By john a powell (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) The New America Media poll on racial and ethnic attitudes between Blacks, Hispanics and Asian Americans is both very important and subject to many of the limitations that we have experienced in the past when striving to talk openly about the attitudes and positions of different racial and ethnic groups in the … [Read more...] about “‘Minority’ is a Problem Concept” by john a. powell (May-June 2008 P&R Issue)
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“Unillusioned” by S.M. Miller (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
By S.M. Miller (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) How one evaluates the last four decades largely depends on one’s expectations. My outlook in the ‘60’s was that an untroubled, clear, upward progression to real, full integration of African Americans would not occur. “Cost-free liberalism” was the somewhat caustic term that I applied to the liberal confidence that … [Read more...] about “Unillusioned” by S.M. Miller (January-February 2000 P&R Issue)
“An Integration Scenario OR Ending the Illusion” by Herbert J. Gans (November-December 1999 P&R Issue)
By Herbert J. Gans (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) I agree with virtually all of Steinhorn’s and Diggs-Brown’s analysis, but do not share their disappointment, since few of us who were around in the actual (rather than the now imagined) ’60s had any illusions or expected any miracles. Moreover, racial, and particularly residential, integration was then a … [Read more...] about “An Integration Scenario OR Ending the Illusion” by Herbert J. Gans (November-December 1999 P&R Issue)
“Racial/Ethnic Categories: Do They Matter to Health?” by Carol C. Korenbrot (March-April 1995 P&R Issue)
By Carol C. Korenbrot (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Race and ethnic data play an important role in national, state and some local health policies. A number of public databases document differences in health status and services among different racial and ethnic groups, and many of the differences indicate a need to prioritize policies for different ethnic … [Read more...] about “Racial/Ethnic Categories: Do They Matter to Health?” by Carol C. Korenbrot (March-April 1995 P&R Issue)
“Race/Ethnicity and Data Collection” by Chris Hansen (March-April 1995 P&R Issue)
By Chris Hansen (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Buried in the debate begun by Lawrence Wright's provocative New Yorker article and continued in the January/February issue of Poverty & Race are two extremely important and related, but nevertheless distinct, questions about the central domestic issue of our time-race. First, should we continue to collect data … [Read more...] about “Race/Ethnicity and Data Collection” by Chris Hansen (March-April 1995 P&R Issue)
