This collection explores the struggles of the varied Latino peoples for identity, recognition, and legitimacy in the United States. Issues such as what it means to be Latino/a, what a just immigration policy should be, relations between Latinos and other cultural groups, and whether being Latino is a race or an ethnicity are explored. The 94…

The narrative essays in this collection offer a vision of the race and identity of Native Americans, focusing on American Indians that have grown up in cities and towns. It is a unique collection in that it represents the ways that mixed blood people ("mixbloods") envision Indian race and heritage. It is also unique in that it extends the…

This biography for younger readers describes the life of Malcolm X, the African American religious and political leader who was prominent in a movement to unite black people throughout the world. The book presents an overview of the civil rights movement and documents Malcolm's role as an advocate for black separatism, black nationalism, and the…

This teaching guide accompanies a series of five half-hour television programs for children 7 through 12 years of age that depict Chinese American children in a variety of situations that foster a sense of group and individual identity. The emphasis of the series is on affective learning. The following issues are dealt with: (1) the ramifications…

The question of race among Puerto Ricans in the United States in the 20th century is explored in this paper. The multiracial character of Puerto Ricans is examined by reviewing Puerto Rico's migration history. Eighteen major works written between 1917 and 1971 on Puerto Ricans are reviewed to discern common racial themes. The methodology of the…

Discusses the work of sixtwentieth century black writers, who, it is stated, refuse to accept, without thorough questioning, the aesthetic standards of a society which in most areas of its operation has offered definitions of their people which are consistently negative and emasculating. (Author/JM)

A review of 1980 U.S. census figures indicates that there are 6.7 million Americans who claim American Indian ancestry, compared with 1.4 million who checked "American Indian" as their race. Responses on other sections of the 1980 census indicate different American Indian population totals. For the purposes of this report, the highest…

Israeli educational policies have changed over the last 40 years in response to the backgrounds and needs of various immigrant groups. This study compares two recent waves of immigration, from the Soviet Union in the 1970's and 1980's, and from Ethiopia in the 1980's. Both groups arrived during a period when Israel's social and educational policy…

Examines the manner in which some sociological factors such as class, ethnicity, race and immigrant status impinge on education and concludes that counselors must be more sensitive to cultural differences. (Author)

The purpose of this study was to reexamine the development of racial conceptions and attitudes in black children. It was hypothesized that impersonal cognitive development precedes and influences the development of interpersonal cognition, which then influences the development of social affect (racial evaluations and preferences). Level of…

This document reports the results of the fall 1972 racial census at the University of Maryland. Only new freshmen, transfer students, and readmitted students filled out the racial census cards. All returning students constituted the data base of the student body. By adding new and deleting old racial census cards, counts could be made. Results of…

The student entering a Canadian school from the West Indies has many pressures to overcome resulting from cultural differences. (SK)

In an investigation of the importance of cleanliness as well as race as a determinant of preference, 60 white and 56 black children of both sexes in grades two, three and four of a non-segregated New York city public school indicated their relative preferences for four photographs varying in cleanliness and race. Results indicate that cleanliness…

This paper investigates visible stigmas which make people unacceptable in terms of societal values. Many of these values are presented in television commercials. A content analysis of commercials shows that about 26% of them are stigma-oriented but they are not especially directed toward minority audiences. (VM)

Addresses the role of the black social scientist in the United States and notes his contributions by providing two sets of bibliographies; earlier literature include works published through the fifties, and recent contributions dating from 1960 to the present. (Author/AM)