African-American, Irish, Italian, European, and Native American perspectives on race are all included in a collection of essays by such writers as Toni Morrison, Amiri Baraka, Frank Chin, and others who argue that the image of a black-white conflict is obsolete. 20,000 first printing.
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The Simpson trials, the controversy over Ebonics, and recent California legislation aimed at illegal aliens are but three examples of how America no longer lives up to the "melting pot" image, according to the author. In an assorted group of 52 essays, minority authors?Asian Americans, African Americans, Italian Americans, and Latinos?explore the polarization of American societies. Editor Reed (Airing Dirty Laundry, LJ 11/1/93) provides an introductory essay that points at media stereotyping as the reason for most of the problem. Some contributors, such as Michael E. Ross, Gerald Horne, Michael Lenoir, and Rudolfo Anaya, are not optimistic for the future of racial relations. Others, like Elaine Kim and Brenda Payton, are more hopeful for ethnic identity in America. Still others, like Martin Kilson, want different ethnic groups to work together to bring change. This is an important, even controversial book, and one to which the established Anglo leadership should pay attention. Highly recommended.?Boyd Childress, Auburn Univ. Lib., Ala.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Reed has long maintained that the media has stereotyped ethnic minorities: this collection of essays by minorities and others don't come from the usual intellectual circles; but are written by students, journalists, doctors and others concerned about topics of assimilation and racial conflict. An attention to a diverse range of topics and many unusual angles and approaches keeps this lively volume from becoming yet another collection of popular arguments on common issues. -- Midwest Book Review
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