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Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial issues in race and ethnicity
Title
Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial issues in race and ethnicity / selected, edited, and with introductions by Raymond d'Angelo, Herbert Douglas.
ISBN
0072917350
9780072917352
Edition
5th ed.
Published
Dubuque, Iowa : McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, c2005.
Physical Description
xx, 427 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Clashing views on controversial issues in race and ethnicity
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 17, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
pt. 1. Classical issues in race and ethnicity
Do we need a common American identity?
Is immigration good for America?
Race relations in the nineteenth century : will accommodation insure progress?
Does white identity define America?
pt. 2. Race, prejudice, and racial minorities
Is skin color a proper determinant of racial identity?
Is race prejudice a product of group position?
Are definitions of race just political?
Do minorities engage in self-segregation?
Are Asian Americans a model minority?
Are Hispanics making economic progress?
pt. 3. Social and political issues of education and multiculturalism
Are America's schools and neighborhoods resegregated?
Should race be a consideration in college admissions?
Is a multicultural curriculum essential for advancing education?
Is affirmative action necessary to achieve racial inequality in the United States?
pt. 4. Issues for the twenty-first century
Is racism a permanent feature of American society?
Should twenty-first century public policy be class conscious rather than race conscious?
Is now the time for reparations for African Americans?
Is racial profiling defensible public policy?
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