Race and Ethnicity in the United States

by Schaefer, Richard T.

Edition:

4th

ISBN13:

9780131733268

ISBN10:

0131733265

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Paperback

Pub. Date:

1/1/2007

Publisher(s):

Prentice Hall

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Summary

Race and Ethnicity In The United States, 4/e introduces the basic sociological concepts relevant to the study of race and ethnic relations, and gives a basic intellectual framework to approach this ever-changing and emotional facet of life in this country. 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

Preface

About the Author

Chapter 1 Understanding Race and Ethnicity

(42)

What Is a Subordinate Group?

(2)

Types of Subordinate Groups

(5)

Racial Groups

(1)

Ethnic Groups

(1)

Listen to Our Voices: Problem of the Color Line, W.E.B. DuBois

(1)

Religious Groups

(1)

Gender Groups

(1)

Other Subordinate Groups

(1)

Does Race Matter?

(5)

Biological Meaning

(2)

Social Construction of Race

(2)

Sociology and the Study of Race and Ethnicity

(6)

Stratification by Class and Gender

(1)

Theoretical Perspectives

(5)

The Creation of Subordinate-Group Status

(3)

Migration

(1)

Annexation

(1)

Colonialism

(1)

The Consequences of Subordinate-Group Status

(17)

Extermination

(1)

Expulsion

(1)

Secession

(1)

Segregation

(2)

Fusion

(1)

Assimilation

(1)

The Pluralist Perspective

(2)

Who Am I?

(1)

Research Focus: Measuring Multiculturalism

(3)

Resistance and Change

(5)

Chapter 2 Prejudice

(41)

Hate Crimes

(2)

Prejudice and Discrimination

(3)

Merton's Typology

(1)

LaPiere's Study

(1)

Theories of Prejudice

(5)

Scapegoating Theory

(1)

Authoritarian Personality Theory

(1)

Exploitation Theory

(2)

Normative Approach

(1)

The Content of Prejudice: Stereotypes

(5)

What Are Stereotypes?

(1)

Listen to Our Voices: Pendulum Swings on Civil Rights, James Zogby

(1)

Trends in Stereotypes

(1)

Stereotyping in Action: Racial Profiling

(2)

The Extent of Prejudice

(4)

The Social Distance Scale

(1)

Trends in Prejudice

(3)

The Mood of the Oppressed

(3)

Intergroup Hostility

(1)

Reducing Prejudice

(15)

Education and Mass Media

(2)

Equal-Status Contact

(2)

Corporate Response: Diversity Training

(2)

Research Focus: What's in a Name?

(2)

Ways to Fight Hate

(5)

Chapter 3 Discrimination

(35)

Understanding Discrimination

(6)

Relative versus Absolute Deprivation

(1)

Total Discrimination

(1)

Listen to our Voices: Of Race and Risk by Patricia J. Williams

(2)

Institutional Discrimination

(2)

Low-Wage Labor

(4)

Research Focus: Discrimination in Job Seeking

(1)

Discrimination Today

(7)

Measuring Discrimination

(3)

Eliminating Discrimination

101

(4)

Environmental Justice

105

(3)

Affirmative Action

108

(4)

Affirmative Action Explained

108

(1)

The Legal Debate

109

(3)

Reverse Discrimination

112

(2)

The Glass Ceiling

114

(5)

Chapter 4 Immigration and the United States

119

(32)

Patterns of Immigration

122

(1)

Today's Foreign-Born Population

123

(2)

Early Immigration

125

(4)

The Anti-Catholic Crusade

125

(2)

The Anti-Chinese Movement

127

(2)

Restrictionist Sentiment Increases

129

(5)

The National Origin System

130

(1)

The 1965 Immigration and Naturalization Act

131

(3)

Contemporary Concerns

134

(7)

The Brain Drain

134

(2)

Population Growth

136

(1)

Illegal Immigration

136

(1)

Listen to Our Voices: Imagining Life without Illegal Immigrants, Dean E. Murphy

137

(4)

The Economic Impact of Immigration

141

(4)

Research Focus: How Well Are Immigrants Doing?

143

(2)

The Global Economy and Immigration

145

(2)

Refugees

147

(4)

Chapter 5 Ethnicity and Religion

151

(45)

Ethnic Diversity

153

(1)

Why Don't We Study Whiteness?

154

(4)

Listen to Our Voices: When the Boats Arrived, Diane Glancy

155

(1)

Whiteness

156

(1)

White Privilege

157

(1)

The Rediscovery of Ethnicity

158

(3)

The Third-Generation Principle

159

(1)

Symbolic Ethnicity

160

(1)

The Price Paid by White Ethnics

161

(3)

Prejudice toward White Ethnic Groups

161

(1)

The Prejudice of Ethnics

162

(2)

Case Example: The Italian Americans

164

(3)

The Language Divide

167

(5)

Bilingual Education

169

(2)

Official Language Movement

171

(1)

Religious Pluralism

172

(6)

Research Focus: Measuring the Importance of Religion

177

(1)

Ethnicity, Religion, and Social Class

178

(2)

Religion in the United States

180

(9)

Diversity among Roman Catholics

180

(2)

Diversity among Protestants

182

(2)

Women and Religion

184

(2)

Religion and the U.S. Supreme Court

186

(3)

Limits of Religious Freedom: The Amish

189

(7)

The Amish Way of Life

189

(1)

The Amish and Larger Society

190

(6)

Chapter 6 The Nation as a Kaleidoscope

196

(16)

The Glass Half Empty

199

(3)

Is There a Model Minority?

202

(6)

Listen to Our Voices: Gangsters, Gooks, Geeks, Geishas by Helen Zia

204

(2)

Persistence of Inequality

206

(2)

Talking Past One Another

208

(4)

Internet Resource Directory

212

(4)

Glossary

216

(4)

References

220

(13)

Photo Credits

233

(2)

Index

235