Human Resources and the Law
Once the recruitment and hiring process begins, a whole host of laws and regulations comes into play. The most visible of these are mandates related to equal employment opportunities for minorities and those with disabilities.
Race, Ethnicity and Family: Minority Families Finding Strength
While there are some social and cultural forces that work against minority families in the United States, many of these same families often find strength in other aspects of American culture.
Class-Based Affirmative Action:
Professor of Sociology and Public Policy Dalton Conley talks about class-based affirmative action as an alternative to the much more common, but increasingly unpopular race-based affirmative action.
Families Today and Tomorrow: Family Diversity and Immigration
American families are growing more racially and ethnically diverse, at least in part because of changing patterns of immigration.
Institutional Racism
Professor of Sociology and Public Policy Dalton Conley talks about the forces that perpetuate racism, even when there is no particular racial motivation in mind. In many cases, Professor Conley notes, there is no awareness that race plays a part in ...