Taking sides
Subtitle: Clashing views in race and ethnicity
By: selected, edited, and with introductions by Raymond D'Angelo, Herbert Douglas
Edition: 8th ed.
Series: Contemporary learning series; Taking sides; McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9780078050046
Subjects: Race relations; Ethnic relations; Minorities; Social classes
Other titles: Clashing views in race and ethnicity; Race and ethnicity
Description: This volume presents current controversial issues surrounding race and ethnicity in America in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. It examines topics such as multiculturalism and democracy, immigration, and white privilege with arguments from both sides if the issues. The readings were selected from historians, sociologists, political scientists, public intellectuals, and others to reflect a wide range of perspectives. The interdisciplinary nature of the selections provides students with much needed different perspectives on issues. This topic is framed with a general summary and introduction, and a postscript or challenge questions. This work features an annotated listing of selected World Wide Web sites and an online instructor's resource guide with testing material available.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Race, ethnicity and American identity in a nation of immigrants. Do Americans need a common identity? ; Is diversity an inevitable part of a new American identity? ; Is an American melting pot identity possible? ; Is America moving toward a post-racial society?; title: Changing American identity. Is the emphasis on a color-blind society an answer to racism and inequality? ; Do recent immigration trends challenge existing ideas of America's white identity? ; Is the claim of white skin privilege a myth? ; Can negative stereotypes in the media be reduced?; title: Race still matters. Is race prejudice a product of group position? ; Is racism a permanent feature of American society? ; Is racial profiling defensible public policy? ; Is affirmative action necessary to achieve racial equality in the United States today?; title: Immigration, new faces, old questions. Does immigration contribute to a better America? ; Is today's immigration debate racist? ; Is there room for bilingual education in American schools? ; Does Latino immigration threaten African American workers?; title: The geography of race and ethnicity. Are America's public schools resegregating? ; Is there a need for a permanent voting rights act? ; Is the reservation the sole source of community for Native Americans? ; Do minorities and whites engage in self-segregation?