Tribes

About the Book

Judy Wald has a problem. She’s in a mental institution and she doesn’t know why. All she is sure of is that her problem has something to do with the multiple backgrounds of her family. Judy is a little girl lost, lost in the web of ethnocentrism, the emotional attitude that results in the belief that ones own culture or nation is superior to others. But in actuality, ethnocentrism is just another name for bigotry.

About the Author

John L. Cooper was a professor of sociology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. He is the author of "Noble Street" and "The Prince and Pauper: The Case Against Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice of The U.S. Supreme Court." Armin A. Cooper was born and raised in New York City and is a graduate of Hunter College.