Retail racism : shopping while Black and Brown in America / Michelle R. Dunlap.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dunlap, Michelle R., 1965- author.

Series:

Perspectives on a multiracial America series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American consumers.

Minority consumers--United States.

Minority consumers.

Stores, Retail--Security measures.

Stores, Retail.

Shoplifting.

Customer relations.

Retail trade.

United States.

Race discrimination--United States.

Race discrimination.

Retail trade--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Customer relations--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.

Shoplifting--United States--Prevention.

Stores, Retail--Security measures--United States.

Race relations.

Shoplifting--Prevention.

United States--Race relations.

Physical Description:

xxi, 353 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]

Summary:

"When even everyday encounters can have precarious consequences for minorities in America, Michelle R. Dunlap offers a tapestry of how they experience shopping and the marketplace. Based on extensive interviews, Dunlap gives voice to personal narratives often unheard, offering critical perspectives to the current conversation on racial reckoning"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I MONITORING

Poem 1 Alfreda Recalls Marshall Fields / Tara Betts

Monitoring: Introduction

Misperceived: "Oh Reverend, I'm So Sorry" (Alton's Story)

Mistrusted: "So I'm a Suspect, and It Makes Me Feel Terrible" (Balbira's Story)

Mortified: "My Sense of Gravity Knows Where Your Center of Gravity Is" (Chad's Story)

Managed: "Fried Chicken!" (Dana's Story)

Mistook: "I Was Hoping to Live Long Enough to See Major Changes on Earth" (Eleanor's Story)

Monitoring: Things that Part I's Stories Can Teach Consumers and Marketers

Monitoring: Reflection Questions and Related Readings

pt. II INEQUITIES

Poem 2 Internal Dialogue / Micah E. Lubensky

Poem 3 "Two Friends / Lisa Mallory

Inequities: Introduction

Indicted: "It's Not for Sale" (Graham's Story)

Intimidated: "It's Really Painful for a Kid" (janisha's Story)

Insulted: "Every Kind of Cracker That Nabisco Makes" (Tamir's Story)

Invalidated: "I Am the Minority, the `Foreigner'" (Hart's Story)

Inequities: Things that Part IPs Stories Can Teach Consumers and Marketers

Inequities: Reflection Questions and Related Readings

pt. III TRAUMAS

Poem 4 #If I Was Gunned Down / Malik S. Champlain

Poem 5 Brown Girl Shopping / Arakcelis Gomez

Traumas: Introduction

Targeted: "The Book of Robbers, Scammers, and Fraudulents" (Finley's Story)

Traumatized: "Wouldn't You Want to Hear My Story If You're Ready to Shoot Me?" (Kenrec's Story)

Terrified: "This Is What You Put Me Through as a Mother

as a Black Mother and Her Son

in This Community" (Latasha's Story)

Triggered: "My DNA Remembers, Even if My Conscious Mind Doesn't" / Michelle R. Dunlap

Tormented: "I Lifted My Sweater Just Enough for Them to See I Had Stolen Nothing" (Priscilla's Story)

Traumas: Things that Part Ill's Stories Can Teach Consumers and Marketers

Traumas: Reflection Questions and Related Readings

pt. IV PHILOSOPHIES

Poem 6 The Invisible Pause / Denise M. Keyes

Poem 7 Whitney in the Purple Dress / Michelle R. Dunlap

Philosophies: Introduction

Plagued: "It's a Wonder [Black People] Live to Fifty" (Rekia's Story)

Preconceived: "[I'm] the Bull's-Eye!" (Stephon's Story)

Privileged: "Just Because I'm White Doesn't Mean It Does Not Matter" (Heather's Story)

Perturbed: "I Am No Fan of Insurance Companies, Pure and Simple" (Vernon's Story)

Provoked: "I Try to Go to Stores That Cause the Least Stress" (Yvette's Story)

Philosophies: Things that Part IV's Stories Can Teach Consumers and Marketers

Philosophies: Reflection Questions and Related Readings

pt. V CONCLUSION

Poem 8 Shopping While Black / Frances Shani Parker

Conclusion

Poem 9 In Her Image / Kenneth E. Watts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Dunlap, Michelle R., 1965- Retail racism

ISBN:

9781538137123

1538137127

OCLC:

1253440606

Publisher Number:

99988528426