'They Always Said I Would Marry a White Girl': Coming to Grips with Race in America / Edition 1

by Robert M. Moore

Overview

Robert Moore, whose African American identity today may be questioned by some because of his very light skin color, grew up in an all-white suburb of Philadelphia in the 1960s when the push to assimilate was blatant. An examination of the life experiences of people sometimes felt to be at the perimeter, serves to point out that the racial categories of White and Black in America remain strong and impenetrable. The book spans nearly fifty years beginning in the author's youth to a contemporary period when he is a sociology teacher in a university classroom.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761837275
Publisher:	Hamilton Books
Publication date:	03/29/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	136
Product dimensions:	5.23(w) x 8.99(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

Robert Moore III is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Frostburg State University in Maryland. He is a past recipient of faculty achievement awards for teaching and service and was recently nominated for a State of Maryland Higher Education Regents' Teaching Award. He is a past president of the Pennsylvania Sociological Society and former chair of the Committee for Race and Ethnic Minorities, Southern Sociological Society. Professor Moore has edited several books including: African Americans and Whites: Changing Relationships on College Campuses; The Quality and Quantity of Contact: African Americans and Whites on College Campuses; and The Hidden America: Social Problems in Rural America for the Twenty-first Century.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Preface
Part 2 Preface
Chapter 3 Assimilation
Chapter 4 Invisibility
Part 5 II: A Sense of Difference
Chapter 6 Feelings of Discomfort
Chapter 7 Different Generations
Chapter 8 "Where did all the hippies go?"
Part 9 III: Social Systems, Identity, and Interaction
Chapter 10 Situational Contexts
Chapter 11 Dating: African Americans and Whites
Chapter 12 Race and Women
Chapter 13 Coming to Grips with Race in America
Part 14 Endnotes
Part 15 References
Part 16 About the Author
Part 17 Index