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CHAPTER 10

Racial and Ethnic Relations
Section 1: Race, Ethnicity, and the Social
Structure

Section 2: Patterns of Intergroup
Relations
Section 3: Minority Groups in the United
States


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SECTION 1
Race, Ethnicity, and the
Social Structure

Question:
What are examples or
characteristics of race,
ethnicity, and minority
group?


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SECTION 1
Race, Ethnicity, and the
Social Structure
example

example

example

example

Race

characteristic

Ethnicity

Minority
Group

characteristic

characteristic

characteristic
characteristic


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SECTION 2
Patterns of Intergroup
Relations

Question:
What are the similarities and
differences between
prejudice and
discrimination?


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SECTION 2
Patterns of Intergroup
Relations
Prejudice

 unsupported
generalization
about a category
of people

 involves attitudes
 can be positive

Discrimination

 can be
individual or
societal

 denial of equal
treatment based
on group
membership

 sociological,
psychological

 involves
behaviors


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SECTION 3
Minority Groups in
the United States

Question:
Under what conditions do
minority groups in the
United States live?


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SECTION 3
Minority Groups in the
United States
Minority Group

Conditions/ Concerns

African Americans

making gains towards equality, but statistics still
show members are lagging in education, employment, and income; becoming more politically active

Hispanics

rapidly growing population; trailing in income and
education; diverse population

Asian Americans

contrast between first-generation immigrants, who
are often poor, and second-generation, many of whom
succeed educationally and financially; viewed as a
“model minority,” although this term is resented

American Indians

often live on reservations; high poverty and poor
education; encouraged to assimilate; taking steps to
establish sources of income and better schools

White Ethnics

includes some who assimilate quickly and others
who remain victims of prejudice and
discrimination; making gains in religious
tolerance; good education level


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CHAPTER 10

Chapter Wrap-Up
1. What characteristics are used to define race, ethnicity,
and minority groups?
2. How are discrimination and prejudice related?
3. List and describe the seven most common patterns of
minority treatment.
4. How are the experiences of African Americans,
Hispanics, Asian Americans, and American Indians
similar? How are they different?
5. Why have sociologists studied the experiences of white
ethnics?
6. Analyze changes such as food and business in the
majority American culture resulting from adaptations to
various American Indian cultures.