Multiculturalism in the United States

Preface Overview PART I. RACIAL FAULT LINES 1. Change in White Racial Attitudes - G.D. Jaynes & R.M. Williams, Jr. 2. Racism Today: Continuity and Change in the Post-Civil Rights Era - H. Winant 3. The New Face of Race: The Metamorphosis of Racism in the Post-Civil Rights Era United States - A.E. Ansell 4. White Racism: A Case Study from the Heartland - J.R. Feagin & H. Vera 5. Mongrel Monstrosities - A.L. Ferber 6. Caught in the Middle: Korean-African American Conflicts - P.G. Min 7. Urban Rioting in Los Angeles: A Comparison of 1965 with 1992 - D.O. Sears PART II. REPRESENTATIONS OF RACE AND THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY 8. Black Identity in the United States - F.J. Davis 9. The Politics of Ethnic Authenticity: Building Native American Identities and Communities - J. Nagel 10. Race Pride, Mexican Americans, and the Alamo - J.T. Rhea 11. Narratives of Race and Culture in Transnational Adoption - S.K. Dorow 12. Television and the Politics of Racial Representation - J. Lewis & S. Jhally 13. Race, Power, and Representation in Contemporary American Sport - C.F. Springwood & C.R. King 14. Zydeco Music and Race Relations in French Louisiana - R.L. Sexton PART III. AFRICAN AMERICANS SINCE THE 1960S: GAINS, LOSSES, AND CONTESTED SOCIAL POLICIES 15. Rich and Poor African Americans - J.L. Hochschild 16. The Racial Income Gap: How Much Is Due to Bias? - A. Hacker 17. When Work Disappears: Societal Changes and Vulnerable Neighborhoods - W.J. Wilson 18. Documenting America: Racism, Realism, and Hoop Dreams - C.L. Cole & S. King 19. Black Mobility in White Corporations: Up the Corporate Ladder but Out on a Limb - S.M. Collins 20. The Black Church and the Twenty-First Century - C.E. Lincoln & L.H. Mamiya 21. The Origins and Politics of Affirmative Action - J.D. Skrentny 22. Affirmative Action and Liberal Capitulation - S. Steinberg 23. Residential Segregation and Federal Housing Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Section 235 and Secdtion 8 - K.F. Gotham PART IV. NEW IMMIGRANTS AND THE DILEMMAS OF ADJUSTMENT 24. Should Immigrants Assimilate? - A. Portes & M. Zhou 25. Who Gets the "Lousy" Jobs? - R. Waldinger 26. Immigrant Life on the Margins: Descent into Disappointment - S.J. Mahler 27. Barrios in Transition - J.Moore & J.D. Vigil 28. The First Suburban Chinatown: The Remaking of Monterey Park, California - T.P. Fong 29. "Destroying a Marriage to Save a Family": Shifting Filipino American Gender Relations - O.P. Tizon 30. Stanislaus Can't Polka: New Polish Immigrants in Established Polish American Communities - M.P. Erdmans 31. Israeli Americans - S.J. Gold 32. Social Citizenship for Whom? Young Turks in Germany and Mexican Americans in the United States - T. Faist PART V. WHAT IS MULTICULTURAL AMERICA? 33. We Are All Multiculturalists Now - N. Glazer 34. Benign Multiculturalism - A. Wolfe 35. Ecumenical America: Global Culture and the American Cosmos - O. Patterson 36. Multiculturalism: Battleground or Meeting Ground? - R. Takaki Sources and Permissions Index