Newspaper coverage of Hispanics is growing as the media strive to attract Hispanic readership. However, the predominantly White-controlled press has generally presented distorted, biased, and stereotyped views of Hispanics. The Hispanic community is making efforts to ensure that reports on its programs and goals are accurate. (Author/MJL)

Investigated how at-risk youth in Hawaii experienced their own ethnicity and gender. Data from focus groups with diverse adolescents at youth centers indicated that theoretical frameworks must incorporate unique circumstances within differing communities, such as interethnic violence, sexual exploitation, and immigration patterns. (SM)

There is a widely shared belief that Asian Americans have overcome the bondage of racial discrimination to become a successful model minority. In this essay, the empirical basis of this success contention is examined against its historical background and the remifications of the belief are explored. First, the ascendance of the Asian American…

Many credible sources refer to the various immigrant groups in a derogatory manner. Negative citations can be categorized in numerous ways. They might arise as a result of the geographic origin of the ethnic group; attraction to a particular occupation class; peculiarity of custom; religious or political affiliation; rate of delinquency, crime, or…

A content analysis of network children's programming was undertaken on three consecutive Saturdays in November, 1971, with a total of 14-1/2 hours of programs being videotaped. Each program was then viewed by monitors who judged particularly about racial and ethnic characteristics of program content. Findings were that over 60 percent of the shows…

Ethnicity is an important part of Canadian life. There is no magic formula for counseling "ethnic" students. Ethnic differences create some problems, but add spice and color to Canadian classrooms. Knowledge, understanding, sensitivity, acceptance, and mutual trust help to dissipate the problems. (Author)

Racism in the media cannot fairly reflect society's multiracial nature, with no preference for or special treatment of any particular race. Whether intentional or not, the effects are equally devastating for those discriminated against. This article explains how racism in media works and what can be done about it. (NQ)

Reviews Civil Rights movement and the politicalization of black Americans which occurred in the 1940s. Describes conservative racism and liberal racism, and explains the culture of poverty and how it relates to the concept of "blaming the victim." Concludes that educators should be aware of all of these concepts in order to help end racism. (BR)

Pupils from different ethnic backgrounds at a British comprehensive school were studied to determine how they stereotyped different ethnic groups. Students from each ethnic background saw their own group most favorably. None rejected their own group, nor was there a tendency for non-White students to show solidarity against Whites. (IS)

An examination of the public school curriculum and texts revealed that Chinese Americans have not been given credit for their contributions to the development of the United States. (JH)

Focuses on the Philadelphia Project," which aims to use the school as a way of improving racial, religious, cultural, and ethnic relationships in the community, and which is conducted at three levels of education--elementary, junior high, and senior high. (RJ)

Mutual and self perceptions of racial images of white, black, and Japanese Americans are studies among adult, college student, and school child age groups in California. The major hypothesis of this paper is that the amount of minority absorption of negative images is considerably less than twenty years ago. (Author/JB)

Focuses on the college campus in assessing the increasing participation of Asian Americans in evangelical Christian student organizations. It suggests that notions of the model minority stereotype and upward social mobility may be clues as to why these groups are flourishing at many schools. (GR)

Caricatures produced between the end of the Civil War and World War II--cartoons in humor and satire weeklies, newspaper comics, posters, advertising, book illustrations, etc.--sanctioned ethnic and racial slurs. Jews were presented as negative stereotypes, characterized most often by stealth and derision. (LHW)

The purpose of this study was to examine the attitudes towards gypsies of teachers with/without direct experience of integrated classes. We investigated: (1) stereotypes, emotional reactions and attitudes towards gypsies and (2) concerns, perception of practical difficulties related to teaching integrated classes and behavioural intentions of…