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“Are Emily and Greg More Employable Thank Lakisha and Jamal? Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan Recognizing that all measures of economic success show racial inequalities in the United States labor market, these authors designed and conducted a study to determine […]

“White Flight in Networked Publics? How Race and Class Shaped American Teen Engagement with Myspace and Facebook,” Danah Boyd Danah Boyd looks at the demographics of MySpace and Facebook and Facebook and finds that these online communities reflect the same […]

“I Hate It When People Treat Me Like a Fxxx-up,” Jeanne Theoharis Jeanne Theoharis responds to the commonly held belief that urban minority students fail to value education by studying attitudes of African American and Latino high school students who […]

“Historic Reversals, Accelerating Resegregation, and the Need for New Integration Strategies,” Gary Orfield and Chungmei Lee Orfield and Lee call for new strategies to integrate schools, because schools are re-segregating as a result of recent court decisions, creating separate and […]

“Label Us Angry” Jeremiah Torres Torres is still angry, years after an incident that he describes as “the most painful and shocking event” of his life. Growing up in Palo Alto California, he and his friend Carlos had not experienced […]

“Shadowy Lines That Still Divide,” Janny Scott and David Leonhardt The United States looks like a classless society, the authors say, but class has actually come to play a greater role in determining life chances over the past three decades. […]

“From a Native Daughter,” Haunani-Kay Trask Trask describes her experiences of growing up and learning about Hawaiian history from two sources. Her family described the “”life of the old ones’” ” how they planted, fished, danced and chanted. The second […]

“Missing People and Others: Joining Together to Expand,” Arturo Madrid Arturo Madrid argues that Latinos, as well as other racial and ethnic minorities, are perceived as “other” because of language, culture, and physical attributes that differ from those of the […]

“The Invention of Heterosexuality,” Jonathan Ned Katz The author documents the history and invention of the term heterosexuality as a means of categorizing sexual relationships. The author emphasizes how sexuality has been closely linked to structural power and the means […]

“Optional Ethnicities: For Whites Only?” Mary Waters Mary Waters explores the difference in ethnic identities experienced by White and non-White ethnic and racial groups. Waters asserts that White ethnics are able to decide if, and what part of, their ethnic […]

“A Different Mirror,” Ronald T. Takaki Through personal reflection and historical summaries, Ronald T. Takaki explores multicultural America. As a Japanese American, Takaki argues that the historical and cultural influence of the Japanese, as well as other racial and ethnic […]

“Straight is to Gay as Family is to No Family,” Kath Weston This essay presents a distinct dichotomy that depicts the establishment and maintenance of family and extended kin in the gay and straight world. Weston delineates a path of […]

“Tapping Our Strength,” Eisa Nefertari Ulen As a Muslim and a womanist, Eisa Nefertari Ulen stands at an important intersection. She challenges Western feminists who criticize women who embrace Islamic traditions to consider whether women who insist on wearing hijab […]

“Race as Class,” Herbert J. Gans Noting that most biologists argue that scientifically there can be no human “races’ and that sociologists argue that concepts of race are socially constructed, Gans links the persistent lay definition of “race” to the […]