Race and Ethnicity in the United States

by Schaefer, Richard T.

• ISBN13: 9780130283153
• ISBN10: 0130283150
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

A core text for courses in Race and Ethnic Relations. This concise topical introduction to race and ethnicity in the U.S. explores prejudice, discrimination, immigration, ethnicity, and religion in their historical and current contexts. The book introduces students to the basic sociological concepts relevant to the study of dominant and subordinate relations, and gives them a basic intellectual framework to approach this ever-changing and emotional facet of life in this country.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Understanding Race and Ethnicity	1	(38)
What Is a Subordinate Group?	4	(1)
Types of Subordinate Groups	5	(4)
Racial Groups	5	(1)
Ethnic Groups	6	(1)
Religious Groups	7	(1)
Gender Groups	8	(1)
Listen to Their Voices: Problem of the Color-Line	8	(1)
W. E. B. DuBois
Race	9	(5)
Biological Meaning	9	(3)
Social Construction of Race	12	(2)
Census 2000	14	(1)
Sociology and the Study of Race and Ethnicity	14	(6)
Stratification by Class and Gender	15	(1)
Theoretical Perspectives	16	(4)
The Creation of Subordinate-Group Status	20	(3)
Migration	21	(1)
Annexation	21	(1)
Colonialism	22	(1)
The Consequences of Subordinate-Group Status	23	(6)
Extermination	24	(1)
Expulsion	24	(1)
Secession	25	(1)
Segregation	25	(1)
Fusion	26	(1)
Assimilation	27	(2)
The Pluralist Perspective	29	(1)
Who Am I?	30	(3)
Resistance and Change	33	(2)
Conclusion	35	(1)
Key Terms	36	(1)
Review Questions	36	(1)
Critical Thinking	37	(1)
Internet Exercises	37	(2)
Prejudice	39	(34)
Hate Crimes	42	(2)
Prejudice and Discrimination	44	(3)
Theories of Prejudice	47	(4)
Scapegoating Theory	47	(1)
Authoritarian Personality Theory	48	(1)
Exploitation Theory	49	(1)
Normative Approach	50	(1)
The Content of Prejudice: Stereotypes	51	(3)
The Extent of Prejudice	54	(4)
The Social Distance Scale	54	(3)
Attitude Change	57	(1)
The Mood of the Subordinate Group	58	(5)
Listen to Their Voices: In Search of Bruce Lee's Grave, Shanlon Wu	61	(2)
Intergroup Hostility	63	(1)
Reducing Prejudice	64	(6)
Mass Media and Education	64	(2)
Television: A Case Study of the Media	66	(2)
Equal-Status Contact	68	(2)
Conclusion	70	(1)
Key Terms	71	(1)
Review Questions	71	(1)
Critical Thinking	71	(1)
Internet Exercises	71	(2)
Discrimination	73	(35)
Understanding Discrimination	76	(5)
Relative Versus Absolute Deprivation	76	(1)
Total Discrimination	77	(1)
Institutional Discrimination	78	(1)
Listen to Their Voices: Of Race and Risk	79	(2)
Patricia J. Williams
The Informal Economy	81	(2)
The Underclass	83	(2)
Discrimination Today	85	(6)
Measuring Discrimination	85	(3)
Eliminating Discrimination	88	(3)
Environmental Justice	91	(2)
Affirmative Action	93	(7)
Affirmative Action Explained	94	(1)
The Debate	95	(3)
Reverse Discrimination	98	(2)
The Glass Ceiling	100	(4)
Conclusion	104	(1)
Key Terms	105	(1)
Review Questions	105	(1)
Critical Thinking	105	(1)
Internet Exercises	106	(2)
Immigration and the United States	108	(29)
Early Immigration	111	(6)
The Anti-Catholic Crusade	112	(1)
The Anti-Chinese Movement	113	(4)
Restrictionist Sentiment Increases	117	(5)
The National Origins System	117	(2)
Listen to Their Voices: Roots	119	(1)
Raffi Ishkanian
The 1965 Immigration and Naturalization Act	120	(2)
Contemporary Concerns	122	(6)
The Brain Drain	122	(2)
Population Growth	124	(1)
Illegal Immigration	125	(3)
The Economic Impact of Immigration	128	(3)
Refugees	131	(2)
Conclusion	133	(1)
Key Terms	134	(1)
Review Questions	134	(1)
Critical Thinking	135	(1)
Internet Exercises	135	(2)
Ethnicity and Religion	137	(38)
Ethnic Diversity	139	(1)
Why Don't We Study Whiteness?	139	(4)
Listen to Their Voices: When the Boats Arrived	141	(2)
Diane Glancy
Religious Pluralism	143	(3)
The Rediscovery of Ethnicity	146	(4)
The Third-Generation Principle	147	(1)
Symbolic Ethnicity	148	(2)
The Price Paid by White Ethnics	150	(3)
Prejudice toward White Ethnic Groups	150	(1)
The Prejudice of Ethnics	151	(2)
Case Example: The Italian Americans	153	(3)
Ethnicity, Religion, and Social Class	156	(2)
Religion in the United States	158	(9)
Diversity among Roman Catholics	159	(1)
Diversity among Protestants	160	(2)
Women and Religion	162	(1)
Religion and the U.S. Supreme Court	163	(4)
Limits of Religious Freedom: The Amish	167	(4)
Conclusion	171	(1)
Key Terms	172	(1)
Review Questions	172	(1)
Critical Thinking	172	(1)
Internet Exercises	173	(2)
The Nation as a Kaleidoscope	175	(13)
The Glass Half Empty	177	(2)
Is There a Model Minority?	179	(3)
Talking Past One Another	182	(3)
Listen to Their Voices: A Bench by the Side of the Road	184	(1)
Toni Morrison
The Changing Face of the Workforce	185	(1)
Conclusion	186	(1)
Key Term	186	(1)
Review Questions	186	(1)
Critical Thinking	187	(1)
Internet Exercise	187	(1)
Glossary	188	(3)
References	191	(12)
Photo Credits	203	(2)
Index	205