TY - BOOK AU - Healey,Joseph F. TI - Race, ethnicity, gender, and class: the sociology of group conflict and change SN - 9781412990585 AV - E184.A1 H34 PY - 2011/// CY - Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - Pine Forge Press KW - Minorities KW - United States KW - Ethnicity KW - Racism KW - Group identity KW - Social conflict N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; PART 1; An Introduction to the Study of Minority Groups in the United States --; What Is Public Sociology? --; Public Sociology Assignments; Marcus Griffin --; Assignment 1; Revealing Diversity in the United States in Your Local School --; Assignment 2; Diversity in a Soup Kitchen --; Assignment 3; Local Hate Groups --; Assignment 4; Cultural Brokerage and Arab Americans --; 1; Diversity in the United States: Questions and Concepts --; Six American Stories --; The Increasing Variety of American Minority Groups --; What Is a Minority Group? --; The Pattern of Inequality --; Theoretical Perspectives --; Minority Group Status and Stratification --; Visible Distinguishing Traits --; Race --; Gender --; Narrative Portrait 1; Racial Identity and the Sociological Imagination --; White Like Me Black Me; Deirdre Royster --; Photo Essay 1; The Blending of America: Mixed Race --; Key Concepts in Dominant-Minority Relations --; Prejudice --; Discrimination --; Ideological Racism --; Institutional Discrimination --; Applying Concepts --; Intersecting Inequalities, Racism, and Hurricane Katrina --; A Global Perspective --; Current Debates: Race and Sports --; The Dominance of Black Athletes Is Genetic; Jon Entine --; The Argument for Genetic Differences Is Deeply Flawed; Kenan Malik --; Debate Questions to Consider --; Main Points --; Study Site on the Web --; For Further Reading --; Questions for Review and Study --; Internet Research Project --; 2; Assimilation and Pluralism: From Immigrants to White Ethnics --; Assimilation --; Types of Assimilation --; The "Traditional" Perspective on Assimilation: Theories and Concepts --; Pluralism --; Types of Pluralism --; Other Group Relatioaships --; From Immigrants to White Ethnics --; Industrialization and Immigration --; European Origins and Conditions of Entry --; Chains of Immigration --; The Campaign Against Immigration: Prejudice, Racism, and Discrimination --; Patterns of Assimilation --; The Importance of Generations --; Ethnic Succession --; Narrative Portrait 1; Ethnicity, Prejudice, and the Irish Political Machine --; Shadow of the Past; David Gray --; Continuing Industrialization and Structural Mobility --; Variations in Assimilation --; Degree of Similarity --; Religion --; Social Class --; Gender --; Sojourners --; The Descendants of the Immigrants Today --; Geogmpbical Distribution --; Integration and Equality --; The Twilight of White Ethnicity? --; While Ethnicity in the 21st Century --; Contemporary Immigrants: Does the Traditional Perspective Apply? --; Implications for Examining Dominant-Minority Relations --; Narrative Portrait 2; Assimilation, Then and Now --; Choosing a Dream: Italians in Hell's Kitchen; Mario Puzo --; Always Running: La Vida Loca; Luis Rodriguez --; Comparative Focus: Immigration, Emigration, and Ireland --; Current Debates: English Only? --; English Only Will Speed the Assimilation of Immigrants; Mauro Mujica --; The English-Only Movement Is Racist; Andrew Hartman --; Debate Questions to Consider --; Main Points --; Study Site on the Web --; For Further Reading --; Questions for Review and Study --; Internet Research Project --; 3; Prejudice and Discrimination --; Prejudice --; The Affective Dimension --; The Cognitive Dimension: Stereotypes --; Cognitive and Affective Dimensions of Stereotypes --; Intersections of Race, Gender, and Class --; What Causes Prejudice? --; The Role of Group Competition --; How andWhy Does Prejudice Persist Through Time? --; The Vicious Cycle --; Prejudice in Children --; Social Distance Scales: The Cultural Dimensions of Prejudice --; Situational Influences --; Summary and Limitations --; Narrative Portrait 1; The Cultural Sources of Prejudice --; The Crazy Ladies of Pearl Street; Trevanian --; Recent Trends in Prejudice --; Traditional Prejudice: Changing Attitudes, Rising Education, and Increasing Contact --; Comparative Focus: The Contact Hypothesis and European Prejudice --; Modern Racism --; Has Sexism Modernized? --; Hate Crimes --; Narrative Portrait 2; The Dynamics of Racial Hatred --; The Making (and Unmaking) of a Klansman; C.P. Ellis --; The Sociology of Prejudice --; Current Debates: Racial Profiling and Prejudice --; Racial Profiling Is Motivated by Prejudice and Reinforced by Reality Cop Shows on Television -- Theodore Prosise and Ann Johnson --; Racial Profiling Is Rational and Justified by Differential Crime Rates; Glade Whitney --; Debate Questions to Consider --; Main Points --; Study Site on the Web --; For Further Reading --; Questions for Review and Study --; Internet Research Project --; PART 2; The Evolution of Dominant- Minority Relations in the United States --; A Note on the Morality and the History of Minority Relations in America: Guilt, Blame, Understanding, and Communication --; About the Public Sociology Assignments --; Public Sociology Assignments -- Marcus Griffin --; Assignment 1; Employment and Achieving the American Dream --; Assignment 2; Finnic Self-Segregation in College --; 4; The Development of Dominant-Minority Group Relations in Preindustrial America: The Origins of Slavery --; The Origins of Slavery in America --; The Labor Supply Problem --; The Contact Situation --; The Creation of Slavery in the United Stales --; Paternalistic Relations --; The Dimensions of Minority Group Status --; Narrative Portrait 1; A Slave's Life --; Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb; Henry Bibb --; Life as a Slave Girl; Harriet Jacobs --; The Creation of Minority Status for American indians and Mexican Americans --; American Indians --; Comparative Focus: Hawaii --; Mexican Americans --; Comparing Minority Groups --; Comparative Focus: Mexico, Canada, and the United States --; Current Debates: How Did Slavery Affect the Origins of African American Culture? --; Slavery Created African American Culture; Stanley Elkins --; African American Culture Was Created by an interplay of Elements From Africa andAmerica; William D. Piersen --; The Experiences of Female Slaves Have Been Under-researched and Under-reported; Deborah Gray White --; Debate Questions to Consider --; Main Points --; Study Site on the Web --; For Further Reading --; Questions for Review and Study --; Internet Research Project --; 5; Industrialization and Dominant-Minority Relations: From Slavery to Segregation and the Coming of Postindustrial Society --; Industrialization and the Shift From Paternalistic to Rigid Competitive Group Relations --; The Impact of Industrialization on African Americans: From Slavery to Segregation --; Reconstruction --; DeJure Segregation --; The "Great Migration" --; Life in the North --; Competition With White Ethnic Groups --; Narrative Portrait 1; The Kitchenette --; Death on the City Pavement; Richard Wright --; The Origins of Black Protest --; Applying Concepts --; Acculturation and Integration --; Gender and Race --; Industrialization, the Shift to Postindustrial Society, andDominant-Minority Group Relations: General Trends --; Urbanization --; Comparative Focus: South African Apartheid --; Occupational Specialization --; Bureaucracy and Rationality --; Growth of White-Collar Jobs and the Serrice Sector --; The Growing Importance of Education --; A Dual Labor Market --; Globalization --; The Shift From Rigid to Fluid Competitive Relationships --; Gender Inequality in a Globalizing, Postindustrial World --; Modern Institutional Discrimination --; Social Change and Minority Group Activism --; Current Debates: Reparations --; Reparations for African Americans in Historical Context; Eileen O'Brien --; Reparations Are an Idea Whose Time Has Come; Manning Marable --; Why I Don't Want Reparations for Slavery-John McWhorter --; Debate Questions to Consider --; Main Points --; Study Site on the Web --; For Further Reading --; Questions for Review and Study --; Internet Research Project; PART 3; Understanding Dominant-Minority Relations in the United States Today --; About the Public Sociology Assignments --; Public Sociology Assignments; Marcus Griffin --; Assignment 1; American Indian Cultural Affiliation --; Assignment 2; Race and Class; Surveillance --; 6; African Americans: From Segregation to Modern Institutional Discrimination and Modern Racism --; The End of de Jure Segregation --; Wartime Developments --; The Civil Rights Movement --; Developments Outside the South --; De Facto Segregation --; Urban Unrest --; The Black Power Movement --; Protest, Power, and Pluralism --; The Black Power Movement in Perspective --; Gender and Black Protest --; Narrative Portrait 1; Growing Up Black and Female in the Jim Crow South --; Bone Black; Bell Hooks --; Comparative Focus: Race in Another America --; Black-White Relations Since the 1960s --; Continuing Separation, Continuing Violence --; The Criminal Justice System and African Americans --; Increasing Class Inequality --; The Family Institution and the Culture of Poverty --; Prejudice and Discrimination --; Assimilation and Pluralism --; Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? --; Current Debates: Should the United States Be Colorblind? --; Creating Equal: The Importance of Being Colorblind -- Ward Connerly Interview --; Colorblindness Will Perpetuate Racial Inequality; Ian F. Haney Lopez --; Debate Questions to Consider --; Main Points --; Study Site on the Web --; For Further Reading --; Questions for Review and Study --; Internet Research Project --; 7; American Indians: From Conquest to Tribal Survival in a Postindustrial Society --; Size of the Group --; American Indian Cultures --; Relations With the Federal Government After the 1890s --; Reservation Life --; Narrative Portrait 1; Civilize Them With a Stick --; Lakota Woman; Mary Crow Dog --; The Indian Reorganization Act --; Termination and Relocation --; Self Determination --; Protest and Resistance --; Early Efforts --; Red Power --; The Continuing Struggle for Development in Contemporary American Indian-White Relations --; Natural Resources --; Attracting Industry to the Reservation --; Broken Treaties --; Gaming and Other Development Possibilities --; Contemporary American Indian-White Relations --; Prejudice and Discrimination --; Assimilation and Pluralism --; Narrative Portrait 2; An Indian View of White Civilization --; Listening to the Air; John Lame Deer --; Comparing Minority Groups --; Progress and Challenges --; Comparative Focus: Australian Aborigines and American Indians --; Current Debates: Are Indian Sports Team Mascots Offensive? --; Indian Symbols and Mascots Are Not Offensive; Andrea Woo --; Mascots Are Offensive; Cornel Pewewardy --; Debate Questions to Consider --; Main Points --; Study Site on the Web --; For Further Reading --; Questions for Review and Study --; Internet Research Project --; 8; Hispanic Americans: Colonization, Immigration, and Ethnic Enclaves --; Mexican Americans --; Cultural Patterns --; Immigration --; Narrative Portrait 1; The Meaning of Macho --; Americanization Is Tough on "Macho"; Rose Del Castillo Guilbault --; Conditions in Mexico, Fluctuating Demand for Labor, and Federal Immigration Policy --; Developments in the United States --; Mexican Americans and Other Minority Groups --; Puerto Ricans --; Migration (Push and Pull) and Employment --; Transitions --; Puer to Ricans and Other Minority Groups --; Cuban Americans --; Narrative Portrait 2; Gender Images of Latinas --; The Island Travels With You; Judith Ortiz Cofer --; Immigration (Push andPull) --; Regional Concentrations --; Socioeconomic Characteristics --; The Ethnic Enclave --; Cuban Americans and Other Minority Groups --; New Hispanic Groups: Immigrants From the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, and Colombia --; Three Case Studies --; Contemporary Hispanic-White Relations --; Prejudice and Discrimination --; Comparative Focus: Immigration in Europe Versus Immigration to the United States --; Assimilation and Pluralism --; Assimilation and Hispanic Americans --; Current Debates: Is the United States Threatened by "Hispanization"? --; How to Make an American; John Fonte --; Why We Shouldn't Worry About the "Hispanization" of the United States-Francis Fukuyama --; Debate Questions to Consider --; Main Points --; Study Site on the Web --; For Further Reading --; Questions for Review and Study --; Internet Research Project --; 9; Asian Americans: "Model Minorities"? --; Origins and Cultures --; Contact Situations and the Development of the Chinese American and Japanese American Communities --; Chinese Americans --; Japanese Americans --; Photo Essay 1; Prejudice and Discrimination Against Japanese Americans --; Narrative Portrait 1; The Relocation --; We Were Just Japs; Joseph Kurihara --; Comparing Minority Groups --; Contemporary Immigration From Asia --; Four Case Studies --; Contemporary Relations --; Prejudice and Discrimination --; Assimilation and Pluralism --; Comparing Minority Groups: Explaining Asian American Success --; Asian Americans andWhite Ethnics Ail --; Asian Americans andColonized Racial Minority Groups --; Current Debates: Asian American "Success": What Are the Dimensions, Causes, andImplications for Other Minority Groups? --; The Success of Japanese Americans Is Cultural; Harry Kitano --; The "Success" of Chinese Americans Is Structural; Min Zhou --; The Success of Asian Americans Has Been Exaggerated, in Part, to Criticize Other Minority Groups; Ronald Takaki --; Debate Questions to Consider --; Comparative Focus: Japan's "invisible" Minority --; Main Points --; Study Site on the Web --; For Further Reading --; Questions for Review and Study --; Internet Research Project --; PART 4; Challenges for the Present and the Future --; About the Public Sociology Assignments --; Public Sociology Assignments; Marcus Griffin --; Assignment 1; Social Justice andDisaster Preparedness Planning --; Assignment 2; Global Genocide Awareness and Education --; 10; New Americans, Assimilation, and Old Challenges --; Current Immigration --; Recent Non-Hispanic Immigration From the Caribbean --; Middle Eastern andArab Americans --; Photo Essay 1; The Arab American Community in Detroit, Michigan; Steve Gold --; Narrative Portrait 1; 9/11 andMiddle Eastern Americans --; Middle Eastern Americans andthe American Dream; Karyn McKinney --; Immigrants From Africa --; Summary: Modes qflncor/xrration --; Immigration: Issues andControversies --; How Welcoming Aw Americans? --; Views of the Immigrants --; Costs andBenefits --; Illegal Immigration --; Is Contemporary Assimilation Segmented? --; The Case forSegmentedAssimilation --; The Case Against Segmented Assimilation --; Recent Immigration in Historical Context --; New Immigrants andOld Issues --; CURRENT DEBATES: Is Immigration Harmful or Helpful to the United States? --; Immigration Is Hurting the U.S. Worker; Steven A. Camarota --; Immigration Is Essential; Anna Quindlen --; Debate Questions to Consider --; Main Points --; Study Site on the Web --; For Further Reading --; Questions for Review andStudy --; Internet Research Project --; 11; Minority Groups and U.S. Society: Themes, Patterns, and the Future --; Six Americans Revisited --; The Importance of Subsistence Technology --; The Importance of the Contact Situation, Group Competition, andPower --; Diversity Within Minority Groups --; Assimilation andPluralism --; Minority Group Progress andthe Ideology of American individualism --; A Final Word --; Appendix B; The Obama Presidency: Can Barack Obama Deliver the Change He Promises? --; Appendix C; Women's Rights: Are Violence andDiscrimination Against Women Declining? --; Appendix D; American indians: Are They Making Meaningful Progress at Last? ER -