Drawing on ten years of research and interviews with hundreds of ordinary Americans, both black and white, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Shipler conducts readers on an unprecedented tour of the invisible line that divides the races in this country. ...

White kids from the 'burbs are throwing up gang signs, Blonde-haired sorority sisters are sporting FUBU gear. What is going on in American culture that's giving the nation a racial-identity crisis? ...

<P>This important and timely collection of research papers on the Albanina-Serb struggle of the last thirty years focuses on the cultural, political, and socioeconomic factors that have led to the present Kosovo crisis. Wirtten by a leading student of Balkan international relations, <I>Confrontation in Kosovo</I> is an authoritative statement of the complex problems affecting the ...

Vitally linked to the Caribbean and southern Europe as well as to the Confederacy, the Cigar City of Tampa, Florida, never fit comfortably into the biracial mold of the New South. In Southern Discomfort, the esteemed historian Nancy A. Hewitt explores the interactions among distinct groups of women -- native-born white, African-American, and Cuban and Italian immigrant women -- that shaped women's activism in this vibrant, multiethnic ...

The contributors to Disrupting White Supremacy from Within, an all-white group of theologians, ethicists, teachers, ministers, and activists, propose that a fundamental part of the answer to these two questions lies in white peoples' unwillingness to admit, understand, and confront the power of white supremacy in their own lives. Through careful, thoughtful examination of the nature and workings of race, racism, and white supremacy, the ...

A narrative through time of how race was lived in rural Australia by both black subjects and white subjects ...

A look at racism in our schools as perceived by high-achieving students. ...

In the most comprehensive analysis of race, class, and ethnicity yet attempted, Yehudi Webster challenges the whole notion of racial classification put forward by both government and academics. "The Racialization of America" 's central argument is that to first classify citizens as "blacks" and "whites" and then describe their relations based on this division violates basic logic and creates an inevitably incoherent and self-defeating system of ...

Presents a variety of alternative strategies for improving racial and ethnic relations and reducing intolerance and discrimination.The authors, who are some of the most thoughtful scholars in the field, include a five-part plan of action and techniques to assess the effectiveness of each strategy. ...

In this lively and unconventional critique, Eugene Eoyang argues for a new understanding of what is 'foreign' in America--with implications for racial categories, the status of the English language, the treatment of immigrants, and the structure of higher education. ...