After reading Chapter Nine, the student should be able to:
Explain how race can be both a reality and a myth and distinguish between the concepts of race and ethnicity.
Define the term "minority group," explain the process by which a group becomes a minority, and identify five characteristics shared by minority groups worldwide.
Understand the concept of ethnic work and apply the concept to themselves or to other individuals.
Differentiate between prejudice and discrimination and summarize the psychological and sociological theories to explain prejudice.
Explain the extent of prejudice among racial and ethnic groups and relate how it can contribute to self-segregation, as is seen today on some college campuses.
Compare and contrast individual and institutional discrimination and give examples of each.
List and discuss the six patterns of intergroup relations.
Compare and contrast the experiences of White Europeans, African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and Native Americans in the United States.
Identify some of the issues tied to the current debates over immigration and affirmative action, including key court findings.
Discuss the concept of reparations paid to African Americans because of slavery and take a position on this as being either "justice or foolishness."
Discuss the conditions which must be present in order for the United States to become a truly multicultural society.
