Building Bridges Across the Racial Divide offers a hopeful view of how well-constructed diversity initiatives can combat entrenched racial prejudice and segregation in American life. More than fifty years after passage of the Civil Rights Act, Americans from different racial groups continue to occupy largely segregated worlds: we live in different neighborhoods, pray in different houses of worship, and send our children to different schools. Our perceptions of one another are often distorted by generations of separation, alienation and mistrust. Building Bridges Across the Racial Divide...