The Miners Canary

Author : Lani GUINIER
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674038037
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Miner's Canary written by Lani GUINIER and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like the canaries that alerted miners to a poisonous atmosphere, issues of race point to underlying problems in society that ultimately affect everyone, not just minorities. Addressing these issues is essential. Ignoring racial differences--race blindness--has failed. Focusing on individual achievement has diverted us from tackling pervasive inequalities. Now, in a powerful and challenging book, Lani Guinier and Gerald Torres propose a radical new way to confront race in the twenty-first century. Given the complex relationship between race and power in America, engaging race means engaging standard winner-take-all hierarchies of power as well. Terming their concept political race, Guinier and Torres call for the building of grass-roots, cross-racial coalitions to remake those structures of power by fostering public participation in politics and reforming the process of democracy. Their illuminating and moving stories of political race in action include the coalition of Hispanic and black leaders who devised the Texas Ten Percent Plan to establish equitable state college admissions criteria, and the struggle of black workers in North Carolina for fair working conditions that drew on the strength and won the support of the entire local community. The aim of political race is not merely to remedy racial injustices, but to create truly participatory democracy, where people of all races feel empowered to effect changes that will improve conditions for everyone. In a book that is ultimately not only aspirational but inspirational, Guinier and Torres envision a social justice movement that could transform the nature of democracy in America.

Author : Lani Guinier
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674254236
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Miner’s Canary written by Lani Guinier and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2003-04-21 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like the canaries that alerted miners to a poisonous atmosphere, issues of race point to underlying problems in society that ultimately affect everyone, not just minorities. Addressing these issues is essential. Ignoring racial differences--race blindness--has failed. Focusing on individual achievement has diverted us from tackling pervasive inequalities. Now, in a powerful and challenging book, Lani Guinier and Gerald Torres propose a radical new way to confront race in the twenty-first century. Given the complex relationship between race and power in America, engaging race means engaging standard winner-take-all hierarchies of power as well. Terming their concept "political race," Guinier and Torres call for the building of grass-roots, cross-racial coalitions to remake those structures of power by fostering public participation in politics and reforming the process of democracy. Their illuminating and moving stories of political race in action include the coalition of Hispanic and black leaders who devised the Texas Ten Percent Plan to establish equitable state college admissions criteria, and the struggle of black workers in North Carolina for fair working conditions that drew on the strength and won the support of the entire local community. The aim of political race is not merely to remedy racial injustices, but to create truly participatory democracy, where people of all races feel empowered to effect changes that will improve conditions for everyone. In a book that is ultimately not only aspirational but inspirational, Guinier and Torres envision a social justice movement that could transform the nature of democracy in America.

Author : Madelyn Rosenberg
Publisher : Holiday House
ISBN 13 : 0823427714
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Canary in the Coal Mine written by Madelyn Rosenberg and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2013-04-12 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bitty is a canary whose courage more than makes up for his diminutive size. Of course, as a miner bird who detects deadly gas leaks in a West Virginia coal mine during the Depression, he is used to facing danger. Tired of perilous working conditions, he escapes and hops a coal train to the state capital to seek help in improving the plights of miners and their canaries. In the tradition of E.B. White, George Selden, and Beverly Cleary's Ralph S. Mouse, Madelyn Rosenberg has written a singular novel full of unforgettable characters.

Author : Art Gallery of Windsor
Publisher : Oshawa, Ont. : Robert McLaughlin Gallery
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Miners' Canary written by Art Gallery of Windsor and published by Oshawa, Ont. : Robert McLaughlin Gallery. This book was released on 1999 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Niles Eldredge
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691241848
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Miner's Canary written by Niles Eldredge and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like the bird whose death signaled dangerous conditions in a mine, the demise of animals that once flourished should give humans pause. How is our fate linked to the earth's creatures, and the cycle of flourishing and extinction? Which are the simple workings of nature's order, and which are omens of ecological disaster? Does human activity accelerate extinction? What really causes it? In an illuminating and elegantly written account of the widespread reduction of the world's wildlife, renowned paleontologist Niles Eldredge poses these questions and examines humankind's role in the larger life cycles of the earth, composing a provocative general theory of extinction.

Author : Niles Eldredge
Publisher : Virgin Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781852274559
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Miner's Canary written by Niles Eldredge and published by Virgin Books Limited. This book was released on 1992 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The canary's death alerted miners to odourless, poisonous gases but does the decrease in songbirds foreshadow an ecological collapse? In this book paleontologist Niles Eldredge unveils his theory of extinction by exploring the evidence from living forms 3.5 billion years ago to the present.

Author : K. Jack Butler
Publisher : Windsor, Ont. : Art Gallery of Windsor
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Miner's Canary written by K. Jack Butler and published by Windsor, Ont. : Art Gallery of Windsor. This book was released on 1996 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Walter C. Fleming
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780028644691
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Idiot's Guide to Native American History written by Walter C. Fleming and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive overview of the history and culture of the peoples who are now known as the First Americans. Author Walter C. Fleming covers the many different tribes that stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific, including compelling biographies of their greatest leaders. He examines the beliefs, customs, legends and the myriad contributions Native Americans have given to modern society, and details the often tragic history of their conquest by European invaders, their treatment-both historical and recent-under the U.S. government, and the harsh reality of life on today's reservations.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists written by and published by . This book was released on 1982-02 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is the premier public resource on scientific and technological developments that impact global security. Founded by Manhattan Project Scientists, the Bulletin's iconic "Doomsday Clock" stimulates solutions for a safer world.

Author : Gary Sutton
Publisher : HarperCollins Leadership
ISBN 13 : 1418525987
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corporate Canaries written by Gary Sutton and published by HarperCollins Leadership. This book was released on 2007-05-27 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In today's tumultuous business environment, managers want guidance in the form of a timely theme, a unique and memorable metaphor, and outside-the-box thinking. That's precisely what Corporate Canaries delivers. The book features five core chapters revealing five common business hazards, and each lesson is accompanied by a story based on the author's grandfather's work in the coal industry, as well as an applicable "canary warning" for each theme.