Paula S. Rothenberg is a Senior Fellow at the Murphy Institute, City University of New York and Professor Emerita at William Patterson University of New Jersey. She has written several books on the subject of discrimination.

It's been almost 30 years since this book was published, but many of the problems outlined and studied here still exist today. At this point, this work can be considered a classic in the field. From the back cover: "(This is) the first text-reader to integrate fully the study of racism and the study of sexism (and bring) together more than 70 provocative interdisciplinary readings that enable the reader to view these major problems in the context of class in American society. The book covers all the significant minority groups in the United States today: the selections reflect the concerns not only of Blacks and women but of Hispanics, Asians, and Native Americans as well."