Getting Real about Race
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Getting Real About Race is an edited collection of short essays that address the most common stereotypes and misconceptions about race held by students, and by many in the United States, in general. Key Features * Each essay concludes with suggested sources including videos, websites, books, and/or articles that instructors can choose to assign as additional readings on a topic. * Essays also end with questions for discussion that allow students to move from the "what" (knowledge) to the "so what" (implications) of race in their own lives. * In this spirit, the authors include suggested…mehr

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Getting Real About Race is an edited collection of short essays that address the most common stereotypes and misconceptions about race held by students, and by many in the United States, in general. Key Features * Each essay concludes with suggested sources including videos, websites, books, and/or articles that instructors can choose to assign as additional readings on a topic. * Essays also end with questions for discussion that allow students to move from the "what" (knowledge) to the "so what" (implications) of race in their own lives. * In this spirit, the authors include suggested "Reaching Across the Color Line" activities at the end of each essay, allowing students to apply their new knowledge on the topic in a unique or creative way. * Current topics students want to discuss are brought up through the text, making it easier for the instructor to deal with these topics in an open classroom environment.
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Autorenporträt
Stephanie M. McClure is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Georgia College and State University. She earned her Masters and Ph.D. in Sociology with a focus on social stratification and inequality from the the University of Georgia. She has a Bachelor of Journalism (Broadcast) from the University of Missouri. She was a participant in a USG faculty development seminar to Spain and Morocco in 2008 and an instructor on the USG European Council Study Abroad Program to Waterford, Ireland in 2009. Her research interests are in the area of higher education, with a focus on college student persistence and retention across race, class and gender, with a special emphasis on post-college student experiences that increase student social and academic integration, success, and satisfaction. Cherise A. Harris is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Connecticut College where she regularly teaches Introduction to Sociology; Race, Gender, and the Mass Media; Ethnic and Race Relations; Sociology of Inequality, and Middle Class Minorities. Some recent articles and book chapters by Harris include: Harris, Cherise A. and Nikki Khanna. "Black Is, Black Ain′t: Biracials, Middle-Class Blacks, and the Social Construction of Blackness." Sociological Spectrum 30: 1-32. 2010' Khanna, Nikki and Cherise A. Harris. "Teaching Race as a Social Construct: Two Interactive Class Exercises." Teaching Sociology 37, 4: 369-378. 2009; and Harris, Cherise A. and Kerry Ann Rockquemore. "Multicultural Perspectives of Self and Racial/ Ethnic Identity." pages 243-278 in Adolescence: Development During a Global Era, edited by Margaret Beale Spencer, Dena Phillips Swanson, and Malik C. Edwards. 2010.