Taking sides. Clashing views on controversial issues in race and ethnicity / selected, edited, and with introductions by Raymond d'Angelo, Herbert Douglas.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Classical issues in race and ethnicity -- Do we need a common American identity? -- Is immigration good for America? -- Race relations in the nineteenth century : will accommodation insure progress? -- Does white identity define America? -- pt. 2. Race, prejudice, and racial minorities -- Is skin color a proper determinant of racial identity? -- Is race prejudice a product of group position? -- Are definitions of race just political? -- Do minorities engage in self-segregation? -- Are Asian Americans a model minority? -- Are Hispanics making economic progress? -- pt. 3. Social and political issues of education and multiculturalism -- Are America's schools and neighborhoods resegregated? -- Should race be a consideration in college admissions? -- Is a multicultural curriculum essential for advancing education? -- Is affirmative action necessary to achieve racial inequality in the United States? -- pt. 4. Issues for the twenty-first century -- Is racism a permanent feature of American society? -- Should twenty-first century public policy be class conscious rather than race conscious? -- Is now the time for reparations for African Americans? -- Is racial profiling defensible public policy?