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  • Emerging Intersections: Race, Class, and Gender in Theory, Policy, and Practice
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  • Edited by Bonnie Thornton Dill and Ruth Enid Zambrana
  • 2009
  • Published by: Rutgers University Press
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The United States is known as a "melting pot" yet this mix tends to be volatile and contributes to a long history of oppression, racism, and bigotry. Emerging Intersections, an anthology of ten previously unpublished essays, looks at the problems of inequality and oppression from new angles and promotes intersectionality as an interpretive tool that can be utilized to better understand the ways in which race, class, gender, ethnicity, and other dimensions of difference shape our lives today. The book showcases innovative contributions that expand our understanding of how inequality affects people of color, demonstrates the ways public policies reinforce existing systems of inequality, and shows how research and teaching using an intersectional perspective compels scholars to become agents of change within institutions. By offering practical applications for using intersectional knowledge, Emerging Intersections will help bring us one step closer to achieving positive institutional change and social justice.

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  1. Frontmatter
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Foreword: Emerging Intersections—Building Knowledge and Transforming Institutions
  2. pp. vii-xii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xv-xvii
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  1. 1: Critical Thinking about Inequality: An Emerging Lens
  2. pp. 1-21
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  1. 2: Entering a Profession: Race, Gender, and Class in the Lives of Black Women Attorneys
  2. pp. 22-49
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  1. 3: The Intersection of Poverty Discourses: Race, Class, Culture, and Gender
  2. pp. 50-72
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  1. 4: Staggered Inequalities in Access to Higher Education by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity
  2. pp. 73-100
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  1. 5: Developing Policy to Address the Lived Experiences of Working Mothers
  2. pp. 101-122
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  1. 6: Exploring the Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Class on Maternity Leave Decisions: Implications for Public Policy
  2. pp. 123-149
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  1. 7: Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in the Workforce, Education, and Training under Welfare Reform
  2. pp. 150-179
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  1. 8: Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Early School Leaving (Dropping Out)
  2. pp. 180-202
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  1. 9: Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Political Participation and Civic Engagement
  2. pp. 203-228
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  1. 10: Intersections, Identities, and Inequalities in Higher Education
  2. pp. 229-252
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  1. 11: Transforming the Campus Climate through Institutions, Collaboration, and Mentoring
  2. pp. 253-273
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  1. 12: Conclusion: Future Directions in Knowledge Building and Sustaining Institutional Change
  2. pp. 274-290
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 291-295
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 296-305
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