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A brief historical review of race relations between whites & Afro-Americans in the US identified seven periods from the seventeenth-century slave trading period up to 1990, each distinctive in terms of race relations, public sentiment, policy, & the role of race in politics. Since WWII, there has been a general acceptance of the basic principles of racial equality, resulting in better political representation for Afro-Americans, but the tendency to radicalize racial themes remains. Prejudice & discrimination are more subtle & more complex, but even so, proof of permanent racial antagonism among US whites is perceptible in clear statements of prejudice, racial stereotypes, resistance of whites to redistributive policies, government political divisions, & the existence of racial tensions between whites, Asians, & Hispanics. Some racial problems have economic roots, but national disarray in the face of racial tension, & resistance to policies specifically targeting minorities are also factors. 60 References. Adapted from the source document.

The civil rights movement and immigration reform transformed American politics in the mid-1960s. Demographic diversity and identity politics raised the challenge of e pluribus unum anew, and multiculturalism emerged as a new ideological response to this dilemma. This book uses national public opinion data and public opinion data from Los Angeles to compare ethnic differences in patriotism and ethnic identity and ethnic differences in support for multicultural norms and group-conscious policies. The authors find evidence of strong patriotism among all groups and the classic pattern of assimilation among the new wave of immigrants. They argue that there is a consensus in rejecting harder forms of multiculturalism that insist on group rights but also a widespread acceptance of softer forms that are tolerant of cultural differences and do not challenge norms, such as by insisting on the primacy of English