A history of race relations during the Vietnam War. The author describes how black American soldiers grappled with the same racial conflicts as existed in their homeland thousands of miles away.
Spender (music and American studies, U. of Richmond) warns that the new movement for the addition of multiracial to the government's official racial classifications could lead to the creation of a privileged class of colored people, the further aggravation of race relations, and increased oppressio
Cultural Pluralism and the Rhetoric of Assimilation
This text considers immigration in the context of the global and national economy, examining such often-overlooked issues as the competition between immigrants and African Americans, inter-group tension, and ethnic separatism.
Between the end of the nineteenth century and the eve of World War II, Africans displaced by colonial rule aggrandized the attainments of American blacks, creating an African american myth that played an important role in their religious, political and social life. This myth, while existing in direct contradiction to the intense discrimination ......
The New Nativism and the Anti-Immigrant Impulse in the United States
Nativism--an intense opposition to immigrants and other non- native members of society--has been deeply imbedded in the American character from the earliest days of the nation. Correspondingly, nativism, overtly or covertly, has always permeated our national discourse. Dating from the Alien and Sedition controversy of 1798 to California's recent ......
Discusses the institutionalized racism of college and professional team sports, where most owners are white, and most athletes are not, and suggests changes.
Explores the reasons liberal Democrats have been overwhelmed by the conservative Right, and offers suggestions for strengthening the progressive movement.
Explores the sources and dynamics of the political, economic, and diplomatic transformations that took place in Southern Africa in the early 1990s. The authors recount how Southern Africa has long endured costly, violent domestic and interstate conflicts, often complicated and intensified by external interventions and interests. They also analyse ......
The policy of affirmative action, today, more so than in the Civil Rights era, is under severe scrutiny. Nicholas Capaldi's Out of Order typifies the present-day criticism of affirmative action and shows how we have shifted from equality of opportunity and individual merit to the concept of group entitlement and statistical quality of result. ......
