race identity

Tanner Colby recounts his research into why white and black people still rarely interact.

The author examines the history of the Western civilization back to ancient Greece and Rome to understand the origins of Caucasians and describes the concept of race as an invention that has varied in importance and reality through time.

Contains over twenty true stories in which Asian-American teens discuss immigration, language barriers, prejudice, and other conflicts they face as people of dual cultures.

A biography of human rights activist Malcolm X, discussing his early struggles with racism, rise to fame as a public face of the Nation of Islam, personal hardships, and legacy.

A collection of writings in which multiracial teenagers share their experiences related to race.

Collects more than twenty stories in which African-American teens address identity and racism in the United States, and includes a related short fiction story.

Explores how racial attitudes have become more complicated and nuanced in the twenty-first century and discusses how having an African-American president has influenced what it means to be black in America.

Examines racial identity, revealing the source of some of the racial and ethnic stereotypes adolescents are exposed to; discussing reasons why African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, Native Americans, and other racial groups often feel the need to stick together; and calling for a more open dialogue about race.

The author's memoir of growing up white in a predominantly African-American and Latino neighborhood of housing projects on New York's Lower East Side during the 1970s and '80s.

Explores the beliefs and activities of the Ku Klux Klan, the American Nazi Party, and such late twentieth-century white supremacist extremist groups as the Christian Identity movement.