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I. Homo stereotypus : wired for trouble -- The psychology of prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination : an overview / Scott Plous -- Who is Black? : one nation's definition / F. James Davis -- II. Stigmatization -- No pity : people with disabilities forging a new civil rights movement / Joseph P. Shapiro -- In Europe, outcry is loud over a sport called dwarf-tossing / Paul Hemp -- Avoidance of the handicapped : an attributional ambiguity analysis / Melvin L. Snyder ... [et al.] -- Citing intolerance, obese people take steps to press cause / Carey Goldberg -- Race and the schooling of Black Americans / Claude Steele -- The stereotype trap / Sharon Begley -- III. Racism then -- The Hottentot Venus / Stephen Jay Gould -- The use of Blacks for medical experimentation and demonstration in the old South / Todd L. Savitt -- Coming of age in Mississippi / Anne Moody -- The American concentration camps : a cover-up through euphemistic terminology / Raymond Y. Okamura -- IV. Racism now -- Five myths about immigration : the new know-nothingism / David Cole -- Once appalled by race profiling, many find themselves doing it / Sam Howe Verhovek -- Race to incarcerate / Marc Mauer -- A computer diagnosis of prejudice / Erica Goode -- Service with a sneer / Howard Kohn -- White privilege : unpacking the invisible knapsack / Peggy McIntosh -- Reflections of affirmative action goals in psychology admissions / James Amirkhan ... [et al.] -- Ten myths about affirmative action / Scott Plous -- V. Sexism -- Listening / Sey Chassler -- An ambivalent alliance : hostile and benevolent sexism as complementary justifications for gender inequality / Peter Glick, Susan T. Fiske -- The deadly serious game of the beauty pageant / Sandra McElwaine -- Influence of popular erotica and judgments of strangers and mates / Douglas T. Kenrick, Sara E. Gutierres, Laurie L. Goldberg -- Male epithets for ethnic women in historical American slang / Irving Lewis Allen -- Detecting and labeling prejudice : do female perpetrators go undetected? / Robert S. Baron, Mary L. Burgess, Chuan Feng Kao --/ Robert S. Baron, Mary L. Burgess, Chuan Feng Kao. |
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VI. Antisemitism -- The destruction of the European Jews : dehumanization and concealment / Raul Hilberg -- Antisemitism in America / Leonard Dinnerstein -- While six million died : a chronicle of American apathy / Arthur D. Morse -- ADL 2000 audit of anti-Semitic incidents / Anti-Defamation League -- VII. Genocide in America -- Naming our destiny : toward a language of American Indian liberation / Ward Churchill -- Let's spread the "fun" around : the issue of sports team names and mascots / Ward Churchill -- Battle rages over a 5-letter four-letter word / Eric Schmitt -- New prosperity brings new conflict to Indian country / Timothy Egan -- VIII. Heterosexism -- Biblical verse : is it a reason or an excuse? / Deb Price -- Violence toward homosexuals / Karen Franklin, Gregory M. Herek -- Is homophobia associated with homosexual arousal? / Henry E. Adams, Lester W. Wright, Jr., Bethany A. Lohr -- Transgender identities : like stars in the sky / Vanessa Baird -- Suit over estate claims a widow is not a woman / Jodi Wilgoren -- IX. Making connections -- Peace is every step : the path of mindfulness in everyday life / Thich Nhat Hanh -- Prejudice as a generalized attitude / Gordon W. Allport -- Environmental justice for all / Robert D. Bullard, Beverly H. Wright -- X. Reducing prejudice -- Reducing the expression of racial prejudice / Fletcher A. Blanchard, Teri Lilly, Leigh Ann Vaughn -- Long-range experimental modification of values, attitudes, and behavior / Milton Rokeach -- The role of empathy in improving intergroup relations / Walter G. Stephan, Krystina Finlay -- The challenge of aversive racism : combating pro-white bias / Samuel L. Gaertner ... [et al.] -- Martin Luther King explains nonviolent resistance / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Appendix : animals as an outgroup -- Is there such a thing as prejudice toward animals/ / Scott Plous -- Gaps in the mind / Richard Dawkins -- Unheard voices : institutionalized prejudice toward animals in the U.S. meat industry -- Glossaries. |
| General note | A compilation of readings from a broad range of scholarly disciplines, most edited, adapted, or revised for this anthology and several never published before. |
| General note | The text is supported by a variety of instructional materials, including a web site offering interactive exercises and demonstrations, streaming video clips, and other resources. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 563-586) and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Understanding prejudice and discrimination. Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2003 |
| LCCN | 2002071946 |
| ISBN | 0072554436 (acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 9780072554434 (acid-free paper) |
