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Babylost
Racism, Survival, and the Quiet Politics of Infant Mortality, from A to Z
Rutgers University Press
The U.S. infant mortality rate is among the highest in the industrialized world, and Black babies are far more likely than white babies to die in their first year of life. Maternal mortality rates are also very high. The tragedy is twofold: it is undoubtedly tragic that babies die in their first year of life, and it is both tragic and unacceptable that most of these deaths are preventable. Babylost tracks social and cultural dimensions of infant death through 26 alphabetical entries, from Absence to ZIP Code.
White Guys on Campus
Racism, White Immunity, and the Myth of "Post-Racial" Higher Education
Rutgers University Press
White Guys on Campus is a critical examination of the role of race in higher education, centering Whiteness, in an effort to unveil the frequently unconscious habits of racism among white male students. It details many of the contours of contemporary, systemic racism, while continually engaging the possibility of White students to engage in anti-racism.
Forever Suspect
Racialized Surveillance of Muslim Americans in the War on Terror
By Saher Selod
Rutgers University Press
Saher Selod shows how a specific American religious identity has acquired racial meanings, resulting in the hyper surveillance of Muslim citizens. Drawing on in-depth interviews with South Asian and Arab Muslim Americans, she investigates how Muslim Americans are subjected to racialized surveillance in both an institutional and social context.
City Kids
Transforming Racial Baggage
Rutgers University Press
City Kids profiles fifth-graders in one of New York City’s most diverse public schools, detailing how they collectively developed a sophisticated understanding of race that challenged many of the stereotypes, myths, and commonplaces they had learned from mainstream American culture. Drawing from more than a year of close observations and interviews with students, anthropologist Maria Kromidas not only examines how we can best support children’s antiracist practices, but also considers what they might have to teach us.
Blaming the Poor
The Long Shadow of the Moynihan Report on Cruel Images about Poverty
Rutgers University Press
A leading authority on poverty and racism, Susan D. Greenbaum dismantles the main thesis of the Moynihan Report—that the so called matriarchal structure of the African American family “feminized black men,” resulting in a “tangle of pathology” that led to a host of ills, from teen pregnancy to adult crime. Drawing on extensive scholarship, Greenbaum debunks this infamous thesis while outlining more productive and humane policies to address the problems facing America today.
Shades of White Flight
Evangelical Congregations and Urban Departure
Rutgers University Press
In Shades of White Flight, sociologist Mark T. Mulder investigates a case of “white flight” where seven church congregations from one denomination, the Christian Reformed Church, left Chicago en masse in the 1960s and 70s and relocated their churches in nearby suburbs. Using a wealth of both archival and interview data, Mulder examines the migration of these Chicago church members, revealing how their churches not only failed to inhibit white flight, but actually facilitated the congregations’ departure.
When Diversity Drops
Race, Religion, and Affirmative Action in Higher Education
Rutgers University Press
Julie J. Park examines how losing racial diversity in a university affects the everyday lives of its students. She uses a student organization as a case study to show how reductions in racial diversity impact the ability of students to sustain multiethnic communities. The book contributes to our understanding of race and inequality in collegiate life and is a valuable resource for educators and researchers interested in the influence of racial politics on students’ lives.
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