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Lefton, Terry – Teaching Tolerance, 1992
A class in racial tolerance, now in its third year at New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn's (New York City) Bensonhurst section, is being replicated in 15 other schools. The weekly year-long class traces the civil rights movement and examines causes of contemporary racial strife. (SLD)
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Black Students, Civil Rights, Course Content
Peer reviewedSim, Shao Chee – Asian American Policy Review, 1993
Challenges the "model minority" stereotype, and discusses the multitude of obstacles facing Chinese-American students in New York City that impede their success in school. Social service gaps are identified, and a new framework of system delivery is offered to address the problem of this special population. (GLR)
Descriptors: Asian American Students, Chinese Americans, Cultural Differences, Educational Discrimination
