PDF-(BOOK)-The Matrix of Race: Social Construction, Intersectionality, and Inequality

This text for race and ethnic relations courses is written by three leading scholars and reflects a very contemporary way of looking at race minorities and intergroup relations Older texts use a categorical approach and feature a series of chapters that examine one minority group at a time African Americans Latinoa Americans Asian Americans Native Americans etc Newer texts designed within the last 510 years are more likely to be organized topically discuss various racial and ethnic minorities within the context of these topics and use the most current theories and perspectives in this fieldThe Matrix of Race is built around these core ideas Race is a both a social construction and a social institution Race is intersectionalit is embedded within other statuses such as gender social class sexuality Concepts of race change over time and as we move from one physical location to another We are all active agents in upholding reproducing or resisting constructions of race The chapters in Part I introduce basic concepts about race and racism describe the Matrix approach to studying race and narrate the history of race in the Americas from its colonial beginnings to the early founding of the United States Part II is a series of chapters that examine how race operates within the major institutions that structure our social lives families the legal and criminal justice system work and the economy the health care system education media sports and the military In each chapter in Part II the authors resume the historical narrative about race and examine that institution from the Matrix perspective Borrowing from Lee Anne Bells popularStorytelling for Social Justice book the authors tell four different kinds of stories about race throughout that give personal voices to ideas Stock stories told by the dominant group and encoded in law policy history and culture Concealed stories that look critically at stock stories and offer a different understanding of race Resistance stories that show individuals struggling to challenge and overturn stock stories Transforming stories that offer a new vision of racial justice and social change. 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