Social science / Discrimination & Race Relations

Identifying Citizens: ID Cards as Surveillance

by David Lyon

New ID card systems are proliferating around the world. These may use digitized fingerprints or photos, may be contactless, using a scanner, and above all, may rely on computerized registries of personal information....

Multiculturalism

by Tariq Modood

At a time when many public commentators are turning against multiculturalism in response to fears about militant Islam, immigration or social cohesion, Tariq Modood, one of the world's leading authorities on...

Race: A Philosophical Introduction

by Paul C. Taylor

In Race: A Philosophical Introduction, Second Edition , Paul C. Taylor provides an accessible guide to a well-travelled but still-mysterious area of the contemporary social landscape. As in the first edition,...

A Very Fine Class of Immigrants: Prince Edward Island's Scottish Pioneers, 1770-1850

by Lucille H. Campey

P.E.I. was the first Canadian area to acquire Scottish pioneers. Its colonization by Scots occurred when the process of immigration and settlement was in its infancy.

To Sin Against Hope: How America Has Failed Its Immigrants: A Personal History

by Alfredo Gutierrez

A moving life story from a leading voice in America's immigrant rights struggle.Alfredo Gutierrez’s father, a US citizen, was deported to Mexico from his Arizona hometown—the mining town where Alfredo grew...

How the Sun Lost Its Shine: A Newsroom Memoir

by Elaine Tassy

This book is award-winning journalist Elaine Tassy's no-holds-barred account of her four years working as a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. As one of few black female staff writers, she noticed and spoke out...

And Hell Followed With Her: Crossing the Dark Side of the American Border

by David Neiwert

A work of literary true crime that captures the terrifying world of the right wing border patrol movement.

Race and Racism: An Introduction

by Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban

In her newest book, anthropologist Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban examines the foundations of race in American society. She offers a simple and accessible explanation of the biology of race and a cross-cultural perspective...

Suburban Erasure: How the Suburbs Ended the Civil Rights Movement in New Jersey

by Walter David Greason

Suburban Erasure explains how racial inequality adapted in the twentieth century in order to shape American society today. It celebrates the voices of unheralded civil rights leaders, while clearly explaining...

Perspectives on Genetic Discrimination

by Thomas Lemke

Over the past 15 years, a series of empirical studies in different countries have shown that our increasing genetic knowledge leads to new forms of exclusion, disadvantaging and stigmatization. The spectrum...

Being White: Stories of Race and Racism

by Karyn D. McKinney

Karyn McKinney uses written autobiographies solicited from young white people to empirically analyze the contours of the white experience in U.S. society. This text offers a unique view of whiteness based on...

Race-Ing Art History: Critical Readings in Race and Art History

by Kymberly N. Pinder

First published in 2002

Cultural Diversity, Mental Health and Psychiatry: The Struggle Against Racism

by Dr Suman Fernando & Suman Fernando

'Black and minority ethnic communities lack confidence in mental health services', according to the National Service Framework for Mental Health published by the Department of Health in 1999.

Cultural Diversity,...

Encyclopaedia of Race and Ethnic Studies

by ELLIS CASHMORE

Developed from the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Dictionary of Race and Ethnic Relations, now in its fourth edition, Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic Studies has been assembled by a world-class...

Divided We Fail: The Story of an African American Community That Ended the Era of School Desegregation

by Sarah Garland

Examines why school desegregation, despite its success in closing the achievement gap, was never embraced wholeheartedly in the black community as a remedy for racial inequality

In 2007, a court case originally...

Racism and Discourse in Latin America

by Van Teun A. Dijk, Marta Casaús Arzú & Neyla Graciela Pardo Abril

Teun A. van Dijk brings together a multidisciplinary team of linguists and social scientists from eight Latin American countries (Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and Peru),...

The Black History of the White House

by Clarence Lusane

The untold history and politics of the White House from the perspective of African Americans.

Race and Reconciliation in America

by William S. Cohen, Janet Langhart Cohen & Enola Gay Aird

Convinced that what is needed in America is a serious, open, civil dialogue on racial, ethnic, and religious prejudice, William S. Cohen and Janet Langhart Cohen brought together an august and varied group of...

Where the Waters Divide: Neoliberalism, White Privilege, and Environmental Racism in Canada

by Michael Mascarenhas

Where the Waters Divide is one of the few book length studies that analyze contemporary forms of racism and white privilege in Canadian society. The book argues that neoliberalism represents a key moment in...

The Myth of Race

by Jefferson M. Fish

The Myth of Race deals concisely with a wide range of topics, from how the concept of race differs in different cultures and race relations in the United States, to IQ tests and the census. It draws on scientific...