Should school systems promote racial diversity in individual schools? Can politicians curb illegal immigration? These are just a sampling of the provocative questions in this popular reader, sure to spark lively classroom discussion. Issues in Race and Ethnicity allows students to see an issue from all sides and examine how policy is made. Useful pedagogical features throughout advance critical thinking.

RACE
1. Race and Politics
2. The Changing US Electorate
3. Affirmative Action
4. Black Colleges
5. Racial Diversity in Public Schools
6. Hate Speech
7. Debating Hip Hop
8. Reparations Movement

ETHNICITY AND IMMIGRATION
9. Immigration Debate
10. U.S. Border Fence
11. American Indians
12. Gang Crisis