whether based on sexual orientation, race, religion, or ethnicity, bigotry and the violence it inspires pose a grave threat to the peace and harmony of our communities. The need to alert Americans to this threat is great.”
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George, Nelson. Hip Hop America. Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (October 1, 1999)
Excerpt: "Hip Hop America is not the story of an embittered minority breaking out of the ghetto, or of a marginal culture, or of a passing fad. It chronicles a generation coming of age at a moment of extreme racial confusion- in these years since official apartheid was legislated out of existence and de facto segregation grew-that has been grappling with what equality means during the worst economic conditions for the underclass since the Depression. Hip hop is, as we'll see, the spawn of many things. But, most profoundly, it is a product of schizophrenic, post-civil rights movement America.”
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Perry, Barbara. In the Name of Hate: Understanding Hate Crimes. Publisher: Routledge (March 15, 2001)
Excerpt: "In 1990, then president George Bush signed into law the federal Hate Crime Statistics Act (HCSA), which mandated that the attorney general's office collect data on hate crime motivated by the victim's race, religion, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. This measure amounted to the public admission that this was not the "kinder, gentler nation” the president declared he sought.”
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Dyson, Michael Eric. Is Bill Cosby Right? (Or has the Black Middle Class Lost its Mind?). Publisher: Basic Books (April 26, 2005)
Excerpt: "…Dyson counters Cosby's now-infamous attack on the black poor-first launched in April 2004 at an NAACP dinner celebrating the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education- with a dazzling defense of black parenting, education, and popular culture and a harrowing assessment of the social barriers that still oppress so many families.”
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Fraser, Nancy. Justice Interruptus: Critical Reflections on the "Postsocialist" Condition. Publisher: Routledge. (1997)
Excerpt: "What does it mean to think critically about politics at a time when inequality is increasing worldwide, when struggles for the recognition of difference are eclipsing struggles for social equality, and when we lack any credible vision of an alternative to the present order? Philosopher Nancy Fraser claims that the key is to overcome the false oppositions of ‘postsocialist’ commonsense. Refuting the view that we must choose between ‘the politics recognition’ and ‘the politics of redistribution,’ Fraser argues an integrative approach that encompasses the best aspects of both"
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MacDonald, Victoria-Maria. Latino Education in the United States: A Narrated History from 1513-2000. Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan. (2004)
Except: "At long last, the complete history of Latino Education in the United States has been gathered together into one groundbreaking volume…MacDonald’s engaging narrative guides the reader through an invaluable collection of primary documents and literature. Important for students and scholars alike, Latino Education in the United States provides a comprehensive examination of Latino culture, history, and education, and transcends regional and cultural boundaries. MacDonald highlights the poignant histories and triumphs of Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Central and South Americans and explores the influence of Latino culture the United States."
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Hitchcock, Jeff. Lifting the White Veil: An Exploration of White American Culture in a Multiracial Context. Publisher: Crandall Dostie and Douglass Books (2002)
Excerpt: "Drawing upon his own experience as a diversity consultant and interracially married man, the author broaches the subject uniquely by developing the broader context of what it means to be white in America. …this book is written from the premise that people are more likely to be motivated to create something positive- a multiracial world- and it shows the role white people might play in a multiracial society.”
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Jones, Lee. Making It on Broken Promises: African American Male Scholars Confront the Culture of Higher Education. Publisher: Stylus. (2002)
Excerpt: "This book provides an occasion to examine the complex conjuncture between the White supremacist realities of the American Academy and the often threatening presence of brilliant Black men in the Academy. This challenging book should also serve as an inspiration for a new generation of Black men deeply devoted to the life of the mind in or outside the Academy"
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Dresser, Norine. Multicultural Manners: New Rules of Etiquette for a Changing Society. Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc. (1996)
Excerpt: "Discover the answers in this incisive guise to etiquette for today’s multicultural society. This informative and entertaining book gives you the understanding you need, perfect words to say, and the correct behavior to use in a wide range of cross-cultural situations."
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Wright, Richard. Native Son. Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics (August 2, 2005)
Excerpt: "Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930's, Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America.” _____________________________________________________________________
Childs, Erica Chito. Childs, Erica Chito. Navigating Interracial Borders: Black-White Couples and Their Social Worlds. Publisher: Rutgers University Press. (2005)
Excerpt: "Childs explores the social worlds of black-white interracial couples and examines the way that collective attitudes shape private relationships. Drawing on personal accounts, in-depth interviews, focus groups responses, and cultural analysis of media sources, she provides compelling evidence that sizable opposition still exists toward black-white unions. Disapproval is merely being expressed in more subtle, color-blind terms."
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Nguyen, Viet Thanh. Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America. Publisher: Oxford University Press (June 12, 2006)
Excerpt: "In Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America, Viet Thanh Nguyen argues that Asian American intellectuals have idealized Asian America, ignoring its saturation with capitalist practices. This idealization of Asian America means that Asian American intellectuals can neither grapple with their cultures ideological diversity nor recognize their own involvement with capitalist practices such as the selling of racial identity.”
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Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States. Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (2003)
Excerpt: "Racism is alive and well although it has changed its clothes. Color-blind racism combines elements of liberalism in the abstract with anti-minority views to justify contemporary racial inequality.”
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Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States Second Edition. Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (2006)
Excerpt: "In this new edition Bonilla-Silva has added a chapter dealing with future of racial stratification in America that goes beyond the white/black dichotomy. He argues that the United States is developing a more complex and apparently "plural" racial order that will mimic Latin American patterns of racial stratification. Another new chapter addresses a variety of questions from readers of the first edition."
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Herek, Gregory M. Stigma and Sexual Orientation: Understanding Prejudice Against Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexuals. Publishers: Sage Publications, Inc. (December 24, 1997)
Excerpt: "Whether engendered by homophobia, heterosexism, or general prejudice, violence and discrimination continue to hound the gay community as attacks persist in the courtroom, on the streets, and in the voting booth… Stigma and Sexual Orientation makes a significant contribution toward the deeper understanding of homophobia, in addition to providing much-needed insight into the issues of prejudice in general.” _____________________________________________________________________
Morrison, Toni. Sula. Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (June 8, 2004)
Excerpt: "Two girls grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. In this brilliantly imagined novel, Nobel Prize laureate Toni Morrison tells the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who meet as children in the small town of Medallion, Ohio. Their devotion is fierce enough to withstand bullies and the burden of a dreadful secret. It endures even after Nel has grown up to be a pillar of the black community and Sula has become a pariah. But their friendship ends in an unforgivable betrayal- or does it?” _____________________________________________________________________
Feagin, Joe R. Systemic Racism: A Theory of Oppression. Publisher: Routledge. (2006).
Excerpt: " …Feagin takes a brave step forward to develop a reinvigorated theory of systemic racism to interpret the highly racialized character and development of U.S. society. This system of racial oppression, as Feagin argues, was not an accident of history, but has been created and sustained intentionally by white Americans. Systemic Racism examines how major societal institutions have been thoroughly pervaded by racial framing, ideas, stereotypes, images, emotions, and practices. The book explains how white Americans labored to bring forth a racist system in the 17th century and have worked diligently to perpetuate that system ever since. Today, as in the past, racial oppression is not just a surface-level feature of U.S. society…"
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Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., and Cornel West. The African–American Century. Publisher: Free Press; Reprint edition (February 5, 2002)
Excerpt: "Without Louis Armstrong or Miles Davis, we would not have jazz. Without Toni Morrison or Ralph Ellison, we would miss some of our greatest novels… Lively, accessible, and illustrated throughout, The African-American Century is a celebration of black achievement and a tribute to the black struggle for freedom in American that will inspire readers for years to come.” _____________________________________________________________________
Georges, Fawaz A. The Far Enemy: Why Jihad Went Global. Publisher: Cambridge University Press (September 5, 2005)
Excerpt: "This is an articulate and original book that sheds light on the tactics used by the jihadis in the last three decades. As more alienated young Muslims are seduced into joining, the author asks where the jihadist movement is going and whether it can survive and shed its violent character.”
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Jensen, Robert. The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting Race, Racism, and White Privilege. Publisher: City Lights. (2005)
Excerpt: "…Jensen writes that it is time for white people to fully acknowledge that in the racial arena, they are a problem. Jensen sets his sights not only on the racism that can’t be hidden, but also on the liberal platitudes that sometimes conceal the depths of that racism American "polite society." Mixing personal experience with data and theory, he faces down the difficult realities of race, racism, and white privilege in the United States.
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Kouzes, James M., Barry Z. Posener. The Leadership Challenge. Publisher: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Third Edition. (2002)
Excerpt: "This book is one of the very best on the topic of leadership, offering extraordinary stories from leaders at various ages and stages of their lives. Whether you’re now in a leadership role and want to further strengthen and hone your skills, or you simply have the desire to learn to make a difference and help guide your company--- or even friends and family members---to higher levels of success, you’ll benefit by reading The Leadership Challenge."
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Dyson, Michael Eric. The Michael Eric Dyson Reader. Publisher: Basic Civitas Books (2004)
Excerpt: "This fascinating collection highlights Dyson's dazzling ability to blend spirituality and intellectualism in analyzing complex issues, from racism to sexuality, religion, and politics… Other sections feature Dyson's contributions to critical race theory and a variety of race-centered topics, from affirmative action to multiculturalism to whiteness studies.”
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Anderson, Terry H. The Pursuit of Fairness: A History of Affirmative Action. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Reprint edition (June 9, 2005)
Excerpt: "Affirmative action cuts to the heart of deeply held beliefs about employment and education, about the concepts of justice and fairness, and about the troubled history of race relations in America.”
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Pettigrew, Thomas F. The Sociology of Race Relations: Reflections and Reform. Publisher: The Free Press. (1980)
Excerpt: "The Sociology of Race Relations covers seven historical periods, each introduced by an incisive discussion of the racial milieu of the time. It begins with the era of Jim Crow laws and the great black migration from the South and proceeds to the reappearance of the Ku Klux Klan in the ‘20s, the Depression Years, the Japanese American internment during the Second World War, the deceptively quiet ‘50s that culminated in the civil rights movement of the ‘60s. It concludes with the look at desegregation in the 70’s, the aftermath of the policies of the preceding decade."
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Levin, Jack. The Violence of Hate: Confronting Racism, Anti-Semitism, and Other Forms of Bigotry. Publisher: Allyn & Bacon (2002)
Excerpt: "Until recently, the term "hate”, referred to any intense dislike or hostility, whatever its object. In everyday conversation, for example, an individual might bee said to "hate” his teacher, the taste of liver, communism, or even himself. Thus, in this generic sense of the term, hate could be directed at almost anything-a person, a group, an idea, some other abstraction, or an inanimate object.”
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Cook, David. Understanding Jihad. Publisher: University of California Press; 1 edition (May, 2005)
Excerpt: "Jihad is one of the most loaded and misunderstood terms in the news today. Contrary to popular understanding, the term does not mean "holy war.” Nor does it simply refer to the inner spiritual struggle. This book, judiciously balanced, accessibly written, and highly relevant to today's events, unravels the tangled historical, intellectual, and political meanings of jihad. Looking closely at arrange of sources from sacred Islamic texts of modern interpretations, Understanding Jihad opens a critically important perspective on the role of Islam in the contemporary world.” _____________________________________________________________________
Hale JR., Frank W. What Makes Racial Diversity Work in Higher Education. Publisher: Stylus. (2004)
Excerpt: "Dr. Frank Hale, Jr. has assembled some of the nation’s leading thinkers on the subject of inclusion in higher education. It is my hope that many will learn from this wisdom of these papers and implement the ideas contained therein on their campuses. It is important that they do so for nothing less than the future well-being of our nation is at stake."
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Katznelson, Ira. When Affirmative Action was White. Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company (August 22, 2005)
Excerpt: "…Ira Katznelson conclusively demonstrates that the economic policies enacted during the Great Depression and the ensuing decades not only excluded African Americans from attaining social parity but actually widened the gap between white and black living standards. Given this history of discriminatory legislation, it is no accident that more than forty years after Congress passed the Civil Rights Act, and more than one hundred and forty years since the abolition of slavery, the average black family in America still holds just one-tenth the assets of the average white family.” _____________________________________________________________________
Wise, Tim. White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son. Publisher: Soft Skull Press. (2005)
Excerpt: " From his experiences as a white anti-racist activist and white American, Tim Wise has crafted the first history of what it means to be part of the ‘majority’ in America. Combining the emotion of personal stories with insights gleaned from fifteen years as an educator, White Like Me examines the way in white whites reap the benefits of ‘racial preferences’--- whether or not they actively engage in racism. By critically assessing the magnitude of racial privilege and its cost--- to people of color and whites as well--- Wise provides an elegant and provocative memoir relevant to activist, educators, and average everyday folks seeking to understand why race continues to shape life in the Unites States."
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Doane, Ashley W, Eduardo Bonilla- Silva. White Out: The Continuing Significance of Racism. Publisher: Routledge (2003)
Excerpt: "This cutting-edge collection of original essays exams how white racial identity is constructed and how systems of white privilege operate in everyday life. White Out moves beyond personal narrative and surface discussion to provide a much needed critical analysis of whiteness.
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Rothenberg, Paula S. White Privilege: Essential Readings on the Other Side of Racism. Publisher: Worth Publishers; 2nd edition (June 25, 2004)
Excerpt: "This book brings together key essays and articles that seek to make whiteness visible, to analyze the nature of white privilege, and to offer suggestions for using that privilege in order to combat racism… the readings in this volume are interdisciplinary in nature and highly accessible. They are designed to allow educators to initiate conversations about whiteness and white privilege in courses in many disciplines and at different educational levels.” _____________________________________________________________________
Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. White Supremacy and Racism in the Post-Civil Rights Era. Publisher: Lynne Rienner. (2001)
Excerpt: "Full of brilliant, fresh ideas and well-developed arguments….Provocative, innovative, and insightful…No person interested in racial inequality, race relations, and the changing nature of racial disclosure in the U.S. should fail to read this work."
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Brown, Michael K, Martin Carnoy, Elliott Currie, Troy Duster, David B. Oppenheimer, Marjorie M. Shultz, and David Wellman.Whitewashing Race: The Myth of a Color-Blind Society. Publisher: University of California Press; 1 edition (January 21, 2005)
Excerpt: "…we address these questions by examining the main arguments made by proponents of racial realism…we explore their concept of racism, the idea that racism is solely a matter of prejudiced attitudes. We show how this outdated, misleading conception of racism speaks from only one side of the color line, and we compare it to the idea that racism is a sense of group position based on the accumulation of racial advantage.” _____________________________________________________________________
Yancey, George. Who is White? : Latinos, Asians, and the New Black/Nonblack Divide. Publisher: Lynne Rienner. (2004)
Excerpt: "A necessary read… Who is White? is more than a rich sociological study; it also serves as a blueprint for the political possibilities that lie before us if left unaddressed."
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Tatum, Beverly Daniel, PH.D. Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Publisher: Basic Books; 5th anniv., revised edition (January 7, 2003)
Excerpt: "Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black youth seated together in the Cafeteria- and the White, Latino, Asian Pacific, and American Indian youth clustered in their own groups, too. The same phenomenon can be observed in college dining halls, faculty lounges, and in corporate cafeterias. Is this self-segregation a problem we should try to fix, or a copying strategy we should support? How can we get past our reluctance to talk about racial issues?” _____________________________________________________________________
Wallace, Kendra R. Working with Multiracial Students; Critical Perspectives on Research and Practice. Publisher: Information Age Publishing; New Ed edition (September 30, 2004)
Excerpt: "The first part of the book…which raise theoretical and practical questions about researching topics related to race, ethnicity, and mixed heritage students.”
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Nam, Vickie. Yell-Oh Girls!: Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing Up Asian American. Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (August 1, 2001)
Excerpt: "In this groundbreaking collection of personal writings, young Asian American girls come together for the first engage in a dynamic conversation about the unique challenges they face in their lives…these revelatory essays, poems, and stories tackle such complex issues as dual identities, culture clashes, family matters, body image, and the need to find one's voice.” _____________________________________________________________________