Racial and Ethnic Stratification
Races
Ethnic Groups
Minority Groups

Prejudice and Discrimination
Prejudice
Discrimination
Institutional Discrimination

Patterns of Intergroup Relations: Assimilation and Pluralism
Assimilation
Pluralism

Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States
Hispanics/Latinos
African Americans
Native Americans
Asian Americans
White Ethnics

Sociological Perspectives on Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity
The Functionalist Perspective
The Conflict Perspective
The Interactionist Perspective

The Future of Ethnic and Minority Group Relations
Intergroup Relations
Ethnicity
Box 7.1 Doing Social Research: Teasing Out Prejudiced Beliefs
Box 7.2 Social Inequalities: Affirmative Action Affirmed by High Court
Box 7.3 Sociology around the World: Model Minorities—Does Class or Do Values Spell Success?