The media, like nearly all other White institutions, has merely found a convenient rationale for abandoning the cities now that the Blacks have moved in. The educational, democratizing functions of the news media are no longer to be carried out among the inner-city Blacks. (Author)

This survey of public attitudes towards minority ethnic groups in Canada contains interesting and valuable aspects: (1) representatives of all groups in the population are included; (2) the basic assumption of the policy of multiculturalism is tested; and (3) the relationship between attitudes and social structures is not ignored. (Author/EB)

While the author applauds the judgment of the Supreme Court that a university may consider race in its admissions process, he considers it ironic that, after several hundred years of class-based discrimination against Blacks, the Court is unwilling to hold that a class-based remedy for that discrimination is permissible. (Author/KR)

If and when Black English ceases to exist as a language separate from Standard English, it will be because Blacks no longer feel alienated and excluded from mainstream America. (Author/AM)

Unless a statement of criteria is developed to eliminate ethnic and cultural bias in materials and appropriate retraining is implemented by schools and colleges at the policy-making level, materials that alienate students and reinforce racist attitudes will continue to be used. (Author)

Integration, testing practices, and the mandate for multicultural education have made individuals more aware of changing practices within the school community. Professionals, however, have not acted in a way that is fair to all children. There is a need for behaviors which reflect a congruence between an individual's professional role and a…

Research into the causes of the unsatisfactory educational performance of many black students has focused on linguistic and cultural differences of blacks. Institutionalized racism, however, should be recognized as the major factor affecting black academic achievement. Black students should not be evaluated by the same criteria as white students.…

This article is a general overview of desegregation. Discussion first centers on the weakening of desegregation by federal housing programs, school board policies and opportunistic politicians, and then proceeds to the relationship of desegregation and poverty. (Author)

The civil rights movement is very much alive, yet its life today is being consumed fighting defensive battles. The transition from primary emphasis on civil rights to emphasis on achieving the goal of civil equality is one that will put the movement on the offensive. (Author/AM)

A model position statement for the college trustee is presented that deals with the management of and decision-making for corporate equity securities. Neither selling the stock nor leaving decisions on social issues, such as the apartheid one, to corporate management is seen as a satisfactory alternative. Adoption of a position statement can guide…

Despite the history of women's movements as class elitist, and the perception by minorities and working-class women that the feminist movement is insensitive to their needs, there is growing recognition that the women's movement is at the crossroads in strenthening ties between majority ethnic feminists and minority ethnic feminists. (Author)

This exploratory study definitely argues that where race is the subject in an American classroom, student thoughts and pre-conceptions are anything but passive. (Author/AM)

This author proposes a theory which seeks to explain the behavior patterns of Asian Americans within the context of socio-historical forces and the contemporary social system. The notion that Asian Americans have achieved middle class status and have been almost completely assimilated into the American mainstream is challenged. (Author/GC)

Discusses literary representations of Scottsboro. Notes that "the content of the extensive literature of Scottsboro changed dramatically, reflecting the radicalism of the 1930's, the cold-war liberalism of the 1950's, and the vacillations of the late 1960's early 70's. (Author/JM)

Asserts that Asian American kids are looking for Asian American characters with a style that commands attention and respect in terms they can understand. Only in the works of Taro Yashima and Lawrence Yep are the literary sensibility, language and vision of Asian and Asian American culture. We need a body of Asian American myth to form and express…