Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classical issues in race, ethnicity, and immigration: Do Americans need a common identity?; Does immigration contribute to a better America?; Race relations in the nineteenth century: will accommodation insure progress?; Do recent immigration trends challenge existing ideas of America's white identity?; Is race prejudice a product of group postion? -- Race still matters: prejudice, discrimination, and racial minorities: Do minorities and whites engage in self-segregation?; Are Asian Americans a model minority?; Did Hurricane Katrina expose racism in New Orleans?; Is the emphasis on a color-blind society an answer to racism? -- Social and political issues of education and multiculturalism: Are America's schools and neighborhoods resegregating?; Should race be included among the many factors considered for admission to selective colleges?; Is affirmative action necessary to achieve racial equality in the United States today?; Is multiculturalism compatible with democratic values? -- Issues for the twenty-first century: Is today's immigration debate anti-Latino (racist)?; Does white skin privilege still exist in American society?; Is racism a permanent feature of American society?; Is now the time for reparations for African Amercians?; Is racial profiling defensible public policy?