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Unsung heroes of social justice / by Kortemeier, Todd,1986-author.(CARDINAL)411705;
Presents twelve individuals who made important contributions to social justice that went largely unrecognized due to their race or gender.Includes bibliographical references and index.Lupe Anguiano helps the poor find jobs -- Ella Baker works behind the scenes for civil rights -- Frank Bowe works to help Americans with disabilities -- Jacqueline Ceballos fights for women's liberation -- Claudette Colvin takes a stand by staying seated -- Charles Hamilton Houston defeats Jim Crow -- Callie House works to help former slaves -- Helen Hunt Jackson sees the struggles of American Indians -- Fred Korematsu defies Japanese-American internment -- Felicitas Mendez helps end segregation in California -- Inez Milholland works tirelessly for women's rights -- Bayard Rustin organizes the March on Washington.710LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Minorities; Social justice; Civil rights workers; Social reformers; Heroes; Women heroes;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Islamism : what it means for the Middle East and the world / by Osman, Tarek.(CARDINAL)501255;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-292) and index.The Islamists' coming to power -- Halal money, Halal regimes -- The Salafists, from cultural salons to Jihadists' battlefields -- The Islamists' fall from power -- The secularists' predicament -- The minorities' fears -- The Gulf's view of Islamism -- Turkish Islamism as a model for the Arab world -- Iranian Islamism as a model for the Arab Islamists -- Islamism and the West -- The dilemmas of Islamist thinking now.A political, social, and cultural battle is currently raging in the Middle East. On one side are the Islamists, those who believe Islam should be the region’s primary identity. In opposition are nationalists, secularists, royal families, military establishments, and others who view Islamism as a serious threat to national security, historical identity, and a cohesive society. This provocative, vitally important work explores the development of the largest, most influential Islamic groups in the Middle East over the past century. Tarek Osman examines why political Islam managed to win successive elections and how Islamist groups in various nations have responded after ascending to power. He dissects the alliances that have formed among Islamist factions and against them, addressing the important issues of Islamism’s compatibility with modernity, with the region’s experiences in the twentieth century, and its impact on social contracts and minorities. He explains what Salafism means, its evolution, and connections to jihadist groups in the Middle East. Osman speculates on what the Islamists’ prospects for the future will mean for the region and the rest of the world.
Subjects: Islamic fundamentalism.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Domestic minor sex trafficking : beyond victims and villains / by Lutnick, Alexandra,author.(CARDINAL)846196;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-173) and index.The domestic sex trafficking of minors is a problem of growing concern yet little critical attention. This book analyzes the forces behind the sex-trafficking industry in the United States and provides a much-needed reference for practitioners. It adopts a holistic approach, pursuing a nuanced exploration of these young people's experiences, their treatment, and outside efforts to combat sex trafficking. <p>This book features interviews with service providers and experts, and incorporates recent research, thereby mapping the complex factors associated with young people's involvement in trading sex and the social connections that facilitate their behavior. It considers the experiences of both those who "choose" sex work and those who are forced into it by circumstances or third parties, and it discusses the networks of friends and close acquaintances who introduce newcomers to the trade. In addition, it takes a hard look at how local and federal responses to trafficking increase young people's vulnerability to trading sex. Urging policymakers and practitioners to move beyond the simple framework of "rescuing" victims and "punishing" villains, this book calls for policies and programs that focus on the failure of social and cultural systems and respond better to the young people caught in this web.
Subjects: Human trafficking; Prostitutes; Social work with prostitutes; Teenage prostitution;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Transformer : a story of glitter, glam rock & loving Lou Reed / by Doonan, Simon,1952-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.We're Coming Out -- Lou -- Bowie -- Glam Rock -- Drag Queens -- The Album -- Reaction -- Aftermath."In newly accessible archives, Lou Reed explains that he made Transformer because he thought it was "dreary for gay people to have to listen to straight people's love songs." That groundbreaking idea echoed with the times, as the early '70s were milestone years for LGBTQ+ rights. In this poignant, honest, laugh-out-loud exploration, Simon Doonan places the album's creation within Reed's astonishingly creative life. He tracks him from co-creator of the revolutionary band the Velvet Underground through to his torrid collaboration with David Bowie at the height of his sequined Ziggy Stardust incarnation - a collaboration that would encourage a whole era of amazing disruptiveness. Transformer: A Story of Glitter, Glam Rock & Loving Lou Reed is also Simon's very personal memoir of coming of age and coming out. With his signature wit, he tells firsthand the album's impact on the LGBTQ+ community, including on him, a working-class kid from Reading England. As transgender icon and Warhol Factory star Candy Darling told Reed about her place in his lyrics a half century ago: "It's so nice to hear ourselves"--Paying homage to Lou Reed's groundbreaking album Transformer on its fiftieth anniversary, this first-hand account of the album's impact on the LGBTQIA+ community captures a pivotal moment when those long silenced were finally given a voice.
Subjects: Biographies.; Doonan, Simon, 1952-; Reed, Lou.; Reed, Lou; Glam rock music; Rock music; Sexual minorities in popular culture; Sexual minorities; LGBTQ+ people.; Sexual minorities.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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Self-evident truths : contesting equal rights from the Revolution to the Civil War / by Brown, Richard D.,author.(CARDINAL)130104;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-372) and indexThe Declaration of Independence and the mystery of equality -- Contending for religious equality -- Equal justice for Irishmen and other foreigners -- People of color and the promise betrayed -- People of color and equal rights : New England cases -- Subordinate citizens : women and children -- Equal rights and unequal people -- Equal rights, privilege, and the pursuit of inequality"How did Americans in the generations following the Declaration of Independence translate its lofty ideals into practice? In this broadly synthetic work, distinguished historian Richard Brown shows that despite its founding statement that "all men are created equal," the early Republic struggled with every form of social inequality. While people paid homage to the ideal of equal rights, this ideal came up against entrenched social and political practices and beliefs. Brown illustrates how the ideal was tested in struggles over race and ethnicity, religious freedom, gender and social class, voting rights and citizenship. He shows how high principles fared in criminal trials and divorce cases when minorities, women, and people from different social classes faced judgment. This book offers a much-needed exploration of the ways revolutionary political ideas penetrated popular thinking and everyday practice"--Book jacket
Subjects: Equality before the law; Equality before the law; Equality;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Minority leader : how to lead from the outside and make real change / by Abrams, Stacey,author.(CARDINAL)417823;
Dare to want more -- Fear and otherness -- Hacking and owning opportunity -- The myth of mentors -- Money matters -- Prepare to win and embrace the fail -- Making what you have work -- Work-life Jenga -- Taking power."Minority Leader" is a guide to harnessing the strengths of being an outsider by Stacey Abrams, slated to become the first black female governor in the U.S. Networking, persistence, and hard work are the crucial ingredients to advancing a career, but for people like Stacey Abrams, and many in the New American Majority, it takes more than that to get ahead. Stacey, who grew up in a working poor family in Gulfport, Mississippi, rose from humble roots to Yale Law School, and through a career in C-suite businesses, to become the first woman to lead either party in the Georgia General Assembly and the first African American to lead in the House of Representatives. In Minority Leader, Stacey combines aspects of memoir with real-world advice for women and people of color, offering hard-won insights for navigating worlds that, until now, were largely the territory of white men alone. Stacey encourages her readers both to leverage otherness to their advantage and to recognize their own underlying feelings of unworthiness and legitimate fears. Sure, networking helps, but so do well-chosen mentors, thoughtful self-advocacy, and, above all, pinpointing one's genuine passions. Stacey applies her lessons to the recent graduate taking her big idea to the startup level, the Latino city councilman eyeing the mayor's office, and the young assistant navigating her way to a higher position. There is precious little such wisdom out there. Stacey is determined to change that.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Abrams, Stacey.; African American women politicians; Political participation.; Political leadership.; Social action.; Social change.; Politicians; Legislators;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 13
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Red children in white America / by Beuf, Ann H.,1938-(CARDINAL)859219;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-149) and index.Introduction -- The world of the native American child -- Racial attitudes of native American children -- Towards a theory of the development of racial attitudes.How do Native American children see themselves and their race in the midst of a society dominated by whites? What are the social sources of different racial attitudes in red children? Living and working with three Native American tribes, Ann Beuf studied the effects of interpersonal prejudice and institutional racism on 229 preschool children. Using the technique of doll-play and the projective storytelling test, she found that, even on an isolated reservation where young children have little personal contact with whites, racism in the dominant American culture is in itself sufficient to impart status assumptions to a child. By directing his or her play with brown- and white-skinned dolls, Beuf explored each child's own self-image and each one's concept of "beauty" and "goodness" in relation to race. Her findings seemingly disprove earlier theories as to how racial perceptions are formed within minority groups.
Subjects: Indians of North America; Race awareness.; Indian children;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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Border hacker : a tale of treachery, trafficking, and two friends on the run / by Vonk, Levi,author.; Kirschner, Axel,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-330)."In 2015, several years before migrant caravans were making headlines, Levi Vonk, a young anthropologist and journalist, went to Mexico to live and work with migrants, in defiance of the conservative politics of his Southern hometown. There he made a friend who would change the course of his life-and quite possibly the course of Mexican history along with it. Axel Kirschner was a lifelong New Yorker, all Queens hustle and bravado, having been brought to the U.S from Guatemala at only a year old. But he was also undocumented. When he met Levi in Mexico in 2015, after being deported for a minor traffic violation, Axel was fighting to get home to his young kids in Queens. While on its surface, Axel's story is an archetypal one, Vonk soon discovered that he was harboring a secret: Axel was a hacker. This secret would launch the two friends on a dangerous adventure far beyond what either of them could have imagined when they first met on the caravan. While Axel's abilities gave him an edge in a system that denied his existence, they would also ensnare him in a tangled underground network of human traffickers, corrupt priests, and anti-government guerillas eager to exploit his talents for their own ends. The Border Hacker is at once an adventure saga-the storyof a man who will do anything to return to his family and the friend who will do anything to help him-and a deeper parable about the violence of US immigration policy as shot through a single, extraordinary life"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Kirschner, Axel.; Vonk, Levi.; Human smuggling; Noncitizens; Hackers; Anthropologists; Illegal immigration;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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The big sort : why the clustering of like-minded America is tearing us apart / by Bishop, Bill,1953-(CARDINAL)488664; Cushing, Robert G.(CARDINAL)389406;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-349) and index.The age of political segregation -- The politics of migration -- The psychology of the tribe -- Culture shift : the 1965 unraveling -- The beginning of division : beauty and salvation in 1974 -- The economics of the big sort : culture and growth in the 1990s -- Religion : the missionary and the megachurch -- Advertising : Grace Slick, Tricia Nixon, and you -- Lifestyle : "books, beer, bikes, and Birkenstocks" -- Choosing a side -- The big sort campaign -- To marry your enemies.America may be more diverse than ever coast to coast, but the places where we live are becoming increasingly crowded with people who live, think, and vote as we do. We've built a country where we can all choose the neighborhood--and church and news show--most compatible with our lifestyle and beliefs. And we are living with the consequences of this way-of-life segregation. Our country has become so polarized, so ideologically inbred, that people don't know and can't understand those who live just a few miles away. The reason for this situation, and the dire implications for our country, is the subject of this groundbreaking work.--From publisher description.
Subjects: Minorities; Political culture; Group identity; Segregation; Regionalism; Polarization (Social sciences); Social conflict;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Tajikistan / by Abazov, Rafis,author.(CARDINAL)435935; Nevins, Debbie,author.(CARDINAL)351105;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Dominated by mountains, the rugged nation of Tajikistan has a striking landscape that readers are able to examine in beautiful detail in the pages of this informative guide to one of Central Asia's most unique countries. Stunning photographs and helpful maps accompany main text and sidebars that highlight Tajikistan's government, history, geography, and culture. As readers discover what life is like in Tajikistan, they're introduced to new languages and even new cuisines, with fun recipes adding an engaging, hands-on component to this multicultural learning experience."--Ages 10 yearsGrades 4-6Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Illustrated works.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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