This volume compiles twelve recent reports on issues of ethnicity and race in the United States from CQ Researcher, "a weekly policy backgrounder that brings into focus key issues on the public agenda." Each article discusses the history of legislative and judicial action related to the issue; how this history impacts local, state, and federal levels of government and the lives of Americans; and possible futures. The reports discuss hate groups, affirmative action, the changing demographics of the US electorate, race and politics, the reparations movement, racial diversity in public schools, hate speech, the border fence on the US-Mexican border, the census, bilingual education vs. English immersion, American Indians, and immigration. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Read Less