This interdisciplinary textbook challenges students to see race as everyone's issue. Drawing on sociology; psychology; history; and economics; Seeing White introduces students to the concepts of white privilege and social power. Seeing White is designed to help break down some of the resistance students feel in discussing race. Each chapter opens with compelling concrete examples to help students approach issues from a range of perspectives. The early chapters build a solid understanding of privilege and power; leading to a critical exploration of discrimination. Key theoretical perspectives include cultural materialism; critical race theory; and the social construction of race. Each chapter includes discussion questions to help students evaluate institutions and policies that perpetuate or counter forces of privilege and discrimination.The website www.seeingwhite.org includes multidisciplinary demonstrations; activities; examples; and images for researchers and instructors who seek to explain racism and reveal white privilege.
#78889 in Books Tang Eric 2015-10-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.25 x .80 x 5.50l; .0 #File Name: 1439911657234 pagesUnsettled Cambodian Refugees in the New York City Hyperghetto
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. I highly recommend this oneBy CustomerMost memoirs and social histories that focus on Cambodia focus on the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge era; but Tang's book provides a new; original perspective by offering an intimate; sympathetic account of Cambodian refugees whose imprisonment has continued in America. I truthfully could not put this book down as it is written in a riveting; accessible style and tells a heartbreaking story of one Cambodian American family's extraordinary resilience. This book could not be more relevant in the context of the current global refugee crisis taking place. Tang's book reveals that there is still so much we don't know or understand about the hardships that refugees and migrants endure; even generations after their arrival. If you read only one book this year; I highly recommend this one.1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A far better read id Usha Welaranta's Beyond the Killing FieldsBy Pam WithersSensitively written and reported; and of interest to those delving into the immigrant/refugee experience; keeping in mind it's very specific to a) Cambodians and b) New York City. A far better read id Usha Welaranta's Beyond the Killing Fields.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. An eye-opening account!By CustomerThis is a well-crafted and beautifully-told story of the travails of a Cambodian woman and her family who came to the U.S. as refugees in the early 1980s. Eric Tang's prose is crisp; direct; and at times poetic.The author makes a number of important contributions; and I will mention three. First; this book is a powerful and long-overdue critique of the fictions of resettlement and of the U.S. refugee programs that often exacerbate the problems of displacement and hinder refugees from rebuilding their lives. Tang demonstrates this through skillful ethnography of the quotidian struggles of Ra Pronh and her family; the subjects of the book; who constantly negotiate and try to find ways to survive the seemingly endless displacements and who deal with daily issues of impoverishment; abandonment; and violence. Second; the book is a wonderful model in how to conduct research with refugees and displaced communities. Tang's care for and ethical engagement with the Cambodian families he worked with show how scholarship and activism can be both productive and empowering for both the researcher and the people and communities one "studies." Third; the book is innovative and bold in making the argument that the experiences of racialization; exploitation; living in enclosures; and abandonment in New York City's poor neighborhoods intersect with the experiences of enslavement; impoverishment; and neglect of African Americans. This is the work of a public intellectual; and this book deepens our understanding of what it means to be displaced and living in precarious situations. As a teacher who has taught this book in my college classes; and as someone who does research in the field of migration and refugee studies; I highly recommend this eye-opening book.
