Explaining Ethnic Relations |  |
Learning ObjectivesAfter reading Chapter 2, students should be able to:
| 1. Understand the basic assumptions of the major theories of ethnic relations. |
| 2. Understand the difference between assimilation theories and pluralism theories. |
| 3. Understand the limitations of both assimilation and pluralism theories of ethnic relations. |
| 4. Appreciate what ethnic diversity and multiculturalism really mean. |
| 5. Understand the basic assumptions of sociobiological theories of race and ethnicity. |
| 6. Understand how competition for scarce resources shapes ethnic conflict. |
| 7. Understand the role of capitalism in race and ethnic conflict in caste, split-labor, split-class, and middleman minority theories. |
| 8. Understand the reasons for internal colonialism in America. |
| 9. Understand the essential forces that drive discrimination in the unified theory of ethnic relations. |
| 10. Understand the relationship between discrimination and identifiability. |
| 11. Understand why subordinate ethnic subpopulations are seen as threats, even if they are relatively powerless. |
| 12. Appreciate the ways in which the dynamics of ethnic stratification can be interrupted or broken. |
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