Unit 11: Race & Ethnicity

This chapter examines how race and ethnicity are defined, and the dynamics of stereotyping, prejudice, discrimination, and the forms of racism. Theories of prejudice and racism, minority group histories, patterns of race-ethnic relations, and approaches to race-ethnic equality are also considered.
 


 

    Read: Chapter 11: Race & Ethnicity

    Attend: Race & Ethnicity

    Glossary:
    affirmative action anti-Semitism assimilation
    authoritarian personality cultural pluralism contact theory
    discrimination dominant group ethnic group
    ethnocentrism institutional racism minority group
    prejudice race racism
    residential segregation scapegoat theory segregation
    underclass xenophobia