Race and ethnicity

Kukathas, Uma. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780737732573 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9780737732580 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0737732571 (hardcover)
ISBN: 073773258X (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
188 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 178-183) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Chapter 1. Race Classification and Ethnic Identity -- 1. The Biology of Race / Michael J. Bamshad and Steve E. Olson -- 2. Biology Is Not the Only Determination of Race / Kimberly TallBear -- 3. DNA Testing Provides a Link to the Past / John Simons -- 4. Racial Identity and Politics / Patricia Williams -- 5. Assimilation and Jewish Ethnic Identity / Ilan Stavans -- Chapter 2. Race, Ethnicity, and the New American Landscape -- 1. Immigration and Intolerance in America?s Heartland / Stephen G. Bloom -- 2. Asian Americans in the Twenty-First Century / James Kyung-Jin Lee -- 3. Attitudes Toward Muslims After September 11 / Behzad Yaghmaian -- 4. Katrina Exposes American Racism / Clement Alexander Price -- Chapter 3. Race and U.S. Institutions -- 1. In Defense of Racial Profiling / Michelle Malkin -- 2. Racial Profiling Is Never Justified / Cathy Young -- 3. The Legacy of Disadvantage in the United States / Alan Greenblatt -- 4. The Dominance of Asian Americans in Higher Education / Timothy Egan -- 5. Analyzing White Studies Courses in College Classrooms / The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education -- Chapter 4. Race and Ethnicity in the Arts and Media -- 1. Reinforcing Colonialist Concepts of Indigenous Peoples / Earl Shorris -- 2. A Latino Makes Shakespeare His Own / Antonio Ocampo-Guzman -- 3. When Race-Based Humor Fails / Marty Beckerman -- Chapter 5. Reflections on Race and Ethnic Identity -- 1. A Korean-American Adoptee Embraces His Identity / Karen Fanning -- 2. Protecting Immigrants? Rights / Cecilia Munoz.