1. Racial and Ethnic Relations
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

2. SECTION 1
Race, Ethnicity, and the Social Structure
Question:
What are examples or characteristics of race, ethnicity, and minority group?

3. Race, Ethnicity, and the Social Structure
SECTION 1
Race, Ethnicity, and the Social Structure
example
example
Race
Ethnicity
Minority Group
characteristic

4. SECTION 2
Patterns of Intergroup Relations
Question:
What are the similarities and differences between prejudice and discrimination?

5. Patterns of Intergroup Relations
SECTION 2
Patterns of Intergroup Relations
Prejudice
Discrimination
 unsupported generalization about a category of people
 denial of equal treatment based on group membership
 can be individual or societal
 involves attitudes
 sociological, psychological
 involves behaviors
 can be positive

6. SECTION 3
Minority Groups in the United States
Question:
Under what conditions do minority groups in the United States live?

7. Minority Groups in the United States
SECTION 3
Minority Groups in the United States
Minority Group
Conditions/ Concerns
African Americans
Hispanics
Asian Americans
American Indians
White Ethnics
making gains towards equality, but statistics still show members are lagging in education, employ-ment, and income; becoming more politically active
rapidly growing population; trailing in income and education; diverse population
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
often live on reservations; high poverty and poor education; encouraged to assimilate; taking steps to establish sources of income and better schools
includes some who assimilate quickly and others who remain victims of prejudice and discrimination; making gains in religious tolerance; good education level

8. Chapter Wrap-Up CHAPTER 10
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.