Reading in Race and Ethnic Relations

Readings in Race and Ethnic Relations is a part of a series of Readings in Sociology. This book is composed of four parts with a total of 17 chapters. Part 1 explains the concepts of race, racism, and identity. Parts 2 and 3 elucidate the relationship of race with religion, urbanization, and ethnic stratification. Lastly, Part 4 explores how race is associated with politics and conflict. One of the distinctive features of this book is the inclusion of some articles translated into English from other languages. Linguists, communicators, and other people interested in this field of study will find this book invaluable.

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Race, Racism and Identity

Ethnic, Caste and Genetic Miscegenation

Race and Belief: An Open and Shut Case

Colonialism and Racism in Algeria (circa, 1955)

Variations on Black and White

Color Gradation and Attitudes among Middle-Income Negroes

Race, Religion and Urbanization

Ethnic Differentiation: Ecological Aspects of a Multidimensional Concept

Religion and Urbanization in Africa

Contrasts in the Community Organization of Chinese and Japanese in North America

Racial Integration in a Transition Community

Race and Ethnic Stratification

Stratification and Ethnic Groups

Distance Mechanisms of Stratification

Patterns of Occupational Mobility among Negro Men

Race and Class in Latin America

Race, Politics and Conflict

The Precipitants and Underlying Conditions of Race Riots

The Politics of the Police

Immigrant Involvement in British and Australian Politics

Economic Insecurity and the Political Attitudes of Cuban Workers