Module 1. The Significance of Ethnic Studies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

At the end of the module, students will be able to:

  1. understand the difference between race and ethnicity
  2. discuss the social construction of race
  3. explain racial framing
  4. compare intergroup relations in terms of racial-ethnic group conflict and tolerance
  5. assess systemic racism and structural explanations for racial and ethnic inequality
  6. evaluate the intersectionality of race, ethnicity and other social categories on systems of oppression
  7. provide examples of racial-ethnic stratification and inequality
  8. define majority (dominant) and minority groups (subordinate)
  9. interpret social indicators and data on racial and ethnic inequality in the United States

 

KEY TERMS & CONCEPTS

Achieved Status
Ascribed Status
Competition
Dominant Group
Double Consciousness
Egocentric
Ethnicity
Ethnocentrism
Fluid Competitive Race Relations
Genocide
Internal Colonialism
Intersectionality
Labels
Macro-level
Micro-level
Minority Groups
Multiculturalism
Otherness
Paternalistic Pattern
Patterns of Intergroup Relations
Pluralism
Population Transfer
Race
Racial Disparities and Inequality
Racial Formation
Rigid Competitive Pattern
Segregation
Social Status
Sociocentrism
Status Shifting
Stratification
Subordinate Group
Systemic Racism
Unequal Power

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