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STRATIFICATION:STRATIFICATION:

RACE & ETHNICITYRACE & ETHNICITY

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• Myth 1 - Idea That Any Race is Superior

– All Races Have Geniuses and Idiots.

– Genocide Still Around

• Myth 2 - Idea that Any Race is Pure

– Human Characteristics Flow Endlessly

Together.

Race: Myth and RealityRace: Myth and Reality Race: Myth and RealityRace: Myth and Reality

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• Race Refers to Biological

Characteristics.

• Ethnicity Refers to Cultural

Characteristics.

– Common Ancestry

– Cultural Heritage

– Nations of Origin

Ethnic GroupsEthnic Groups Ethnic GroupsEthnic Groups

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• Minority Group - People Singled

Out for Unequal Treatment

• Minority Group Not Necessarily

Numerical Minority

Minority and Minority and

Dominant GroupsDominant Groups

Minority and Minority and

Dominant GroupsDominant Groups

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• Dominant Group - Group with Most…

– Power

– Privileges

– Highest Social Status

• Dominant Group Does the

Discriminating.

Minority and Minority and

Dominant GroupsDominant Groups

Minority and Minority and

Dominant GroupsDominant Groups

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Minority Groups Occur Because of…

• Expansion of Political Boundaries

• Migration

Emergence of Emergence of

Minority GroupsMinority Groups

Emergence of Emergence of

Minority GroupsMinority Groups

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• Sense of Ethnicity

– Relative Size

– Power

– Appearance

– Discrimination

• Ethnic Work and the Melting Pot

Constructing RacialConstructing Racial--

Ethnic IdentityEthnic Identity

Constructing RacialConstructing Racial--

Ethnic IdentityEthnic Identity

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Sense of EthnicitySense of Ethnicity

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• Learning Prejudice

– Prejudice vs. Discrimination

• Discrimination is Action

• Learning from Association

Prejudice and Prejudice and

DiscriminationDiscrimination

Prejudice and Prejudice and

DiscriminationDiscrimination

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• Far-Reaching Nature of Prejudice

• Internalizing Dominant Norms

– Media

– Group Membership

Prejudice and Prejudice and

DiscriminationDiscrimination

Prejudice and Prejudice and

DiscriminationDiscrimination

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• Health Care

• Home Mortgage and Car Loans

Individual and Institutional Individual and Institutional

DiscriminationDiscrimination

Individual and Institutional Individual and Institutional

DiscriminationDiscrimination

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RaceRace--Ethnicity & Mortgages: Ethnicity & Mortgages:

An Example of Institutional DiscriminationAn Example of Institutional Discrimination

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Psychological Perspectives

• Frustration and Scapegoats

• The Authoritarian Personality

Theories of PrejudiceTheories of Prejudice Theories of PrejudiceTheories of Prejudice

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Sociological Perspectives

• Functionalism

• Conflict Theory

• Symbolic Interactionism

– Labels Create Prejudice

– Self-Fulfilling Prophesy

Theories of PrejudiceTheories of Prejudice Theories of PrejudiceTheories of Prejudice

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• Genocide

• Population Transfer

• Internal Colonialism

Global Patterns of

Intergroup Relations

Global Patterns of

Intergroup Relations

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• Segregation

• Assimilation

• Multiculturalism (Pluralism)

Global Patterns of Global Patterns of

Intergroup RelationsIntergroup Relations

Global Patterns of Global Patterns of

Intergroup RelationsIntergroup Relations

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Global Patterns of Intergroup Global Patterns of Intergroup

Relations: A ContinuumRelations: A Continuum

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• Nation’s Founders Included Only

Those from England (WASPs)

• Other “White” Europeans Inferior

Race and Ethnic Relations Race and Ethnic Relations

in the United Statesin the United States Europeans AmericansEuropeans Americans

Race and Ethnic Relations Race and Ethnic Relations

in the United Statesin the United States Europeans AmericansEuropeans Americans

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• Numbers Origins, Location

Race and Ethnic Relations Race and Ethnic Relations

in the United Statesin the United States Latinos (Hispanics)Latinos (Hispanics)

Race and Ethnic Relations Race and Ethnic Relations

in the United Statesin the United States Latinos (Hispanics)Latinos (Hispanics)

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Origin of US LatinosOrigin of US Latinos

Where US Latinos LiveWhere US Latinos Live

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• Numbers Origins, Location

• Spanish Language

Race and Ethnic Relations Race and Ethnic Relations

in the United Statesin the United States Latinos (Hispanics)Latinos (Hispanics)

Race and Ethnic Relations Race and Ethnic Relations

in the United Statesin the United States Latinos (Hispanics)Latinos (Hispanics)

• Diversity

• Comparative Conditions

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RaceRace--Ethnicity & Comparative WellEthnicity & Comparative Well--BeingBeing

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RaceRace--Ethnicity & EducationEthnicity & Education

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• The Struggle for Civil Rights

• Rising Expectations and Civil Strife

• Continued Gains

Race and Ethnic Relations Race and Ethnic Relations

in the United Statesin the United States AfricanAfrican--AmericansAmericans

Race and Ethnic Relations Race and Ethnic Relations

in the United Statesin the United States AfricanAfrican--AmericansAmericans

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• Current Losses

• Race or Social Class?

• Racism as an Everyday Burden

Race and Ethnic Relations Race and Ethnic Relations

in the United Statesin the United States AfricanAfrican--AmericansAmericans

Race and Ethnic Relations Race and Ethnic Relations

in the United Statesin the United States AfricanAfrican--AmericansAmericans

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Cloaked Discrimination in Apartment RentalsCloaked Discrimination in Apartment Rentals

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• Background of Discrimination

• Diversity

• Reasons for Success

Race and Ethnic Relations Race and Ethnic Relations

in the United Statesin the United States AsianAsian--AmericansAmericans

Race and Ethnic Relations Race and Ethnic Relations

in the United Statesin the United States AsianAsian--AmericansAmericans

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Country of Origin of Asian AmericansCountry of Origin of Asian Americans

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• Diversity of Groups

• From Treaties to Genocide and

Population Transfer

• The Invisible Minority and Self-

Determination

• Pan-Indianism

Race and Ethnic Relations

in the United States Native Americans

Race and Ethnic Relations

in the United States Native Americans

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• The Immigration Debate

• Affirmative Action

• Toward a True Multicultural Society

Looking To the Looking To the

FutureFuture

Looking To the Looking To the

FutureFuture

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Projections of the RacialProjections of the Racial--Ethnic Makeup Ethnic Makeup

of the US Populationof the US Population