Front Cover -- Title Page -- Half Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword - John Raisian and Larry Mone -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Part One the Big Picture -- The Demography of Racial and Ethnic Groups - Stephan Thernstrom -- Immigration and Group Relations - Reed Ueda -- What Americans Think About Race and Ethnicity - Everett C. Ladd -- Wrestling with Stigma - Shelby Steele -- Part Two Private Lives and Public Policies -- Residential Segregation Trends - William A. V. Clark -- African American Marriage Patterns - Douglas J. Besharov and Andrew West -- Crime - James Q. Wilson -- Health and Medical Care - Sally Satel -- Supporting Black Churches - John J. DiIulio Jr. -- Part Three Economics -- Discrimination, Economics, and Culture - Thomas Sowell -- Half Full or Half Empty? The Changing Economic Status of African Americans, 1967-1996 - Finis Welch -- Discrimination in Public Contracting - George R. La Noue -- Part Four Education -- Desegregation and Resegregation in the Public Schools - David J. Armor and Christine H. Rossell -- The Racial Gap in Academic Achievement - Abigail Thernstrom -- Schools That Work for Minority Students - Clint Bolick -- Preferential Admissions in Higher Education - Martin Trow -- Part Five Law -- Racial and Ethnic Classifications in American Law - Eugene Volokh -- Illusions of Antidiscrimination Law - Nelson Lund -- Part Six Politics -- Race, Ethnicity, and Politics in American History - Michael Barone -- The Politics of Racial Preferences - David Brady -- From Protest to Politics: Still an Issue for Black Leadership - Tamar Jacoby -- Part Seven One Nation, Indivisible -- The New Politics of Hispanic Assimilation - Linda Chavez -- In Defense of Indian Rights - William J. Lawrence -- The Battle for Color-blind Public Policy - C. Robert Zelnick -- One Nation, Indivisible - Ward Connerly -- Index.