The Routledge Handbook on Marginalized Groups in the United States and Their Challenges.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mangum, Maruice.

Series:

Routledge International Handbooks Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities--United States--Social conditions--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Minorities.

Marginality, Social--United States--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Marginality, Social.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (410 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.

Summary:

Detailing the contemporary obstacles and battles that marginalized groups must fight, this handbook provides a comprehensive account that enables readers to understand the harmful nature of these issues and how they serve to place and keep marginalized groups at a disadvantage.

Contents:

Cover

Endorsements

Half Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Contributors

List of Tables and Figures

Introduction: Marginalized Groups in America Continue to Be Attacked

Part I Existential Threats Related to the Challenges and Issues Facing Marginalized Groups in the United States

1 Weaving the Web of Domination: Unpacking Systemic Racism and Privilege in America

2 It's a Love/Hate Thing: Heteropatriarchy, Anti-Feminism, and the Indelibility of Misogyny

3 Foundational Concepts in LGBTQIA+ Identity and Marginalization

4 Why Xenophobia?

5 Disability Policy and Emergent Issues in the 2020s: The Case of Neurodivergence and Intersectionality

Part II Structural Barriers Section Introduction

6 The Facade of Meritocracy

7 Racial Wage Gap, Gender Wage Gap, and Income Inequality in the United States

8 Inequity in Black Land and Home Ownership: 2020-2024

Part III Institutional Impediments Section Introduction

9 Weakening Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

10 Weakening Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

11 Affirmative Action in Higher Education

12 The Road to the Pink House: How Dobbs Happened

13 The Supreme Court's Refusal to Acknowledge Sexual-Orientation Discrimination in 303 Creative v. Elenis

14 Qualified Immunity, Bans on Recording the Police, and Penalizing Public Protests

Part IV Public Policies

15 Laboratories of Chaos: Reproductive Health, Federalism, and Uncertainty After Dobbs

16 We Have Been Here Before: Anti-LGBTQIA+ Laws in the United States

17 Contemporary U.S. Immigration Policy: The Bipartisan Production of a Punitive Regime of Immigration

18 Shattered Dreams and Broken Promises: The Continued Marginalization of Disabled People in the United States.

Part V Cultural Controversies: Marginalized Group Representation and Societal Backlash

19 The War on Woke and Efforts to Make America White Again

20 "A Tale as Old as Time": Hollywood Representations of Marginalized Communities

21 Bias-Based Bullying and Hate Crimes in Schools

22 From Climate Migration to Displacement: How Social Inequities Shape Contemporary Mobility and Refugee Status

Part VI Case Studies Involving Marginalized Groups

23 Anti-DEI Collusion in Higher Education: An Example

24 Goon Squad of Brandon, MS, and Scorpion Unit of Memphis, TN

25 The Disparity in Power Roles: Analyzing the Impact of Historical Race Relations on Black Lawmakers in Tennessee

26 The Future of Choice: Examining the Intersectional Micro- and Macro-Systemic Impacts of the Overturning of Roe v. Wade

27 Unseen and Unheard: Highlighting the Invisible Struggles of Afro-Latinos in the United States

28 Grand Slam Baseball or Grand Wizard Baseball and How White Supremacy Reigns Supreme Over the Mississippi Umpires Association

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-04-069300-8

1-003-64645-X

1-04-058711-9

9781003646457

OCLC:

1545640059