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Citing a previously described database (see Longshore, Douglas, "School Racial Composition and Intergroup Hostility," PhD dissertation, U of California, Los Angeles, 1981; & SA 31:1/83M7512 & 31:2/83M9211), 3 school context variables are tested as predictors of white students' intergroup relations: staff racial composition, busing, & classroom resegregation. None predicts intergroup relations by itself, but each interacts with school racial composition. Implications for the concept of racial control & for future research are discussed. 2 Tables, 20 References. Modified HA.

The events of September 11 gave rise to new opportunities to think about intergroup relations and how they can be strengthened. This article summarizes how communities across the nation have initiated activities to help people grieve and to prevent further violence against Arabs, Muslims, and other Middle Easterners and applies a set of research‐based principles on intergroup relations to communities' responses to September 11. The article also demonstrates the importance of moving beyond the current responses to more comprehensive community strategies that are informed by these principles and other lessons learned. These strategies include multipronged approaches that help individuals grieve and heal, engage institutional leaders, and support community action.