Race Relations in America: Examining the Facts: Contemporary Debates Nikki Khanna ABC-CLIO

Race Relations in America

Examining the Facts

Race Relations in America

Examining the Facts

Description

"A balanced and thorough look at the United States' most important contemporary race issues, with timely content and excellent supporting documentation." – Library Journal

This book is an essential resource for anyone who wants to understand race in America, drawing on research from a variety of fields to answer frequently asked questions regarding race relations, systemic racism, and racial inequality.

Readers will gain a better understanding of high-interest topics such as white privilege, racial bias in criminal justice, media bias, housing segregation, educational inequality, disparities in employment, racial stereotypes, and personal attitudes about race and ethnicity in America. The authors draw from scholarly research in biology, genetics, medicine, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and economics to answer these questions, and in doing so they prepare readers to enter any conversation about American race relations in the 21st century as informed citizens.

How to Use This Book
Preface

1. Race: Definitions and Realities
Q1. Is Race Biological?
Q2. Is Race a Social Concept?
Q3. Are Black People Naturally Better Athletes Than Other Racial Groups?
Q4. Are Racial Disparities in Health Evidence That Race Is Biological?

2. Power and Privilege
Q5. Does White Privilege Really Exist?
Q6. Does Asian American Privilege Exist?
Q7. Among People of Color, Are Those with Light Skin Advantaged over Those with Dark Skin?
Q8. Is It True That Whites Will Soon Become a Racial Minority in the United States?
Q9. Is Cultural Appropriation of Minority Cultures by White Americans Equivalent to American Minorities Adopting White Culture?
Q10. Why Do Many Americans Find Blackface Offensive?

3. Systemic Racism in American Life
Q11. Is Housing Segregation a Relic of the Past?
Q12. Can Residential Segregation Simply Be Attributed to People Wanting to Live with Those Like Themselves?
Q13. Did Brown v. Board of Education (1954) End Racial Segregation in Education?
Q14. Is Education the Key to Racial Equality in America?
Q15. Do All Races Have Equal Opportunity in the American Workplace Today?
Q16. Does Racial Bias Negatively Affect the Health of Americans of Color?
Q17. Does Racial Inequality Exist in Banking and Lending?

4. Crime and Criminal Justice
Q18. Are the Majority of Inmates in American Prisons African American?
Q19. Is the American Criminal Justice System Racially Biased?
Q20. Are African Americans More Likely Than White Americans to Be Killed by Police?
Q21. Is It True That There Are More Black Men in Prison Than in College?
Q22. Do African Americans Suffer from "Black-on-Black" Crime?
Q23. Is the American Media Racially Biased in Its Coverage of Crime?

5. Social Policy
Q24. Has the United States Always Been Open and Welcoming to Immigrants?
Q25. Does Affirmative Action Systematically Disadvantage Whites in Employment and Education?
Q26. Are Most Welfare Recipients in America Black?
Q27. Do American Indians and Alaska Natives Get College, Health Care, and Housing for Free?

6. Immigration
Q28. Are Immigrants More Likely to Commit Crime Than Native-Born Americans?
Q29. Are Most Undocumented Immigrants from Mexico?
Q30. Are Immigrants Today Assimilating into American Society as Did Earlier Waves?
Q31. Do Undocumented Immigrants Drain America's Welfare System?
Q32. Do Immigrants Take Jobs Away from or Lower the Wages of Native-Born Americans?

7. A Post-Racial America?
Q33. Can a Person Hold Racial Biases without Even Knowing It?
Q34. Did the Election of Barack Obama in 2008 Mark the Beginning of a New "Post-Racial" America?

Index

Product details

Published	14 Jun 2021
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	1st
Extent	304
ISBN	9798216135098
Imprint	ABC-CLIO
Series	Contemporary Debates
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing