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Stephanie McClure and Cherise A. Harris’s Second Thoughts on Race in the United States: Hoodies, Model Minorities, and Real Americans is an edited collection of short essays that address the most common misconceptions about race held by students (and by many in the United States, in general)—it is a "one-stop shopping" reader on the racial topics most often pondered by students and derived from their interests and concerns. There is no existing reader that summarizes the research across a range of topics in a consistent, easily accessible format and considers the evidence against particular racial myths in the language that students themselves use.
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This collection of essays by top researchers and professionals addresses a variety of different topics and misconceptions about race. The topics selected reflect real concerns and questions that students in introductory courses about race in the United States have expressed. Essays are arranged in four sections: “Laying the Foundation,” “Debunking Individual Attitudes,” “Institutions, Policies, and Leagues of Oppression,” and “Race in Everyday Interactions.” Each essay includes suggested sources for additional reading, discussion questions and “Reaching Across the Color Line” activities that help students apply the material in the essay in creative ways. Topics are heavily grounded in current events in order to create an open classroom environment that is conducive to discussion. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
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