BSC Multicultural Library

The multicultural library is a collection of books and DVDs that address issues of multiculturalism and diversity.A listing of books and DVD's in the collection can be viewed by clicking on this BSC Catalog link. To access multicultural resources, type in the keyword search “Multicultural Resource Library”

Books

African/African American

Black Chronology: From 4000 B.C. To The Abolition Of The Slave Trade
Ellen Irene Diggs.

Black Writers: A Selection Of Sketches From Contemporary Authors.
Scott Peacock

Blacks In Science And Medicine
Vivian Ovelton Sammons.

Famous Black Quotations And Some Not So Famous
Janet Cheatham Bell

Arab/Middle East

Arab And Muslim Stereotyping In American Popular Culture
Jack G. Shaheen

The Arabs: Their History, Culture, And Place In The Modern World
Arnold Hottinger

The Genius Of Arab Civilization: Source Of Renaissance
John R. Hayes.

Myths and Facts: A guide to the Arab-Israeli Conflict (381 p)
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Gay/Lesbian/Bi-Sexual

Cherry Grove, Fire Island: Sixty Years In America’s First Gay And Lesbian Town
Ester Newton

Professions Of Desire: Lesbian And Gay Studies In Literature
George E. Haggerty And Bonnie Zimmerman

Human Rights

Genocide And Gross Human Rights Violations In Comparative Perspective
Kurt Jonassohn With Karin Solveig Björnson

In Contempt Of Fate: The Tale Of A Sri Lankan Sold Into Servitude Who Survived To Tell It, A Memoir
Beatrice Fernando

Jewish/Jewish American

Against The Apocalypse: Responses To Catastrophe In Modern Jewish Culture
David G. Roskies

Demon In The Box: Jews, Arabs, Politics, And Culture In The Making Of Israeli Television
Tasha G. Oren

Irreconcilable Difference: The Waning Of The American Jewish Love Affair With Israel
Steven T. Rosenthal

Jewish American And Holocaust Literature: Representation In The Postmodern World
Alan L. Berger And Gloria L. Cronin.

Jewish Life And American Culture
Sylvia Barack Fishman

Nostalgia In Jewish-American Theatre And Film
Ben Furnish

What You Should Know About Jewish Religion, History, Ethics, And Culture
Sidney L. Markowitz.

Latin/Latin America

Brasil Tour Guide (48 p.)

Multicultural

Communication And Identity Across Cultures
Dolores V. Tanno, Alberto González

Contemporary Art And Multicultural Education
Susan Cahan And Zoya Kocur

Dictionary Of Multicultural Education
Carl A. Grant And Gloria Ladson-Billings

Inside Separate Worlds: Life Stories Of Young Blacks, Jews, And Latinos
David Schoem

Promoting Learning For Culturally And Linguistically Diverse Students: Classroom Applications From Contemporary Research
Russell M. Gersten, Robert T. Jiménez
Hispanic/Mexican/Chicano

Speaking For Themselves: Neomexicano Cultural Identity And The Spanish-Language Press
Doris Meyer

Native American

Telling The Stories: Essays On American Indian Literatures And Cultures
Elizabeth Hoffman Nelson And Malcolm A. Nelson

Powerful Images: Portrayal Of Native America
Sarah E. Boehme

Dvd/Video Recordings

African/ African American

The Lost Boys of Sudan (Dvd, 87 Min.)
The journey of two teenage Sudanese boys, orphaned by their war torn country, who traveled to America looking for a safer environment and learning to cope with the unfamiliar complexities of contemporary American society.
Mylan, Megan.

The Conference that Never Happened (Vhs, 27 Min.)
The rhetoric of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict engulfed the 2001 U.N. World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, into so much turmoil that participants never fully addressed the main agenda. This program features such guests as Elisa Massimino, of the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, discussing what happened at the conference
Brown, Tony

Disabilities

A Little History Worth Knowing (Vhs, 45 Min. 42 Sec.)
A Video Primer On Disability, This Awareness Training Replays Stereotypes From Ancient Contests, Medical "Solutions" And Tv Telethon Images Of Disability, And Then Shifts To Positive Changes Driven By Assistive Technology, Medical Advances And Advocacy. This Silver Cindy Award Winner Replaces Old Approaches With Support For Inclusion, Independence And Workplace Diversity.

Ethics

American Justice: Death Penalty (Dvd, 50 Min.)
Over three hundred convicts have been executed since the Supreme Court re-instituted the death penalty in 1976, and its use is on the rise nationwide. Explore the arguments for and against capital punishment in this riveting program. Examine the difficult legal, political and religious issues involved through extensive interviews with experts on both sides of the debate. Get a unique insight into the personal side of capital punishment with an in-depth look at the case of Caryl Chessman, a rapist, kidnapper and jailhouse lawyer who appealed his sentence for twelve years. He was the last person put to death before capital punishment was declared unconstitutional in the 1960s. DEATH PENALTY presents a reasoned examination of the ultimate criminal sentence.

Europe

Facts About Germany
Jeremy Gaines

Gay/Lesbian/Bi-Sexual

Speaking For Ourselves: Portraits Of Gay And Lesbian Youth (Vhs, 27 Min.)
Issues Pertaining To Identity, Sexuality, Family And Self Acceptance Strike A Common Chord For Most Young People Regardless Of Their Affectional Or Sexual Orientation. In Speaking For Ourselves, The Viewing Audience Meets A Wide Range Of Young People Who Were Courageous Enough To Share Their Life Experiences On Camera.
Mifsud, John & Diversity Productions

Multicultural

Religious Diversity In America (Dvd, 23 Min.)
In America There Are A Variety Of Cultures That Are Defined By Many Different Religions. Discover The Elements Of Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, And Buddhism.
Writer, Carlo Rodrigues; Producer/Editor, Shannon Mcwhirter

The History Of Sex: Sexual Practices Around The World (4 Vhs, 250 Min.)
The History Of Sex Takes A Revealing, Lighthearted And Captivating Look At The Role Of Sex In Society. From Adam And Eve To The Sexual Revolution And Beyond, This Eye-Opening Series Goes Between The Sheets For A Truly Intimate Look At Humanity.
Peter Coyote

• Ancient Civilization--Egyptian Contraceptives, Roman Orgies And More.
• The Eastern World--The Kama Sutra, Behind The Great Wall And Those Sultry Arabian Nights.
• The Middle Ages--Sex And The Church, Bawdy Knights And Chasing Chaste Maidens.
• From Don Juan To Queen Victoria--Passionate Pilgrims, Casanova, The Marquis De Sade And Sexual Extremes.
• The 20th Century--Burning Bras, Masters & Johnson, Viagra And Beyond.

Race: The Power Of Illusion (Dvd, 168 Min.))
Christine Herbes-Summers, Tracy Heather Strain, Llewellyn Smith, C.C.H. Pounder
What Does It Mean To Become An American? What Is Lost And Gained, Both Personally And Culturally, When One Sheds Part Of One’s Heritage To Make Way For A New Self-Identity? This Powerful Bill Moyers Documentary Explores These Questions Through The Dramatic Experience Of The Chinese In American. Beginning With The Harsh Conditions At Home That Drove Thousands To Seek Their Fortunes In The California Gold Rush, This Fascinating Saga Traces The Ongoing Struggle Of Chinese Immigrants And Their Descendants To Be Fully Accepted As Americans Even As They Continue To Contribute To The Life And Success Of The Country.

1. Episode One: The Differences Between Us (56 Minutes)
   Everyone Can Tell A Nubian From A Norwegian, So Why Not Divide People Into Races? That’s The Question Taken Up By The First Episode, The Difference Between Us, Which Demonstrates How Recent Scientific Discoveries Have Toppled The Concept Of Biological Race.
2. Episode Two: The Story We Tell (56 Minutes)
   The Story We Tell, Questions The Belief That Race Has Always Been With Us. Ancient Peoples Stigmatized “Others” Based On Language, Custom, And Especially Religion, But They Did Not Sort People Into “Races”. The Program Traces The Race Concept To The European Conquest Of The Americas, Including The Development Of The First Slave System Where All Slaves Shared A Physical Trait: Dark Skin. Ironically It Wasn’t Until Slavery Was Challenged On Moral Grounds That Early Prejudices Crystallized Into A Full-Blown Ideology Of White Supremacy.
3. Episode Three: The House We Live In (56 Minutes)
   Race May Be A Biological Myth, But Racism Is Very Real. The House We Live In Focuses Not On Individual Behaviors And Attitudes, But On How Our Institutions Shape And Create Race, Giving Different Groups Vastly Unequal Life Chances. Who Is White? In The Early 20th Century, The Answer Wasn’t Always Clear. Often, The Courts Had To Decide, And They Resorted To Contradictory Logic To Maintain The Color Line. After World War Ii, Whiteness Increasingly Meant Owning A Home In The Suburbs, Aided By Discriminatory Federal Policies That Helped Whites And Hindered Nonwhites. Today, The Average White Family Has Seven Times The Wealth Of The Average Black Family. Forty Years After The Civil Rights Movement, The Playing Field Is Still Not Level, And “Colorblind” Policies Only Perpetuate The Inequities.

America's New Immigration Policy (Vhs, 26 Min.) Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, and Roy Beck, author of The Case Against Immigration, discuss the impact of the September 11 terrorist attack on U.S. immigration policy. That policy was previously focused on the economic impacts of illeagal immigration from Mexico, but the emphasis has now  shifted to questions of how immigration affects American security.Tony Brown's journal. Episode 2425

Culture, Identity, Behavior (Dvd, 36 Min.)
Discusses how our culture influences our identity which, in turn, influences our behavior.
Max Wilson and Debra Sonesta

Interpreting Nonverbal Communication (Dvd, 34 Min.)
Includes information on understanding verbal communication, nonverbal patterns and symbols, projecting nonverbal communication, and misinterpreting nonverbal communication.
Mike Young, Anna Carlton, Cory Barnett

Religions of the World (Dvd, 50 Min.)
Investigates the fascinating range of major religions from all over the globe, and explores their differences and similarities.