Race and Ethnicity in America
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: Feb 14, 2017
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780520286924
Description: "This book examines patterns and trends in racial inequality over the past several decades. Iceland finds that color lines have softened over time, as there has been some narrowing of differences across many indicators for most groups over the past sixty years. Asian Americans in particular have reached socioeconomic parity with white Americans. Nevertheless, deep-seated inequalities in income, poverty, unemployment, and health remain, especially among blacks, and, to a lesser extent, Hispanics. The causes for disadvantage for the groups vary, ranging from a legacy of racism, current discrimination, human capital deficits, the unfolding process of immigrant incorporation, and cultural responses to disadvantage."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Source title: Race and Ethnicity in America (Sociology in the Twenty-First Century)