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Rethinking Today's Minorities (Hardcover, New)
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Rethinking Today's Minorities (Hardcover, New)
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The characteristics of minorities in the United States have changed
significantly over the past twenty years. Today's better-educated,
more highly skilled immigrants must merge with more acculturated
minority groups to achieve assimilation while still preserving the
rich diversity of their ethnic heritages. This concept is one focus
of Rethinking Today's Minorities, a collection of articles by some
of the nation's foremost experts in the field of intergroup
relations. This volume offers new conceptual overviews by which to
compare and evaluate acculturation. The essays also focus on
rethinking the nature of minorities long present in the United
States, including African, Native, and Asian Americans. Suggestions
for policy changes and programs for social action designed to
address the needs of minority groups are also included. Following
an introductory overview of the changing demographics of today's
minorities, the contributors then discuss major developments in
minority communities such as the disappearance of formerly
distinctive European-American ethnic groups, the continuation of
affirmative action, and the molding of policies to benefit Native
Americans and refugees. The book then includes essays on the growth
of the Puerto Rican community in the U.S. and the emerging Iranian
American middle class. The study concludes with a challenge to the
media for its role in perpetuating ethnic stereotypes. Rethinking
Today's Minorities will be an excellent supplemental text for
graduate or undergraduate courses in race and ethnic relations,
sociology of minorities, American studies, and immigration history.
It will also be an important reference book for school and public
libraries.
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