Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Race and Ethnicity
This book by Raymond D'Angelo and Herbert Russel chronicles a wide variety of issues that are tied to race. From the first appearances of racist thought among children to the racial arbitrariness of a genetic versus cultural definition, this book is a short anthology of every issue concerning race under the sun. I found the book through the USC Homer tool after browsing for a short amount of time. I found three books that were tailored to my argument and decided that this one would be the best among the three because of the wide spectrum of race debates that it covers.
Having already started writing my paper, this book is crucial because it argues how damaging it is to any movement to attach "race" as the primary issue. They show affirmative action for what it is and offer a solution to focusing on the disadvantage of class instead of race. The main focus of this book is to argue about race issues in a debate style format. Each chapter rotates between the "yes" and the "no" on the toughest race dilemmas. It's like watching a tennis match; the passion that each side argues with is heated.
Love the Calvin and Hobbes illustration. This source sounds helpful not only for creating an argument about the role of race in social movements but in understanding the social movements we are learning about in the affiliated course. Why is race a debilitating aspect to a movement?
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