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040			_cFoundation University
082			_a305.0973 _bC99 1999
100			_aCyrus, Virginia _910116
245			_aExperiencing race, class and gender in the United States / _cVirginia Cyrus
250			_aThird Edition
260			_aCalifornia : _bMayfield Publishing Company ; _c1999.
300			_aviii, 511 pages : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aPREFACE A new awareness of our diversity as people is the acknowledged reality of the United States in the 1990s. Students in college now will live and work in a society that ismulticultural and global, and college must prepare them for this world. Experienc-ing Race, Class, and Gender in the United States, Third Edition, provides an initialstep toward that end, offering students the opportunity to explore the complexity ofAmerican society and its historic, social, and economic makeup. The book focuseson the United States becaue students need to have a better understanding of theirown society before they can begin to understand and effectively interact with othercultures. In addition, the book demonstrates that no single "norm" represents theAmerican experience; instead, many points of view and wide varieties of experienceexist,and always have existed,in this country.Experiencing Race,Class, and Genderin the United States, Third Edition, introduces the basic issues of American multi-culturalism and diversity and examines the many difficult and highly politicized ques-tions posed by such complexity. To wrestle with such questions,students first need to develop an enhanced senseof their own identities andlife situations and a positive understanding of the experi-ences and values of the many different groups that make up contemporary Americansociety. In order to experience differences among groups with understanding and appreciation, and not with fear and rancor, students need to be encouraged to foster empathy for the perspectives of those who seem different from themselves and to acknowledge the many similarities that are often overlooked.
650			_2LC _aUnited States--Social conditions--1980 _910117
690			_2FU _aSocial classes--United States. _910118
690			_2FU _aCultural pluralism--United States. _910119
690			_2FU _aWomen--United States--Social conditions. _910120
690			_2FU _a Gay people--United States--Social conditions. _910121
690			_2FU _aDiscrimination--United States. _910122
690			_2FU _aUnited States--Social conditions--1980-2020. _910123
690			_2FU _aUnited States--Race relations. _910124
690			_2FU _aUnited States--Ethnic relations. _910125
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