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040			_cFoundation University
082			_a305.0973 _bC99 1999
100			_aCyrus, Virginia. _910154
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 appendices.
520			_aA new awareness of our diversity as people is the acknowledged reality of the UnitedStates 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 because 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 and life 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 andappreciation, and not with fear and rancor, students need to be encouraged to fosterempathy for the perspectives of those who seem different from themselves and toacknowledge the many similarities that are often overlooked.
650			_2LC _aUnited States--Social condition--1980 _910155
690			_2FU _aUnited states--Ethnic relations _910156
690			_2FU _aUnited States--Race relations. _910157
690			_2FU _aSocial Classes--United states. _910158
690			_2FU _aPluralism (Social Science)--United States _910159
690			_2FU _aWoman--United State--Social Condition. _910160
690			_2FU _aGays--United states--Social Conditions _910161
690			_2FU _aDiscrimination--United states _910122
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