After completing Chapter 11, you should be able to:
- Identify and discuss the characteristics that constitute a minority group and the relationship of power to minority and majority statuses.
- Discuss the key differences between deficiency and bias theories as they explain the existence of minorities and their differential positions in society.
- Explain the differences between the treatment of assimilation by the order and conflict theories.
- Discuss how the social organization of society works to keep minorities in subordinate positions and how that affects their life chances.
- Explain the changing demography of race, its causes and consequences.
- Discuss the effect of culture and social structures on the persistence of poverty in the minority populations.
