Politicians philosophers and academics have spent countless hours debating the issues of greatest concern on college campuses today multiculturalism political correctness race relations sexual politics and gender but what has been noticeably missing from their discussions are the voices of the students themselves battling bias is one of the first books to offer an analysis of their . The students mainly from east coast schools express widely varying opinions on bias much like those that inform todays campus debates about race gender and sexual orientation unfortunately bias incidents hate crimes and discrimination are far from rare at americas colleges but as sidel shows many students are actively battling them. Politicians philosophers and academics have spent countless hours debating the issues of greatest concern on college campuses today multiculturalism political correctness race relations sexual politics and gender but what has been noticeably missing from their discussions are the voices of the students themselves battling bias is one of the first books to offer an analysis of their . Battling bias is one of the first books to offer an analysis of their actions and reactions on their own college campuses in this work a wide variety of students from both public and private schools across the country share their pain and anger their concerns and experiences and the impact on their lives of the surge of conflicts so omnipresent on campuses today. The item battling bias the struggle for identity and community on college campuses ruth sidel represents a specific individual material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in university of missouri st louis libraries