Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
Ebook333 pages7 hours
Women of Color in U.S. Society
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
The theme of race, class, and gender as interlocking systems of oppression unites these original essays about the experience of women of color—African Americans, Latinas, Native Americans, and Asian Americans. The contributing scholars discuss the social conditions that simultaneously oppress women of color and provide sites for opposition.
Though diverse in their focus, the essays uncover similar experiences in the classroom, workplace, family, prison, and other settings. Working-class women, poor women, and professional women alike experience subordination, restricted participation in social institutions, and structural placement in roles with limited opportunities.
How do women survive, resist, and cope with these oppressive structures? Many articles tell how women of color draw upon resources from their culture, family, kin, and community. Others document defenses against cultural assaults by the dominant society—Native American mothers instilling tribal heritage in their children; African American women engaging in community work; and Asian American women opposing the patriarchy of their own communities and the stereotypes imposed by society at large.
These essays challenge some of our basic assumptions about society, revealing that experiences of inequality are not only diverse but relational.
Related to Women of Color in U.S. Society
Related ebooks
Young, Gifted and Diverse: Origins of the New Black Elite Talk with You Like a Woman: African American Women, Justice, and Reform in New York, 1890-1935 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Patrica Hill Collins; Reconceiving Motherhood Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDark Continent Of Our Bodies: Black Feminism & Politics Of Respectability Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Citizen, Mother, Worker: Debating Public Responsibility for Child Care after the Second World War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSpiritual Interrogations: Culture, Gender, and Community in Early African American Women's Writing Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRighteous Propagation: African Americans and the Politics of Racial Destiny after Reconstruction Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Being Black, Teaching Black: Politics and Pedagogy in Religious Studies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlack Lives and Spatial Matters: Policing Blackness and Practicing Freedom in Suburban St. Louis Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhite Flight/Black Flight: The Dynamics of Racial Change in an American Neighborhood Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlack Male Frames: African Americans in a Century of Hollywood Cinema, 1903-2003 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsShadows Uplifted Volume II: Black Women Authors of 19th Century American Personal Narratives & Autobiographies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHbcu Pride: The Transformational Power of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Future of Affirmative Action: New Paths to Higher Education Diversity after Fisher v. University of Texas Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJunctures in Women's Leadership: Higher Education Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I Hear My People Singing: Voices of African American Princeton Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBuilding Beyond the 9 to 5: Inspirational Lessons from Successful Black Women Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCultural Entanglements: Langston Hughes and the Rise of African and Caribbean Literature Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA White Guy Confronting Racism: An Invitation to Reflect and Act Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBetween These Thighs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsToni Morrison's Black Liberal Humanism (and other excerpts) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSlavery and Reconstruction: The Struggle for Black Civil Rights Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKids in Cuffs: Striving for Equity and Empathy in Education Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIs There a Heaven for a “G”?: A Pastoral Care Approach to Gang Violence Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJust Living: Meditations for Engaging our Life and Times Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThat Which Awakens Me: A Creative Woman's Poetic Memoir of Self-Discovery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Trauma of Sexual and Domestic Violence: Navigating My Way through Individuals, Religion, Policing, and the Courts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Social Science For You
Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Denial of Death Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of Thinking Clearly Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Come As You Are: Revised and Updated: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Unfair Advantage: BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD-WINNER: How You Already Have What It Takes to Succeed Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Art of Witty Banter: Be Clever, Quick, & Magnetic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Do Humankind's Best Days Lie Ahead? Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Free Will Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All About Love: New Visions Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bad Feminist: Essays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Utopia for Realists: And How We Can Get There Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Verbal Judo, Second Edition: The Gentle Art of Persuasion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Human Condition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I Don't Want to Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Notes on Grief Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One’s Looking) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related podcast episodes
Black Women’s Political Power: Glynda Carr: "Black women have proven that their vote matters." 0% found this document usefulMore to Learn (with Candice Benbow) 0% found this document usefulThe Bitter, Bloody History Of Sugar 0% found this document usefulHow Persistence Led to the Passage of the 19th Amendment - Giving Women the Right to Vote 0% found this document useful130. School Social Work 0% found this document usefulBarack Obama's Eulogy for the Honorable Reverend Clementa Pinckney 0% found this document usefulThe C.O.W.S. The Trial Of Daniel Holtzclaw: The C.O.W.S. The Trial Of Daniel Holtzclaw 0% found this document usefulWhite Women, Listen Up! 0% found this document usefulThe Negro Problem and Asian Hate: The Fight for White: This episode is dedicated to the memory and power… 0% found this document usefulEpisode 2: Becoming Your OWN Person with Nedra Glover Tawwab 0% found this document usefulGrowing Up With Toni Morrison: Experiences of growing up with the beloved writer. 0% found this document usefulUrsula Burns on the Dangers of Exceptionalism: In conversation with Roxanne Coady 0% found this document usefulSchool of Good Juju, with Angela Smith: Learn about the School of Good Juju, with Angela Smith, on Reiki Radio 0% found this document useful
Related articles
Black Feminism Is For Everybody WomankindArticle
Black Feminism Is For Everybody
Jan 30, 2019
5 min readThe Persistent Joy of Black Mothers The AtlanticArticle
The Persistent Joy of Black Mothers
Aug 11, 2021
8 min readIn 'Beyond Respectability,' A History of Black Women As Public Intellectuals NPRArticle
In 'Beyond Respectability,' A History of Black Women As Public Intellectuals
Jun 1, 2017
3 min readRedefining Black Excellence Today True LoveArticle
Redefining Black Excellence Today
May 28, 2021
4 min readFor Disability Activists, 3 Weeks In Oregon Is A Game Changer NPRArticle
For Disability Activists, 3 Weeks In Oregon Is A Game Changer
Aug 13, 2019
5 min readPoetry Is Everywhere The AtlanticArticle
Poetry Is Everywhere
Aug 20, 2018
5 min readHow 'The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill' Taught Me To Love Blackness NPRArticle
How 'The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill' Taught Me To Love Blackness
Jul 7, 2021
7 min readWe Build It Ourselves Poets & WritersArticle
We Build It Ourselves
Aug 18, 2021
16 min read30 Years After A Landmark Disability Law, The Fight Continues TIMEArticle
30 Years After A Landmark Disability Law, The Fight Continues
Jul 24, 2020
5 min readEnd Note Mysterious WaysArticle
End Note
May 26, 2020
1 min readHow African American Women Were 'Skimmed' By Infant Formula Marketing NPRArticle
How African American Women Were 'Skimmed' By Infant Formula Marketing
Dec 16, 2019
8 min readBobby Seale TIMEArticle
Bobby Seale
Oct 8, 2016
The Black Panthers co-founder, whose new book marks the 50th anniversary of the party’s establishment, talks about guns, Trump and Obama
2 min readHe Was An Architect NPRArticle
He Was An Architect
Dec 22, 2020
11 min readTa-Nehisi Coates Is Retooling America’s Myth Factory TIMEArticle
Ta-Nehisi Coates Is Retooling America’s Myth Factory
Feb 4, 2017
2 min readArewewhitewashing Thetransexperience? DIVAArticle
Arewewhitewashing Thetransexperience?
Oct 29, 2021
3 min readWhen 'Good Hair' Hurts The AtlanticArticle
When 'Good Hair' Hurts
Feb 9, 2017
5 min readJesmyn Ward, Heir to Faulkner, Probes the Specter of Race in the South TIMEArticle
Jesmyn Ward, Heir to Faulkner, Probes the Specter of Race in the South
Aug 26, 2017
5 min readRacial Resentment As Pedagogy Manhattan InstituteArticle
Racial Resentment As Pedagogy
Apr 5, 2019
2 min readThe (Feminist) Case for Women's Happiness The AtlanticArticle
The (Feminist) Case for Women's Happiness
Apr 30, 2017
8 min readThe Racial Wealth Gap Could Become a 2020 Litmus Test The AtlanticArticle
The Racial Wealth Gap Could Become a 2020 Litmus Test
Jan 16, 2019
8 min readRacial Microaggressions May Reveal Deeper Beliefs FuturityArticle
Racial Microaggressions May Reveal Deeper Beliefs
Sep 15, 2017
Whites who are more likely to make microagressions against black people are also more likely to hold some degree of negative feelings towards black people as a whole, whether they know it or not, a new study suggests. “Our study results offer validat
4 min readRemembering Bell Hooks, A Beacon Of Light – For Black Women And Beyond The Christian Science MonitorArticle
Remembering Bell Hooks, A Beacon Of Light – For Black Women And Beyond
Dec 16, 2021
bell hooks didn’t just embody Black feminism – she was Black feminism. Not only did the esteemed author and intellectual use her voice to promote equality between men and women, but she also intentionally prioritized the marginalized experience of Bl
2 min readA Queer Imagining OUTArticle
A Queer Imagining
May 21, 2019
5 min readSejal Shah: “All My Life, I Have Been Biking With Brakes On.” Guernica MagazineArticle
Sejal Shah: “All My Life, I Have Been Biking With Brakes On.”
Nov 9, 2020
11 min readThe Black Prairie Archives: An Anthology Edited by Karina Vernon C MagazineArticle
The Black Prairie Archives: An Anthology Edited by Karina Vernon
Sep 15, 2020
The Prairies are my home. The Prairies are not my home. I am from the Prairies. I am not from the Prairies. It has always been like this. Although I, a Black woman of varied origins, have spent a significant portion of my life living in Alberta, my r
3 min readJames H. Cone, Founder Of Black Liberation Theology, Dies At 79 NPRArticle
James H. Cone, Founder Of Black Liberation Theology, Dies At 79
Apr 28, 2018
The Arkansas native is remembered for his fierce challenges to traditional Christian norms of his era.
2 min readFrom Breastfeeding To Beyoncé, 'Skimmed' Tells A New Story About Black Motherhood NPRArticle
From Breastfeeding To Beyoncé, 'Skimmed' Tells A New Story About Black Motherhood
Feb 11, 2020
5 min readTurning Black Queer Rage Into Black Queer Joy DIVAArticle
Turning Black Queer Rage Into Black Queer Joy
Oct 1, 2021
I have never been comfortable setting a place at the table for my anger. I always invited passion and excitement in and tolerated anxiety at the time, believing it was a by-product of my two favourite guests. But where was contentment, calm and joy?
2 min readThe Queer Canon OUTArticle
The Queer Canon
Feb 12, 2019
2 min readThe Books Briefing: Imagining Black Futures The AtlanticArticle
The Books Briefing: Imagining Black Futures
Sep 4, 2020
1 min read
Reviews for Women of Color in U.S. Society
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Women of Color in U.S. Society - Maxine Baca Zinn
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1