Download or read book The First Time I Shared My Asian Wife written by Dantes Erotica and published by Dantes Erotica. This book was released on 2022-05-23 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the title says, this was the first time Sian was shared with a group of young guys. Dave and Sian were living in Cape Town, South Africa and had been married about a year when they were in a downtown back street bar and things got steamy. Edited down excerpt..... “I want you to go over there... and sit with them for a while and let them buy you a drink and you can tell them... your husband says it’s OK and he likes to watch...” “Really...! You want me go back there... sit with them...?” “Yes babe, let’s have some fun.” Sian gave me a naughty smile, got up and walked over to the group, they looked a bit apprehensive as they knew she was with me. They give her a chair to sit on and her back was to me... 4 guys were in a semi-circle facing her. One guy got up and went to the bar to get her a drink and she started talking to the guy who she was dancing with. He kept on glancing at me but whatever she said must have given him the green light. He held her head and kissed her on the mouth. Wow...! I thought, that’s a bit fast. Then I saw he slid his hand down between her legs again and was clearly playing her while snogging her face. The guy glanced over at me again and I just smiled and raised my glass, so he kissed her again. The other guy returned with her drink and joined the group. The next thing I saw was two of the other guys joining in. This went on for about 10 minutes but as it was quite dark and they were all crowding around her, I couldn't really see what was going on. What I did recall more than anything else, is the strange feelings I was getting in my gut and how I was rock hard. It was like, feeling jealous and really horny at the same time, as if I was going to explode just from watching and wondering what exactly they were actually doing to her. That’s the best part… the wondering what they actually were doing to her, and then her telling me all the details later. Suddenly she sort of collapsed forward and they were holding her up. A guy then comes over to me and said, “She said you’re her husband and wanted to watch...!” Strictly 18 + Adults only – 4000 words

Download or read book Watching My Asian Wife written by Travis Mayfair and published by Travis Mayfair. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sultry Asian wives love cheating. Their husbands love to watch... and even clean up. This is a collection of four books from Travis Mayfair’s series Asian Hotwife: Book 1: Sharing Chloe Travis met his wife Chloe when she was an innocent nineteen-year-old college student back in Hong Kong. Five years later, in California, Travis's new wife is exploring her freedom -- and star linebacker Clayton Sizemore is her guide. Book 2: Sharing Mayuki A blond, hairy-chested surfing instructor keeps staring at Ichiro's wife Mayuki. It's nothing. Men stare at her all the time. But this guy just comes up to Mayuki. And practically steals her right out of Ichiro's hands. And Mayuki is giggling and kissing him, like nothing's wrong. Book 3: Sharing Yoona Danny isn't sure what his hot Korean American wife sees in him. She goes out clubbing with the champagne crowd. He can't even afford to buy her champagne. But her favorite rapper, BBD, definitely can. Book 4: Sharing Mimi Busty Singaporean Mimi is a flight attendant in first class. Internet billionaire Morris Blackmore takes an interest in Mimi's womanly figure and coaches her husband on how not to be so useless. Four Asian wives. Four frustrated husbands. 53,000 words. Watching has never been this hot.

Download or read book Asian Wife First Time with a Stranger written by Dantes Erotica and published by Dantes Erotica. This book was released on 2022-05-08 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains two short stories. The first is when Jane lets another guy take her for the first time in a Fetish club. And the second is what happened at TG (Torture Garden) in London the following week. Excerpt from chapter 1. Jane was now laying right back into me and her legs were wide open, when I saw another couple, standing up right in front of us and the woman was wanking a black guy’s cock. He was massive to say the least and they were both staring down at the guy who was about to start licking and sucking on Jane’s smooth, tight shaved pussy. The girl laying next to Jane was now fingering Jane in between her husband licking her and then offering her fingers up to him to suck again... Jane’s pussy must have been soaking wet and I just started kissing her mouth while the guy and girl worked on making her cum. I then looked up and saw that the black guy, who was standing in front had stepped over the guy between her legs and his wife was offering this huge long cock to the slim girl fingering Jane. As she leaned forward to take the end of his cock in her mouth, I saw Jane had her right hand between the slim girl’s legs and was fingering her too... This nearly made me cum... but I managed to hold back and moved Jane’s hand off my cock and up to the monster black cock that the girl was sucking. Jane gripped the base and it must have been at least 10 inches long and so fat that... her little hand couldn’t go right around it. All of a sudden Jane started to cum… she lifted her pussy up from the seat and arched her back as she screamed out in pleasure. The guy between her legs still had his head buried between her legs and was what seemed to be trying to hold her pussy to his mouth. Then he had to release her as Jane gushed a massive amount of liquid all over his face and the floor. He moved to the side to let Jane recover and was now watching his wife suck on the end of the massive black cock. Jane had let go and was laying on me legs wide apart and looking absolutely exhausted. The black guy had now stepped forward and reaching down between Jane’s legs… he started fingering her again. His partner who was white and looked like a real sexy slut with a tattoo on her belly, had kneeled down onto the floor in front of me and was wanking my cock… I moved Jane over a bit so the girl could come in a bit closer, because she had started sucking on my cock… Jane was now watching the girl on the right sucking the monster cock and the girl on the floor sucking mine... The black guy must have had two or even more fingers inside Jane’s pussy and she was gripping his hand... to either make him slow down or pull it in more as she looked like she was so fucking turned on. The ecstasy we took earlier was definitely working now and making Jane do things she would never have done on wine or alcohol. The girl sucking my cock looked up at me and said, “Do you think she can take his cock in her tiny tight pussy?” I looked at Jane and she was just laying back with her head rolling from side to side as if to say, No way... it’s too big. But was then clearly pulling the black guys hand closer to her pussy so it looked like she wanted more...

Download or read book Sharing Chloe written by Travis Mayfair and published by Travis Mayfair. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almond eyes, jet-black hair, long legs, and a body that's a walking invitation to the bedroom . . . Travis first noticed Chloe when he was her professor in Hong Kong. Now they're married, home in California, in a sea of envious stares. Every guy has eyes for Travis's hot twenty-four-year-old Asian wife. Travis doesn't mind. He enjoys it, he thinks. Chloe was shy when she arrived in America, but Travis introduced her to the nightlife. Men stared. She flirted. Travis allowed it. It never went farther than that. There were boundaries. But tonight, six-foot-six star linebacker Clayton Sizemore notices Chloe. One look at her body, and Clayton knows what Travis's wife is hungry for. Clayton's muscles, his size, and his huge hairy chest peeking out fom under his dress shirt catch Chloe's lustful fascination. What happened to those boundaries? If Chloe is breaking the rules, why isn't Travis stopping her? Travis should be furious, but the only fire he feels is excitement. And he can't stop fantasizing about helping his wife clean up. But Chloe is holding Clayton's hand, whispering in his ear, sneaking kisses... is it really just a one-time thing? Is Clayton still only a fling? Or will Travis forever lose his wife to a superior man? It's an outrage. It's a hot Asian wife's infidelity. It's Travis's wildest dream and his worst nightmare. It's a husband cleaning up after another man. It's Sharing Chloe.

Download or read book Bodies and Suffering written by Ana Dragojlovic and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a critical response to a range of problems – some theoretical, others empirical – that shape questions surrounding the lived experience of suffering. It explores how moral and ethical questions of personal suffering are experienced, contested, negotiated and institutionalised. Bodies and Suffering investigates the moral labour and significance invested in actions to care for others, or in failing to do so. It also explores circumstances – personal, political and social – under which that which is perceived as non-moral becomes moral. Drawing on case studies and empirical research, Bodies and Suffering examines the idea of the suffering body across different cultures and contexts and the experience and treatment of these suffering bodies. The book draws on theories of affect, embodiment, the phenomenology of illness and moralities of care, to produce a nuanced understanding of suffering as being located across the assumed borders of time, space, bodies, persons and things. Suitable for bioethicists, medical anthropologists, health sociologists and body studies scholars, Bodies and Suffering will also be of use on health science courses as essential reading on suffering bodies, mental health and morality and ethics issues.

Download or read book Sharing Chloe written by Travis Mayfair and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almond eyes, jet-black hair, long legs, and a body that's a walking invitation to the bedroom . . . Travis first noticed Chloe when he was her professor in Hong Kong. Now they're married, home in California, in a sea of envious stares. Every guy has eyes for Travis's hot twenty-four-year-old Asian wife. Travis doesn't mind. He enjoys it, he thinks.Chloe was shy when she arrived in America, but Travis introduced her to the nightlife. Men stared. She flirted. Travis allowed it.It never went farther than that. There were boundaries.But tonight, six-foot-six star linebacker Clayton Sizemore notices Chloe. One look at her body, and Clayton knows what Travis's wife is hungry for.Clayton's muscles, his size, and his huge hairy chest peeking out fom under his dress shirt catch Chloe's lustful fascination.What happened to those boundaries? If Chloe is breaking the rules, why isn't Travis stopping her? Travis should be furious, but the only fire he feels is excitement.Chloe is holding Clayton's hand, whispering in his ear, sneaking kisses...Is it still just a game?It's an outrage. It's a hot Asian wife's infidelity. It's Travis's wildest dream and his worst nightmare. It's Sharing Chloe.

Download or read book Courageous Conversations About Race written by Glenn E. Singleton and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create a systemwide plan for transforming the district office, schools, and classrooms into places that truly support ALL students achieving their highest levels! This updated edition of the highly acclaimed bestseller continues to explain the need for candid, courageous conversations about race so that educators may understand why student disengagement and achievement inequality persists and learn how they can develop a curriculum that promotes true educational equity and excellence. Almost a decade since its original publication, the revised book includes new features as well as preserves the core content that led to many schools’ and districts’ success. NEW! Courageous Conversation Compass NEW! Racial autobiographies, offering more focused and relevant voices from a diverse group of skilled Courageous Conversation practitioners NEW! Case study on St. Paul Public Schools, a district that has stayed on track with Courageous Conversations and successfully implemented the Systemic Racial Equity Transformation Framework NEW! Links to video segments featuring the author describing different aspects of the work UPDATED! Implementation exercises UPDATED! Activities and checklists for school and district leaders UPDATED! Action steps for creating an effective equity team "What this book has given me is an effective set of tools to support me in understanding, first, my own racial biography and then how to discuss with my team race and its impact on education. The lessons from this book offer a useful starting point for every school district that wants to change mindsets, policies, and outcomes. Singleton takes readers on a personally and professionally transformative journey toward understanding and action." —S. Dallas Dance, Superintendent Baltimore County Public Schools, MD "All students, especially white students, need to read, think, converse and write about issues of race, racism and whiteness if teachers are to help move society into a more racially aware and just place for all. The work of Glenn Singleton and Pacific Educational Group gives educators the tools they need to have those Courageous Conversations." —Jackie Roehl, 2012 Minnesota Teacher of the Year Edina High School, Edenia, MN "Brave and grounded, patient but pointed, Courageous Conversations About Race delivers a rare combination of critical information, illuminating perspective, and truly useful tools to get and keep us all engaged in the most important work of our time. A great nation is not defined by its ability to assimilate all of its citizens, but by its ability to provide equitable opportunities for all of them. This book shows us how." —Dr. Anton Treuer, Author, Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask; Executive Director, American Indian Resource Center Bemidji State University, MN "When I finished reading this book, I immediately wanted to share it with others. Glenn Singleton provides strategies and tools to help one examine one′s own racial identity. His curriculum and modes of inquiry promote self-discovery and self-awareness. The racial autobiographies allowed me to deepen my racial consciousness and become a more effective Courageous Conversation practitioner. Mr. Singleton is the best equity practitioner I have worked with—provocative, stimulating, mindful of the sensitivities of this topic, and devoted to fulfilling our racial equity mandate." —Ellen C. Stein, Head of School The Dalton School, New York, NY "In the first edition of his groundbreaking book, Courageous Conversations, Glenn Singleton made a powerful case that, in order to dismantle racism, it is first necessary to talk about and understand how power and privilege are related to race. In this second edition, he takes it one step further, adding racial autobiographies and supplements to make it even more accessible to diverse audiences. This work is sorely needed if we are ever to reach educational and social equity in our nation." —Sonia Nieto, Professor Emerita - Language, Literacy, and Culture College of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst "The City’s leadership team has used Pacific Educational Group’s training and the Courageous Conversation protocol effectively to launch our racial equity work. Sharing these concepts and approaches with our partners, Saint Paul Public Schools, has created a level of trust and understanding around racial equity we didn’t have before." —Christopher B. Coleman, Mayor City of Saint Paul, MN

Download or read book Sharing Mimi written by Travis Mayfair and published by Travis Mayfair. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My busty wife Mimi is a flight attendant, and Morris Blackmore flies first class. Flying scares me. But then, I'm no Morris Blackmore -- and my wife knows it. My wife is working in first class on this flight, while I sit back in economy. Internet billionaire Morris Blackmore taunts me about the difference between us before I've even boarded. I'm not just scared. I'm terrified. And for some reason, kind of excited. I had no idea my wife shows so much cleavage when she's working. I had no idea Morris Blackmore has such an appetite for married Asian flight attendants. I understand that Mimi might have some indiscretions with a better-looking, richer, stronger man than me. But Morris Blackmore wants to give my wife a baby?! It's utterly humiliating. All I can do is watch. And clean up.

Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Asian Borderlands written by Alexander Horstmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-09 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Asia, where authoritarian-developmental states have proliferated, statehood and social control are heavily contested in borderland spaces. As a result, in the post-Cold War world, borders have not only redefined Asian incomes and mobilities, they have also rekindled neighbouring relations and raised questions about citizenship and security. The contributors to the Routledge Handbook of Asian Borderlands highlight some of these processes taking place at the fringe of the state. Offering an array of comparative perspectives of Asian borders and borderlands in the global context, this handbook is divided into thematic sections, including: Livelihoods, commodities and mobilities Physical land use and agrarian transformations Borders and boundaries of the state and the notion of statelessness Re-conceptualizing trade and the economy in the borderlands The existence and influence of humanitarians, religions, and NGOs The militarization of borderlands Causing us to rethink and fundamentally question some of the categories of state, nation, and the economy, this is an important resource for students and scholars of Asian Studies, Border Studies, Social and Cultural Studies, and Anthropology. Chapter 12 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Download or read book Return to Justice written by Soong-Chan Rah and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reclaiming an Evangelical History of Activism In recent years, there has been renewed interest by evangelicals in the topic of biblical social justice. Younger evangelicals and millennials, in particular, have shown increased concern for social issues. But this is not a recent development. Following World War II, a new movement of American evangelicals emerged who gradually increased their efforts on behalf of justice. This work explains the important historical context for evangelical reengagement with social justice issues. The authors provide an overview of post-World War II evangelical social justice and compassion ministries, introducing key figures and seminal organizations that propelled the rediscovery of biblical justice. They explore historical and theological lessons learned and offer a way forward for contemporary Christians.

Download or read book The Greatest Lecture I Was Never Taught written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-07-19 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by non-fiction volumes of essays, this volume is a compilation not of scholarly text, but instructional vignettes of educators from all sectors sharing the greatest lesson they learned from their mentor that was never taught, but was rather observed.

Download or read book Drawn Together written by Minh Lê and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2018-06-04 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This acclaimed picture book from two award-winning creators about connecting across generational and language differences shows that sometimes you don't need words to find common ground. When a young boy visits his grandfather, their lack of a common language leads to confusion, frustration, and silence. But as they sit down to draw together, something magical happens -- with a shared love of art and storytelling, the two form a bond that goes beyond words. With spare text by Minh Lê and luminous illustrations by Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat, this stirring story about reaching across barriers will be cherished for years to come. "A beautifully told and illustrated story about a grandson and grandfather struggling to communicate across divides of language, age and culture." --- Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize winner Don't miss LIFT, also by Minh Lê and Dan Santat!

Download or read book Multicultural Play Therapy written by Dee C. Ray and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-04-28 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multicultural Play Therapy fills a wide gap in the play therapy literature. Each chapter helps expand play therapists’ cultural awareness, humility, and competence so they can work more effectively with children of diverse cultures, races, and belief systems. The unique perspectives presented here provide play therapists and advanced students with concrete information on how to broach issues of culture in play therapy sessions, parent consultations, and in the play therapy field at large. The book includes chapters on multiple populations and addresses the myriad cultural background issues that emerge in play therapy, and the contributors include authors from multiple races, ethnicities, cultural worldviews, and orientations.

Download or read book Asian Wife Series of 14 Books written by Dante X and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-15 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of the "Asian wife" series of books written by DanteThey involve various themes from Swinger and Fetish clubs to Dogging and wife watching. The books are more or less in order of events but some parts of stories are also mentioned in other books like the Sex, drugs and Wife Watching in the Fetish / Swinger clubs which is an actual review of how Jane and Dave got in to the clubbing scene.Jane is from the Philippines and Dave is from the UK.Asian Wife series (14 books 80,730 words - An epic read so take your time and enjoy) - The First Time to a Fetish Swinger Club - First Time with a Stranger - First Time Dogging with Asian Wife - Asian Wife starts Webcam Work - Dogging after the Fetish Swinger club - Dogging with Dave - I Shared my Wife at the Penthouse Party - The Girl with a Tattoo on her Neck - Lost my Wife in the Fetish Club - Touched by a stranger (Coach and Cinema) - Asian Wife went with her Dads Friend - Sex, Drugs & Wife Watching in the Fetish / Swinger clubs - Cuckold Sexting with a Shared wifeExcerpt from book 1I looked around the club and several girls were walking around with their bare tits out or wearing just stockings and a basque and some had virtually nothing on at all... just a G string. Some guy was being led past us with a tall sexy girl holding on to his huge exposed and erect cock. I put my arm around Jane and she immediately hugged me and went to squeeze my cock. My god... she must be feeling horny as she has never done that before anywhere. Her eyes were looking all around the room as there were so many couples and single guys starting to dance or snog or even touch each other up in corners and on the dance floor. I started rubbing Jane's back while she was dancing and she was still squeezing my cock through the leather shorts. I had my hand up the back of her dress now and was cupping her soft sexy bum cheeks, just as another incredible wave of pleasure came over me and made me feel so uninhibited and really horny. While we were watching all the people dancing, I slid my finger down the cleft of her bum and slipped the tip of my finger in her tight little bum hole from behind. Jane let out a loud sigh and said, "Oh My God... that feels incredible!", and then unzipped my shorts and pulled my cock out. It was already hard and she was rubbing and pulling it and started leading me across the room holding onto my cock, just like the couple we saw earlier. She had definitely lost all her inhibitions and was really getting into the scene. The dance floor was heaving, so we went towards the curtained off dungeon play area and saw various people being used and abused with whips and canes on the BDSM equipment and toys. There was this tall and very attractive Indian girl bent over a horse box and was being whipped by this weird looking older fat guy who had a case full of different whips and straps. Each time he lashed her bum and upper thighs with a few strokes, he would then stop and caress her bum softly with his hand and then delve in between her legs and finger her. Then he pulled her knickers to one side so we could all see him fingering her arse and pussy together with 2 fingers before he went back to using a different whip on her. Fuck me that girl was an absolute vision and it was so horny to watch with Jane holding and squeezing my cock the whole time.I was groping Jane's arse and pussy from behind and playing with her tits with my other hand. I don't remember when, but at some point I must have undone the front part of Jane's dress as her tits were out and exposed for everyone near us to see. She didn't even try to cover herself... she just let me touch her and caress her tits as other couples stood near and watched. A couple of guys standing next to us were also staring and I noticed they had their hard cocks out and were stroking..

Download or read book Race in the Multiethnic Literature Classroom written by Cristina Stanciu and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2024-09-10 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contemporary rethinking and relearning of history and racism has sparked creative approaches for teaching the histories and representations of marginalized communities. Cristina Stanciu and Gary Totten edit a collection that illuminates these ideas for a variety of fields, areas of education, and institutional contexts. The authors draw on their own racial and ethnic backgrounds to examine race and racism in the context of addressing necessary and often difficult classroom conversations about race, histories of exclusion, and racism. Case studies, reflections, and personal experiences provide guidance for addressing race and racism in the classroom. In-depth analysis looks at attacks on teaching Critical Race Theory and other practices for studying marginalized histories and voices. Throughout, the contributors shine a light on how a critical framework focused on race advances an understanding of contemporary and historical US multiethnic literatures for students around the world and in all fields of study. Contributors: Kristen Brown, Nancy Carranza, Luis Cortes, Marilyn Edelstein, Naomi Edwards, Joanne Lipson Freed, Yadira Gamez, Lauren J. Gantz, Jennifer Ho, Shermaine M. Jones, Norell Martinez, Sarah Minslow, Crystal R. Pérez, Kevin Pyon, Emily Ruth Rutter, Ariel Santos, and C. Anneke Snyder

Download or read book Intersectionality in Family Therapy Leadership written by Karen Mui-Teng Quek and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brief examines the ways in which sociocultural characteristics and contexts intersect to create varying dimensions of social advantage and inequality that, in turn, affect and organize professional relationships in educational and therapeutic settings. It explores how inherently hierarchical relationships develop within educational and university contexts, including between professors and students, supervisors and supervisees, clinicians and clients, and administrators and faculty members. The volume addresses how participants’ social locations inform their roles and actions and how they can hold positions of power while also embodying a marginalized identities. In addition, the book draws on perspectives of persons marginalized or privileged based on their race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and/or gender to examine how social location impacts their work as family therapy clinicians, supervisors, instructors, and administrators. Grounded in individual reflection and detailed experiences, each chapter describes rich personal narrative on how the individual therapist’s intersecting social locations influence his/her professional relationships. This book highlights the need for family therapists to identify their social location characteristics, evaluate the impact of their social location on their professional relationships, and process the role social location has on their academic, supervisory and clinical position. This volume is an essential resource for clinicians and practitioners, researchers and professors, and graduate students in family studies, clinical psychology, and public health as well as all interrelated disciplines.

Download or read book Straight A s written by Christine R. Yano and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-09 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Dream of success for many Asian Americans includes the highest levels of education. But what does it mean to live that success? In Straight A’s Asian American students at Harvard reflect on their common experiences with discrimination, immigrant communities, their relationships to their Asian heritage, and their place in the university. They also explore the difficulties of living up to family expectations and the real-world effects of the "model minority" stereotype. While many of the issues they face are familiar to a wide swath of college students, their examinations of race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and culture directly speak to the Asian American experience in U.S. higher education. Unique and revealing, intimate and unreserved, Straight A’s furthers the conversation about immigrant histories, racial and ethnic stereotypes, and multiculturalism in contemporary American society.