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I take my coffee black : reflections on Tupac, musical theater, faith, and being Black in America [sound recording] / by Merritt, Tylerauthor.(CARDINAL)856984; Kimmel, Jimmy; Tieche, David,author.;
Read by Jimmy Kimmel.As a 6'2" dreadlocked black man, Tyler Merritt knows what it feels like to be stereotyped as threatening, which can have dangerous consequences. But he also knows that proximity to people who are different from ourselves can be a cure for racism. Tyler Merritt's video "Before You Call the Cops" has been viewed millions of times. He's appeared on Jimmy Kimmel and Sports Illustrated and has been profiled in the New York Times . The viral video's main point-the more you know someone, the more empathy, understanding, and compassion you have for that person-is the springboard for this book. By sharing his highs and exposing his lows, Tyler welcomes us into his world in order to help bridge the divides that seem to grow wider every day. In I Take My Coffee Black, Tyler tells hilarious stories from his own life as a black man in America. He talks about growing up in a multi-cultural community and realizing that he wasn't always welcome, how he quit sports for musical theater (that's where the girls were) to how Jesus barged in uninvited and changed his life forever (it all started with a Triple F.A.T. Goose jacket) to how he ended up at a small Bible college in Santa Cruz because he thought they had a great theater program (they didn't). Throughout his stories, he also seamlessly weaves in lessons about privilege, the legacy of lynching and sharecropping and why you don't cross black mamas. He teaches readers about the history of encoded racism that still undergirds our society today. By turns witty, insightful, touching, and laugh-out-loud funny, I Take My Coffee Black paints a portrait of black manhood in America and enlightens, illuminates, and entertains-ultimately building the kind of empathy that might just be the antidote against the racial injustice in our society.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Biographies; Merritt, Tyler.; Shakur, Tupac, 1971-1996; African-American biographies; Memoirs and biographies; Actors; African American actors; African American authors.; African American Interest.; African american men; African American men; African American political activists; African Americans; African Americans; African-Americans; Autobiographies; Biography; Black lives matter movement; Christians; Classism.; Discrimination in law enforcement; Discrimination.; Discrimination; Multiculturalism.; Police brutality; Police corruption; Police misconduct; Political activists; Prejudices.; Prejudices; Race discrimination; Race discrimination; Race discrimination; Racial profiling in law enforcement; Racism.; Racism; social classes; Social justice; Social sciences; Street life; African American Nonfiction.; Biography & Autobiography; Nonfiction;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Heels of steel / by K., Barbara,author.(CARDINAL)470065;
Bridget Steele's father taught her two things: how to build and how to fight. With those skills, she created her own company and began building for New York City's elite. Often the only woman in the room, she's faced sexism, corruption and harassment, but armed with her designer hard hat and steel-toed stilettos, she's up for any challenge. Bridget figured out quickly she had to be ten times better just to be considered equal. Even with a stellar reputation, this scrappy young woman from the Bronx can't seem to gain access to the old boys' club. She doesn't fit in with the powerful men in commercial real estate and construction. But this single mom has learned how to play the game, and she never gives up. With her quick wit and determination, she won't let anyone get in the way of her dream-- including the irresistible man who is also her biggest competitor. She's learned the hard way that if she wants the view from the top, she'll have to build it herself" --back cover.
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Novels.; Single mothers; Women in real estate; Businesswomen; Women construction workers; Real estate business; Construction industry; Power (Social sciences); Sex discrimination; Glass ceiling (Employment discrimination); Self-reliance; Corruption; Man-woman relationships;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Rise of the rocket girls : the women who propelled us, from missiles to the moon to mars / by Holt, Nathalia,1980-author.(CARDINAL)406284;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-323) and index.A door opens -- Mobilization -- Past is prologue -- The double V -- Manifest destiny -- War birds -- The duration -- Those who moved forward -- Breaking the barriers -- Home by the sea -- The area rule -- Serendipity -- Turbulence -- Angle of attack -- Young, gifted, and black -- What a difference a day makes -- Outer space -- With all deliberate speed -- Model behavior -- Degrees of freedom -- Out of the past, the future -- America is for everybody -- To boldly goJanuary 1958: Launch day -- Up, up, and away -- Headed west -- Rockets rising -- Miss Guided Missile -- Holding back -- Ninety days and ninety minutes -- Moonglow -- Analog overlords -- Planetary pull -- The last queen of outer space -- Men are from Mars -- Look like a girlIn the 1940s, when the newly minted Jet Propulsion Laboratory needed quick-thinking mathematicians, it recruited an elite group of young women -- known as human computers -- who, with only pencil, paper, and brain power, helped bring about America's first ballistic missiles. But their hearts lay in the dream of space exploration, and when JPL became part of NASA, the computers helped send the first probes to the moon. Later, through their efforts, we launched the ships that showed us the contours of our solar system. For the first time, Nathalia Holt tells the stories of these women, who charted a course not only for the future of space exploration but also for the prospects of female scientists. Based on extensive research and interviews with the living members of the team, Rise of the Rocket Girls illuminates the role of women in science, both where we've been and the far reaches of space to which we're heading1040L
Subjects: Biographies.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.); Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.); Memoirs and biographies.; African American authors.; African American interest.; African American mathematicians; African American women; African Americans; Astronautics; Astronauts; Astronauts; Autobiographies.; Mathematicians; Race discrimination.; Race discrimination; Rocketry; Sexism.; Space race.; Women computer programmers; Women computer programmers; Women in computer science; Women mathematicians; Women mathematicians; Women mathematicians; Women; Biography.; Sexism.; Women.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 51 / Total copies: 52
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Litigating intelligence : IQ tests, special education, and social science in the courtroom / by Elliott, Rogers.(CARDINAL)182758;
Bibliography: pages 203-216.1430L
Subjects: Discrimination in education; Educational tests and measurements; Children with social disabilities; African American children; Intelligence tests;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The South in action: a sectional crusade against freight rate discrimination. by Lively, Robert Alexander,1922-1973.(CARDINAL)208969;
Bibliography: pages 91-98.
Subjects: Railroads; Railroads;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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My time among the whites: Notes from an unfinished education / by Crucet, Jennine Capó,author.(CARDINAL)563317; Crucent, Jennine Capo,author.(local)tlcaut1495645593233000;
"In this sharp and candid collection of essays, critically acclaimed writer and first-generation American Jennine Capo Crucet explores the condition of finding herself a stranger in the country where she was born. Raised in Miami and the daughter of Cuban refugees, Crucet examines the political and personal contours of American identity and the physical places where those contours find themselves smashed: be it a rodeo town in Nebraska, a university campus in upstate New York, or Disney World in Florida."--Amazon.com
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Hispanic-American studies.; Social sciences.; Ethnology; Minorities; Essays.; Discrimination & Racism.; Biography & Autobiography.; Cultural, Ethnic & Regional.; Hispanic & Latino.; Immigrants; Children of immigrants; Socidal conditions; Essays;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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Scarlet a lunar chronicles novel / by Meyer, Marissa.(CARDINAL)341509;
Cinder, the cyborg mechanic, returns in the second thrilling installment of the bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She's trying to break out of prison—even though if she succeeds, she'll be the Commonwealth's most wanted fugitive. Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit's grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn't know about her grandmother or the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother's whereabouts, she is loath to trust this stranger, but is inexplicably drawn to him, and he to her. As Scarlet and Wolf unravel one mystery, they encounter another when they meet Cinder. Now, all of them must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen Levana, who will do anything for the handsome Prince Kai to become her husband, her king, her prisoner. An NPR Best Book of 2013810LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Science fiction.; Fairy tales.; Steampunk fiction.; Adaptations.; Young adult fiction.; Cinderella (Legendary character); Queens; Kings and rulers; Nobility; Imaginary wars and battles; Imaginary places; Characters and characteristics in literature; Love; Cyborgs; Missing persons; Extraterrestrial beings; Little Red Riding Hood (Tale); Little Red Riding Hood (Tale); Princes; Cinderella (Tale); Fairy tales; Fairy tales; Dystopias; Science fiction; Survival; Survivalism; Science fiction; Virus diseases; Fantasy; Discrimination; Fantasy;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Library management without bias / by Institute on Library Management without Bias(1979 :Dedham, Mass.)(CARDINAL)155125; Chen, Ching-chih,1937-(CARDINAL)150783;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Conference papers and proceedings.; Library administration; Discrimination in employment;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Women in librarianship: Melvil's rib symposium / by Myers, Margaret,1933-(CARDINAL)166072; Scarborough, Mayra.(CARDINAL)165008; Rutgers University.Graduate School of Library Service.(CARDINAL)166401;
Bibliography: pages 91-112.Wooster, H. How the library changed its spots--an ain't so story.--Schiller, A. R. Sex and library careers.--Sherif, C. W. Dreams and dilemmas of being a woman today.--Greenberg, H. Sex discrimination against women in libraries.
Subjects: Women librarians.; Discrimination in employment.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Cress a lunar chronicles novel / by Meyer, Marissa,author.(CARDINAL)341509;
In this third book in Marissa Meyer's bestselling Lunar Chronicles series, Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and prevent her army from invading Earth. Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl trapped on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker. Unfortunately, she's being forced to work for Queen Levana, and she's just received orders to track down Cinder and her handsome accomplice. When a daring rescue of Cress goes awry, the group is splintered. Cress finally has her freedom, but it comes at a higher price than she'd ever expected. Meanwhile, Queen Levana will let nothing prevent her marriage to Emperor Kai, especially the cyborg mechanic. Cress, Scarlet, and Cinder may not have signed up to save the world, but they may be the only hope the world has.840LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fairy tales.; Science fiction.; Steampunk fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Fiction.; Adaptations.; Cinderella (Legendary character); Characters and characteristics in literature; Love; Cyborgs; Missing persons; Missing persons; Extraterrestrial beings; Little Red Riding Hood (Tale); Little Red Riding Hood (Tale); Princes; Princes; Cinderella (Tale); Fairy tales; Dystopias; Science fiction; Survival; Survivalism; Survivalism; Science fiction; Virus diseases; Fantasy; Discrimination; Fantasy; Queens; Queens; Kings and rulers; Kings and rulers; Nobility; Nobility; Imaginary wars and battles; Imaginary wars and battles; Imaginary places; Imaginary places;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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