Introduction, Marginalized Groups in America Continue to Be Attacked, Maruice Mangum; Part I. Existential Threats Related to the Challenges and Issues Facing Marginalized Groups in the United States, Randall D. Swain; 1. Weaving the Web of Domination: Unpacking Systemic Racism and Privilege in America, James Baldwin and Joe Feagin; 2. It's a Love/Hate Thing: Heteropatriarchy, Anti-Feminism, and the Indelibility of Misogyny, Samantha Pinson Wrisley; 3. Foundational Concepts in LGBTQIA+ Identity and Marginalization, Shameka N. Cathey, Jermome Hunt, and Maruice Mangum; 4. Why Xenophobia?, Natsu Taylor Saito; 5.
Disability Policy and Emergent Issues in the 2020s: The Case of Neurodivergence and Intersectionality, Casey LaFrance, Yinka Ogunlana and Kyle Ramlow Winter Hurst-Leadicker; Part II. Structural Barriers Section Introduction, Stacy Carter; 6. The Façade of Meritocracy, Elizabeth Walker and Jerome Hunt; 7. Racial Wage Gap, Gender Wage Gap, and Income Inequality in the United States, Godpower O. Okereke; 8. Inequity in Black Land and Home Ownership:: 2020-2024, Albert Dorsey Jr.; Part III. Institutional Impediments Section Introduction, Albert L.
Samuels; 9. Weakening Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Komanduri S. Murty and Johnny R. Green, Sr.; 10. Weakening Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Komanduri S. Murty and Johnny R. Green, Sr.
; 11. Affirmative Action in Higher Education, Komanduri S. Murty; 12. The Road to the Pink House: How Dobbs Happened, Ray Mikell; 13. The Supreme Court's Refusal to Acknowledge Sexual-Orientation Discrimination in 303 Creative v. Elenis, Mark Satta; 14. Qualified Immunity, Bans on Recording the Police, and Penalizing Public Protests, Doris Krakrafaa-Bestman; Part IV. Public Policies, Vineeth Vijayan; 15.
Laboratories of Chaos: Reproductive Health, Federalism, and Uncertainty After Dobbs, Ray Mikell; 16. We Have Been Here Before: Anti-LGBTQIA+ Laws in the United States, Jerome Hunt and Shameka N. Cathey; 17. Contemporary U.S. Immigration Policy: The Bipartisan Production of a Punitive Regime of Immigration, Linda Alvarez and Axel Montepeque; 18. Shattered Dreams and Broken Promises: The Continued Marginalization of Disabled People in the United States, Paul D. C.
Bones and Emily King; Part V. Cultural Controversies: Marginalized Group Representation and Societal Backlash", Jessica S. Taghvaiee; 19. The War on Woke and Efforts to Make America White Again, Vincent Adejumo; 20. "A Tale as Old as Time:" Hollywood Representations of Marginalized Communities, Jessica F. Love and William H. Kelly III; 21. Bias-Based Bullying and Hate Crimes in Schools, Brett Lehman and Chenghui Zhang; 22.
From Climate Migration to Displacement: How Social Inequities Shape Contemporary Mobility and Refugee Status, Jamie L. Palmer-Asemota and Erin Rider; Part VI. Case Studies Involving Marginalized Groups, Marcus L. Bryant; 23. Anti-DEI Collusion in Higher Education: An Example, Maruice Mangum; 24. Goon Squad of Brandon, MS, and Scorpion Unit of Memphis, TN, Anita McMurtry, Komanduri S. Murty, and Ava J. Thorpe; 25.
The Disparity in Power Roles: Analyzing the Impact of Historical Race Relations on Black Lawmakers in Tennessee, Emerald Jones; 26. The Future of Choice: Examining the Intersectional Micro- and Macro-Systemic Impacts of the Overturning of Roe v. Wade, Emerald Jones; 27. Unseen and Unheard: Highlighting the Invisible Struggles of Afro-Latinos in the United States, Michelle Alexandra Bueno Vásquez; 28. Grand Slam Baseball or Grand Wizard Baseball and How White Supremacy Reigns Supreme Over the Mississippi Umpires Association, Maruice Mangum.