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As much as Americans believe in the promise of an egalitarian, color-blind society, the reality is far from that ideal. People of color consistently lag behind their white counterparts in key quality-of-life areas. Despite many significant gains, widespread structural inequalities continue to exist--and thrive. Race and Social Problems takes the long view of this state of affairs, offering both multi-level analysis and a practical blueprint for social justice. It begins by explaining how race-related social problems have changed over the decades. This volume identifies factors contributing to their persistence in this century, most notably the central role of economic disparities in exacerbating related social problems and replicating them for future generations. The chapters expand on this knowledge by detailing innovative and successful strategies for addressing aspects of six major areas of inequality: Poverty: challenging standard American concepts of poverty. Education: approaches toward closing the achievement gap. Intergroup relations: enhancing race dialogues. Family and lifespan: programs targeting families, youth, and elderly. Criminal justice: reducing incarceration and increasing public safety. Health and mental health: promoting positive outcomes. Race and Social Problems casts a wide net across the most pressing social issues, clarifying both the immediate and larger tasks ahead for a range of professionals in such diverse fields as social work, anthropology, communications, criminology, economics, history, law, political science, psychology, public health, and sociology.

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: pt. I Introduction
• 1. America's Racial Realities / Larry E. Davis
• 2. Do Current Race and Ethnicity Concepts Reflect a Changing America? / Howard Hogan
• 3. Intergroup Dialogue: Race Still Matters / Biren (Ratnesh) A. Nagda
• pt. II Economics
• 4. Wealth Building in Communities of Color / Robert Wynn
• 5. Recent Employment Trends Among Black Men and Their Policy Implications / Harry J. Holzer
• 6. Challenging the Conventional Understanding of American Poverty / Mark R. Rank
• pt. III Education
• 7. Interventions to Address Racial/Ethnic Disparities in School Discipline: Can Systems Reform Be Race-Neutral? / Russell J. Skiba
• 8. Exploring, Understanding, and Closing the Achievement Gap(s): Efforts from Harlem to Homewood / John M. Wallace
• 9. High School Quality and Race Differences in College Achievement / Marta Tienda
• pt. IV Special Topics
• 10. Family Matters: Strengthening the Fabric of Minority Families / Amy J. Griffin
• 11. Aging and Health in Mexican Americans: Selected Findings from the Hispanic EPESE / Soham Al Snih
• 12. Racial Disproportionality in Prison / Alfred Blumstein
• 13. Resetting Race / David Kennedy
• pt. V Health and Mental Health
• 14. Disparities in Health Care for Minorities: An Ecological Perspective / Jeannette E. South-Paul
• 15. Considering the Role of Social Determinants of Health in Black

• White Breast Cancer Disparities / Sarah Gehlert
• 16. Understanding and Addressing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Obesity / Monica L. Baskin
• 17. Mental Health Indicators for African American Males / Emma Sterrett.

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Contributors:

Bangs, Ralph L. , editor

Davis, Larry E. , editor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Race and social problems (ISBN 9781493908622)

Subjects:

Race relations

Discrimination in criminal justice administration

Social problems

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 12, 2014).

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

HT1521 .R33 2015eb

ISBNs:

9781493908639 (electronic bk.)
1493908634 (electronic bk.)
9781493908622 [Invalid]
1493908626 [Invalid]

Other Standard Numbers:

10.1007/978-1-4939-0863-9 (source: None)

OCLC Numbers:

891136222

Other Control Numbers:

EBC1965035 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp12091064