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Author : David Louis Schoem
Release : 1991
Genre : Education
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 526/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Inside Separate Worlds by : David Louis Schoem
Download or read book Inside Separate Worlds written by David Louis Schoem. This book was released on 1991. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young people speak about being identified as part of an ethnic minority in the United States
Author : Christina Greene
Release : 2006-03-13
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 372/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Our Separate Ways by : Christina Greene
Download or read book Our Separate Ways written by Christina Greene. This book was released on 2006-03-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an in-depth community study of women in the civil rights movement, Christina Greene examines how several generations of black and white women, low-income as well as more affluent, shaped the struggle for black freedom in Durham, North Carolina. In the city long known as "the capital of the black middle class," Greene finds that, in fact, low-income African American women were the sustaining force for change. Greene demonstrates that women activists frequently were more organized, more militant, and more numerous than their male counterparts. They brought new approaches and strategies to protest, leadership, and racial politics. Arguing that race was not automatically a unifying force, Greene sheds new light on the class and gender fault lines within Durham's black community. While middle-class black leaders cautiously negotiated with whites in the boardroom, low-income black women were coordinating direct action in hair salons and neighborhood meetings. Greene's analysis challenges scholars and activists to rethink the contours of grassroots activism in the struggle for racial and economic justice in postwar America. She provides fresh insight into the changing nature of southern white liberalism and interracial alliances, the desegregation of schools and public accommodations, and the battle to end employment discrimination and urban poverty.
Author : Ella L. J. Bell Smith
Release : 2003-03-24
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 568/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Our Separate Ways by : Ella L. J. Bell Smith
Download or read book Our Separate Ways written by Ella L. J. Bell Smith. This book was released on 2003-03-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Our Separate Ways, authors Ella Bell and Stella Nkomo take an unflinching look at the surprising differences between black and white women's trials and triumphs on their way up the corporate ladder. Based on groundbreaking research that spanned eight years, Our Separate Ways compares and contrasts the experiences of 120 black and white female managers in the American business arena. In-depth histories bring to life the women's powerful and often difficult journeys from childhood to professional success, highlighting the roles that gender, race, and class played in their development. Although successful professional women come from widely diverse family backgrounds, educational experiences, and community values, they share a common assumption upon entering the workforce: "I have a chance." Along the way, however, they discover that people question their authority, challenge their intelligence, and discount their ideas. And while gender is a common denominator among these women, race and class are often wedges between them. In Our Separate Ways, you will find candid discussions about stereotypes, learn how black women's early experiences affect their attitudes in the business world, become aware of how white women have--perhaps unwittingly--aligned themselves more often with white men than with black women, and see ways that our country continues to come to terms with diversity in all of its dimensions. Whether you are a human resources director wondering why you're having trouble retaining black women, a white female manager considering the role of race in your office, or a black female manager searching for perspectives, you will find fresh insights about how black and white women's struggles differ and encounter provocative ideas for creating a better workplace environment for everyone.
Author : Karsten Paerregaard
Release : 2020-05-31
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 219/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Linking Separate Worlds by : Karsten Paerregaard
Download or read book Linking Separate Worlds written by Karsten Paerregaard. This book was released on 2020-05-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pathbreaking ethnography of population movements between rural and urban places in Peru addresses the conceptual and methodological problems of studying ‘deterritorialized' populations and the implications of this for anthropology's notions of culture and identity. Based on extensive fieldwork, this book explores the economic, social and ritual bonds which link migrants in Peru's major cities to their Andean native village. Many urban migrants establish networks based on kinship and marriage ties to exploit resources in the city as well as the village. These networks ensure they maintain strong links to their native village. Fiestas, soccer tournaments and folklore festivals also play a crucial role in the formation of migrant communities in Peru's cities. The author analyses these performance practices and shows how they give rise to the creation of new social identities. The participation of second generation migrants, returning migrants, and migrant spouses in village life is also discussed.
Author : Dankwart Koehler
Release : 2010
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 419/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis In Different Worlds by : Dankwart Koehler
Download or read book In Different Worlds written by Dankwart Koehler. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up in the 1930s, Dankwart Koehler was a typical German boy. But his youth came to an abrupt halt with the advent of World War II. He served as a German soldier, eventually becoming a prisoner of war. Koehler tells his story¿from working as a lumberjack while a POW to building a home in the American suburbs.
