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"As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down in the aisles, guiding us to our assigned seats for a performance. The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power--which groups have it and which do not." In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched...
Publisher
Vision Maker Media
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
For millennia, Alaska Native peoples thrived in the seasonally harsh conditions of life in the far north. They depended upon strong social, cultural and spiritual practices passed from generation to generation. In the last century, rapid and forced changes in the life ways of Alaska Native peoples created many complex, painful scars for Elders who experienced them, and for their children’s children. In a landscape as dramatic as its stories, WE...
5) It's A Girl
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In India, China and many other parts of the world today, girls are killed, aborted and abandoned simply because they are girls. The United Nations estimates as many as 200 million girls are missing in the world today because of this so-called “gendercide". The war against girls is rooted in centuries-old tradition and sustained by deeply ingrained cultural dynamics which, in combination with government policies, accelerate the elimination of girls.....
Publisher
Lightbeam
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When New York City’s Chinatown was hit hard early on in January 2020 due to the coronavirus, partners Moonlynn Tsai and Yin Chang weren’t content to just be bystanders. Local businesses were closing their doors, and members of the community were being violently attacked due to racism and xenophobia. Tsai, as co-owner of Malaysian restaurant Kopitiam, decided to use her restaurant as an anchor for “Heart of Dinner,” a community relief effort...
7) Giving Hope
Publisher
Lightbeam
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Dr. John Chacha founded Teamwork City of Hope, a children’s home, primary school and medical center in Tanzania.
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Publisher
North Atlantic Books
Language
English
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"Written by Melissa Guida-Richards--a transracial, transnational, and late-discovery adoptee--this book unpacks the mistakes you don't even know you're making and gives you the real-life tools to be the best parent you can be, to the child you love more than anything."--Amazon.com.
Publisher
Common Ground Publishing
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Examining the manifestations of difference and social practices of diversity2material (class, locale), corporeal (age, race, sex and sexuality and body form) and symbolic (culture, language, gender, family, affinity and persona).
11) Mixed Match
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Multiracial Americans is one of the fastest growing community demographics in North America. MIXED MATCH is a story told from the perspective of mixed race blood cancer patients who are forced to reflect on their multiracial identities and complex genetics as they struggle with a seemingly impossible search: To find bone marrow donors. MIXED MATCH explores the role race plays in medicine, and what happens when being mixed race is more than just an...
12) Trail of Tears
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Though the Cherokee embraced "civilization" and won recognition of tribal sovereignty in the U.S. Supreme Court, their resistance to removal from their homeland failed. Thousands were forced on a perilous march to Oklahoma.
13) Someone new
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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When three children, Jesse, Jason, and Emma, are confronted with new classmates from different ethnic backgrounds, they strive to overcome their initial reactions, and to understand, accept, and welcome Maria, Jin, and Fatima.
16) Pure Grit
Publisher
Bohemia Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Pure Grit is both a thrilling tale of extreme bareback horse racing, and an intimate love story. Chronicling three years in the life of a young Native American bareback horse racer, her dogged determination, and the relationships that sustain her.
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In this mouth-watering documentary, director Wayne Wang (*The Joy Luck Club*) profiles Cecilia Chiang, the matriarch of modern Chinese cooking, as she relates her fascinating history and cooks up a sumptuous, once-in-a-lifetime banquet. *“A mind-bendingly hunger-inducing piece of filmmaking." - **LA Weekly*** *“Charming, flavorful, and deeply moving” - **The Hollywood Reporter***
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
The civil rights movement discovers the power of mass demonstrations as the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. emerges as its most visible leader. Some demonstrations succeed; others fail. But the triumphant March on Washington, D.C., under King's leadership, shows a mounting national support for civil rights. President John F. Kennedy proposes the Civil Rights Act.
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This documentary closely examines the rust-belt city of Cleveland, one of the most racially divided American cities in the wake of the police murder of Tamir Rice. DISPATCHES FROM CLEVELAND follows ordinary people - long shaken by police misconduct, social discrimination, and poverty - whose love for their home pushes them to work together to bring about real change. Official Selection at the **Cleveland International Film Festival**.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
In the 1970s, antidiscrimination legal rights gained in past decades by the civil rights movement are put to the test. In Boston, some whites violently resist a federal court school desegregation order. Atlanta's first black mayor, Maynard Jackson, proves that affirmative action can work, but the Bakke Supreme Court case challenges that policy.
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