A text illustrating the range of essays examining multicultural issues, with work by Zora Neale Hurston, Ved Mehta, Ishmael Reed, bell hooks, Bruno Bettelheim, Ernesto Galarza, Ralph Ellison, Maxine Hong Kingston, Michael Dorris, June Jordan, and 19 others. Divided into sections on childhood and family, issues of identity, sense of place, the importance of language, and combating prejudice. Indexed by author and title only. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.