Race and social problems : restructuring inequality / edited by Ralph Bangs, Larry E. Davis.
"As much as Americans believe in the promise of an egalitarian, color-blind society, the reality is far from that ideal. People of color consistently lag behind their white counterparts in key quality-of-life areas. Despite many significant gains, widespread structural inequalities continue to...
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[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction:
- America’s Racial Realities / Ralph Bangs, Larry E. Davis
- Do Current Race and Ethnicity Concepts Reflect a Changing America? / Karen Humes, Howard Hogan
- Intergroup Dialogue: Race Still Matters / Patricia Gurin, Nicholas Sorensen, Gretchen E. Lopez, Biren (Ratnesh) A. Nagda
- Economics:
- Wealth Building in Communities of Color / Trina R. Williams Shanks, Stephanie Clintonia Boddie, Robert Wynn
- Recent Employment Trends Among Black Men and Their Policy Implications / Harry J. Holzer
- Challenging the Conventional Understanding of American Poverty / Mark R. Rank
- Education:
- Interventions to Address Racial/Ethnic Disparities in School Discipline: Can Systems Reform Be Race-Neutral? / Russell J. Skiba
- Exploring, Understanding, and Closing the Achievement Gap(s): Efforts from Harlem to Homewood / John M. Wallace
- High School Quality and Race Differences in College Achievement / Jason M. Fletcher, Marta Tienda
- Special Topics:
- Family Matters: Strengthening the Fabric of Minority Families / Ruth G. McRoy, Amy J. Griffin
- Aging and Health in Mexican Americans: Selected Findings from the Hispanic EPESE / Kyriakos S. Markides, Raphael Samper-Ternent, Soham Al Snih
- Racial Disproportionality in Prison / Alfred Blumstein
- Resetting Race / David Kennedy
- Health and Mental Health:
- Disparities in Health Care for Minorities: An Ecological Perspective / Jeannette E. South-Paul
- Considering the Role of Social Determinants of Health in Black–White Breast Cancer Disparities / Darrell L. Hudson, Sarah Gehlert
- Understanding and Addressing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Obesity / Monica L. Baskin
- Mental Health Indicators for African American Males / Oscar A. Barbarin, Emma Sterrett.