Racing for Innocence: Whiteness, Gender, and the Backlash Against Affirmative Action

How is it that recipients of white privilege deny the role they play in reproducing racial inequality? Racing for Innocence addresses this question by examining the backlash against affirmative action in the late 1980s and early 1990s―just as courts, universities, and other institutions began to end affirmative action programs. This book recounts the stories of elite legal professionals at a large corporation with a federally mandated affirmative action program, as well as the cultural narratives about race, gender, and power in the news media and Hollywood films. Though most white men denied accountability for any racism in the workplace, they recounted ways in which they resisted―whether wittingly or not― incorporating people of color or white women into their workplace lives. Drawing on three different approaches―ethnography, narrative analysis, and fiction―to conceptualize the complexities and ambiguities of race and gender in contemporary America, this book makes an innovative pedagogical tool.

Politics & Social Sciences

Pierce, Jennifer

Social Sciences

Stanford University Press

How is it that recipients of white privilege deny the role they play in reproducing racial inequality? Racing for Innocence addresses this question by examining the backlash against affirmative action in the late 1980s and early 1990s―just as courts, universities, and other institutions began to end affirmative action programs. This book recounts the stories of elite legal professionals at a large corporation with a federally mandated affirmative action program, as well as the cultural narratives about race, gender, and power in the news media and Hollywood films. Though most white men denied accountability for any racism in the workplace, they recounted ways in which they resisted―whether wittingly or not― incorporating people of color or white women into their workplace lives. Drawing on three different approaches―ethnography, narrative analysis, and fiction―to conceptualize the complexities and ambiguities of race and gender in contemporary America, this book makes an innovative pedagogical tool.

Colorado Double Cross (Love Inspired Suspense)

Literature & Fiction

United States

Love Inspired Suspense

Colorado Double Cross (Love Inspired Suspense, 1)

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All Maggie Jones wants to do is sell her late father’s property and get out of Whitehaven, Texas as fast as possible—before she runs into the one man she’s spent the past six years avoiding. Someone has other plans for her, though. Sinister plans. And when a seemingly harmless act of vandalism turns into a series of menacing threats, she has no choice but to turn to last person on earth she wants to see for help. Sheriff Cody Smith never expected to see Maggie again, especially after he’d broken her heart all those years ago. Maybe this is the second chance he’s always wanted. But when he realizes Maggie’s in grave danger, he intends to keep her safe at all costs. With lines from an old nursery rhyme as their only clue, he needs to find out who’s behind this deadly game before the rhyme ends and Maggie’s time runs out. Can he protect her, catch the bad guy, and make amends for past wrongs? Or will old wounds get in the way?

Hidden Danger (Small-Town Guardians)

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Anaiah Press

Kate has been on the run from the men who killed her husband and left her for dead-which isn't easy considering she's eight months pregnant-but now they've found her. Again. Still reeling from her late husband's betrayal, the last thing Kate wants is the help of a handsome stranger.Security expert, Jacob Jones, is still grieving the loss of his pregnant wife, and he's not ready to move on. But when he thwarts an attempted abduction of the beautiful Kate, he finds himself inexplicably drawn to her. Despite her reluctance, he's determined to do whatever it takes to save her, including giving up his own life.Kate's only option is to take a leap of faith and allow Jacob to help her. But can she trust him to keep her and her unborn baby alive? Or will he fail her like everyone else in her life?

Expecting Danger (Small-Town Guardians)

Anaiah Romance

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