Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class

PART I AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF MINORITY GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES 1 Diversity in the United States: Questions and Concepts Some American Stories The Increasing Variety of American Minority Groups: Trends and Questions NARRATIVE PORTRAIT: What Does it Mean to be an American? What is a Minority Group? The Pattern of Inequality Visible Distinguishing Traits Key Concepts in Dominant-Minority Relations A Global Perspective INTERNET RESEARCH PROJECT MAIN POINTS FOR FURTHER READING INTERNET RESEARCH PROJECT QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW AND STUDY 2 Assimilation and Pluralism: From Immigrants to White Ethnics Assimilation Pluralism Other Group Relationships From Immigrants to White Ethnics Contemporary Immigrants: Does the Traditional Perspective Apply? Implications for Examining Dominant-Minority Relations MAIN POINTS FOR FURTHER READING QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW AND STUDY INTERNET RESEARCH PROJECT 3 Prejudice and Discrimination Prejudice and Discrimination Prejudice Sociological Causes of Prejudice The Persistence of Prejudice Recent Trends: Traditional Prejudice and Modern Racism Has Sexism Modernized? Hate Crimes The Sociology of Prejudice MAIN POINTS FOR FURTHER READING QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW AND STUDY INTERNET RESEARCH PROJECT PART II THE EVOLUTION OF DOMINANT-MINORITY RELATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 4 The Development of Dominant-Minority Group Relations in Preindustrial America: The Origins of Slavery The Origins of Slavery in America The Creation of Minority Status for American Indians and Mexican Americans Comparing Minority Groups MAIN POINTS FOR FURTHER READING QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW AND STUDY INTERNET RESEARCH PROJECT 5. Industrialization and Dominant-Minority Relations: From Slavery to Segregation and the Coming of Postindustrial Society Industrialization and the Shift From Paternalistic to Rigid Competitive Group Relations The Impact of Industrialization on African Americans: From Slavery to Segregation The Origins of Black Protest Applying Concepts Industrialization, the Shift to Postindustrial Society, and Dominant Minority Group Post-Industrial Society and The Shift From Rigid to Fluid Competitive Relationships Gender Inequality in a Globalizing, Postindustrial World Modern Institutional Discrimination Social Change and Minority Group Activism MAIN POINTS FOR FURTHER READING QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW AND STUDY INTERNET RESEARCH PROJECT PART III UNDERSTANDING DOMINANT-MINORITY RELATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY 6 African Americans: From Segregation to Modern Institutional Discrimination and Modern Racism The End of de Jure Segregation Developments Outside the South Protest, Power, and Pluralism Black-White Relations Since the 1960s: Issues and Trends Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? MAIN POINTS FOR FURTHER READING QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW AND STUDY INTERNET RESEARCH PROJECT 7 American Indians: From Conquest to Tribal Survival in a Postindustrial Society Size of the Group American Indian Cultures Relations With the Federal Government After the 1890s Protest and Resistance The Continuing Struggle for Development in Contemporary American Indian-White Relations Contemporary American Indian-White Relations Comparing Minority Groups Progress and Challenges MAIN POINTS FOR FURTHER READING QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW AND STUDY INTERNET RESEARCH PROJECTS 8 Hispanic Americans: Colonization, Immigration, and Ethnic Enclaves Mexican Americans Puerto Ricans Cuban Americans Contemporary Hispanic-White Relations Assimilation and Hispanic Americans MAIN POINTS FOR FURTHER READING QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW AND STUDY INTERNET RESEARCH PROJECT 9 Asian Americans: "Model Minorities"? Origins and Cultures Contact Situations and the Development of the Chinese American and Japanese American Communities Comparing Minority Groups Contemporary Immigration from Asia Contemporary Relations Comparing Minority Groups: Explaining Asian American Success MAIN POINTS FOR FURTHER READING QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW AND STUDY INTERNET RESEARCH PROJECT PART IV: CHALLENGES FOR THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE 10 New Americans, Assimilation, and Old Challenges Current Immigration New Hispanic Groups: Immigrants from the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Columbia Non-Hispanic Immigration from the Caribbean Contemporary Immigration from Asia Middle Eastern and Arab Americans Immigrants from Africa Summary: Modes of Incorporation Immigration: Issues and Controversies Is Contemporary Assimilation Segmented? Recent Immigration in Historical Context New Immigrants and Old Issues MAIN POINTS FOR FURTHER READING QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW AND STUDY INTERNET RESEARCH PROJECT 11 Minority Groups and U.S. Society: Themes, Patterns, and the Future Some Americans Revisited The Importance of Subsistence Technology The Importance of the Contact Situation, Group Competition, and Power Diversity Within Minority Groups Assimilation and Pluralism Minority Group Progress and the Ideology of American Individualism A Final Word Glossary References Index