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| An Introduction to the Study of Minority Groups in the United States | |
| Diversity in the United States: Questions and Concepts | |
| Narrative Portrait: The Social Construction of Racial Identity | |
| Developing a Racial Identity | |
| Narrative Portrait: The Cultural Sources of Prejudice | |
| Kaffir Boy | |
| Readings | |
| Prejudice, Discrimination, and Racism | |
| Using Racial and Ethnic Concepts: The Critical Case of Very Young Children | |
| Constructing Categories of Difference | |
| Current Debates: Race and Sports | |
| The Dominance of Black Athletes is Genetic | |
| The Argument for Genetic Differences is Deeply Flawed | |
| Debate Questions to Consider | |
| Assimilation and Pluralism | |
| Narrative Portrait: Assimilation, Then and Now | |
| Choosing a Dream: Italians in Hell's Kitchen | |
| Always Running: La Vida Loca | |
| Readings | |
| Divided Fates | |
| Fifteen Years on the Bottom Rung | |
| Opening Faces: The Politics of Cosmetic Surgery and Asian American Women | |
| Current Debates: English Only? | |
| English Only Will Speed the Assimilation of Immigrants | |
| Bilingualism Should Be Encouraged | |
| Debate Questions to Consider | |
| The Evolution of Dominant-Minority Relations in the United States | |
| The Development of Dominant-Minority Relations in Pre-Industrial America: The Origins of Slavery | |
| Narrative Portrait: A Slave's Life | |
| Life as a Slave Girl | |
| Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb | |
| Readings | |
| Slavery Unwilling to Die | |
| Jezebel and Mammy: The Mythology of Female Slavery | |
| Current Debates: How Did Slavery Affect the Origins of African American Culture? | |
| Slavery Created African American Culture | |
| African American Culture Was Created by an Interplay of Elements From Africa and America | |
| Debate Questions to Consider | |
| Industrialization and Dominant-Minority Relations: From Slavery to Segregation and the Coming of Post-Industrial Society | |
| Narrative Portrait: The Kitchenette | |
| Death on the City Pavement | |
| Readings | |
| The Meaning of Emancipation According to Black Women | |
| What is Affirmative Action? | |
| Adolescent Masculinity, Homophobia, and Violence: Random School Shootings, 1982-2001 | |
| Current Debates: Affirmative Action | |
| Affirmative Action Casts Suspicions on Legitimate Black Achievement and Depicts African Americans as Incapable | |
| Why We Still Need Affirmative Action | |
| Debate Questions to Consider | |
| Understanding Dominant -Minority Relations in the United States Today | |
| African Americans | |
| Narrative Portrait: The Persistence of Racism | |
| Just Walk on By: A Black Man Ponders His Ability To Alter Public Space | |
| The Mulatto Millennium | |
| Readings | |
| I Am Not a Racist But... | |
| Race and Criminalization: Black Americans and the Punishment Industry | |
| The Elephant in the Living Room: The Issue of Race in Close Black/White Friendships | |
| Current Debates: Reparations | |
| Reparations for African Americans in Historical Context | |
| Reparations Are an Idea Whose Time Has Come | |
| Blood Money: Why I Don't Want Reparations for Slavery | |
| Debate Questions to Consider | |
| Native Americans | |
| Narrative Portrait: Native Americans' Experiences and Perspectives | |
| Lakota Woman | |
| Talking to the Owls and Butterflies | |
| Readings | |
| Growing Up Indian | |
| From the Ground Up | |
| Current Debates: Are Indian Sports Team Mascots Offensive? | |
| Indian Symbols and Mascots Are Not Offensive | |
| Mascots Are Offensive | |
| Debate Questions to Consider | |
| Hispanic Americans | |
| Narrative Portrait: The Meaning of Macho | |
| Americanization is Tough on Macho | |
| Narrative Portrait: Gender Images of Latinas | |
| The Island Travels With You | |
| Readings | |
| Mock Spanish: A Site for the Indexical Reproduction of Racism in American English | |
| Seeing More Than Black and White: Latinos, Racsim, and the Cultural Divide | |
| Not White or Black, but In Between: Latinos and Asian Americans Expanding the Language of Colorblind Racism | |
| Current Debates: Is Americanization Threatened by" Hispanization"? | |
| How to Make an American | |
| Why We Shouldn't Worry About the "Hispanization" of the United States | |
| Debate Questions to Consider | |
| Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders | |
| Narrative Portrait: The Relocation | |
| We Were Just Japs | |
| Readings | |
| The Interrelationship Between Anti-Asian Violence and Asian America | |
| South Korean Sex Slaves in the United States and Canada | |
| Current Debates: Asian American "Success": What Are the Dimensions, Causes, and Implications for Other Minority Groups? | |
| The Success of Japanese Americans Is Cultural | |
| The "Success" of Chinese Americans Is Structural | |
| The Success of Asian Americans Has Been Exaggerated in Part to Criticize Other Minority Groups | |
| Debate Questions to Consider | |
| New Americans: Immigration and Assimilation | |
| Narrative Portrait: Two Stories of Immigration | |
| Life in the Enclave | |
| Life as a Refugee | |
| Readings | |
| Immigrants in American Society | |
| Discrimination and the American Dream: The Case of Middle Eastern Americans | |
| Globalization and Its Mal(e)contents: The Gendered Moral and Political Economy of Terrorism | |
| Current Debates: Is Immigration Harmful or Helpful to the United States? | |
| Immigration Is Harmful | |
| Immigration Is Not Harmful | |
| We Need to Reframe the Immigration Debate | |
| Debate Questions to Consider | |
| White Ethnic Groups | |
| Narrative Portrait: Ethnicity, Prejudice, and the Irish Political Machine | |
| Shadow of the Past | |
| Readings | |
| How Jews Became White | |
| White Privilege and Male Privilege | |
| Euphemized Racism: Moral qua Racial Boundaries | |
| Current Debates: The Racial Identities of Whites and Blacks | |
| The Need to Understand Whiteness | |
| Symbolic and Involuntary Ethnicity | |
| Debate Questions to Consider | |
| Conclusions | |
| Antiracist and Feminist Solutions | |
| The Emperor's New Clothes | |
| The Racial Preference Licensing Act | |
| The Redefinition and Subversion of Comparable Worth in New York State: "We Did It Our Way" | |
| Building Connections with Antiracism and Feminism | |
| Abolish the White Race by Any Means Necessary | |
| Being an Ally | |
| Commitment to Combat Racism | |
| Tools for White Guys Who Are Working for Social Change | |
| Discussion Questions | |
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