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  1. Define racial, ethnic, and minority groups.
  2. Discuss the social construction of race.
  3. Discuss prejudice and its correlation with racism.
  4. Discuss discrimination and institutional discrimination, and their impact on social relations.
  5. Discuss the sociological perspectives regarding racial and ethnic inequality.
  6. Describe the various patterns of intergroup relations.
  7. Describe the various population patterns of racial and ethnic diversity in the United States.
  8. Discuss the relative economic positions of various racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
  9. Describe the patterns of immigration to the United States and elsewhere.





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