Outline

Minority, Racial, and Ethnic Groups

Minority Groups
Race
Ethnicity

Prejudice and Discrimination

Discriminatory Behavior
Institutional Discrimination

Studying Race and Ethnicity

Functionalist Perspective
Conflict Perspective
Interactionist Perspective

Patterns of Intergroup Relations

Amalgamation
Assimilation
Segregation
Pluralism

Race and Ethnicity in the United States

Racial Groups
Ethnic Groups

Social Policy and Race and Ethnicity: Global Immigration

The Issue
The Setting
Sociological Insights
Policy Initiatives

Boxes

Research in Action: Prejudice against Arab Americans and Muslim Americans
Eye on the Media: The Color of Network TV
Taking Sociology to Work: Delores Cleary, Assistant Professor, Central Washington University