Table Of Contents:
PART 1 Thinking About and Researching Minorities 1(88)

Should Outsider and Insider Researchers Be Expected to Get Similar Findings? 2(26)

Are Blacks ``Natural Born'' Athletes? 28(20)

Do Industrialization and Capitalism Cause Racial and Ethnic Inequalities? 48(20)

Have Scholars Ignored the Willing Participation of Germans in Killing Jews During the Holocaust? 68(21)
PART 2 Constructing Social Identities and Cultural Conflict 89(102)

Do the Identities of Blacks Lie in Africa? 90(24)

Are Hispanics Making Significant Progress? 114(20)

Do Cultural Differences Between Home and School Explain the High Dropout Rates for American Indian Students? 134(22)

Does Rap Music Contribute to Violent Crime? 156(14)

Does Bilingual Education Harm Hispanic and Other Children? 170(10)

Are Arabs and Other Muslims Portrayed Unfairly in American Films? 180(11)
PART 3 Immigration, Racism, and Leadership 191(54)

Is Racial Segregation Necessarily Bad? 192(10)

Is Immigration a Problem in the United States? 202(12)

Does Environmental Racism Exist? 214(14)

Are Black Leaders Part of the Problem? 228(17)
PART 4 Negotiating Social Justice and Hierarchies 245(66)

Should Standardized Tests Be Eliminated From Applicant Processes? 246(26)

Should Inner-City Blacks and Hispanics Be Relocated? 272(24)

Should Race Be a Consideration in College Admissions? 296(15)
PART 5 Future Policies and Global Issues 311(1)

Are Reparations a Good Idea? 312(13)

Is Israel the Aggressor in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict? 324(8)

Are African Leaders Misguided in Their Fight Against AIDS? 332

Is the Drug War Harming Blacks? 340