TY - BOOK ID - 80838550 TI - Race and ethnicity in America PY - 2017 SN - 9780520961975 0520961978 9780520286900 0520286901 PB - Oakland, California DB - UniCat KW - Ethnicity KW - Equality KW - Minorities KW - Social conditions. KW - african americans. KW - american indians. KW - anthropologist. KW - classroom education. KW - culture. KW - education. KW - family. KW - gender. KW - hispanics. KW - immigration. KW - mexican americans. KW - political activist. KW - race relations. KW - race. KW - racial and ethnic inequality. KW - racism in america. KW - socioeconomic inequalities. KW - sociologist. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80838550 AB - Race and Ethnicity in America examines patterns and trends in racial and ethnic inequality over recent decades. John Iceland shows how color lines have generally softened over time in the United States but deep-seated inequalities remain-generally, blacks, American Indians, and some Hispanics fare less well than others. Among these groups, the underlying causes of the disadvantages vary, ranging from the legacy of racism, current discrimination, differences of human capital, the unfolding process of immigrant incorporation, and cultural responses to structural conditions. Throughout the book, Iceland also demonstrates that the ways Americans define racial and ethnic groups, along with changing patterns of identification in the U.S. population, influence our understanding of patterns and trends in racial and ethnic inequality. ER -