Defines forgiveness and its process in intergroup conflict resolution, reviewing two dominant models of forgiveness; discussing individual, contextual, and group level variables that can affect the process; explaining why forgiveness often does not occur or last; suggesting how it may operate within this general theory; and developing a blueprint…

Examined how conflict affected internalized oppression and conflict-handling methods utilized during a facilitated meeting that attempted to resolve or manage intergroup conflict. Data on diverse conflict-resolution practitioners and mentors at a training session on how to overcome the effects of oppression in the writing process illuminated how…

Women are just beginning to receive serious attention in the equal opportunity laws in the United States. (DM)

Emphasis is given to the technical and ethical issues considered in the determination of immediate, intermediate, and ultimate conflict intervention goals, as well as to the various historical interpretations of intervention goals and strategies and their implications for social change. (JCD)

The Community Relations Service of the United States Department of Justice assists in the voluntary settlement of race-related disputes. The service is provided for prison administrators, private agencies, community groups, law enforcement agencies, school officials and parents organizations, business and industry leaders, and federal, state, and…

Views on intercultural relationships are examined in personal accounts of dating. Men and women ranging in age from 15 to 59 express concern about effects on children, religion, the future, and social issues. (MMU)

The human rights movement appears obsolete in America, and human rights workers seem to be marking time as they are forced to wait on a climate more conducive to action. (DM)

Conflict intervention employs an outside party to influence the outcome of a conflict by applying negotiation, conciliation, mediation, and arbitration. Originally used in labor-management disputes, these techniques have been applied in family and neighborhood disputes, in provider-consumer disputes, and in environmental and international…

Argues that being respected, having respect for others, and having self-respect are central components of equality in society, and that the group that becomes disenfranchised first becomes disrespected. Schools are agencies for disrespect by labeling groups as having low educability or educational deficits, by holding examinations that are cited…

Introduces a new body of legal scholarship on race and gender: critical race feminism (CRF), examining critical legal studies, critical race theory, and feminism. Explains the term "global multiplicative identities" as it relates to CRF and concludes that CRF has the potential to benefit from more sustained interaction with human rights…

This paper suggests that group relations in America and Israel are complex and national goals need clarification, rethinking, and reaffirmation. (Author)

We cannot respond to the most needy groups in this country unless we are ready to deal with those who react negatively to them, many of whom are ethnic and working class. (DM)

The ultimate weapon in a people's struggle for liberation is communications media. (DM)

The American Indian has no position in the present American society except that outlined by the United States Federal Government. (DM)

This paper is an attempt to understand the results of the structural location and life experience of blue-collar white Americans. (DM)