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RACIAL AND ETHNIC INEQUALITY
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Chapter Outline
Minority, Racial, and Ethnic Groups Prejudice and Discrimination Studying Race and Ethnicity Patterns of Intergroup Relations Race and Ethnicity in the United States Social Policy and Race and Ethnicity: Global Immigration

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Minority, Racial, and Ethnic Groups

Minority Groups
Racial Groups

--This term indicates a group that is set apart from others because of obvious physical differences. Ethnic Groups --This term indicates a group that is set apart from others primarily because of its national origin or distinctive cultural patterns.

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Minority, Racial, and Ethnic Groups

Figure 10.1: Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States, 1500-2100 (Projected) McGraw-Hill
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Minority Groups
A subordinate group whose members have

significantly less control or power than members of the dominant or majority group. Properties of a minority group include: unequal treatment distinguishing cultural characteristics involuntary membership solidarity in-group marriage
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Race
Racial Group

--The term racial group refers to those minorities set apart from others by obvious physical differences. Biological Significance of Race --There are no pure races. --Migration, exploration, and invasion have led to intermingling of races.

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Race
Social Construction of Race

--This term refers to the process whereby people define a group as a race in part on physical characteristics and in part on historical, cultural, and economic factors. --The one drop rule: if a person had a single drop of Black blood, they were viewed as nonwhite.

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Minority, Racial, and Ethnic Groups

Race
Stereotypes

--A stereotype is an unreliable generalization about all members of a group that do not recognize individual differences within the group.

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Ethnicity
An ethnic group is set apart from others based on

national origin or distinctive cultural patterns. Ethnic groups in the United States include: Hispanic Americans Jewish Americans Irish Americans Italian Americans

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Prejudice and Discrimination

Prejudice
Prejudice

--Prejudice is a negative attitude toward an entire category of people, often an ethnic or racial minority. Ethnocentrism --Ethnocentrism is the tendency to assume that ones culture and way of life are superior to all others.

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Discriminatory Behavior
Discrimination

--Discrimination is the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups based on some type of arbitrary bias. --Discrimination persists even for educated and qualified minority members. --The glass ceiling is the invisible barrier blocking promotion of qualified individuals in a work environment because of gender, race, or ethnicity.
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Institutional Discrimination
The denial of opportunities and equal rights that

results from the normal operations of a society. Institutional discrimination affects some racial and ethnic groups more than others.

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Institutional Discrimination
Institutional discrimination refers to the denial of

opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups that results from normal societal operations.
Some examples are:

requiring English only to be spoken at work preferential admissions policies by colleges

restrictive employment-leave policies

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Institutional Discrimination
Affirmative Action: Positive efforts to recruit minority members or women for jobs, promotions, and educational opportunities.

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Figure 10.2: Racist Fringe Groups in the United States McGraw-Hill

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Figure 10.2b: Hate Crime Laws in the United States McGraw-Hill

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Sexual Orientation 15.9% Ethnicity 12.4% Disability 0.4% Multiple Bias 0.2%

Religion 16.5% Race 54.7%

1Due

to rounding, the percentages do not add to 100.0.

Bias-Motivated Offenses: Percent Distribution 2000
Source: U.S. Department of Justice. 2001. Crime in the United States 2000. Figure 2-19. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Also accessible at http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/00cius.htm.

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Functionalist Perspective
Three functions of racial prejudice for the dominant

group include: --Justification for maintaining an unequal society --Discouraging of subordinate groups from questioning their status

--Encouraging support for the existing order

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Conflict Perspective
Exploitation Theory

--Racism keeps minorities in low-paying jobs and supplies the dominant group with a supply of cheap labor. --By forcing minorities to accept low wages, capitalists can restrict wages of all workers. --Workers from the dominant group wanting higher wages can be replaced by minorities who must accept lower wages.

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Interactionist Perspective
Contact Hypothesis

--Interracial contact between people of equal status in cooperative circumstances will cause them to become less prejudiced.

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Patterns of Intergroup Behaviors

Extreme Behaviors
Genocide:The deliberate, systematic killing of an

entire people or nation. Expulsion: The forced removal of a people from a region or country. Ethnic Cleansing: Term originating with Serbian forces in 1991 in the newly independent states of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This forced expulsion of Croats and Muslims from the former Yugoslavia had elements of expulsion, torture, sexual abuse, and genocide.
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Patterns of Intergroup Relations

Amalgamation
Amalgamation occurs when a majority group

and a minority group combine to form a new group.

The melting pot belief became compelling in

the early twentieth century; however, many people were not willing to have certain groups as part of the melting pot. The melting pot analogy, therefore, does not adequately describe dominant-subordinate relations existing in the United States.
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Amalgamation
Assimilation describes the process by which a

person forsakes his or her own cultural tradition to become part of a different culture. In general, a minority group member wants to conform to the standards of the dominant group.
As persons become more assimilated, they

retain fewer of their original cultural characteristics.

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Segregation
This term refers to the physical separation of two

groups of people in terms of residence. Generally, a dominant group imposes segregation on a minority group. Examples include: apartheid in South Africa housing practices in parts of the United States

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Pluralism
Pluralism is based on mutual respect among

various groups in a society for one anothers cultures. Pluralism allows a minority group to express its own culture and participate without prejudice in the larger society. Switzerland exemplifies a modern pluralistic state.

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EXPLUSION

SEGREGATION

ASSIMILATION

EXTERMINATION or genocide

SUCCESSION or partitioning

FUSION PLURALISM or amalgamation or multiculturalism or melting pot

Intergroup Relations Continuum

Source: Richard T. Schaefer. 2000. Racial and Ethnic Groups. 8th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: PrenticeHall, Figure 1.4 on p. 25.

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Race and Ethnicity in the United States

Racial Groups
African Americans

--African Americans are currently the largest minority group in the United States. --Contemporary prejudice and discrimination patterns against African Americans are rooted in our history of slavery.

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Number of people indicating exactly one race, Black or African American, by county
50,000 to 1,406,000 10,000 to 49,999 5,000 to 9,999 1,000 to 4,999 100 to 999 0 to 99

African Americans, 2000

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2001. Mapping Census 2000: The Geography of U.S. Diversity. Series CENSR/01-1, p. 41. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Also accessible at http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/dt_atlas.html..

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Racial Groups
Native Americans

--Native Americans represent a diverse array of cultures. --Native Americans have a teen suicide rate four times the national average. --An increasing number of Americans are claiming identity as Native American.

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Number of people indicating exactly one race, American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN), by county
50,000 to 76,990 10,000 to 49,999 5,000 to 9,999 1,000 to 4,999 100 to 999 0 to 99

American Indians and Alaska Natives, 2000

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2001. Mapping Census 2000: The Geography of U.S. Diversity. Series CENSR/01-1, p. 53. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Also accessible at http://www. census.gov/population/www/cen2000/dt_atlas.html..

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Racial Groups
Asian Americans

--Asian Americans comprise one of the fastest growing segments of the United States population. --Asian Americans include: Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese and Korean Americans --Asian Americans are often held up as a model or ideal minority group.

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Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2001. Mapping Census 2000: The Geography of U.S. Diversity. Series CENSR/01-1, p. 65. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Also accessible at http://www. census.gov/population/www/cen2000/dt_atlas.html..

Asian Americans, 2000

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Ethnic Groups
Hispanics

--Hispanics are the largest ethnic minority in the United States. --Hispanics share Spanish language and culture, which can be problematic for assimilation in the U.S. --Hispanic Americans include: Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Cuban Americans

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All races: Number of people indicating Hispanic or Latino origin by county

50,000 to 4,243,000 10,000 to 49,999 5,000 to 9,999 1,000 to 4,999 100 to 999 0 to 99

Latino Americans, 2000

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2001. Mapping Census 2000: The Geography of U.S. Diversity. Series CENSR/01-1, p. 95. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Also accessible at http://www. census.gov/population/www/cen2000/dt_atlas.html..

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Ethnic Groups
Jewish Americans

--Jewish Americans constitute 3 percent of the population. --Jewish Americans have high levels of education and professional training. --Jewish Americans, like other groups, face the problem of maintaining cultural heritage and the problem of assimilation.

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Ethnic Groups
White Ethnics

--White ethnics are people whose ancestors came from Europe in the last 100 years. --Predominant White ethnic groups include: German Americans, Irish Americans, Italian Americans, and Polish Americans.

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Figure 10.3: Census 2000: The Image of Diversity McGraw-Hill

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Table 10.1: Relative Economic Positions of Various Racial and Ethnic Groups, 2000 McGraw-Hill
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Figure 10.4 Major Asian American Groups in the United States, 2000 McGraw-Hill
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90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr East West North

Figure 10.5 Major Hispanic Groups in the United States, 2000 McGraw-Hill
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NOTE: Please answer BOTH Questions 5 and 6. Is this person Spanish/Hispanic/ Latino? Mark X the NO box if not Spanish/Hispanic/Latino No, not Spanish/Hispanic/Latino Yes, Mexican, Mexican Am., Chicano Yes, Puerto Rican Yes, Cuban Yes, other Spanish/Hispanic/ Latino Print Group
What is this persons race? Mark X one or more races to indicate what this person considers himself/herself to be. White Black, African Am., or Negro American Indian or Alaska Native Print name of enrolled or principal tribe.

Asian Indian Native Hawaiian Chinese Guamanian Filipino or Chamorro Japanese Samoan Korean Other Pacific Vietnamese Islander Other Asian Print race.
Some other race Print race

Who Are We?

Source: Bureau of the Census. 1998. United States Census 2000. Dress Rehearsal. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

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Global Immigration
The

Issue

--Worldwide immigration is at an all time high.

--The constantly increasing number of immigrants puts pressure on the job markets and welfare systems of the countries they enter. --Who should be allowed in? --At what point should immigration be curtailed?

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Figure 10.6: Major Migration Patterns of the 1990s McGraw-Hill

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Figure 10.8: Foreign-Born Population of the United States, 1999 McGraw-Hill

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Global Immigration
The

Setting

--The immigration of people is not uniform across

time or space. --However, more and more migrants who cannot make adequate livings in their home nations are making permanent moves to developed nations. --Fear and resentment of this growing racial and ethnic diversity is a key factor in opposition to immigration.
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Mexico* China*

(Numbers in thousands. Philippines* 90-percent confidence India* intervals in parentheses for 2000 estimates. For Cuba* 1990, resident population. Vietnam* For 2000, civilian noninstitutional population El Salvador* plus Armed Forces living Korea off post or with their Dominican families on post)
Republic* Canada Germany

Soviet Union*
United Kingdom

7,841 (7,364-8,318) 4,298 1,391 (1,195-1,588) 921 1,222 (1,038-1,407) 913 1,007 (839-1,174) 450 952 (784-1,121) 737 863 (708-1,019) 543 2000 765 (614-916) 465 701 (561-841) 1990 568 692 (548-836) 348 678 (536-820) 745 653 (547-759) 712 624 (521-727) *Change from 1990 to 2000 is 334 statistically significant. 613 (511-716) 640

Countries of Birth and Foreign-Born Population with 500,000 or more in 2000: 1990 and 2000
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2001. The Population Profile of the United States: 2000. Figure 3-1. (Internet Release) accessed at http://www.census.gov/prod/2002pubs/p23-206.pdf.

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(For 1850-1990, resident population. For 2000, civilian noninstitutional population plus Armed Forces living off post or with their families on post)
Foreign-born population (in millions) Percent of total population
14.4 13.2 13.3 14.8 13.6

14.7
13.2 11.6

9.7 8.8 6.9 5.4 4.7 6.2

10.4

7.9

4.1 5.6 6.7 9.2 10.3 13.5 13.9 14.2 11.6 10.3 9.7 9.6 14.1 19.8 28.4 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000

2.2

Foreign-Born Population and Percent of Total Population for the United States: 1850 to 2000
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2001. Figure 1-1 in Profile of the Foreign-Born Population. Current Population Reports P23-206. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Also accessible at http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/foreign/cps2000.html.

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8.8 7.3 5.7 4.1 3.3 2.5 1.0 0.5 4.5 7.6

5.2 3.7 2.6 1.7 0.1 2.3 2.8

0.6

1821- 1831- 1841- 1851- 1861- 1871- 1881- 1891- 1901- 1911- 1921-1931- 1941- 1951- 1961- 1971-1981- 19911830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 1998

Immigrants to the United States by Decade: Fiscal Years, 1821 to 1998

Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2001. Figure 1-2 in Profile of the Foreign-Born Population. Current Population Reports P23-206. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Also accessible at http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/foreign/cps2000.html.

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Global Immigration
Sociological

Insights

--Immigration provides many valuable functions.

--Receiving nations, it alleviates labor shortages such as in the areas of health care and technology in the United States. --For the sending nation, migration can relieve economies unable to support large numbers of people.
Continued

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Global Immigration
Sociological

Insights

--Conflict theorists note how much of the debate

over immigration is phrased in economic terms. --But this debate intensifies when the arrivals are of different racial and ethnic backgrounds from the host population.

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Global Immigration
Policy

Initiatives

--The entire world feels the overwhelming impact of

economic globalization on immigration patterns. --The intense debate over immigration reflects deep value conflicts in the culture of many nations. --Hostility to potential immigrants and refugees reflects not only racial, ethnic, and religious prejudice, but also a desire to maintain the dominant culture of the in-group by keeping out those viewed as outsiders.

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