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The Face of Discrimination [electronic resource] : How Race and Gender Impact Work and Home Lives.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (257 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780742579491 (electronic bk.)
  • 0742579492 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Face of Discrimination : How Race and Gender Impact Work and Home Lives.DDC classification:
  • 331.13/30973 331.1330973
LOC classification:
  • HD4903.5.U58 R67 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Race Discrimination in Employment, with Lisette Garcia; 2 Race Attitudes and the Alternative Realities of Workers and Bosses, with Ryan Light; 3 Sex Discrimination in Employment, with Donna Bobbitt-Zeher; 4 How Sexual Harassment Happens, with Theresa Schmidt; 5 Discrimination in Public and Private Economic Sectors, with Reginald Byron; 6 Competitive Threat and Isolation at Work, with Marguerite Hernandez; 7 The Experiences of Black and White and High-and Low-Status Women, with Susan Ortiz.
8 Discrimination and African American Men: A Precarious Historical Legacy, with Sherry Mong9 Race and the Process of Housing Discrimination, with Diana Karafin and Griff Tester; 10 The Contexts of Housing Discrimination, with Diana Karafin; 11 Housing and Sex Discrimination, with Griff Tester; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Summary: The Face of Discrimination documents the extent, character, and implications of race and sex discrimination at work and in housing, drawing from a rich body archived discrimination suits themselves. It moves beyond traditional social science research on the topic and grounds the reader in the reality of discrimination as it is played out in the actual jobs, neighborhoods, and lives of real people.
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Race Discrimination in Employment, with Lisette Garcia; 2 Race Attitudes and the Alternative Realities of Workers and Bosses, with Ryan Light; 3 Sex Discrimination in Employment, with Donna Bobbitt-Zeher; 4 How Sexual Harassment Happens, with Theresa Schmidt; 5 Discrimination in Public and Private Economic Sectors, with Reginald Byron; 6 Competitive Threat and Isolation at Work, with Marguerite Hernandez; 7 The Experiences of Black and White and High-and Low-Status Women, with Susan Ortiz.

8 Discrimination and African American Men: A Precarious Historical Legacy, with Sherry Mong9 Race and the Process of Housing Discrimination, with Diana Karafin and Griff Tester; 10 The Contexts of Housing Discrimination, with Diana Karafin; 11 Housing and Sex Discrimination, with Griff Tester; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

The Face of Discrimination documents the extent, character, and implications of race and sex discrimination at work and in housing, drawing from a rich body archived discrimination suits themselves. It moves beyond traditional social science research on the topic and grounds the reader in the reality of discrimination as it is played out in the actual jobs, neighborhoods, and lives of real people.

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