Although a cursory look at race relations in the United States gives the impression that all is well, five articles are introduced that address racism in the United States from a variety of perspectives and demonstrate a new "symbolic" racism and a new politics of race emphasizing racial differences. (SLD)

Differences in the age of entry to kindergarten and the use of kindergarten retention as functions of a child's sex and ethnicity were assessed for over 1,800 Anglo and Latino kindergarten students in 3 California school districts. Impact of these policies on early school failure are discussed. (SLD)

The Afrocentric curriculum in many schools tends to oversimplify history in general and African history in particular. Although Afrocentrists want a curriculum that informs and strengthens African-American students, they forget the real need to teach that Western Civilization is a truly multicultural body of knowledge, ideas, and values. (SLD)

A total of 52 Afro-Caribbean, mixed-race, and Caucasian children adopted by Caucasian parents were surveyed 12 years after their adoption. Most of the adolescents and young adults in all three groups scored favorably on measures of adjustment and identity. There was no evidence that transracial adoptions led to maladjustment. (MDM)

Results from analyses of census data for 997 immigrant Mexican wives, 347 Puerto Ricans, and 405 other Hispanics in comparison with 1,210 native-born counterparts and 8,766 white wives indicate that the labor force behavior of Hispanic wives is highly responsive to their earning potential. (SLD)

Examined race differences in the association of parent behaviors with children's functioning for African-American and white second, fourth, and eighth graders. Found several associations between parents' self-reports of selected behaviors and measures of their children's adaptive and maladaptive functioning. Most of these associations differed by…

Data from the Occupational Changes in a Generation Survey (1973) (sample of over 19,000 men) indicate that family disruption during childhood substantially increases men's odds of ending up in the lowest occupational stratum and weakens the association between dimensions of men's occupational origins and destinations. (SLD)

Reviews "Understanding Black Adolescent Male Violence" (Amos N. Wilson, 1991). Violence among young African-American males is explored, with a comprehensive analysis of causes of violence in the inner-city and suggested remediation and preventive methods for solving the violence problem. Theories of male development and the role of an…

Proposes cultural story was a framework for incorporating multicultural content into therapy. To use the cultural story in therapy, therapists need to know something about various cultures. The use of the genogram to develop a family's cultural story is discussed, and three case studies illustrate application of the concept. (SLD)

Examines how students' perception of risk for 20 environmental hazards are related to gender, community socioeconomic setting, age, and locus of control. The sample was drawn from a large metropolitan area in the southeast. Females had significantly higher risk-perception scores than males. Participants with an internal locus of control posted the…

Describes two models of cross-cultural communication within the context of Papua New Guinean society, which does not encourage the discussion of cultural and racial differences. Constructs a framework in which staff from a higher education institution could discuss the ways in which different cultural groups interact with their institution's…

A study of 98 African-American and Hispanic parents of children with hearing loss found low levels of stress. The communicative ability through signing of the child was significantly related to stress, with Hispanics differing significantly from African Americans in making greater use of coping strategies. (Author/CR)

This study estimates a 1991 population of 2.97 million Americans with mental retardation, with 2.63 million living outside formal long-term care systems. Observations suggest that families are the dominant source of support, many live in households headed by aging family members, and there are significant economic disparities between family…

Analyzed individual developmental trajectories of disruptive behavior problems (DBP) between 3.5 and 6.0 years for children of adolescent mothers. Found that DBP decreased with age. Boys and children of more depressed/anxious mothers exhibited higher levels of DBP. Maternal negative control was associated with level of DBP and change rate, and…

A study examined differences between teacher ratings of 87 Anglo-American and 63 Hispanic fifth-grade students based on the students' ethnic status and acculturation level. Anglo-American students were rated higher on characteristics relating to learning, motivation, creativity, and leadership. Highly acculturated Hispanic students received higher…