Current trends toward middle-class positivism, subtle discrimination, and less resistance to racial change portend an increase in minority middle-class membership which, in time, will promote more change. (DW)

A discussion of the educational rituals involved in the process of indoctrinating Afrikan people against themselves ("seasoning") and strategies for reversing these trends. (EH)

The author discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the adoption of black children by white parents. He concludes that until empirical studies are made, placements should not proceed as if it had already been ascertained that transracial adoption is beneficial. (Author/BW)

A more complete version of this panel discussion was published in the Michigan State University Orient, Spring-Summer issue 1968.

This curriculum unit consists of various student readings and activities on the topic of prejudice. The focus is upon prejudice as it relates to various ethnic groups in North America, to anti-Semitism as a national policy in Nazi Germany, and to immigration policy. It is divided into six episodes, each of which focuses upon the teaching of a…

Education has traditionally been a tool of colonialists, who used it to destroy peoples' cultural histories and to create new cultural myths (such as race) designed to divide, demean, and debilitate the colonized group. Many concepts passed on through the educational system and through language have contributed to a form of cultural mental illness…

Many people have attempted to define exactly what racism is and what causes it. While there is no commonly accepted definition, there is agreement with regard to the facts that (1) no scientific evidence has been found to support the belief that race determines the history and culture of a people; (2) racism is a learned behavior; (3) definitions…

Modern linguistic research shows that the language of America is that spoken by all residents of the Americas, with many varieties influenced by other national languages (e.g., Spanish, African, American Indian). In addition, linguistic research has resulted in two competing theories about teaching standard English: that teaching standard English…

Three current views of the English orthographic system defend this system as adequately spelling contemporary American English. The validity of these views is questionable, as are the implied presuppositions on which they are based. The three perspectives may also be investigated in terms of their adequacy and internal consistency. The major…

The primary focus of this annotated bibliography is on material which the Michigan Education Association believes to be most representative of the realities that relate to the involvement and contributions of Blacks, Chicanos, and Native Americans and the climate of the times during which such involvement and contributions occurred. Its purpose,…

Using the term African studies, rather than Afro-American studies, would serve to make Blacks in the United States more aware of their ancestral links with the Black world. Black people must learn to give support to educational institutions which are committed to telling their own story from an African point of view. (Author/KR)

A 1976 Detroit area study indicates that (1) Blacks can afford suburban housing and both Blacks and Whites are knowledgeable about the housing market; (2) Blacks show a preference for mixed neighborhoods; (3) Whites are reluctant to remain in neighborhoods where Blacks are moving in and will not buy homes in integrated areas. (Author/WI)

Suggests that the importance of the Bakke case lies in the fact that it could act as a catalytic agent that would force social theoreticians, especially black ones, to face to an important question: what is the role of racism in the U.S. political economy? (Author/AM)

Discusses some of the deleterious results that school desegregation has had for Black children. (Author/AM)

Black men face certain problems related to institutional racism and environments which often do not prepare them well for the fulfillment of masculine roles. In addition to problems created by discrimination, they encounter negative stereotyping, which holds that they are socially castrated, insecure in their male identity, and lacking in positive…