minorities

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minorities

In defense of affirmative action

1996
Discusses the methods, if any, that should be used to increase diversity of race and sex in all kinds of jobs and in college populations, analyzing the ramificatons of the failure to achieve diversity and promoting affirmative action as the best route to fairly attain a balanced mix.

Settling America: the ethnic expression of 14 contemporary poets

1974
A poetry anthology in which fourteen American poets of varied ethnic backgrounds explore their own origins and the process of assimilation that has helped shape this country.

Minorities

a changing role in American society
1994

Racism in America

1991
Presents opposing viewpoints on racism in America and how serious this problem is.

Social justice

opposing viewpoints
1990
Observers present differing views on issues of economic and social justice in the United States, focusing especially on the question of just treatment of minorities and women.

Tales of the elders

a memory book of men and women who came to America as immigrants, 1900-1930
1993
The recollections of twelve people who immigrated to the United States during the period of the Great Migration between 1900 and 1930.

Race & economics

how much can be blamed on discrimination?
2011
Argues that many problems African-Americans face are a result of policies, regulations, and restrictions enacted by federal, state, and local governments, and are not caused by free markets and the profit motives many people blame.

The Asian Americans

2011
Chronicles the history and experiences of Asian Americans from precolonial times to the early twenty-first century.

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