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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies
Race: Readings on Identity, Ideology, and Inequality highlights
four key aspects of race and racialization in the United States
that perpetuate the concept of race and uphold the current racial
hierarchy: understanding race and ethnicity, the social
construction of race, white privilege, and racism and
discrimination. The carefully selected readings transcend rote
discussions of events that demonstrate racial inequality, and
instead, focus on understanding the system that allowed such events
to take place. The first section of the anthology explores how the
idea of race originated in the U.S., emphasizing how colonialism,
slavery, and white supremacy supported the early formation of
racial groupings. In the second section, students learn about the
social construction of race and read about contemporary debates
surrounding biological and social understandings of race. The third
section illuminates how privilege works in the context of racism
and shows who benefits from racial systems and who is at a
disadvantage. The final section covers four theories that help to
explain how racism manifests in our lives and how we've come to
understand and recognize racism. Designed to empower students to
engage in meaningful dialogue and explore complex issues, Race is
an ideal supplementary text for courses and programs in sociology
and studies of race and racism.
Lone Bull's Mistake: A Lodge Pole Chief Story, is the account of
Black Otter, a Pikuni (or 'Blackfoot') Indian cast out from his
tribe for breaking the hunting rules and forced to wander the
wilderness in search of redemption.
In the early nineteenth century, thousands of volunteers left
Ireland behind to join the fight for South American independence.
Lured by the promise of adventure, fortune, and the opportunity to
take a stand against colonialism, they braved the treacherous
Atlantic crossing to join the ranks of the Liberator, Simon
Bolivar, and became instrumental in helping oust the Spanish from
Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Today, the
names of streets, towns, schools, and football teams on the
continent bear witness to their influence. But it was not just
during wars of independence that the Irish helped transform Spanish
America. Irish soldiers, engineers, and politicians, who had fled
Ireland to escape religious and political persecution in their
homeland, were responsible for changing the face of the Spanish
colonies in the Americas during the eighteenth century. They
included a chief minister of Spain, Richard Wall; a chief inspector
of the Spanish Army, Alexander O'Reilly; and the viceroy of Peru,
Ambrose O'Higgins. Whether telling the stories of armed
revolutionaries like Bernardo O'Higgins and James Rooke or
retracing the steps of trailblazing women like Eliza Lynch and
Camila O'Gorman, Paisanos revisits a forgotten chapter of Irish
history and, in so doing, reanimates the hopes, ambitions, ideals,
and romanticism that helped fashion the New World and sowed the
seeds of Ireland's revolutions to follow.
In The Requirement of Consultation with Indigenous Peoples in the
ILO, Maria Victoria Cabrera Ormaza examines the law-making and
interpretive practice of the International Labour Organization
(ILO) relating to indigenous peoples with a particular focus on the
consultation requirement established by Article 6 of ILO Convention
No. 169. Taking into account both the mandate and institutional
characteristics of the ILO, the author explains how the ILO
understands the notion of consultation with indigenous peoples and
outlines the flaws in its approach.
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