Racial and Cultural Minorities: An Analysis of Prejudice and Discrimination (Environment, Development and Public Policy: Public Policy and Social Services)

"We need scarcely note that the topic of this book is the stuff of headlines. Around the world, political, economic, educational, military, religious, and social relations of every variety have a racial or ethnic component. One cannot begin to understand the history or contemporary situation of the United States, the Soviet Union, China, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Great Britain, Lebanon, Mexico, Canada-indeed, almost any land-without careful attention to the influence of cultural and racial divisions. Preparation of this new edition has brought a strong sense of deja vu, with regard both to the persistence of old patterns of discrimination, even if in new guises, and also to the persistence of limited and constraining explanations. We have also found, however, rich new empirical studies, new theoretical perspectives, and greatly expanded activity and analyses from members of minority groups. Although this edition is an extensive revision, with reference both to the data used and the theoretical approaches examined, we have not shifted from our basically analytical perspective. We strongly support efforts to reduce discrimination and prejudice; but these can be successful only if we try to understand where we are and what forces are creating the existing situation. We hope to reduce the tendency to use declarations and condemƯ nations of other persons' actions as substitutes for an investigation of their causes and consequences"--Font no determinada Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Types of Majority-Minority Situations....Pages 3-25 The Meaning of Race....Pages 27-39 Discrimination and Prejudice as Weapons in Group Conflict....Pages 41-70 The Individual Sources of Discrimination and Prejudice....Pages 71-90 The Cultural Factor in Prejudice and Discrimination....Pages 91-109 The Consequences of Prejudice and Discrimination....Pages 111-136 Types of Response to Prejudice and Discrimination....Pages 137-154 The Consequences of Prejudice and Discrimination for Prejudiced Persons and Dominant Groups....Pages 155-167 Front Matter....Pages 169-170 Minorities in the Economy of the United States....Pages 171-204 Minorities in the Economy of the United States (Continued)....Pages 205-228 Racial and Cultural Minorities and the American Political and Legal Processes....Pages 229-247 Minorities and the American Political and Legal Processes (Continued)....Pages 249-278 Minority Family Patterns and Intermarriage....Pages 279-307 Minority-Majority Relations and Religion....Pages 309-328 The Education of Racial and Cultural Minorities in the United States....Pages 329-351 The Education of Racial and Cultural Minorities in the United States (Continued)....Pages 353-375 Front Matter....Pages 377-377 The Reduction of Prejudice and Discrimination....Pages 379-405 The Reduction of Prejudice and Discrimination....Pages 407-434 Back Matter....Pages 435-491 Causes And Consequences Of Prejudice And Discrimination -- Minorities In The Social Structure -- Prejudice, Discrimination And Democratic Values. George Eaton Simpson And J. Milton Yinger. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. 435-470.