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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466102603321

Autore

Steinau Lester Joan

Titolo

The future of white men and other diversity dilemmas / / Joan Steinau Lester

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified] : , : [publisher not identified], , 2000

New York, New York : , : Open Road Distribution, , [date of distribution not identified]

©2000

ISBN

1-5040-3229-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (99 p.)

Disciplina

305.0973

Soggetti

Equality - United States

Cultural pluralism - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Praise for The Future of White Men and Other Diversity Dilemmas; Title Page; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; Introduction; Part One: Who Gets a Seat?; Who Gets a Seat at the Table?; Blacks versus Gays; What Is the Place of White Men at the Diversity Table?; Is Coalition Possible?; The People with the B's on Their Foreheads; Guilty? Not to Worry; Does Diversity Mean We All Go Our Separate Ways?; Part Two: The Old Images; Women and Machinery; Leona, the Wicked (Jewish) Witch; Who's Looting Whom?; Age Spots, Wrinkles, and Laugh Lines; Who Is Family?

Women in Politics: Steel Minds or Empty Heads?Mother's Day: Hearts, Flowers, and International Politics; Gays, Where Did They Go? (That's Research); Passing: One Way of Escape; Part Three: Now What Do I Say?; What's in a Word?; What's in a Name?; Our Own Names; Part Four: Now What Do I Do?; Doing the Right Thing; Being an Ally: To Others; Being an Ally: To Ourselves; Checking Out the Chairs at the Table; Who Is a "Good Fit"?; The Menu; Part Five: Top Ten Plus Two-Questions About Diversity; What About Jokes?; When Do I Name Race?; Why Do Groups Keep Changing Their Names?



What If We Can't Find Any "Qualified" Minorities and Women?What About "Reverse Discrimination?"; Why Are There No "Special Programs" for Whites?; Aren't Stereotypes Based on Grains of Truth?; Why Do All the Blacks Sit Together in the Cafeteria?; Should I Help a Blind Person Cross the Street?; What About Christmas?; The Confederate Flag: What Do We Do About History?; Who Are We Going to Include Next in Diversity?; Part Six: Diversity, Why Bother?; Standards: Aren't They Rising?; Variety is the Spice of Life; Viva la Diferencia!; Acknowledgments; Copyright Page