Chapter NineInequalities of

Race and Ethnicity

What are some common stereotypes that you see on T.V.?

What are the common roles played by:

Whites? Blacks? Asians? Native Americans?

Minority – Group of people with physical or cultural traits different from those of the dominant group in the society

What are the five key features of a minority?

How many minority groups can we name?

Race – People sharing certain inherited physical characteristics that are considered important within a society

Ethnic Minority – Group identified by cultural, religious, or national characteristics

What are we?

Melting Pot Tossed Salad

Assimilation – Blending or fusing of minority groups in the dominant society

Cultural Pluralism – Desire of a group to maintain some sense of identity separate from the dominant group

Accommodation – Minority maintains its own way of life

Genocide – The systematic effort to destroy an entire population

What does Fig. 9.2 on pg. 281 show us?

Subjugation – Process by which a minority group is denied equal access to the benefits of a society

de jure v. de facto segregation

A Class Divided

Prejudice – Widely held negative attitudes toward a group and its individual members

Who are we prejudiced against? Why?

Racism – Extreme form of prejudice that assumes superiority of one group over anotherWhat about racism in Eagle River?

What about racism in the U.S.?

Discrimination – Treating people differently based on ethnicity, race, religion, or culture…Examples?

Have you ever been discriminated against?

Tell me about “White Privilege”

Hate Crime – A criminal act motivated by prejudice

How can you tell if it was a hate crime?

UW-Oshkosh Story…Is it a hate crime?

“Aren’t ALL crimes a crime of hate?” Stan Marsh

Stereotype – A distorted, exaggerated, or oversimplified image applied to a category of people…Examples?

Why do we believe stereotypes?

Self-fulfilling prophecy – An expectation that leads to behavior that causes the expectation to become reality

Functionalist v. Conflict Perspective v. Symbolic Interactionism

“Prejudice is what fools use for reason” Voltaire

What does he mean? Do you agree? Why or why not?

Institutionalized Discrimination – Unfair practices that grow out of common behaviors and attitudes and that are a part of the structure of a society

Hidden Unemployment – Unemployment that includes people not counted in the traditional unemployment categories

Underclass – People typically unemployed who come from families that have been poor for generations

African-Americans

34 million or about 12% of the U.S. populationUsually easy to identify because of skin colorOn average earn 64% of whitesAlmost 25% fall under hidden unemployment

H.S. Grad – White = 84%, Black = 77%, Col. – White 25%, Black 15%Twice as likely as Whites to work in a low-level service job

LatinosFastest growing ethnic group in the U.S.11% in 2000, projected to be 24% in 2050All nationalities from Latin AmericaJust over 50% have graduated from H.S.On average earn 75% of whitesAbout 1/4th live below the poverty levelThere has never been a Latino Senator

Native Americans

Just over 2 million Native Americans leftOver 1/4th live below the poverty lineGraduate from H.S. at lowest rateLowest annual income of any group ($21, 619)Over 50% on reservations live in povertyShould Native Americans be allowed to run casinos?

Asian Americans

More than 10 million in U.S. about 4% of pop.Came as a result of California Gold RushImmigration laws banned them for most of 20th centuryPut in concentration camps during WWIIHave used education to improve their status42% have college degree v. 26% for whites

White Ethnics – Italians, Irish, Polish, German, etc.

Tend to settle in small communities outside of largest cities near the East Coast of the United States

Tend to work blue-collar jobs

Would you want someone of a different race to:

Marry your daughter?

Work at your own business?

Be your best friend?

Be your neighbor?

Why or Why not?

Read Skin Color Tax pg. 306-307