Multimedia Resources on Race, Ethnicity and Multiculturalism Lawrence M. Hinman
Online Surveys
Internet Resources on Race, Ethnicity and Human Rights
Human Rights Resources
Multiculturalism Resources
See the excellent selection of sources in Elizabeth Anderson's "Dialogue on Diversity: Bibliography on Race, Gender, and Affirmative Action."
Black History Resources
Racism Resources
Affirmative Action Resources
NPR's "Talk of the Nation" Racial Screening (14.4 | 28.8) Racial profiling can describe a situation where cops use skin color as a reason to frisk, or cabs passing by black customers, or why whites feel for their wallets when in an elevator with minorities. As a police policy, it's been attacked by Amnesty International. As an instinct, it can only be cured by long and brutally honest conversations. Join Brooke Gladstone and guests for a look at racial profiling as government policy and personal inclination. November 30, 1999. Youth & Race (14.4 | 28.8) Guests: Michael Meyers Executive Director of New York Civil Rights Coalition, Beverley Daniel Tatum, Dean of Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, Professor of Psychology and Education, Mount Holyoke College, Author, Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together In The Cafeteria? And Other Conver- sations About Race (Basic Books, 97) The young Americans of today make up the most racially diverse generation in our nation's history. Polls indicate that young people tend to have more relaxed attitudes to race relations, but other indicators suggest that racial tensions on high school and college campuses are still a problem. Join Melinda Penkava and guests to discuss young Americans' attitudes toward race. October 11, 1999. Native American Land Claims (14.4
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Guests: SUZANNE SHOWN HARJO White Male Discontent (14.4 | 28.8) Guests: SUSAN FALUDI Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle award winner Contributing Editor for Newsweek Author, Stiffed: the Betrayal of the American Man (William Morrow and Company, 1999) ELWOOD REID Author, What Salmon Know (Doubleday, 1999) Writes for GQ Magazine on men's issues. There's been growing talk about 'white male discontent' in America, and surprisingly a prominent feminist thinks these men DO have something to gripe about. In her new book Stiffed, Pulitzer-Prize winning author Susan Faludi examines the social and cultural influences underlying men's anger and alienation and what both men and women are doing to address these problems. Susan Faludi and guests join Ray Suarez for a discussion of how men today are searching for a new, and more meaningful, definition of masculinity. September 22, 1999. Lone Wolf Hate Crimes (14.4 | 28.8) A number of recent hate crimes have been committed by so-called 'lone wolf' types. While no organized hate groups can be connected to these attacks, the 'lone wolf' strategy has long been advocated by some white supremacist groups. Can these groups be held responsible for attacks like last week's shooting at a Jewish center? Join Ray Suarez and guests for a look at what's been called the 'leaderless resistance.' August 18, 1999. St. Louis Desegregation (14.4 | 28.8) This past March, a 27-year-old desegregation lawsuit against St. Louis public schools was finally settled. In 1972, Minnie Liddell and other black parents filed suit against the St. Louis School Board to allow their children to go to a local school that was predominantly white. In the intervening years, a court-ordered desegregation plan, involving a voluntary city-county busing program, was put in place. The settlement reached in March would continue the transfer program for the next three years, but its status is uncertain after then. Ray Suarez takes "Talk of the Nation" on the road to St. Louis to look at this landmark settlement agreement and how it will affect the future of St. Louis's public schools. May 27, 1999. Deadly Force and Race (14.4 | 28.8) Guests: Bob Stewart Executive Director of the National Association of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE), Alexandria, VA Former Chief of Police, Ormond Beach, FL Retired in 1991 as captain after 22 years of service in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Dept. William Geller Director of Geller & Associates in Wilmette, IL (offers technical assistance, education & research to police departments and governments on humane policing) Author, Police Violence: Understanding & Controlling Police Abuse of the Force [Yale University Press, 1996] Amadou Diallo, an immigrant from West Africa, was killed in the Bronx by four police officers in a barrage of forty-one shots early this month. He was unarmed and had no criminal record. Some civil rights groups have asserted that this incident is symptomatic of a larger problem -- police using deadly force disproportionately against minorities. How can police departments win the trust of minority communities? Join Ray Suarez and guests for a look inside police culture and a discussion of ways training programs can help police departments avoid tragedies like Diallo's death...on the next "Talk of the Nation" from NPR News. February 23, 1999. Archbishop Desmond Tutu (14.4 | 28.8) Guests: Desmond Tutu, Former Archbishop of the Anglican Church of South Africa; Robert W. Woodruff, Visiting Professor of Theology, Emory University, Chair, South Africa's Truth & Reconciliation Commission\rArchbishop Desmond Tutu is reknowned for his campaign against apartheid in South Africa. In 1996, he was appointed chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). In an effort to unite South Africans, this unique Commission aimed at getting to the truth of apartheid crimes against humanity. The TRC's final report, released in October, created intense emotions on all sides. It held both the apartheid government and freedom fighters accountable for various human rights violations. Host Ray Suarez talks with Bishop Tutu about his work on the TRC, the report, and what other countries might learn from the process. November 23, 1998. Integration of the Military Guests: William Leftwich III Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Equal Opportunity; Charles Moskos Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University Military Sociologist and Architect of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy Co-author, All That We Can Be: Black Leadership & Racial Integration The Army Way [NY Basic Books, 1997] Charity Adams Earley Highest Ranking African-American Servicewoman in WWII Author, One Woman's Army: A Black Officer Remembers the WAC [Texas A&M University Press, 1989] \rFifty years ago, President Truman signed an executive order abolishing racial segregation in the U.S. military. African Americans have fought in all conflicts dating back to colonial times. But until 1948, blacks and whites were divided into separate units. Today, the military is one of the most racially integrated institutions in the country. Join Ray Suarez and guests to mark the 50th anniversary of military integration and look at the challenges the military still faces. July 27, 1998 Whiteness Studies Host: Ray Suarez. What does it mean to be white? How does a person's "whiteness" affect their political and social consciousness? How do white people perceive themselves in the racial spectrum? These are all questions addressed in the new academic field known as Whiteness Studies. Scholars of the discipline believe that formal analysis and understanding of "whiteness" will help bring important perspective to America's conversation on race. July 14, 1998. David Halberstam / Civil Rights Movement Guests: David Halberstam Author, The Children [Random House, 1998] Author of nine bestsellers including The Best and the Brightest, The Amateurs [William Morrow, 1985] and Summer of '49 [William Morrow, 1989], In 1960, David Halberstam was a young reporter in Tennessee assigned to cover Nashville's first sit-ins. In his new book "The Children," Halberstam returns to the first big story he covered for a newspaper - the early days of the Civil Rights Movement. The book focuses on the young African Americans students who met in Nashville and went on to become leaders in the movement. David Halberstam joins Ray Suarez along with some of "the children" he profiles to discuss the civil rights movement and how their experiences transformed their lives and American history. April 21, 1998. Lani Guinier Guests: Lani Guinier Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, PA Author, Lift Every Voice: Turning A Civil Rights Setback Into A New Vision of Social Justice [Simon and Schuster, 1998] \r In 1993 President Clinton abandoned his support of Lani Guinier as his choice for Assistant Attorney General (AAG) for Civil Rights, concurring with her critics that some of her views were anti-democratic. Now Guinier has written a memoir about her controversial AAG nomination and her new vision of the civil rights movement. Guinier joins Ray Suarez to discuss her experience with the Clinton White House and her work as a civil rights activist. March 31, 1998 Hate Crimes
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On-Line Literature on Race and Ethnicity
A Bibliographical Survey of Philosophical Literature on Race, Ethnicity, and Multiculturalism 
Biliographical essays are drawn from Lawrence M. Hinman, Contemporary Moral Issues Review Article Bernard R. Boxill's "Racism and Related Issues," Encyclopedia of Ethics, edited by Lawrence and Charlotte Becker (New York: Garland, 1992), Vol. II, pp. 1056-59 provides an excellent overview of work on race and related issues. Racism There is an extensive and often powerful literature dealing with the prevalence of racism in our society. Derrick Bell's Faces At The Bottom Of The Well: The Permanence Of Racism (New York: Basic Books, 1992) provides a penetrating look at the pervasiveness of racism in the United States today. Patricia J. Williams's The Alchemy of Race and Rights (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1991) is part autobiography, part feminist legal philosophy, and part cultural critique. Cornel West's Race Matters (Boston: Beacon Press, 1993) and his Prophetic Thought in Postmodern Times (Monroe, Maine: Common Courage Press, 1993) are both well-argued analyses by one of the foremost contemporary African-American thinkers. Shelby Steele's The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America (New York: Harper Collins, 1990) offers a much more conservative interpretation of these phenomena. Stephen L. Carter's Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby (New York: Basic Books, 1991) stresses the ambiguity of affirmative action for African- Americans. Lure and Loathing: Essays on Race, Identity, and the Ambivalence of Assimilation, edited by Gerald Early (New York: Penguin Press, 1993) contains a number of insightful autobiographical essays on the ambivalence toward assimilation experienced by many contemporary African-Americans. Naomi Zack's Race and Mixed Race (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1993) offers a perceptive analysis of many of the issues surrounding mixed race in our society. Anthologies Several excellent anthologies contain shorter selections on these issues. See, especially, Racism in America: Opposing Viewpoints, edited by William Dudley (San Diego, CA.: Greenhaven Press, 1991), which contains an excellent selection of largely popular pro-and-con pieces on a number of topic related to racism; Taking Sides: Race and Ethnicity, edited by Richard C. Monk (Guilford, CN: Dushkin Publishing Group,. 1994), which treats a wide range of issues relating to ethnicity as well as race; Race, Class, and Gender in the United States, Third Edition, edited by Paula S. Rothenberg (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995), which is a gold mine of eloquent selections; Bigotry, Prejudice, and Hatred: Definitions, Causes, and Solutions, edited by Robert M. Baird and Stuart E. Rosenbaum (Buffalo: Prometheus Books, 1993), which contains an number of excellent philosophical selections; and Anatomy of Racism, edited by David Theo Goldberg (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1990), which contains pieces by Appiah, Outlaw, Fanon, Barthes, Kristeva, Said, Goldberg, and Gates. The transcript of a two-day conference on "Race and Racism" is printed in Salmagundi, Nos. 104-105 (Fall, 1994-Winter, 1995), pp. 3-155; this consists of a round-table discussion including Orlando Patterson, Christopher Lasch, Dinesh D'Souza, Anthony Appiah, Jean Elshtain, David Rieff, Michelle Moody-Adams, Norman Birnbaum, and Gerald Early. Also see Women of Color in U.S. Society, edited by Maxine Baca Zinn and Bonnie Thornton Dill (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1994), a collection of 16 essays, largely from social scientific standpoints . Philosophical Approaches to Racism Among the specifically philosophical approaches to racism and related issues, see the issue of Philosophia, Vol. 8, No. 2-3 (November, 1978) that contains several articles on racism, including Marcus George Singer, "Some Thoughts on Race and Racism," pp. 153-83; Kurt Baier, "Merit and Race," pp. 121-51; and Peter Singer, "Is Racial Discrimination Arbitrary?", pp. 185-203; also see the double issue of Philosophical Forum, Vol. 9, Nos. 2-3 (1977-78), entitled "Philosophy and the Black Experience" and the triple issue, "African-American Perspectives and Philosophical Traditions," Vol. XXIV, Nos. 1-3 (Fall-Spring,1992-93). See Kwama Anthony Appiah, "Illusions of Race," In My Father's House: Africa in the Philosophy of Culture (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992), pp.28-46, for a discussion of the slipperiness of the concept of race. Racism and Sexism On the relationship between racism and sexism, see Richard A. Wasserstrom, "On Racism and Sexism," in Today's Moral Problems, Third Edition, edited by Richard A. Wasserstorm (New York: Macmillan, 1985), pp. 1-28; and Laurence Thomas, "Sexism and Racism: Some Conceptual Differences," Ethics, Vol. 90 (January, 1980), pp. 239-247. Intelligence Claims of racially-based differences in intelligence have been frequent over the ages. In recent times, see Arthur Jenson, "How Much Can we Boost I.Q. and Scholastic Achievement?" Harvard Educational Review, Vol. 39, No. 1 (1969), pp. 1-123; William Schockley, "Dysgenecs, Geniticity, and Raciology," Phi Delta Kappan (January,1972), pp. 297-307; and, most recently, Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein, The Bell Curve (New York: Free Press, 1994). Equally common have been strong critiques of such connections, including Steven Jay Gould, Ever Since Darwin (New York: W. W. Norton, 1977) and Ashley Montagu, Man's Most Dangerous Myth: The Fallacy of Race, Fourth Edition (Cleveland: World, 1964). Multiculturalism Some of the initial articles on multiculturalism are to be found in Debating P.C., edited by Paul Berman (New York: Laurel, 1992) and Culture Wars: Opposing Viewpoints, edited by Fred Whitehead (San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1994). For perceptive comments on these issues, see Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Loose Cannons: Notes on the Culture Wars (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993). Among the critics of multiculturalism are, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., The Disuniting of America (New York: W. W. Norton, 1992), William J. Bennett, The De-Valuing of America (New York: Summit Books, 1992), Dinesh D'Souza, Illiberal Education: The Politics of Race and Sex on Campus (New York: Vintage, 1992), and Robert Hughes, Culture of Complaint (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993). For an excellent discussion of the philosophical and political dimensions of multiculturalism, see Amy Gutmann, "The Challenge of Multiculturalism in Political Ethics," Philosophy and Public Affairs, Vol. 22, No. 3 (1993), pp. 171-206 and the essays in Defending Diversity: Contemporary Philosophical Perspectives on Pluralism and Multiculturalism, ed. Lawrence Foster and Patricia Herzog (Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 1994. For a philosophically sophisticated account of the question of identity within this context, see Charles Taylor, Multiculturalism and "The Politics of Recognition," with commentary by Amy Gutman, Steven C. Rockefeller, Michael Walzer, and Susan Wolf (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992). On the issue of identity, also see the papers by Anthony Appiah and others at the APA Symposium on Gender, Race, and Ethnicity, Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 87, No. 10 (October, 1990), pp. 493-99. Also see the articles on multiculturalism and philosophy that appeared in Teaching Philosophy, Vol. 14, No. 2 (June, 1991). Banning Hate Speech The issue of banning hate speech has received a lot of attention in the past decade. Some of the most influential essays are gathered together in Mari J. Matsuda, et al., Words That Wound: Critical Race Theory, Assaultive Speech, and the First Amendment (Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1993) and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., et al., Speaking of Race, Speaking of Sex, Hate Speech, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, with an Introduction by Ira Glesser (New York: New York University Press, 1994); also see Gates' "Let Them Talk: Why Civil Liberties Pose No Threat to Civil Rights," The New Republic, Vol. 209, No. 12-13 (September 20, 1993), pp. 37 ff. Andrew Altman, "Liberalism and Campus Hate Speech: A Philosophical Examination," Ethics, Vol. 103, No. 2 (January, 1993), pp. 302-317. Also see, Catharine A. MacKinnon, Only Words (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993). Affirmative Action There are a number of excellent anthologies dealing with the issue of affirmative action. These include Social Justice and Preferential Treatment, edited by William T. Blackstone and Robert Heslep (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1976), Equality and Preferential Treatment, edited by Marshall Cohen, Thomas Nagel, and Thomas Scanlon (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1977); Affirmative Action and the University: A Philosophical Inquiry, edited by Steven M Cahn (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1993); Reverse Discrimination, edited by Barry R. Gross (Buffalo: Prometheus Books, 1977); Equal Opportunity, edited by Norman E. Bowie (Boulder: Westview Press, 1988); Discrimination, Affirmative Action, and Equal Opportunity: An Economic and Social Perspective, co-edited by W. E. Block and M. A. Walker. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada: Fraser Institute, 1981), which includes contributions by Gary Becker, Thomas Sowell, and Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.; Racial Preference and Racial Justice: The New Affirmative Action Controversy, edited by Russell Nieli (Washington, D.C.: Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1991); and, most recently, Debating Affirmative Action: Race, Gender, Ethnicity, and the Politics of Inclusion, edited and with an introduction by Nicolaus Mills (New York: Delta, 1994). Books p>Among books arguing one side of this issues, see especially Bernard R. Boxill, Blacks and Social Justice (Totowa, N.J.: Rowman & Allanheld, 1984); Gertrude Ezorsky, Racism and Justice: The Case for Affirmative Action (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1991); The Reverse Discrimination Controversy: A Moral and Legal Analysis, by Robert K. Fullinwider (Totowa, N.J. : Rowman and Littlefield, 1980); Affirmative Discrimination: Ethnic Inequality and Public Policy, by Nathan Glazer New York: Basic Books, 1975); Out of Order: Affirmative Action and the Crisis of Doctrinaire Liberalism, by Nicholas Capaldi (Buffalo, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1985); Invisible Victims: White Males and The Crisis of Affirmative Action, by Frederick R. Lynch (New York: Greenwood Press, 1989); Justice and Reverse Discrimination, by Alan H. Goldman (Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1979); Barry R. Gross, Discrimination in Reverse: Is Turnabout Fair Play? (New York: New York University Press, 1978); Michael Rosenfeld, Affirmative Action and Justice: A Philosophical and Constitutional Inquiry (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991); and Iris Marion Young, Justice and the Politics of Difference (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990), especially the chapter on "Affirmative Action and the Myth of Merit," pp. 192-225.Philosophical Articles Among the many important philosophical articles on this set of topics, see W. Blackstone, "Reverse Discrimination and Compensatory Justice," Social Theory and Practice, Vol. 3 (1975), pp. 258-271; Bernard R. Boxill's "The Morality of Reparations," Social Theory and Practice, Vol. 2 (1972), pp. 113-24 and "The Morality of Preferential Hiring," Philosophy and Public Affairs, Vol. 7 (1978). Pp. 246-268; H. McGary, Jr., "Justice and Reparations," Philosophical Forum, Vol. 9 (1977-78). Pp. 250-63; Thomas Nagel, "Equal Treatment and Compensatory Discrimination," Philosophy and Public Affairs, Vol. 2 (1973), pp. 348-63; and Thomas E. Hill, Jr., "The Message of Affirmative Action" Social Philosophy and Policy, Vol. 8 (Spring, 1991), pp. 108-129. Suggestions for Discussion Questions and Term Paper Topics
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