During the last 10-15 years, there has been a burgeoning interest in ethnicity as a variable in research on objective personality assessment, particularly with respect to black-white differences. Racial differences in responses to items on the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) were investigated to identify nonpathological differences…

Describes two years of an organizational change program in which a major federal agency utilized race training and organizational development methods to improve the effectiveness of its equal employment opportunity program. (Author/AM)

Traces the historical alliance between Black leaders and American Jews. Argues that, despite disagreements that have grown up between them, Blacks and Jews should be able to maintain their traditionally united stand against racial and religious prejudice. (KH)

In ethnographic research, silence can be probed as a filter through which to understand metaphors present and absent in conversations. The question posited in this study is how to account for silence as deliberate. From analysis of conversational interactions with classroom teachers, it became apparent that the silences also had meaning, that they…

This collection provides many insights into the condition of African American males, emphasizing educational attainment and achievement, and offers methodologies for documenting how the social and educational worlds of African American males intersect. The essays are: (1) "Teaching Black Males: Lessons from the Experts" (Michele Foster…

A literature review was conducted to assess the psychological aspects of race development among children from different ethnic groups. It examines whether children differ in their development as a function of their own ethnic group. An explanation is offered of how these developing preferences affect young children's self-esteem and interaction…

This report documents the National Center for Health Statistics' (NCHS) methods for bridging the Census 2000 multiple-race resident population to single-race categories and describing bridged race resident population estimates. Data came from the pooled 1997-2000 National Health Interview Surveys. The bridging models included demographic and…

Summarizes a study which attempted to determine if black children manifested higher racial pride in a racially mixed environment and whether the type of racial mixing made any difference, using a modified doll test. (Author/JM)

Argues that there is a distinctively American way of thought, character, and conduct which ought to include experiences of black people. (Author/JM)

The author examines the precedent set in the King v Ann Arbor case as a tool to reform the miseducation of Black children. She also details some linguistic and sociocultural aspects of the controversy over whether Black English is a language or a dialect. (SK)

The article describes the experiences and personal growth of Gregory Witcher, a Black high school student from Washington, D.C., as he confronted the largely White world at Phillip Exeter Academy and later at Williams College. (SB)

Three specific areas of interest in research on interracial classroom interaction are: (1) interracial friendship patterns and their boundaries; (2) teacher behavior in relation to student race; and (3) the effects of group dynamics on interracial acceptance. (CMJ)

This study examined subject variable effects for, and interrelationships among six measures of racial awareness. Task reliabilities and validities were also assessed. Subjects were 85 children ranging from 3 to 7 years of age. Ratios of males to females and blacks to whites were comparable across age levels. (MS)

Provides a qualitative description of the narrated life experiences of 11 African American intellectual-activists with regard to the major vehicles of overt expression of blackness, hair, clothing, and names. Implications for the productive use of blackness and black self-concept, especially for children, are discussed. (SLD)

Cultural literacy gives depth to multicultural education. Students not only celebrate diverse cultures, but recognize their society's pressures to fit the dominant cultural milieu--in terms of ethnicity, gender, family, and education. In the Vermont Equity Project, educators are helping children recognize and interpret cultural messages that shape…