The test of our progress: a brief history of race, gender, and worker protections in the twentieth century -- The wages of discrimination: paycheck unfairness -- Punching the clock: part-time, just-in-time, and overtime -- The wild West: the lawless world of the contingent workforce -- Bye-bye, baby: giving birth and back to work -- Did Mary Poppins have kids?: child care and the working mother -- Leaning together.
What role should racial difference play in the American workplace? As a nation, we rely on civil rights law to address this question, and the monumental Civil Rights Act of 1964 seemingly answered it: race must not be a factor in workplace decisions.
Cleaning up Catfish Row: Black celebrity and the making of Porgy and Bess -- Sammy Davis, Jr.: daring, deferential, and "money" -- Harry Belafonte and the northern liberal network -- The arts group and the march on Washington -- Dick Gregory and celebrity grassroots activism -- Stars for Selma -- Celebrities and Black power -- Epilogue.
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel TatumThe classic, bestselling book on the psychology of racism-now fully revised and updated Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy? Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned authority on the psychology of racism, argues that straight talk about our racial identities is essential if we are serious about enabling communication across racial and ethnic divides. These topics have only become more urgent as the national conversation about race is increasingly acrimonious. This fully revised edition is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the dynamics of race in America. "An unusually sensitive work about the racial barriers that still divide us in so many areas of life."-Jonathan Kozol
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Eight North American men of different races continue to talk together about how racism affects them and how their time together has changed their initial anger and racial perspectives.