Emerging Intersections: Race, Class, and Gender in Theory, Policy, and Practice

Contents

v CONTENTS Foreword: Emerging Intersections—Building Knowledge and Transforming Institutions vii PATRICIA HILL COLLINS Acknowledgments xv 1 Critical Thinking about Inequality: An Emerging Lens 1 BONNIE THORNTON DILL AND RUTH ENID ZAMBRANA 2 Entering a Profession: Race, Gender, and Class in the Lives of Black Women Attorneys 22 ELIZABETH HIGGINBOTHAM 3 The Intersection of Poverty Discourses: Race, Class, Culture, and Gender 50 DEBRA HENDERSON AND ANN TICKAMYER 4 Staggered Inequalities in Access to Higher Education by Gender, Race, and Ethnicity 73 RUTH ENID ZAMBRANA AND VICTORIA-MARÍA MACDONALD 5 Developing Policy to Address the Lived Experiences of Working Mothers 101 MARY GATTA 6 Exploring the Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Class on Maternity Leave Decisions: Implications for Public Policy 123 TIFFANY MANUEL AND RUTH ENID ZAMBRANA 7 Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in the Workforce, Education, and Training under Welfare Reform 150 AVIS JONES-DEWEEVER, BONNIE THORNTON DILL, AND SANFORD SCHRAM 8 Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Early School Leaving (Dropping Out) 180 L. JANELLE DANCE 9 Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Political Participation and Civic Engagement 203 LORRIE ANN FRASURE AND LINDA FAYE WILLIAMS 10 Intersections, Identities, and Inequalities in Higher Education 229 BONNIE THORNTON DILL 11 Transforming the Campus Climate through Institutions, Collaboration, and Mentoring 253 BONNIE THORNTON DILL, RUTH ENID ZAMBRANA, AND AMY MCLAUGHLIN 12 Conclusion: Future Directions in Knowledge Building and Sustaining Institutional Change 274 RUTH ENID ZAMBRANA AND BONNIE THORNTON DILL Contributors 291 Index 297 CONTENTS vi ...