minorities

Explores the history of affirmative action, legislation, programs, policies, and plans put in place to improve the education or employment opportunities for minorities and women.

Argues that affirmative action has harmed minority students by mismatching the students against better prepared classmates, setting them up to quickly fall behind; and offers alternatives.

Discusses the author's investigation of the mechanics and economics of the sex trafficking industry in various places, including India, Nepal, Western Europe, Moldova, Thailand, and the United States, and proposes measures that could undermine the profitability of the illegal activity.

Contains eight essays that combine to provide a history of the peopling of the United States, focusing on issues of immigration, race, and ethnicity, from 1600 to 2000.

"Publications of the Joint Center for Urban Studies." Discusses the problems minority groups have faced in New York City and each group's special characteristics.

Examines the historical patterns and results of prejudice and discrimination and their effects on the homeless, blacks, women, homosexuals, and handicapped.

A collection of short fiction stories, written in English by seventeen authors who emigrated to the United States.

Provides annotated listings of Internet and Web sources dealing with multicultural issues that may be of interest to English-speaking audiences in the United States and Canada.