Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial issues in race and ethnicity
This debate-style reader is designed to introduce students to controversies in race and ethnicity. The readings discuss issues such as social identities and cultural conflict, immigration, affirmative action and legal issues.
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Guilford, Conn.
McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
2002
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| Edition: | 4th ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Thinking about and researching minorities: Should outsider and insider researchers be expected to get similar findings?; Are blacks "natural born" athletes?; Do industrialization and capitalism cause racial and ethnic inequalities?; Have scholars ignored the willing participation of Germans in killing Jews during the Holocaust?
- Constructing social identities and cultural conflict: Do the identities of blacks lie in Africa?; Are Hispanics making significant progress?; Do cultural differences between home and school explain the high dropout rates for American Indian students?; Does rap music contribute to violent crime?; Does bilingual education harm Hispanic and other children?; Are Arabs and other Muslims portrayed unfairly in American films?
- Immigration, racism, and leadership: Is racial segregation necessarily bad?; Is immigration a problem in the United States?; Does environmental racism exist?; Are black leaders part of the problem?
- Negotiating social justice and hierarchies: Should standardized tests be eliminated from applicant processes?; Should inner-city blacks and Hispanics be relocated?; Should race be a consideration in college admissions?
- Future policies and global issues: Are reparations a good idea?; Is Israel the aggressor in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?; Are African leaders midguided in their fight against AIDS?; Is the drug war harming blacks?