Race and Ethnicity in the United States

by Schaefer, Richard T.

Edition:

2nd

ISBN13:

9780130283153

ISBN10:

0130283150

Format:

Paperback

Pub. Date:

1/1/2001

Publisher(s):

Prentice Hall

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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.

Preface

Understanding Race and Ethnicity

(38)

What Is a Subordinate Group?

(1)

Types of Subordinate Groups

(4)

Racial Groups

(1)

Ethnic Groups

(1)

Religious Groups

(1)

Gender Groups

(1)

Listen to Their Voices: Problem of the Color-Line

(1)

W. E. B. DuBois

Race

(5)

Biological Meaning

(3)

Social Construction of Race

(2)

Census 2000

(1)

Sociology and the Study of Race and Ethnicity

(6)

Stratification by Class and Gender

(1)

Theoretical Perspectives

(4)

The Creation of Subordinate-Group Status

(3)

Migration

(1)

Annexation

(1)

Colonialism

(1)

The Consequences of Subordinate-Group Status

(6)

Extermination

(1)

Expulsion

(1)

Secession

(1)

Segregation

(1)

Fusion

(1)

Assimilation

(2)

The Pluralist Perspective

(1)

Who Am I?

(3)

Resistance and Change

(2)

Conclusion

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

Review Questions

(1)

Critical Thinking

(1)

Internet Exercises

(2)

Prejudice

(34)

Hate Crimes

(2)

Prejudice and Discrimination

(3)

Theories of Prejudice

(4)

Scapegoating Theory

(1)

Authoritarian Personality Theory

(1)

Exploitation Theory

(1)

Normative Approach

(1)

The Content of Prejudice: Stereotypes

(3)

The Extent of Prejudice

(4)

The Social Distance Scale

(3)

Attitude Change

(1)

The Mood of the Subordinate Group

(5)

Listen to Their Voices: In Search of Bruce Lee's Grave, Shanlon Wu

(2)

Intergroup Hostility

(1)

Reducing Prejudice

(6)

Mass Media and Education

(2)

Television: A Case Study of the Media

(2)

Equal-Status Contact

(2)

Conclusion

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

Review Questions

(1)

Critical Thinking

(1)

Internet Exercises

(2)

Discrimination

(35)

Understanding Discrimination

(5)

Relative Versus Absolute Deprivation

(1)

Total Discrimination

(1)

Institutional Discrimination

(1)

Listen to Their Voices: Of Race and Risk

(2)

Patricia J. Williams

The Informal Economy

(2)

The Underclass

(2)

Discrimination Today

(6)

Measuring Discrimination

(3)

Eliminating Discrimination

(3)

Environmental Justice

(2)

Affirmative Action

(7)

Affirmative Action Explained

(1)

The Debate

(3)

Reverse Discrimination

(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

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