<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" soNormal>Part of the Longman Topic Series, this brief reader encourages an examination of diversity in America, in order to understand what both enriches and threatens the country&rsquo;s core values &ldquo;of liberty and justice for all.&rdquo; This collection of readings  provides opportunities for students to examine the impact &ldquo;racial&rdquo; and &ldquo;ethnic&rdquo; identity have on diverse groups, some of them challenging the notion of race as a meaningful category for thinking about human identity. Authors included in this collection write about the personal and political aspects of racial and ethnic identity in a variety of ways including describing experiences of exclusion, satirizing stereotyping, analyzing the sources of alienation, and arguing for changes that will ensure inclusion.</P>