The heated discourse on multicultural education, especially in the popular press and among
nonspecialists (Gray, 1991; Leo, 1990; Schlesinger, 1991), often obscures the theory …

▪ Abstract Identity is the individual's psychological relationship to particular social category
systems. This chapter summarizes how people create and negotiate their gender, racial …

Social Identity explains how identification, seen as a social process, works: individually,
interactionally and institutionally. Building on the international success of previous editions …

Now available in paperback, the sixth edition of this definitive text provides students a strong
background in the conceptual, theoretical, and philosophical issues in multicultural …

Three-year-old Kwara'ae children in Oceania act as caregivers of their younger siblings, but
in the UK, it is an offense to leave a child under age 14 ears without adult supervision. In the …

This book looks at the movements of immigrants and refugees and the challenges they face
as they cross cultural boundaries and strive to build a new life in an unfamiliar place. It …

The inclusion of race-related content in college courses often generates emotional
responses in students that range from guilt and shame to anger and despair. The discomfort …

This book consists of articles and papers written over a 10-year period that examine issues,
concepts, perspectives, and possibilities for educating citizens in a pluralistic democratic …

The author presents demographic information about biracial persons, reviews previous
models of racial identity development, discusses their shortcomings when applied to biracial …

Writers since Piaget have questioned when and how children assimilate racist attitudes-or
simply become aware of racial differences. This book offers stirring evidence that the …