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Race and Ethnicity in the United States,9780673469496

Race and Ethnicity in the United States

by Richard T. Schaefer; Richard T. Schaffer

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1st

ISBN13:

9780673469496

ISBN10:

0673469492

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Paperback

Pub. Date:

9/1/1995

Publisher(s):

HarperCollins College

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Table of Contents

Preface

xi

Chapter 1 Aspects of Minority-Majority Relations

1

(32)

WHAT IS A MINORITY GROUP?

4

(3)

TYPES OF MINORITY GROUPS

7

(2)

RACE

9

(3)

SOCIOLOGY AND THE STUDY OF MINORITY GROUPS

12

(5)

THE CREATION OF SUBORDINATE-GROUP STATUS

17

(3)

THE CONSEQUENCES OF SUBORDINATE-GROUP STATUS

20

(7)

THE PLURALIST PERSPECTIVE

27

(3)

CONCLUSION

30

(1)

KEY TERMS

31

(1)

CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS

32

(1)

Chapter 2 Prejudice

33

(26)

PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION

35

(3)

THEORIES OF PREJUDICE

38

(3)

THE CONTENT OF PREJUDICE: STEREOTYPES

41

(3)

THE EXTENT OF PREJUDICE

44

(4)

MOOD OF THE SUBORDINATE GROUP

48

(4)

REDUCING PREJUDICE

52

(4)

CONCLUSION

56

(1)

KEY TERMS

57

(1)

CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS

57

(2)

Chapter 3 Discrimination

59

(24)

UNDERSTANDING DISCRIMINATION

60

(3)

INSTITUTIONAL DISCRIMINATION

63

(2)

DUAL LABOR MARKET

65

(1)

THE UNDERCLASS

66

(1)

DISCRIMINATION IN AMERICAN SOCIETY

67

(9)

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

76

(5)

CONCLUSION

81

(1)

KEY TERMS

82

(1)

CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS

82

(1)

Chapter 4 Immigration and the United States

83

(22)

EARLY IMMIGRATION

85

(5)

RESTRICTIONIST SENTIMENT INCREASES

90

(4)

CONTEMPORARY CONCERNS

94

(3)

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

97

(3)

REFUGEES

100

(3)

CONCLUSION

103

(1)

KEY TERMS

104

(1)

CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS

104

(1)

Chapter 5 Ethnicity and Religion

105

(28)

ETHNIC DIVERSITY

106

(1)

RELIGIOUS PLURALISM

107

(3)

THE REDISCOVERY OF ETHNICITY

110

(3)

JEWS AS AN ETHNIC GROUP

113

(2)

THE PRICE PAID BY WHITE ETHNICS

115

(5)

ETHNICITY, RELIGION, AND SOCIAL CLASS

120

(1)

RELIGION AND AMERICAN SOCIETY

121

(10)

CONCLUSION

131

(1)

KEY TERMS

131

(1)

CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS

132

(1)

Chapter 6 The Nation as a Kaleidoscope

133

(16)

THE GLASS HALF EMPTY

135

(2)

IS THERE A MODEL MINORITY?

137

(2)

THE GLASS CEILING

139

(1)

TALKING PAST ONE ANOTHER

140

(7)

CONCLUSION

147

(1)

KEY TERMS

148

(1)

CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS

148

(1)

References

149

(24)

Acknowledgments

173

(2)

Name Index

175

(4)

Subject Index

179

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