Rereading America: Cultural Contexts for Critical Thinking and Writing 13th Edition By Gary Colombo, Robert Cullen, Bonnie Lisle, Uzzie Cannon

" and binary gender roles "harmony at home Artificial Intelligence (AI) digital culture class divisions and barriers to upward mobility Education and Empowerment evolving perspectives on gender identity expectations of masculinity and femininity in modern American culture. [ financial and social success is solely the result of individual hard work Gender and Sexuality myths surrounding traditional family structures he value of the liberal arts educational equity historical and modern myths of a colorblind or fully integrated society. how institutional structures can either empower or stifle students how online spaces impact human psychology. Features contemporary cultural critics like Jia Tolentino. including works by Isabel Wilkerson (Caste) Justice and the Law Investigates the myth that U.S. laws provide legal inequalities through writers like Michelle Alexander Michelle Alexander (The New Jim Crow) and Ta-Nehisi Coates modern economic realities like the gig economy and opportunity hoarding multicultural reality of America through foundational sociological readings perspectives from educational thinkers like Mike Rose Race and Ethnicity shifting family dynamics Success and the American Dream systemic bias criminal justice reform Technology and Society yields a superior more connected and improved society. the myth of institutional education as an automatic equalizer the myth of pure meritocrac