racial identification in america

“RACIAL IDENTIFICATION IN AMERICA” Americans are unique in the way they describe and define race and identify to characteristics that other cultures view differently. Genuine racial identity and integration is a necessary condition for eradication of white racism at both the individual and institutional levels. Whatever the word “race” may mean elsewhere in the world, or to the world of science, it is clear that in America the categories are arbitrary, confused, and hopelessly intermingled. …

…must have equal access to resources; ideally, we should all be working together cooperatively for common goals. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Works Citied: Garraty, John. The American Nation. Harper Collins Publishers Inc, New York, NY, 1991 Goldsby, Richard. Race and Races. The MacMillan Company, New York, NY, 1971. 8 Bohner, Charles. “Who’s Passing for Who?. Ed. Dean Dougherty, University of Delaware, 1999. 482-485 Albin, Kira. “The Woman Who Changed a Nation.” Figure 1/Photograph http://www.grandtimes.com/rosa.html. April 8, 2001