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Showcasing four key issues that have continually proven to divide our society, create tensions, and foster institutional discrimination and social inequality, Contentious examines the role of immigration, capital punishment, racial profiling, and affirmative action in shaping individual ethnic attitudes. Anthony Cortese balances social responsibility with individual freedom to offer a bold new approach to social justice. In order to achieve true justice in a multicultural society, Cortese argues, freedom from discrimination and equal protection under the law must jibe with freedom of expression. Other factors include the need for a living wage, de-ghettoization, racial integration, and access to education. Weaving together these critical tools with a synthesis of social behavior, each chapter opens with a compelling case study that demonstrates a facet of contention-building, followed by thought-provoking analyses of the scenario. Topics range from immigration across the U.S.- Mexico border to "driving while Black," additional airport screening of Muslim passengers, the role of public defenders when the accused faces the death penalty, the Supreme Court and affirmative action, Barack Obama's Living Wage Campaign, and many other real-world examples that bring a fresh perspective to the ideologies, assumptions, and beliefs regarding ethnic relations that often go unquestioned in the classroom. Designed as a compelling reader, in the spirit of Cynthia Orozco's No Mexicans, Women, or Dogs Allowed, Cortese's Contentious offers an engaging framework for timely issues.