A Ford Foundation Working Paper that discusses the demographic, economic, social and political situation of Hispanics in the United States today. Also describes the Foundation's initiatives to address the needs of this growing population.

In a cross-cutting initiative of its Human Rights and International Cooperation and Media, Arts and Culture programs, the Ford Foundation plans to fund a new joint program aimed at raising public awareness of racial discrimination in the United States and

"We've become an urban, impersonal and sophisticated society. We've also grown weary of taxes and skeptical of large-scale efforts to solve problems." [p. 1]

Speech delivered at the first Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial Lecture at Columbia University, Oct. 24, 1984, which discusses race, ethnic relations, and affirmative action internationally, with special emphasis on South Africa and the United States.