Sociology 134American Minority Groups

Spring 2003

Introductory Lecture

Logistics

• Adding the Course/Changing Sections

• Discussion Sections and Teaching Assistants (Shireen Ally, Jay Burlingham, Aaron Pitluck, Ji-Young Son)

• Personal Background

• Syllabus

Introductory Quiz

1. Which of the following names are the correct ones to use when discussing racial and ethnic minority groups?

a. Negro, Black, or African American

b. American Indian, Native American, Indigenous People, First Nations

c. Hispanic or Latino

d. People of color or colored people

2. In 2002, what percentage of the U.S. population is white?

a. 69%

b. 81%

c. 56%

d. 87%

3. In 2002, what percentage of the Wisconsin population is

white?

a. 87%

b. 95%

c. 75%

d. 65%

4. The residential segregation of blacks from whites in major

cities increased during the 1990s.

• True or False

5. The U.S. group that grew by the greatest percentage

during the 1980s and 1990s was the Asian population.

• True or False

6.The largest Hispanic group in the United States is the Puerto Rican population.

• True or False

7. Name the 7 major American Indian tribes or

nations remaining in Wisconsin.

Major Wisconsin Tribes

• Ho Chunk

• Menominee

• Potawatomi

• Oneida

• Stockbridge-Munsee

• Brotherton

• Ojibwa/Chippewa

Major Ojibwa settlements

• Red Cliff

• Bad River

• St. Croix

• Lac Courte Oreilles

• Lac du Flambeau

• Mole Lake Sokaogan

8. The majority of poor people are African Americans.

• True or False

9. In Madison, we have Blackhawk Drive and

Blackhawk Country Club…..

• Who was Blackhawk?

• What is his connection to the Social Science Building?

10. Affirmative action always involves quotas.

• True or False

Affirmative Action in Higher Education

• Two Big Questions:1. Is diversity in higher education a

compelling state interest?2. Can we take race into account in

pursuing diversity? If so, how?

• Bakke Case, 1978• Hopwood Case, 5th Circuit, 1996

Self-Segregation

• Definition

• Examples

• Multicultural Center

Free Speech Issues

• Offensive remarks, unintended insults, fighting words

• Examples