"Papers from the 2001 David K. Shipler Colloquium on Race at Kent State University. Ashtabula, Ohio." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
19. "When I go to work, I have to leave my culture at the door..." / 1. Ideology versus historic truth : the concept of equality of educational opportunity for African Americans / David K. Shipler. 2. Building a diverse and respectful campus community : a systematic approach model / Noah O. Midamba -- 3. Veiled diversity : a new look at what diversity means within the academy / Michelle McCoy -- pt. 2. Race and identity in the arts, popular culture, and sports -- 4. From Jackie Robinson to Sammy Sosa : baseball and race in America / Stanton W. Green -- 5. Mind + body = loss and displacement : two contemporary African-American artists / Lynda J. Lambert -- 6. Musical style as a symbol of Black cultural identity / Timothy M. Kalil -- 7. When whites and Blacks met : performing artists on stage and in film / James R. Birch -- 8. Looking for Jackie and Mike : race, sport, and contemporary American culture / Thabiti Lewis -- pt. 3. The past as prologue : race in the ministry, the library, the academy, and on the campus -- 9. Southern white ministers at mid-century / Roy Lechtrek and Elaine Lechtrek -- 10. The founding and early history of Chicago's Newberry Library : free to whom? / Thomas Kaufman -- 11. From Myrdal to Shipler : the academy's view of Blacks and whites in America / Robet A. Widen -- 12. What's in a name? : politically correct language on and off campus / Todd Sallo -- pt. 4. Building an economic bridge across the racial divide -- 13. Organizational changes create a new climate for racial equality / Edward J. Murray -- 14. Dreaming beyond the number two : race, work, and wholeness / Eileen Sheryl Hammer -- pt. 5. The expanding and contracting kinship of race -- 15. The strangest of kin : Blacks and whites in America viewed from the borderlands / Gregory K. Stephens -- 16. Let the dialogue begin / Carol Puthoff-Murray -- 17. Racial profiling : good policing or discriminatory policy? : a look at the existing literature / Irene Jung Fiala -- pt. 6. David K. Shipler address -- 18. Introduction / Paul L. Gaston -- 19. "When I go to work, I have to leave my culture at the door..." / David K. Shipler.
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