This article offers a critical perspective on the default mode of freshman composition instruction, that is, its traditionally middle-class and white racial orientation. Although middle-classness and whiteness have been topics of critical interest among compositionists in recent years, perhaps the most effective challenge to this hegemony in…

This article presents replies to published comments on the authors' original article (R. L. Sternberg, E. L. Grigorenko, and K. K. Kidd. G. Carey cited in his response to their article a study by Tang et al. (2005) showing that "of 3,636 subjects of varying race/ethnicity, only 5 (0.14%) showed genetic cluster membership different from their…

As issues of equity consistently surface as a fundamental concern for dance education's past, present, and future, this commentary is the first of a number of pieces that will focus on root common goals, new ways of seeing the field, and acting upon both of these realizations in one's own site. In this initial commentary, the author discusses…

This chapter explores identity negotiation by women of color in academe at a predominantly white institution. The author discusses use of the title "doctor" as a form of address to manage interactions with graduate students in the college classroom, and the difficulties associated with negotiating and balancing these diverse and complex identities…

Discusses how the feminization of poverty argument may distort and simplify the issue of old age poverty and may be politically divisive. Claims it is necessary to discuss how race, as well as gender, is interlocked with social class and to demonstrate how a singular emphasis on gender misrepresents the phenomenon of poverty in later life.…

Examples of claims about racial differences in intelligence that are not supported by scientific evidence are presented, with focus on several studies by A. R. Jensen. Relevant questions that should be addressed by students of racial differences are presented. (SLD)

In "The Mismeasure of Man," a history of efforts to measure intelligence, Stephen Jay Gould is highly selective in his account, and tests for scientific truth by the standards of his own social and political convictions. Specifically, to combat racist approaches to theories of intelligence, Gould presses for equal and opposite bias.…

The backlash theory in mental health is discussed in terms of its cultural antecedents and its contemporary applications to mental health research. (Author/RLV)

Compares and contrasts Eurocentric organizational goals and values with Afrocentric ones. While the Western model is based on materialism, hierarchical control, bottom-line profits, and competition, the Afrocentric model is based on support of all members, communal management style, and people over profits. (JPS)

Refutes Rushton's claims regarding heritable race differences in intelligence, criminal capacity, brain weight, and his racial ordering of human evolution. Cites major studies with opposite results. Analyses the causal chain governing explicit theory and unstated assumptions; documents inadequate, spurious, and misapplied data sources; and…

John J. Gumperz' interactional analysis goes beyond traditional work in discourse analysis, conversation analysis, and ethnography and may, ultimately, lead to the development of new sociolinguistic theory regarding problematic interaction. The likelihood of the development of theory will be significantly impacted by Gumperz' ability to: (1)…

This book offers an ethnography, history, and social critique of racial spectacles in college sports, arguing that collegiate athletics are created as a spectacle driven by contradictory meanings and exploitative practices. The chapters are: (1) Posting Up: Introductory Notes on Race, Sports, and Post-America; (2) White Out: Erasures of Race in…

Responds to an earlier article by William Darity, Jr., which criticized the author's concept of equal economic opportunity. Claims that Darity misrepresented his viewpoint regarding racial differences in economic status. (GC)

Contemporary Black sociologists are more liberal and more politicized than their predecessors. They argue that major differences exist between themselves and their white colleagues and they emphasize norms, theories, and methods different from those of traditional sociology. (Author/MJL)

Describes the experiences of a white faculty member who was hired to teach in the Black Studies department at Fordham University in 1970, examining how the department reacted to a white applicant, how the teacher worked to gain the trust of a very diverse group of students, and how these students reacted to a white educator teaching black studies.…