Nonfiction Book

1.   A summary of your text (or chapters/articles you read from your text).   This should be at least 3-5 solid paragraphs.

 

           The book Teens and Race is about the most important issues affecting teenagers and their race today. It addresses how it impacts teen’s personal relationships, their environment and their community.
        One section I read was about how diverse the generation of teens are today in America. It talks about how more teens are growing up in multiracial households than ever before. It also states that young people today are more willing to accept members of other races as equals. Are generation today has become more educated about race and is more inclusive which is why are teens today are more excepting of other races.
        Another section I read addresses interracial relationships and how they are more common today than at any time in past U.S. history. Today, Americans, particularly young Americans, are much more tolerant of interracial dating. Many interracial couples work harder at communicating and understanding each other than same-race couples. But the difficulties that interracial couples face may help them grow closer.
       One more section I read was about teens growing up biracial. It said that some teens may be confused about their “ethnic identity”. Children of an interracial marriage struggle to find a group of peers with whom they can identify. Young biracial children know they are different from their friends, and they know their parents are different from their friends’ parents.
       After reading this book I learned that it is important for people to respect each other no matter what race, ethnicity, culture, or sexual orientation they are. By doing this it will have a positive impact on our society.

2.   At least 3 key passages from your text (cited by page number).

   

“Opinion polls clearly show that young people today are more willing to accept members of other races as equals; they are eager to make friends with them, date them, sit in the same classrooms with them, share their music and other facets of their cultures, and ultimately, start families with them.” (Page 9)

“By the 1990’s, blacks and whites in the United States were sitting in the same classrooms, using the same textbooks, riding together on the same school buses, and eating in the same school cafeterias.” (Page 36)

“What is my race? As young children, the sons and daughters of biracial marriages often turn to their mothers and fathers to help them with the answers. Young biracial children know they are different from their friends, and they know their parents are different from their friends’ parents.” (Page 49)

3.   At least 5 thought-provoking questions that allow readers of your page to think about the topic you have chosen in relation to your nonfiction book and the world around us.

            1. Do you fell that racial minorities in this country have equal job opportunities with
               whites?
            2. How would you rate the state of race relations in the United States today?
            3. Do you think public schools should offer classes on race relations as required

instruction, should offer the classes as electives that are not required, or should

not teach classes on race relations at all?
4. How widespread do you believe the problem of racism against blacks among police officers is in this country?
5. Do you think affirmative action has been good for the country, or do you think it has not been good?

 

4.   A citation for your nonfiction book. Use Easybib.com if necessary.

        Marcovitz, Hal. Teens and Race. Broomall: Mason Crest, 2004. Print

 5.   Include a picture(s) (one that you created or composed) on the page that relates to the book you have chosen.

 

 

 

6.   Finally, include a section on how this particular book has guided or fits in with the issue you have chosen to work with for this project.

The section I read in the book Teens and Race fits in with the issue that I chose to work with because it talks about how teens today are more willing to accept others of different race as equals. It also talks about how young biracial children recognize that they are different from their friends and people they see in their everyday life.


 Marcovitz, Hal. Teens & Race. Broomall, PA: Mason Crest, 2004. Print

Interesting Element: http://parentingteens.about.com/cs/education/a/teenfriendship.htm