Short reviews

Abstract

From Africa to affirmative action Mary Frances Berry and John W. Blassingame, Long Memory: The Black Experience in America, Oxford University Press, 1982.468 pp. £14. Race relations text books Alan James and Robert Jeffcoate (eds.), The School in the Multicultural Society. Peter Braham, Ed Rhodes and Michael Pearn (eds.), Discrimination and Disadvantage in Employment. Both published by Harper & Row in association with the Open University Press, 1981. £5.95. Race relations research George Mair, Philip Stevens (eds.), Abstracts of Race Relations Research, Home Office Research and Planning Unit Paper 7, Home Office, London, 1982. 86 pp. The case for Asian languages Jennifer Wilding, Ethnic Minority Languages in the Classroom: A Survey of Asian Parents in Leicester, Leicester Council for Community Relations, 58 Earl Howe Street, Leicester, November 1981. £1.50.23 pp. Books for West Indian children Jessica Wellum, Black Children in the Library, The Polytechnic of North London School of Librarianship, Research Report No. 8,1981. English by television Jenny Lo (ed.), Speak for Yourself: The BBC Project on English as a Second Language, BBC 1981, 3 5 Marylebone High Street, London W1M 4AA. Political history of Southall Campaign Against Racism and Fascism/Southall Rights, Southall: The Birth of a Black Community, Institute of Race Relations and Southall Rights, 1981. £ 1.30.70 pp. Ethnic languages in the libraries Pirkko Elliott, Literary Needs of Children Attending Self‐Help Mother Tongue Schools in London. Polytechnic of North London, Research Report No 6,1981. 118 pp. Race, crime and the Metropolitan Police Susan Smith, Race and Crime Statistics, Background Paper No. 2, Race, Pluralism and Community Group, BSR, Church House, Dean's Yard, London SW1P 3NZ., Aug., 1982,24 pp., 35p. Advice for teachers Richard Willey, Teaching in Multiracial Britain, Longman for Schools Council, 1982, 38 pp., £1.55. Good intentions are not enough Trevor Hitner, David Knights, Eleanor Green and Derek Torrington, Racial minority employment: equal opportunity policy and practice, Department of Employment Research Paper No. 35, January 1982, 34 pp. Equal rights and equal responsibilities Australian Council on Population and Ethnic Affairs, Multiculturalism for all Australians: Our Developing Nationhood, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1982,53 pp. The ‘hidden’ unemployed K. Roberts, Maria Noble and Jull Duggan, Unregistered Youth Unemployment and Outreach Careers Work, Final Report part 2, Research Paper No. 32, Department of Employment, Jan. 1982. Careers and further education Shirley Dex, Black and White School‐Leavers: The First Five Years of Work, Research Paper No. 33, Department of Employment, March 1982. Inadequacies in adult education Alan Little, Richard Willey and Jagdish Gundara, Adult Education and the Black Community, ACACE, Leicester, 1982.37 pp. £2.00 Marriage and divorce in the Jewish community Barry A. Kosmin, Divorce in Anglo‐Jewry 1970–1980, West Central Jewish Community Development Centre, London, 1982.28 pp. £1.00. The churches and racism R. Elliott Kendall, Christianity and Race, Community and Race Relations Unit, British Council of Churches, June 1982. 55 pp. Interfaith initiatives Babbara Holden and Eric Rolls, Christian Community and Cultural Diversity, National Centre for Christian Communities and Networks, Westhill College, Selly Oak, Birmingham. June 1982. Black youth housing crisis Harry Cowen and Richard Lording, The Hidden Homeless, Gloucester Community Relations Council, May 1982. Legal language Omkar Nath Channan, The Role of the Court Interpreter, Shaw & Sons, 1982 (Shaway House, Lower Sydenham, London SE26 5AE). 44 pp. £2.25.