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Resources
Reading List for University
of Rochester Students
TITLE, AUTHOR, TOPICS, ADDRESSED:
Books:
- Amazing Grace Jonathan Kozol children, systematic racial discrimination
- The Shame of the Nation Jonathan Kozol inequalities in education
- Savage Inequalities Jonathan Kozol public school
- American Apartheid Douglas Massey and Nancy Denton housing segregation,
systematic racial discrimination
- Class Matters bell hooks class
- One Day, All Children Wendy Kopp education
- Understanding Your Potential Myles Munroe self-esteem, religion
- Racial Formation in the United States from the 1960's to the 1990's
Michael Omi and Howard Winant history of race
- Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun Geoffrey Canada violence, class
Articles:
- Those Loud Black Girls Signithia Fordham race, language
- The Underclass as myth and symbol Adolph Reed class
Reading List for RCSD children:
- The Colors of Us Karen Katz picture race
- Because of Winn Dixie Kate DiCamillo chapter race
- The Skin I'm In Sharon Flake young adult race
- All the Colors We Are Katie Kissinger non-fiction race
(also bilingual)
- The Eagles Who Thought They Were Chickens Michael Win self-esteem
- Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge Mem Fox picture memory
Courses to take at the U of R:
- AAS 194Q/HIS 194Q: Rochester Politics and Places
- AAS 227/PSC 229: Racial and Ethnic Politics
- AAS 256/HIS 258: History of
Race in America
- ANT 104/AAS 104:Contemporary Issues in Anthropology
- ANT 203/LIN 104: Language
and Culture
- ANT 210: Anthropology and Education
- ANT 245/AAS 210: American Culture
- ANT 270/AAS 279/WST 220: Urban Schools:
Race and Gender
- CSP 276/PSY 171: Psychology of Parenting
- CSP 278/PSY 278: Adolescent Development
- CSP 289/PSY 289: Developmental
Child Psychopathology
- ENG 264/AAS 264: Representing Race in American Culture
- PSC 237: Domestic
Social Policy
- PSC 241: Urban Change and City Politics
People to Contact for more information:
Internship Opportunities:
Professional Opportunities:
Compiled by recommendations from the Rochester City School District, Christopher
Cuby (ROOTS), UR tutors
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