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| The Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing's Reviews of Books about Racism and Other Oppressions This extraordinary collection of some 80 reviews of books primarily about racism, but also sexism, heterosexism and classism is a labor of love by UUCWC Trustee and Journey Toward Wholeness Transformation Team member Paul Tuerff. The effort began in 1999 as our Transformation Team was founded. Other UUCWC contributors are: Les Eversen, Russell McTague, and Mary Kay Mitchell. The book reviews are listed first alphabetically by author and then by topic under the following categories: Advocacy, History, U.S. Law, African-American, Asian, Latino, Native American, Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender, Women. Each review is 1-5 pages long and provides a comprehensive look at the book as well as an evaluation as to whether or not the book would be valuable in a library to support Journey Toward Wholeness endeavors in our churches. To request a book review(s) by e-mail without charge, please contact Paul Tuerff at Ptuerff@comcast.net. We also plan to expand this collection continuously and welcome readers participation in providing comprehensive book reviews of books/videos that they have found valuable for JTW study by contacting Paul. NOTE: Books preceded by an *asterisk are also available to be borrowed from the ARDC Resource Library. And if you have a copy of one of the following books that you could possibly donate to the ARDC Resource Library, please contact Mary Kay Mitchell -- email: bix.mitchell@gmail.com (hm: 609-883-1136). The library's online listing of your book will make note your generosity! * * * * * * * Book Reviews on Racism & Other Oppressions (BY AUTHOR's LAST NAME) Alexie, Sherman Ten Little Indians, 2003 Allen, James, editor et. al.. Without Sanctuary, Lynching Photography in America, 2000 * Anaya, Rudolfo Bless Me, Ultima, 1972 [UUCWC] * Ancheta, Angelo Race, Rights, and the Asian American Experience, 1998 [UUCWC] Anderson, Elijah Street Wise: Race, Class, and Change in an Urban Community, 1990 Ansbro, John J. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Nonviolent Strategies and Tactics for Social Change, 2000 * Barndt, Joseph Dismantling Racism: The Continuing Challenge to White America, 1991 [UUCWC] * Barnes, Annie S. Everyday Racism: A Book for All Americans, 2000 [UUCWC] Bell, Derrick Gospel Choirs: Psalms of Survival in an Alien Land Called Home, 1996 Bordewich, Fergus M. Killing the White Man’s Indian: Reinventing Native Americans at the End of the Twentieth Century, 1996 * Bowens-Wheatley and Jones, Eds. Soul Work: Anti-racist Theologies in Dialogue, 2003 [UUCWC] Canada, Geoffrey Reaching Up for Manhood: Transforming the Lives of Boys in America, 1998 Chideya, Farai The Color of Our Future, 1999 * Cokorinos, Lee The Assault on Diversity: An Organized Challenge to Racial and Gender Justice, 2003 Cone, James H. Martin and Malcolm and America: A Dream or a Nightmare, 1991 Crouch, Stanley The All-American Skin Game, or The Decoy of Race, 1995 * Dalton, Harlon L. Racial Healing: Confronting the Fear Between Blacks and Whites, 1995 [UUCWC] * Delgado, Richard and Stefancic, Jean, Eds. The Latino/a Condition, A Critical Reader, 1998 [UUCWC] DeMott, Benjamin The Trouble with Friendship: Why Americans Can’t Think Straight About Race, 1995 * Derman-Sparks, Louise, and Phillips, Carol Brunson Teaching /Learning Anti-Racism, 1997 [UUCWC] * Feagin, Joe R. Racist America: Roots, Current Realities, and Future Reparations, 2000 [UUCWC] Ferber, Abby L. White Man Falling: Race, Gender, and White Supremacy, 1998 Fone, Byrne. Homophobia: A History, 2000 * Fox, Geoffrey Hispanic Nation: Culture, Politics and the Construction of Identity, 1996 [UUCWC] * Franklin, John Hope The Color Line: Legacy for the Twenty-first Century, 1993 [UUCWC] * Freire, Paulo Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 1971, 2002 [UUCWC] * Gonzalez, Juan Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America, 2000 [UUCWC] * Guinier, Lani Lift Every Voice: Turning a Civil Rights Setback into a New Vision of Social Justice, 1998 [UUCWC] Gutiérrez , David G. Walls and Mirrors: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrant, and the Politics of Ethnicity, 1998 * Hacker, Andrew Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal, 1992 [UUCWC] Hambly, Barbara Sold Down the River, 2000 * Haney Lopez, Ian F. White by Law: The Legal Construction of Race, 1996 [UUCWC] Hannibal “God, Mississippi, and a Man Called Evers” oratorio, and other African-American music, reviewed by Russell McTague 2002 Hochschild, Adam King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa, 1998 Hochschild, Jennifer L. Facing Up to the American Dream: Race, Class and the Soul of the Nation, 1995 * hooks, bell Killing Rage: Ending Racism, 1996 [UUCWC] * __________ Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope, 2003 [UUCWC] Ignatiev, Noel and Garvey, John, editors Race Traitor, 1996 Jacobs, Bruce A. Race Manners: Navigating the Minefield Between Black and White Americans, 1999 Jemison, G. Peter and Schein, Anna M., editors Treaty of Canandaigua 1794: 200 Years of Treaty Relations between the Iroquois Confederacy and the United States, 2000 * Johnson, Allan G. Privilege, Power, and Difference, 2001 [UUCWC] * Jones, William R. Is God a White Racist? A Preamble to Black Theology, 1998 [UUCWC] * Kivel, Paul Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice, 1996 [UUCWC] Kozol, Jonathan Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation, 1995 ______________ Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope, 2000 * Lipsitz, George The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics, 1998 [UUCWC] Liu, Eric The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker, 1998 * Loeb, Paul Rogat. Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time, 1999 [UUCWC] * Loewen, James W. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, 1995 Maharidge, Dale The Coming White Minority: California’s Eruptions and the Nation’s Future, 1996 * Malcomson, Scott L. One Drop of Blood: The American Misadventure of Race, 2000 [UUCWC] * Martínez, Rubén Crossing Over: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail, 2001. [UUCWC] McWhorter, Diane Carry Me Home: Birmingham, The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution, 2003 * Mohanty, Chandra Talpade Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity, 2003 [UUCWC] Moore, Michael Stupid White Men: and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation, 2001 Mukherjee, Bharati Desirable Daughters, A Novel, 2002 * Na, An A Step from Heaven, 2001 [UUCWC] Rawick, George P. From Sundown to Sunup: The Making of the Black Community, 1972 * Reed, Ishmael , editor Multi-America: Essays on Cultural Wars and Cultural Peace, 1998 [UUCWC] * Rosen, Ruth The World Split Open: How the Modern Women’s Movement Changed America, 2000 [UUCWC] * Ryan, William. Blaming the Victim, 1971, Revised 1976 [UUCWC] Slovo, Gillian Red Dust 2002 Steele, Shelby The Content of Our Character, 1990 Stiglitz, Joseph E. Globalization and Its Discontents, 2002, 2003 Suarez, Ray The Old Neighborhood: What We Lost in the Great Suburban Migration, 1966- 1999, 1999 Suro, Roberto Strangers Among Us: How Latino Immigration Is Transforming America, 1998 * Takaki, Ronald Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans, 1998 [UUCWC] ______________ Double Victory: A Multicultural History of America in World War II, 2000 Tatum, Beverly Daniel “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” and Other Conversations About Race, 1997 * Thandeka Learning To Be White: Money, Race, and God in America, 1999 [UUCWC] Waller, James FACE to FACE: The Changing State of Racism Across America, 1998 Wallis, Jim The Soul of Politics: Beyond “Religious Right”and “Secular Left,” 1994 * Weatherford, Jack Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World, 1988 [UUCWC] Weslager, C.A. The Delaware Indian Westward Migration: With the Texts of Two Manuscripts (1821-22) Responding to General Lewis Cass’s Inquiries about Lenape Culture and Language, 1978 * West, Cornel Race Matters, 1993 [UUCWC] _____________ Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism, 2004 Williams, Mark A. The 10 Lenses: Your Guide to Living and Working in a Multicultural World, 2001 Wilson, William Julius The Bridge Over the Racial Divide: Rising Inequality and Coalition Politics, 1999 * Zinn, Howard A People’s History of the United States: 1492-Present, 1995 [UUCWC] * * * * * * * * Book Reviews on Racism & Other Oppressions (BY CATEGORY) The following list is arranged using the following categories: Advocacy, History, U.S. Law, African-American, Asian, Latino, Native American, Gay/ Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender, Women NOTE: Books preceded by an *asterisk are also available to be borrowed from the ARDC Resource Library. Advocacy * Barndt, Joseph Dismantling Racism: The Continuing Challenge to White America, 1991 [UUCWC] * Barnes, Annie S. Everyday Racism: A Book for All Americans, 2000 [UUCWC] * Bowens-Wheatley and Jones, Eds. Soul Work: Anti-racist Theologies in Dialogue, 2003 [UUCWC] Canada, Geoffrey Reaching Up for Manhood: Transforming the Lives of Boys in America, 1998 Crouch, Stanley The All-American Skin Game, or The Decoy of Race, 1995 * Dalton, Harlon L. Racial Healing: Confronting the Fear Between Blacks and Whites, 1995 [UUCWC] DeMott, Benjamin The Trouble with Friendship: Why Americans Can’t Think Straight About Race, 1995 * Derman-Sparks, Louise, and Phillips, Carol Brunson Teaching /Learning Anti-Racism, 1997 [UUCWC] * Feagin, Joe R. Racist America: Roots, Current Realities, and Future Reparations, 2000 [UUCWC] * Freire, Paulo Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 1971, 2002 [UUCWC] Hochschild, Jennifer L. Facing Up to the American Dream: Race, Class and the Soul of the Nation, 1995 * hooks, bell Killing Rage: Ending Racism, 1996 [UUCWC] * __________ Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope, 2003 [UUCWC] Ignatiev, Noel and Garvey, John, editors Race Traitor, 1996 Jacobs, Bruce A. Race Manners: Navigating the Minefield Between Black and White Americans, 1999 * Johnson, Allan G. Privilege, Power, and Difference, 2001 [UUCWC] * Jones, William R. Is God a White Racist? A Preamble to Black Theology, 1998 [UUCWC] * Kivel, Paul Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice, 1996 [UUCWC] Kozol, Jonathan Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation, 1995 ______________ Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope, 2000 * Lipsitz, George The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics, 1998 [UUCWC] * Loeb, Paul Rogat Soul of a Citizen: Living with Conviction in a Cynical Time, 1999 [UUCWC] * Mohanty, Chandra Talpade Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity, 2003 [UUCWC] Moore, Michael Stupid White Men: and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation, 2001 * Reed, Ishmael , editor Multi-America: Essays on Cultural Wars and Cultural Peace, 1998 [UUCWC] * Ryan, William. Blaming the Victim, 1971, Revised 1976 [UUCWC] Steele, Shelby The Content of Our Character, 1990 Stiglitz, Joseph E. Globalization and Its Discontents, 2002, 2003 Tatum, Beverly Daniel “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” and Other Conversations About Race, 1997 Waller, James FACE to FACE: The Changing State of Racism Across America, 1998 Wallis, Jim The Soul of Politics: Beyond “Religious Right”and “Secular Left,” 1994 * West, Cornel Race Matters, 1993 [UUCWC] _____________ Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism, 2004 Williams, Mark A. The 10 Lenses: Your Guide to Living and Working in a Multicultural World, 2001 Wilson, William Julius The Bridge Over the Racial Divide: Rising Inequality and Coalition Politics, 1999 History Allen, James, editor et. al. Without Sanctuary, Lynching Photography in America, 2000 Ansbro, John J. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Nonviolent Strategies and Tactics for Social Change. 2000 Bordewich, Fergus M. Killing the White Man’s Indian: Reinventing Native Americans at the End of the Twentieth Century, 1996 Chideya, Farai The Color of Our Future, 1999 * Cokorinos, Lee The Assault on Diversity: An Organized Challenge to Racial and Gender Justice, 2003 Cone, James H. Martin and Malcolm and America: A Dream or a Nightmare, 1991 Ferber, Abby L. White Man Falling: Race, Gender, and White Supremacy, 1998 Fone, Byrne. Homophobia: A History, 2000 * Fox, Geoffrey Hispanic Nation: Culture, Politics and the Construction of Identity, 1996 [UUCWC] * Franklin, John Hope The Color Line: Legacy for the Twenty-first Century, 1993 [UUCWC] * Gonzalez, Juan Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America, 2000 [UUCWC] Gutiérrez , David G. Walls and Mirrors: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrant, and the Politics of Ethnicity, 1998 * Hacker, Andrew Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal, 1992 [UUCWC] Hochschild, Adam King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa, 1998 Hochschild, Jennifer L. Facing Up to the American Dream: Race, Class and the Soul of the Nation, 1995 Jemison, G. Peter and Schein, Anna M., editors Treaty of Canandaigua 1794: 200 Years of Treaty Relations between the Iroquois Confederacy and the United States, 2000 * Lipsitz, George The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics, 1998 [UUCWC] * Loewen, James W. Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong, 1995 Maharidge, Dale The Coming White Minority: California’s Eruptions and the Nation’s Future, 1996 * Malcomson, Scott L. One Drop of Blood: The American Misadventure of Race, 2000 [UUCWC] McWhorter, Diane Carry Me Home: Birmingham, The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution, 2003 Rawick, George P. From Sundown to Sunup: The Making of the Black Community, 1972 * Reed, Ishmael , editor Multi-America: Essays on Cultural Wars and Cultural Peace, 1998 [UUCWC] * Rosen, Ruth The World Split Open: How the Modern Women’s Movement Changed America, 2000 [UUCWC] * Ryan, William. Blaming the Victim, 1971, Revised 1976 [UUCWC] Slovo, Gillian Red Dust 2002 Suarez, Ray The Old Neighborhood: What We Lost in the Great Suburban Migration, 1966- 1999, 1999 Suro, Roberto Strangers Among Us: How Latino Immigration Is Transforming America, 1998 * Takaki, Ronald Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans, 1998 [UUCWC] ______________ Double Victory: A Multicultural History of America in World War II, 2000 * Thandeka Learning To Be White: Money, Race, and God in America, 1999 [UUCWC] * Weatherford, Jack Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World, 1988 [UUCWC] Weslager, C.A. The Delaware Indian Westward Migration: With the Texts of Two Manuscripts (1821-22) Responding to General Lewis Cass’s Inquiries about Lenape Culture and Language, 1978 * Zinn, Howard A People’s History of the United States: 1492-Present, 1995 [UUCWC] U.S. Law * Ancheta, Angelo Race, Rights, and the Asian American Experience, 1998 [UUCWC] * Delgado, Richard and Stefancic, Jean, Eds. The Latino/a Condition, A Critical Reader, 1998 [UUCWC] * Guinier, Lani Lift Every Voice: Turning a Civil Rights Setback into a New Vision of Social Justice, 1998 [UUCWC] * Haney Lopez, Ian F. White by Law: The Legal Construction of Race, 1996 [UUCWC] * Lipsitz, George The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics, 1998 [UUCWC] African-American Allen, James, editor et. al. Without Sanctuary, Lynching Photography in America, 2000 Anderson, Elijah Street Wise: Race, Class, and Change in an Urban Community, 1990 Ansbro, John J. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Nonviolent Strategies and Tactics for Social Change. 2000 * Barnes, Annie S. Everyday Racism: A Book for All Americans, 2000 [UUCWC] Bell, Derrick Gospel Choirs: Psalms of Survival in an Alien Land Called Home, 1996 Cone, James H. Martin and Malcolm and America: A Dream or a Nightmare, 1991 * Dalton, Harlon L. Racial Healing: Confronting the Fear Between Blacks and Whites, 1995 [UUCWC] * Franklin, John Hope The Color Line: Legacy for the Twenty-first Century, 1993 [UUCWC] * Hacker, Andrew Two Nations: Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal, 1992 [UUCWC] Hambly, Barbara Sold Down the River, 2000 Hannibal “God, Mississippi, and a Man Called Evers” oratorio, and other African-American music, reviewed by Russell McTague 2002 * hooks, bell Killing Rage: Ending Racism, 1996 [UUCWC] * __________ Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope, 2003 [UUCWC] Jacobs, Bruce A. Race Manners: Navigating the Minefield Between Black and White Americans, 1999 * Jones, William R. Is God a White Racist? A Preamble to Black Theology, 1998 [UUCWC] McWhorter, Diane Carry Me Home: Birmingham, The Climactic Battle of the Civil Rights Revolution, 2003 Rawick, George P. From Sundown to Sunup: The Making of the Black Community, 1972 * Reed, Ishmael , editor Multi-America: Essays on Cultural Wars and Cultural Peace, 1998 [UUCWC] Tatum, Beverly Daniel “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” and Other Conversations About Race, 1997 * Thandeka Learning To Be White: Money, Race, and God in America, 1999 [UUCWC] * West, Cornel Race Matters, 1993 [UUCWC] Asian * Ancheta, Angelo Race, Rights, and the Asian American Experience, 1998 [UUCWC] Liu, Eric The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker, 1998 * Mohanty, Chandra Talpade Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity, 2003 [UUCWC] Mukherjee, Bharati Desirable Daughters, A Novel, 2002 * Na, An A Step from Heaven, 2001 [UUCWC] * Reed, Ishmael , editor Multi-America: Essays on Cultural Wars and Cultural Peace, 1998 [UUCWC] * Takaki, Ronald Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans, 1998 [UUCWC] ______________ Double Victory: A Multicultural History of America in World War II, 2000 Latino/a * Anaya, Rudolfo Bless Me, Ultima, 1972 [UUCWC] * Delgado, Richard and Stefancic, Jean, Eds. The Latino/a Condition, A Critical Reader, 1998 [UUCWC] * Fox, Geoffrey Hispanic Nation: Culture, Politics and the Construction of Identity, 1996 [UUCWC] * Freire, Paulo Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 1971, 2002 [UUCWC] * Gonzalez, Juan Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America, 2000 [UUCWC] Gutiérrez , David G. Walls and Mirrors: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrant, and the Politics of Ethnicity, 1998 Maharidge, Dale The Coming White Minority: California’s Eruptions and the Nation’s Future, 1996 * Martínez, Rubén Crossing Over: A Mexican Family on the Migrant Trail, 2001. [UUCWC] * Reed, Ishmael , editor Multi-America: Essays on Cultural Wars and Cultural Peace, 1998 [UUCWC] Suarez, Ray The Old Neighborhood: What We Lost in the Great Suburban Migration, 1966- 1999, 1999 Suro, Roberto Strangers Among Us: How Latino Immigration Is Transforming America, 1998 Native American Alexie, Sherman Ten Little Indians, 2003 Bordewich, Fergus M. Killing the White Man’s Indian: Reinventing Native Americans at the End of the Twentieth Century, 1996 Jemison, G. Peter and Schein, Anna M., editors Treaty of Canandaigua 1794: 200 Years of Treaty Relations between the Iroquois Confederacy and the United States, 2000 * Weatherford, Jack Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World, 1988 [UUCWC] Weslager, C.A. The Delaware Indian Westward Migration: With the Texts of Two Manuscripts (1821-22) Responding to General Lewis Cass’s Inquiries about Lenape Culture and Language, 1978 Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Fone, Byrne. Homophobia: A History, 2000 Women * hooks, bell Killing Rage: Ending Racism, 1996 [UUCWC] * Mohanty, Chandra Talpade Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity, 2003 [UUCWC] Mukherjee, Bharati Desirable Daughters, A Novel, 2002 * Rosen, Ruth The World Split Open: How the Modern Women’s Movement Changed America, 2000 [UUCWC] NOTE: Books preceded by an *asterisk are also available to be borrowed from the ARDC Resource Library. |
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