Attempts to explain why despite declines in survey-reported racial prejudice and overt discrimination Blacks still experience racially motivated restrictions. Presents an overview of theories suggesting that prejudice itself is not a primary cause of racial discrimination and that racism has the capacity to change, adjust, and manifest itself in…

It is necesary to examine both historic and current events in order to understand the role of race in the United States today. The South's formerly rigid caste system has come to resemble the more flexible Northern social order, which has always been open to blacks in times of labor shortage. A number of important social and economic phenomena…

This book addresses issues of racism, diversity, and intercultural communication in the college or university work place. Chapter 1 exposes several unwritten and informal rules that can become traps and pitfalls for the unknowing, especially people of color. It views the informal structure of the university through the eyes of minority faculty…