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The author of Strangers To These Shores adapts the larger work into a concise sociological introduction to race and ethnic relations. Parrillo (William Paterson U., Wayne, NJ) examines differences in culture, reality perceptions, social class, and power as reasons for intergroup conflict, and explores the dominant group's varying expectations about how minorities should fit into a society. He discusses ideas such as ethnic consciousness; ethnicity as a social process; current racial and ethnic issues, fears, and reactions; and indicators of diversity in the US as it enters the 21st century. The text has no subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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6L-8 , Parillo, Vincent N., Understanding Race and Ethnic Relations /* Provides the reader with a brief introduction to the core theories, concepts and issues concerning race and ethnic relations in the United States. The book discusses the changing face of ethnicity, and dominant-minority relationships. Examines the most current Census Bureau projections to speculate what U.S. race, religion, and ethnicity might be like in the mid-21st century. Coverage of minority groups, as well as racial and ethnic groups in today's American society is provided. Prejudice and discrimination, as well as ethnocentrism, and the dynamics of inter-group relations, are also discussed. "The Dillingham Flaw" and the importance of viewing the foreign-born presence in the U.S. within a larger context - from a sociological perspective - in order to avoid inaccurate historical comparisons, are explained. Anyone interested in an introductory look into the current state of race and ethnic relationships in America.
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