Understanding Human Differences: Multicultural Education for a Diverse America

Abstract

Section 1: Individual Attitudes and Interpersonal Relations 1. Understanding Ourselves and Others: Clarifying Values and Language 2. Understanding Prejudice and its Causes 3. Communication, Conflict and Conflict Resolution Section 2: Cultural Foundations of Oppression in the United States 4. Immigrants and Oppression: The Paradox of Nativism in a Nation of Immigrants 5. Race and Oppression: The Experiences of People of Color in America 6. Religion and Oppression: The Struggle for Religious Freedom 7. Rejecting Oppressive Relationships: The Logic of Cultural Pluralism for a Diverse Society Section 3: Contemporary Dilemmas for Intergroup Relations 8. Racism: Confronting a Legacy of White Domination of America 9. Sexism: Where the Personal Becomes Political 10. Heterosexism: Transforming Homosexuality from Deviant to Different 11. Classism: Myths and Misperceptions about Poverty 12. Ableism: Disability Does Not Mean Inability Section 4: The Challenge of Diversity to American Institutions 13. Pluralism in Schools: The Promise of Multicultural Education 14. Pluralism in Society: Creating Unity in a Diverse America Afterword: How can Understanding Human Differences Resolve Dilemmas in a Multicultural Society? Glossary Index

Cite this work

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 74 citations exist upstream.

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.