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Cross-cultural studies Mass media and culture Mass media Social aspects Prejudices Race relations Racism Prevention Stereotypes (Social psychology) Stereotypes (Social psychology) Fiction Stereotypes (Social psychology) Juvenile fiction Stereotypes (Social psychology) United StatesTinn-Disbury, Tom
Summary: Brian the lion loves to dance, but since lions are supposed to be fierce he hides his talent from his lion friends--until they explain that they also have talents that are not particularly fierce.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Editions, an imprint of Capstone 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE TINFelix, Rebecca
Summary: Introduces readers to the pride movement, from its beginnings at the Stonewall Riots to the LGBTQ rights movement, the first pride parade, the creation of the rainbow flag, and legislation such as the Matthew Shephard Act and the 2015 Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo & Daughters, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.38 FELKyi, Tanya Lloyd
Summary: "Double Take is a fact-packed look at how science is tackling stereotypes. In the intermediate grades, students are likely to encounter and recognize all kinds of stereotypes. Our brains constantly use categories to sort and label the things (and people) around us -- both with good results and frightening ones. This book explores how we all use stereotypes and how science can help us to build...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 303.3 KYISowell, Thomas
Summary: This book challenges many assumptions about blacks, Jews, Germans, slavery, and education. Plainly written and backed with documented facts, it takes on not only the trendy intellectuals of our times but also such historic interpreters of American life as Alexis de Tocqueville and Frederick Law Olmsted. In a series of long essays, Sowell presents an in-depth look at key beliefs behind many...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Encounter Books 2005
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Summary: "A richly reported and provocative look at the history of women's sports and the controversy surrounding trans athletes by a leading LGBTQ+ sports journalist. For decades women have been playing competitive sports thanks in large part to the protective cover of Title IX. Since passage of that law, the number of women participating in sports and the level of competition in high school, college,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.082 BARCraft, Jerry
Summary: "Eight grader Drew Ellis is no stranger to the saying "You have to work twice as hard to be just as good." His grandmother has told him that his entire life. But lately he's been wondering: Even if he works ten times as hard, will he ever have the same opportunities that his privileged classmates at the prestigious Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted? To make matters worse, Drew...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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Summary: "Working on an assignment for her journalism class, Brianna Justice learns about coding, and the difference between herself and a group of inner city girls"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WINDibinga, Omékongo
Summary: "In this honest and welcoming book, diversity and inclusion expert, professor, and award-winning speaker Dr. Omekongo Dibinga argues that we must embark on a massive undertaking to re-educate ourselves on the stereotypes that have proven harmful, and too often deadly, to the Black community"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.896 DIBSummary: Nonstop laughs are in the house with season four of In living color on DVD! No celebrity was too sacred and no current event was too controversial for this Emmy-winning hit show that pushed the boundaries of sketch comedy with hilarious results.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2005
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV INSummary: Travelling through the heartland of America, Cree filmmaker Neil Diamond examines how the myth of the movie "Injun" has influenced the world's understanding - and misunderstanding - of Natives. With clips from hundreds of classic and recent films, and candid interviews with celebrated Native and non-Native directors, writers, actors and activists, including Clint Eastwood, Robbie Robertson,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lorber Films 2010
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF REEMurata, Sayaka
Summary: "With Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata, whose Convenience Store Woman has now sold more than a million copies worldwide, returns with a brilliant and wonderfully unsettling collection, her most recent fiction to be published in Japan. In these twelve stories, Murata mixes an unusual cocktail of humor and horror and turns the norms and traditions of society on their head to better...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MURGilliam, Fatimah
Summary: "What if there were a set of rules to educate people against race-based social faux pas that damage relationships, perpetuate racist stereotypes, and harm people of color? This book provides just that in an effort to slow the malignant domino effect of race-based ignorance in American communities and workplaces to help address the vestiges of our nation's racist past. Race Rules is an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 GILFoxfield, Kathryn
Summary: When Saffron is forced to do work experience at a tech company, she gets into an argument with her supervisor over which high school stereotype would survive the longest in a horror film: the sports star? The queen bee? The swot? The drama girl? The class clown? The rebel? Unbeknown to them, the AI robot she is working on at the time decides to determine the answer by testing it out for real....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks, Incorporated 2024
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Summary: "Imagine a world without bias. A world where all human beings can truly be just as they are and unleash their full potential. Take a moment to imagine how you feel in such a world--not what you think about it, or whether you believe it's possible, but how you feel. This is the proposition that opens Breaking Bias. It's your invitation to embark on a journey that will radically change your...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hay House
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Encourage students to explore biases and stereotypes with this group of ABC News segments. Each scenario puts actors into exchanges with unwitting bystanders, generating a wide range of responses-from overt hostility towards other races and cultures to acts of genuine compassion. Scenes include a bakery clerk's refusal to serve a Muslim woman wearing a headscarf; cruelty towards an overweight...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: As America undergoes rapid economic, cultural, and political changes, how is its global image evolving? In what ways do expatriate Americans shape foreign perceptions of the United States? And what is it like for homegrown U.S. citizens to live among those who understand little about them? This program presents interviews with Americans in Russia, France, Italy, Greece, and Egypt. Each shares...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Eatwell, Piu Marie.
Summary: Examines the accuracy and falsehood of beliefs English-speakers hold about France and the French in such areas as food, women, sex, sanitation, manners, history, culture, the city of Paris, vacations, and foreign relations.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 944 EATBrown, Christia Spears.
Summary: Outlines psychology-based strategies for focusing on a child's unique strengths rather than on gender expectations, counseling parents on how to avoid cultural inclinations that limit a child's potential.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 BROSummary: Using the shocking racist murder of James Byrd as a starting point, this disturbing program investigates America's proliferating hate groups. The KKK's Charles Lee; the founder of Aryan Nations and his successor, Pastor Neumann Britton; and William Pierce, head of the National Alliance and author of The Turner Diaries, calmly proclaim their chilling views on "racial patriotism" and "positive...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Grinker, Roy Richard
Summary: "A compassionate and eye-opening examination of evolving attitudes toward mental illness throughout history and the fight to end the stigma. For centuries, scientists and society cast moral judgments on anyone deemed mentally ill, confining many to asylums. In Nobody's Normal, anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker chronicles the progress and setbacks in the struggle against mental-illness...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.89 GRIMcLellan, Gretchen Brandenburg
Summary: Two bears decide to throw a party, but the stereotypes one has about all of their neighbors leave them with no one to invite.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Bee 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MCLValenti, Jessica.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.42097 VALSummary: You're walking down the street and you see someone approaching. You glance at his or her face and see-what, exactly? Filmed in London, this program brings together more than two dozen total strangers to reveal the hidden judgments people make about those they don't know. Cleverly composed of nothing more than juxtaposed faces and unvarnished commentary by the film's subjects, Conversation...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: Although demeaning and offensive racial stereotypes were pervasive in popular media of every kind during the 20th century, most observers would agree that the media is much more sensitive to representations of race today. But the pernicious effects of that stereotyping live on in the new racism arising from disparities in the treatment of stories involving whites and people of color in a...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007