African Americans and Whites

Changing Relationships on College Campuses
Herausgeber: Moore, Robert M.

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Produktbeschreibung

Including the work of nearly 20 authors, this essay collection explores the changing relationship between African Americans and whites on U.S. College and University campuses. These essays investigate and chronicle the tension and social distance felt between African Americans and whites in today's higher-education community. Although designed as supplemental reading for undergraduate and graduate students, and experts in the field, each chapter includes three or four provocative questions suitable for classroom discussions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. August 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 412g
• ISBN-13: 9780761835004
• ISBN-10: 0761835008
• Artikelnr.: 22029474

Autorenporträt

Editor Robert Moore is Associate Professor of Sociology and Coordinator of African American Studies at Frostburg State University. He was the recipient of teaching and service awards from the university and was recently nominated for a State of Maryland Higher Education Regents' award for outstanding teaching. He received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology and Race and Ethnic Relations from Temple University.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Preface Part 2 Acknowledgements Part 3 Introduction Part 4 Part I:
Teaching Chapter 5 1. Teaching Region, Learning Humility Chapter 6 2. Too
White to Teach Race? Chapter 7 3. Beyond the Veil: Black and White
Perspectives on Teaching about Racial Inequality Part 8 Part II: Student
Groups Chapter 9 4. Black and Gay Identity Selection Chapter 10 5.
Facilitating Student Involvement and Cross-Race Contact: The Impact of
Membership in a Black Greek Organization Chapter 11 6. History of a BSU at
a Professional Health Science University Part 12 Part III: Social Distance
Chapter 13 7. Racial Divides on a Diverse Campus: An Exploration of Social
Distance at a State Liberal Art University Chapter 14 8. Self-Segregation,
Friendship Formation, and the College Experience: Separate but Equal?
Chapter 15 9. "Let's Talk about The Simpsons or Something" Chapter 16 10.
Interracial Dating and Marriage: Fact, Fantasy, and the Problem of Survey
Data Chapter 17 11. Social Distance and the "Tipping Effect" Among College
Students at a Northern New Jersey University Part 18 Part IV. Marginality
and Policy Chapter 19 12. Exploring Black Identity via Marginality Theory
Chapter 20 13. Is Diversity Policy Inherently Contradictory? Chapter 21 14.
An Old Journey in a New Direction: The Two Faces of Desegregation Chapter
22 15. Activism Scholarship: Answering 'the Question' Part 23 About the
Contributors

Rezensionen

In this text, contentious issues between African Americans and whites are examined and discussed. Each section and subsequent chapter examines the evolving relationship between African Americans and whites on U.S. campuses. A variety of perspectives are offered by numerous scholars, who report findings from research using an interesting blend of qualitative and quantitative methods. Summing up: RECOMMENDED. Lower-division undergraduates through practitioners. -- C. Getz, University of San Diego CHOICE