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