Customer Reviews

Racial and Ethnic Groups, 10th Edition

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This textbook on race relations is decent and many of the students said they found it useful, but no one thought it was a great text. I find it extremely boring, expecially when compared to the far more complete text by Farley, "Majority-Minority Relations." Schaeffer's approach seems to be to cover lots of topics, but none with any depth. The text is adequate but I am disappointed with its lack of depth. I do think it is a very useful book, nonetheless, for the beginning student and for the professor who perhaps is looking for a text that will be non-threatening to the student.

This book is written in the most insulting way. Author is overly opinionated and makes sweeping generalizations about all racial groups. Author makes bold statements that are unsupported, except by opinion. Here's a quote from the book about white ethnic groups (like German, Irish, Polish, etc.), "Whites as people don't think of themselves as a race or have a conscious racial identity. The only occasion when a White racial identity emerges is momentarily when Whites fill out a form asking for self-designation of a race or one of those occasions when they are culturally or socially surrounded by people who are not White. (page 121)" This is insulting to all who honor their cultural heritage. I am proud of my "White ethnic heritage", just as much as anyone from any other ethnic group should be. Thank goodness the class using this book is almost over!

Product was just as described and in excellent shape!!!! Selling price was great for the new condition of the book.

If and when the "great toilet paper shortage" of the 21st century comes, I will be able to take solice in the fact that this useless (and racist) book is on my shelf for those times of need!

I received by textbook before the schedule arrival date. The book is in excellent condition. I've only read chapter one so far and it was very interesting to my surprise. I anticipated that the class would be boring but not anymore.

This book is very Liberal sided. University Of Phoenix (Axia) charges its students $85 for this piece of trash. It is not worth what Amazon is charging either. A student is better off teaching the material to theirself via the Internet.

I like this book it is very informative. The only thing I would suggest is to answer the questions in the back so you fully understand the concept of each chapter. The tests are very hard if you don't study!

The company that sold me the book was sooo awesome! They sent the book so fast and responded to emails very quickly..Thanks for that!

This is a great book for those who have already studied in a basic Sociology course and would like to broaden his/her studies on Race, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism. This textbook is nicely organized and is written in a simple, straight-forward way.

Racial and Ethnic Groups is extremely well researched, informative and entertaining. I read this book from cover to cover for pleasure. Then I read several of the books listed in the bibliography. This is clearly the best book available for anyone taking or teaching a course on human diversity. Each section tells a fascinating story with just the right combination of history, facts and relevant statistics.

I have contacted the seller 3 times over the past week, and NO RESPONSES! NOT customer service as far as I am concerned! Not pleased!