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This book examines how Martin Luther King's life and work had a
profound, if unpredictable, impact on the course of the United
States since the civil rights era. A global icon of freedom,
justice, and equality, King is recognized worldwide as a beacon in
the struggles of peoples seeking to eradicate oppression,
entrenched poverty, social deprivation, as well as political and
economic disfranchisement. While Dr. King's work and ideas have
gained broad traction, some powerful people misappropriate the
symbol of King, skewing his legacy. With unique, multidisciplinary
works by scholars from around the country, this anthology focuses
on contemporary socialpolicies and issues in America. Collectively,
these pieces explore wide-ranging issues and contemporary social
developments through the lens of Dr. King's perceptions, analysis,
and prescriptions. Essayists bring a multidisciplinary and
interdisciplinary approach to social policies and current issues in
light of his ideals. They strive to glean new approaches and
solutions that comport with Dr. King's vision. Organized into three
sections, the book focuses on selected issues in contemporary
domestic politics and policy, foreign policy and foreign affairs,
and social developments that impinge upon African Americans and
Americans in general. Essays shed light on Dr. King's perspective
related to crime and justice, the right to vote, the hip hop
movement, American foreign policy in the Middle East and Africa,
healthcare, and other pressing issues. This book infers what Dr.
King's response and actions might be on important and problematic
contemporary policy and social issues that have arisen in the
post-civil rights era. With contributions by: Rosa M. Banda,
Michael L. Clemons, Lakeyta M. Bonnette-Bailey, Donathan L. Brown,
Hannah Firdyiwek, Alonzo M. Flowers III, Helen Taylor Greene,
William G. Jones, Athena M. King, Taj'ullah Sky Lark, Jamela M.
Martin, Marcus L. Martin, Byron D'Andra Orey, Amardo Rodriguez,
Audrey E. Snyder, James L. Taylor, Leslie U. Walker, and Jason M.
Williams.
Examining actual policy to identify the facts, this book exposes
how racially charged political and legal debates over immigration
reform in the United States continue to inform our immigration
policy. Immigration reform policies continue to influence domains
like housing ordinances, official language laws, mass deportation,
and bilingual education, amongst many other topics. In this work,
authors Donathan Brown and Amardo Rodriguez demonstrate how
immigration policies belie simplistic conversations pertaining to
border control. Their focus is on actual policy as opposed to mere
headlines and "talking points," as it is policy and the debates
that it produces that inform the headlines and subsequently incite
controversy and heated arguments. Each chapter of the book
addresses both policies and the fallout they produce to clearly
articulate how such policies usurp fact with fiction, producing
residual messages that equate "diversity" with destroying our
social and political order. This accessible book provides high
school, college, and graduate-level students insight into the laws
and lawsuits stemming from current legislation, an understanding of
the peculiar racial dimensions intertwined in these policies and
debates, as well as comprehension of immigration reform against the
grander backdrop of the growing Latino demographic in the United
States. The authors argue that the varying degrees of immigration
reform passed by state legislatures throughout the country are
based on thinking that ignores the sociopolitical and cultural
realities of modern-day America and continue to rely less on facts
and more on fear, causing greater deep-seated paranoia, distrust,
and resentment within our nation. Covers policies pertaining to
immigrants and immigration reform and relates these policies to
associated topics such as language, bilingual education, housing,
borders, and voting rights Provides immigration policy analyses
that are engaging and accessible to a wide range of readers
Examines past policy actions as well as findings from recent case
studies, allowing readers to grasp the specific racial dimensions
intertwined in these controversial policies and debates
With the increasing demands for changes in how we vote, the authors
analyze the complications of race tied to these proposed policies
through historical and contemporary challenges. Why does race play
such a discursive role when it comes to the "right to vote"?
Lawmakers are continuing to propose changes to voting rights
policies that directly impact African Americans and the emerging
Latino electorate. Ranging from issues like voter identification
laws, accusations of voter fraud, and voting rights for convicted
felons, this single-volume provides an in-depth analysis regarding
the various racial dimensions embedded in cases of public policy.
By highlighting the origination and evolution of the Voting Rights
Act of 1965, Voting Rights under Fire: The Continuing Struggle for
People of Color demonstrates the still-prevalent issues around
voting and people of color. This work will provide readers an
accessible, interdisciplinary book that interconnects past and
present issues involving political debates, public policy, and
court decisions pertaining to race and voting rights in America.
Highlights the racial dimensions tied to the historical development
of voting rights in the United States Illustrates how contemporary
voting rights developments are connected to the goal of minimizing
or suppressing the African American and Latino vote Presents the
way voting rights laws continue to retrogress at the hands of
lawmakers Demonstrates the increasing salience that race plays
within public policy, especially pertaining to political power
Contributions by Rosa M. Banda, Lakeyta M. Bonnette-Bailey,
Donathan L. Brown, Michael L. Clemons, William H. L. Dorsey, Hannah
Firdyiwek, Alonzo M. Flowers III, Helen Taylor Greene, William G.
Jones, Athena M. King, Taj'ullah Sky Lark, Jamela M. Martin, Marcus
L. Martin, Byron D'Andra Orey, Amardo Rodriguez, Audrey E. Snyder,
James L. Taylor, Leslie Walker, and Jason M. Williams. This book
examines how Martin Luther King's life and work had a profound, if
unpredictable, impact on the course of the United States since the
civil rights era. A global icon of freedom, justice, and equality,
King is recognized worldwide as a beacon in the struggles of
peoples seeking to eradicate oppression, entrenched poverty, social
deprivation, as well as political and economic disfranchisement.
While Dr. King's work and ideas have gained broad traction, some
powerful people misappropriate the symbol of King, skewing his
legacy. With unique, multidisciplinary works by scholars from
around the country, this anthology focuses on contemporary social
policies and issues in America. Collectively, these pieces explore
wide-ranging issues and contemporary social developments through
the lens of Dr. King's perceptions, analysis, and prescriptions.
Essayists bring a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach
to social policies and current issues in light of his ideals. They
strive to glean new approaches and solutions that comport with Dr.
King's vision. Organized into three sections, the book focuses on
selected issues in contemporary domestic politics and policy,
foreign policy and foreign affairs, and social developments that
impinge upon African Americans and Americans in general. Essays
shed light on Dr. King's perspective related to crime and justice,
the right to vote, the hip hop movement, American foreign policy in
the Middle East and Africa, healthcare, and other pressing issues.
This book infers what Dr. King's response and actions might be on
important and problematic contemporary policy and social issues
that have arisen in the post-civil rights era.
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People of Color in the United States [4 volumes] - Contemporary Issues in Education, Work, Communities, Health, and Immigration (Hardcover)
Kofi Lomotey, Pamela Braboy Jackson, Muna Adem, Paulina X. Ruf, Valire Carr Copeland, …
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This expansive, four-volume ready-reference work offers critical
coverage of contemporary issues that impact people of color in the
United States, ranging from education and employment to health and
wellness and immigration. People of Color in the United States:
Contemporary Issues in Education, Work, Communities, Health, and
Immigration examines a wide range of issues that affect people of
color in America today, covering education, employment, health, and
immigration. Edited by experts in the field, this set supplies
current information that meets a variety of course standards in
four volumes. Volume 1 covers education grades K-12 and higher
education; volume 2 addresses employment, housing, family, and
community; volume 3 examines health and wellness; and volume 4
covers immigration. The content will enable students to better
understand the experiences of racial and ethnic minorities as well
as current social issues and policy. The content is written to be
accessible to a wide range of readers and to provide
ready-reference content for courses in history, sociology,
psychology, geography, and economics, as well as curricula that
address immigration, urbanization and industrialization, and
contemporary American society. Offers comprehensive coverage of
contemporary issues for people of color in the United States that
meets the needs of secondary librarians, teachers, and students for
a variety of classes and standards Presents A-Z entries within four
broad themes that explore the social and economic issues that will
support readers' understanding of the experiences of people of
color in the United States Includes debate essays highlighting a
variety of viewpoints on key issues from scholars that provide
readers with models of critical thinking Contains up-to-date
information appropriate for classes on history, sociology,
psychology, geography, economics, urbanization, immigration and
industrialization, and contemporary American society
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