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Shannon, Lyle W.; And Others – 1974
This study began in 1958 as an investigation of the adjustment problems of Mexican-Americans in a highly visible barrio on the outskirts of Racine, Wisconsin. It was believed that an understanding of the process of value assimilation would explain their success or lack of success in adjusting to Anglo society. However, as we have come to see it,…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bias, Blacks, Community Surveys
Johnson, Norman J. – 1971
The "assimilation perspective" on minority group relations in America distort empirical reality because of two hidden assumptions. First, divergence or difference is recognized at an earlier point--only to be corrected by equalization of opportunity. The second tends to view the "new world"--the assimilated--as homogeneous. The…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bias, Black History, Compensatory Education
Supreme Court of the U. S., Washington, DC. – 1976
Two questions are examined in this brief for the United States, on petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: (1) whether the Austin Independent School District (AISD) has engaged in racial discrimination against its black and Mexican American students, and, (2) whether the Court of Appeals erred…
Descriptors: Bias, Black Education, Court Litigation, Desegregation Plans