Beyond the Color Line New Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in America

by Thernstrom, Abigail; Thernstrom, Stephan

• ISBN13: 9780817998714
• ISBN10: 0817998713
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Hoover Institution Press

Summary

Twenty-five essays covering a range of areas from religion and immigration to family structure and crime examine America's changing racial and ethnic scene. They clearly show that old civil rights strategies will not solve today's problems and offer a bold new civil rights agenda based on today's realities.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Contributors
Introduction	p. 1
The Big Picture
The Demography of Racial and Ethnic Groups	p. 13
Immigration and Group Relations	p. 37
What Americans Think About Race and Ethnicity	p. 53
Wrestling with Stigma	p. 69
Private Lives and Public Policies
Residential Segregation Trends	p. 83
African American Marriage Patterns	p. 95
Crime	p. 115
Health and Medical Care	p. 127
Supporting Black Churches	p. 153
Economics
Discrimination, Economics, and Culture	p. 167
Half Full of Half Empty? The Changing Economic Status of African Americans, 1967-1996	p. 181
Discrimination in Public Contracting	p. 201
Education
Desegregation and Resegregation in the Public Schools	p. 219
The Racial Gap in Academic Achievement	p. 259
Schools That Work for Minority Students	p. 277
Preferential Admissions in Higher Education	p. 293
Law
Racial and Ethnic Classifications in American Law	p. 309
Illusions of Antidiscrimination Law	p. 319
Politics
Race, Ethnicity, and Politics in American History	p. 343
The Politics of Racial Preferences	p. 359
From Protest to Politics: Still an Issue for Black Leadership	p. 369
One Nation, Indivisible
The New Politics of Hispanic Assimilation	p. 383
In Defense of Indian Rights	p. 391
The Battle for Color-Blind Public Policy	p. 405
One Nation, Indivisible	p. 415
Index	p. 425
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