Bøger i Maping Racisms serien

Well over thirty million people in the United States speak a primary language other than English. Nearly twenty million of them speak Spanish. And these numbers are growing. This book lays out the two approaches to language policy - linguistic assimilation and linguistic pluralism - in clear and accessible terms.

Looks at black feminism, its role, and its implications. From Charles Darwin and nineteenth-century racism to black nationalism and the Nation of Islam, from Baptist women's groups to James Baldwin; this title takes on one institution after another as the author re-centers the role of black women in the United States' intellectual heritage.

Reviews US immigration policies by pointing to the racial, ethnic, and social struggles over who should be welcomed into the community of citizens. This book shows how shifting visions of America have shaped policies governing asylum, exclusion, amnesty, and border policing.

Portrays the many-sided legacies of exclusion and discrimination. The stories, columns, essays, and commentaries in this title tackle such problems as media racism, criminality, inter-ethnic tensions, and political marginalization. As a group, they make a case for the centrality of the Asian American historical experiences in US race relations.