race identity

The author explores the relationship between the Nation of Islam, the Black Panthers, and the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s; and examines the influence these groups had on African-American culture and beliefs.

A collection of essays in which thirty American authors reveal racial hopes, fears, fury, and triumphs of white and African-American writers alike.

Profiles seven men and women of Arab and Muslim descent living in Brooklyn, exploring the cliches and stereotypes they must contend with on a daily basis and the experiences they have had since September 11, 2001.

The author reflects upon her experiences as a biracial child and young adult in Philadelphia, describing her grade school and college years and her search for racial identity.

The author, a dark-skinned African-American, meditates upon the color complex that still exists in the U.S. and throughout the world, and looks at how the notion that lighter is better has affected her life and the lives of others.

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.

Explores the role of white teachers in multicultural education, discussing the need for white educators in the U.S. and other nations of the West to understand the dynamics of past and present racial dominance in order to effect personal and social transformation.

Profiles seven men and women of Arab and Muslim descent living in Brooklyn, exploring the cliches and stereotypes they must contend with on a daily basis and the experiences they have had since September 11, 2001.

Explores the experiences of Hispanics in the United States, arguing that Hispanics are becoming Americanized at the same rate America is becoming Latinized, discussing the influence Hispanics have had on American culture, history, and society.

Chronicles America's troubling relationship with race through four interrelated stories: the transformation of a once-racist Birmingham school system; a Kansas City neighborhood's fight against housing discrimination; the curious racial divide of the Madison Avenue ad world; and a Louisiana Catholic parish's forty-year effort to build an integrated church.