Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights Yoshino Kenji
Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights Yoshino Kenji A lyrical memoir that identifies the pressure to conform as a hidden threat to our civil rights, drawing on the author's life as a gay…
Specifikacia Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights Yoshino Kenji
Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights Yoshino Kenji
A lyrical memoir that identifies the pressure to conform as a hidden threat to our civil rights, drawing on the author's life as a gay Asian American man and his career as an acclaimed legal scholar. We really do feel newly inspired."--The New York Times Book ReviewEveryone covers. " Kenji] Yoshino offers his personal search for authenticity as an encouragement for everyone to think deeply about the ways in which all of us have covered our true selves. . . .
Because all of us possess stigmatized attributes, we all encounter pressure to cover in our daily lives. To cover is to downplay a disfavored trait so as to blend into the mainstream. Racial minorities are pressed to "act white" by changing their names, languages, or cultural practices.
Women are told to "play like men" at work. Gays are asked not to engage in public displays of same-sex affection.