Racial Discrimination

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Racial Discrimination

            Tenaglia-Webster, Maria. Slavery. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2009. Print.

Maria Tenaglia-Webster is an avid historian as well as a contemporary activist for equality. The audience referred to is of historical background as well as general individuals with keenness on reducing discrimination. The book entails contemporary issues regarding the bondage of people throughout ages against their will. It looks into country contention on the issues while addressing it in the new world. The book is significant in detailing oppression, its effects, and results throughout humanity as a means of discrimination.

            Haugen, Hayley M. Racism. Detroit: Michigan: Greenhaven Press, 2008. Print.

The author is an independent reviewer on American history as well as a contributor of social justice. The audience is a general kind including mixed races and nationalities. The book debates issues on racism in America leveled against Arabs and minority groups, segregation in schools, racist speeches, affirmative action, and profiling. The book is significant in the project as it gives real-life experiences and accounts of widespread discrimination in the modern world.

Wang, Lu-in. Discrimination by Default: How Racism Becomes Routine. New York: New York University Press, 2006. Print.

Wang Lu-in is a professor who bases her studies on the law and historical background of issues. The audience involved refers to the students of history with a view to inflict policy formation on discrimination. The book outlines the default basis of viewing individuals from different ethnicities. It shows the strategic development throughout time and resultant situation of discrimination in humanity. Conscious assumptions are given and psychology backing. It is vital for the study as human intuition develops the form of discrimination.

Glenn, Evelyn N. Shades of Difference: Why Skin Color Matters. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2009. Print.

Evelyn Nakano Glenn is a professor of ethnic studies as well as an advocate for affirmative action. The audience related to the book involves scholars and interested members of the society on equality. The book details studies on preferential basing on color and self-worth to human nature. It involves the social and cultural significance of varied kinds of colorings on ethnicities and its relation to racism and discrimination. The book is vital for understanding color bias and effects on psychology.  

Jackson, Marissa. Race, racism and the Law. Racism Organization. Web. 19 February 19, 2015. < http://www.racism.org/ >

Marissa is an independent reviewer of the law and a social contributor to world issues. The posting on the website is a personalized account on the different dimensions that encourage discrimination based on race. It highlights provisions in the law for or against the practice and societal upholding. It is an important source of information especially for the legal requirements.

Acharya, Avdit and Mathew Blackwell. “The Political Legacy of American Slavery.” JEI Journal, 2.1 (2014): 1-59. Print

Acharya and Blackwell have availed a keen look through history based on slavery and its origin as a discrimination tool. They address the past injustices to an audience that requires historical derivations and facts. The journal entails contemporary political attitudes that promoted slavery. It enables understanding and fact finding on successive generations and its effects. It is vital for enabling a concise look at the rise of discrimination through slavery.

Nagler, Jorg. “Abraham Lincoln’s Attitudes on Slavery and Race.” American Studies Journal. 53(2009): 1-23. Print.

Nagler is a historian and educational biographer of the founding fathers of America. The audience addresses is the public as it is an informative journal. The journal presumes the views of race ad its connection to slavery from Abraham Lincoln. It fortifies the societal transformation on such views towards discrimination of people under race, gender, ethnicity and class. It is an important source for documenting how the views shaped American culture up to today.

Hollander, Sophia. “Rethinking of Racism through Film and the Eyes of Students.” The Wall Street Journal 20 Nov. 2014: 1. Print.

Sophia Hollander is a sociologist and conformist to affirmative action. The audience referred to in the article is for psychologists, students and policy makers. The article uses testimonial reference of student views on racism and their beliefs. It accounts fro the translated views into societal preferences and upbringing denoting the levels of racism and negative results. It is an important source of information to the topic on racism since the students are a product of the society who leads up to literate policy makers.

Jeanne-Fields, Barbara. “Slavery, Race and Ideology in the United States of America.” Journal of the Early Republic. 4(2010): 1-24. Print.

The author targets the historical affirmation of ideologies from the past on slavery into the present forms of discrimination based on race. The audience targeted is scholars on historical events as well as public utility. The article is a detailed logical expansion of ideologies regarding race and slavery among the majority groups. It informs of practices from the past to present and the shape of discrimination in present setting. It is important as it enables understanding majority population’s beliefs, practices and their effect on minority groups.

McQueen, Steve. “12 Years a Slave by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Bill Pohlad.” You Tube. 30 August 2013. Web. 19 February 2015.

The producer of the acclaimed motion film is a screenwriter and video artist. The audience on target by the film is general. The film remonstrates on the historical accounts of racism in America and the oppression suffered by the slaves under the hands of white settlers. It enables recounting and meditation on discrimination forms as well as the effects on society. It is an important source of information in enabling pictorial evidence and depiction of the injustice.