This volume brings together some of the clearest and most incisive
recent scholarship on race and ethnicity, with a focus on key
policy issues. The first half of the book focuses on the
dismantling of anti-racist policies in the post-civil rights era,
beginning with a general assessment of "race" in America thirty
years after the historic Kerner Commission Report. Examinations
follow of affirmative action, school desegregation, housing
discrimination, and racial districting - four areas where policies
enacted during the civil rights era have been blunted or reversed.
Part Two sees the focus of the book move to ethnicity. How have
immigration and shifting demographics affected the construction of
nationality? Will new immigrants follow in the footsteps of old
immigrants when it comes to socioeconomic mobility and cultural
assimilation? Further readings examine specific policy issues:
immigration, multiculturalism, bilingualism, ethnic
self-segregation on college campuses, and the debate over "identity
politics."
Written by leading scholars in the field, all of the readings
clearly and thoughtfully explore the intersections among the
academy, public policy, and popular understandings of race and
ethnicity. The format is ideal for examining these hotly debated
issues: two readings cover each topic, thus offering contrasting
viewpoints that encourage thought and discussion.
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