Distorted images of American minorities are reflected in all spheres of American life, including academic and public policies. Some specific examples include: (1) Harvard's 1922 quota system for Jews, the university's pattern of white supremacy, and bias in its scholarly research; (2) the relocation of Japanese Americans during World War II; (3)…

Hawaii's history of immigration, language policy, and education are directly related to the issue of bilingual education in its schools today. Beginning with missionary contact, English became the dominant language of the islands, in terms of official policy if not in terms of numerical superiority of English speakers. Until World War II, there…

This opinion survey of white attitudes toward blacks spans the years 1940-1967 and focuses on the following areas: education, open housing, job discrimination, public transportation, and general assessment of the racial situation. Charts and tables are included. (KG)

The purpose of this study was to determine if white university students were aware of any peer group attitudes toward blacks. Student respondents to a questionnaire felt that college students do not like racists, but a similar group of college students made negative racial responses when their attitudes were measured. The findings provided some…

This pamphlet contains quoted viewpoints of minority group members, and aims to bring the philosophy of revolutionary Marxist-Humanism into a direct dialectical relationship with the movement for liberation which is coming from minorities, women, colonial peoples, and the working masses. [One article in this pamphlet, "Los Chicanos" is in…

Examines the structure of foreign policy opinions of United States citizens using a representative national sample and a wide range of foreign policy issues. Examination of attitudes toward world problems, detente, and international organizations demonstrated that mass opinion develops from complex attitudes. The strongest influence on attitudes…

Provides a history of desegregation in the Dallas schools, and then presents two views of the district's integration efforts--one from the Anglo perspective and one from the Black/Mexican-American perspective. (IRT)

Examines three Nordic bilingual programs: (1) immersion, where majority children with a high status mother tongue learn a second language; (2) submersion, where minority children with a low status mother tongue are forced to learn the majority language; and (3) language shelter, where minority children learn the majority language as a second…

Three different methods (role differentials, behavioral differentials, and attribute ratings) were used to explore the role perceptions of samples of Hispanic Navy recruits. Results overall suggested that Hispanics, unlike the U.S. general population, (1) experience essentially no push out of the family, and (2) perceive work roles with…

Discusses White missionaries' efforts to instill Anglo values into newly freed Black college students. Describes how, as memories of slavery dimmed, early resistance gave way to enthusiastic acquiescence so that by the early 1900s, Anglo cultural norms had become firmly embedded in the value system of Tennessee's college-educated Blacks. (CMG)

The lack of understanding of most white Americans about the true role of the American Indian and other minority groups in American history is an outgrowth of the failure of the media in general, and history texts in particular, to realistically address minority/majority relations throughout U.S. history. Several suggestions to aid in public…

This report discusses the findings of a survey that asked 1,048 Ontario residents whether special enrichment classes should be provided to bright students at any cost, whether bright students should be provided with special enrichment classes only if resources are not taken away from classes of average students, or if bright students should not be…

Focuses on some of the unique problems that minorities face in the armed services. Also describes the history of participation of several minority groups in the U.S military. (RJ)

Discusses problems of present and future urban educators, specifically in the inner-city, and makes specific reference to the fact that the problems involve ethnic and racial differences. (Author)