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3) We: a novel
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In a glass-enclosed city of perfectly straight lines, ruled over by an all-powerful “Benefactor,” the citizens of the totalitarian society of OneState are regulated by spies and secret police; wear identical clothing; and are distinguished only by a number assigned to them at birth. That is, until D-503, a mathematician who dreams in numbers, makes a discovery: he has an individual soul. He can feel things. He can fall in love. And, in doing so,...
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"An eye-opening exploration of race in America--and the ties that actually bind us"--
"In this deeply inspiring book, Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi recount their experiences talking to people about race and identity on a cross-country tour of the United States. Determined to ignite a substantive discussion about racism, these two young women deferred college admission for a year to travel to all fifty states, conducting hundreds of interviews that...
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While often separate movements, the struggles faced by those seeking equality for race, class, and gender issues often overlap. Examines movements and protests all over the country and throughout history that attempt to redress the balance and highlights their similarities. Includes color photographs, chapter notes, a glossary, sources for further learning, and an index.
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Who do you think you are? That's a question bound up in another: What do you think you are? Gender. Religion. Race. Nationality. Class. Culture. Such affiliations give contours to our sense of self, and shape our polarized world. Yet the collective identities they spawn are riddled with contradictions, and cratered with falsehoods. Kwame Anthony Appiah's The Lies That Bind is an incandescent exploration of the nature and history of the identities...
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"We are more alike than we are unalike. But the way we are unalike matters. To be male in Saudi Arabia, Jewish in Israel, or white in Europe confers certain powers and privileges that those with other identities do not have. In other words, identity can represent a material fact in itself ... How we define ourselves affects every part of our lives: from violence on the streets to international terrorism; from changes in our laws to whom we elect;...
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Presents a collection of essays espousing opposing viewpoints on the topic of collective guilt, covering historical atrocities like the holocaust and racial slavery, and exploring ways societies deal with collective guilt, such as whether or not the U.S. owes reparations to African Americans, and how British citizens can get over their guilt for the history of the British Empire.
10) There there
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"Not since Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven and Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine has such a powerful and urgent Native American voice exploded onto the landscape of contemporary fiction. Tommy Orange's There There introduces a brilliant new author at the start of a major career. "We all came to the powwow for different reasons. The messy, dangling threads of our lives got pulled into a braid--tied to the back of everything...
11) Hip-hop groups
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Since its introduction in the 1970s, hip-hop has become a way of life. This title takes an inside look at the groups of hip-hop. Hip-Hop Groups follows the careers of hip-hop's top group acts, examining their contributions to the genre as it burst into the mainstream and went global.
13) It lives inside
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Desperate to fit in at school, Sam rejects her East Indian culture and family to be like everyone else. However, when a mythological demonic spirit latches onto her former best friend, she must come to terms with her heritage to defeat it.
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In this work, the author, a social psychologist, addresses one of the most perplexing social issues of our time: the trend of minority underperformance in higher education. With strong evidence showing that the problem involves more than weaker skills, he explores other explanations. Here he presents an insider's look at his research and details his groundbreaking findings on stereotypes and identity, findings that will deeply alter the way we think...
18) Re Jane
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Jane Re, a half-Korean, half-American orphan, takes a position as an au pair for two Brooklyn academics and their daughter. On a brief sojourn in Seoul, as she reconnects with her family, Jane begins to wonder if the man she loves is really the man for her, while she tries to find balance between her place in two distinct cultures.
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We've all heard the sentiment-that Generations X, Y and Z have grown increasingly self-absorbed from over four decades of nurturing and education based on boosting self-esteem. But how did we get here? This program is one man's journey looking at the different generations, including their history, cultural identity, traits and trends, to find out how we arrived here. Young people have more freedom and independence than ever; but the culture of narcissism...