Race and Ethnicity in America

by Thomas, Gail E.

• ISBN13: 9781560323280
• ISBN10: 1560323280
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-08-01
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

Employing a structural and holistic framework, this book highlights critical issues in education, health and employment for the four major US racial and ethnic minorities African, Hispanic, Asian and Native American and the challenges they pose to an increasingly culturally diverse society.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Status and Well-Being of Underrepresented Citizens as a Gauge of a Nation's Welfare and Prosperity

Education:

Tribally Controlled Schools:

A Realisation for Self-Determination

Language, Culture, and Society:

Bilingual Education in the United States

Asian American Education - Better or Worse in the 21st Century:

A Look at One State

Impact of the School Environment:

Desegregation to Resegregation

Decentralising the Minority Recruitment and Retention Function:

A Report on a College of Education's Experience

Health:

Racial Differences in Mortality:

Current Trends and Perspectives

Drugs, Crime, Murder and the Underclass:

An Analysis of Aggregate Data From the Largest Metropolitan Areas

Women of Colour and AIDS:

Gender, Race, Class and Science

African Americans' Inflicted Anomie

Social Background, Risk and Racial/Ethnic Differentials in Infant Mortality

Environmental Racism or Inequity:

Comparative Study of Four Ethnic Groups

The Role of Public Health Schools in Meeting the Needs of Rapidly Diversifying Communities

Employment:

The Impact of Population and Structural Changes on Racial Inequality in the US:

An Examination of Employment Toward the 21st Century

Economic Rights and Black Entrepreneurship:

A Programme for Economic Development in the Post-Civil Rights Era

Notes on Asian American Employment

On the Causes and Consequences of the Persistent and Growing Black-White Unemployment Gap

Conclusion: Healthy Communities as a Basis for Healthy Race, Ethnic and Human Relations

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