Books in Progress
Judgment Calls: Why White Americans Disagree About What’s Racist and Sexist
With Betsy Leondar-Wright
Represented by Erika Storella at the Gernert Company
Recently, Robert Aaron Long walked into three massage parlors and killed eight people. Six of the victims were Asian women. Is Robert Aaron Long racist? Sexist?
Many Americans think the answer is clear. But whatever your answer, about half the country disagrees with you.
Judgment Calls: Why White Americans Disagree about What's Racist and Sexist offers the first explanation of how white Americans decide which incidents are “ist.” Focusing on a range of incidents, the book shows that whites use different definitions and approaches to evaluate whether racism or sexism occurred. Racism and sexism then operate like optical illusions: what is apparent to some white people is difficult for others to see.
With Betsy Leondar-Wright
Represented by Erika Storella at the Gernert Company
Recently, Robert Aaron Long walked into three massage parlors and killed eight people. Six of the victims were Asian women. Is Robert Aaron Long racist? Sexist?
Many Americans think the answer is clear. But whatever your answer, about half the country disagrees with you.
Judgment Calls: Why White Americans Disagree about What's Racist and Sexist offers the first explanation of how white Americans decide which incidents are “ist.” Focusing on a range of incidents, the book shows that whites use different definitions and approaches to evaluate whether racism or sexism occurred. Racism and sexism then operate like optical illusions: what is apparent to some white people is difficult for others to see.
Privilege Gained : How Working Class Youth Become Middle Class Adults
How do some working-class youth become upwardly mobile while most reproduce their parents’ class position? Using panel interview data from the National Study of Youth and Religion, I trace how youth with similar class origins come to have different class destinations.
How do some working-class youth become upwardly mobile while most reproduce their parents’ class position? Using panel interview data from the National Study of Youth and Religion, I trace how youth with similar class origins come to have different class destinations.
