Features
- How do you cover basic concepts in the study of racial and ethnic relations?
- The first five chapters of the text introduce students, who are new to sociology, to the basic concepts- prejudice,
discrimination, immigration, ethnicity and religion, in the study of race and ethnic relations.
- How does your book engage your students in the study of racial and ethnic groups?
- Each chapter opens with a brief story that introduces the material in the chapter.
- Student Voice questions in every chapter encourage students to think critically about the material.
- Intergroup Relations Continuums conclude each chapter with this visual continuum to help students understand
a particular group’s experience within the dominant White culture of the US, from extermination or expulsion to
instances of assimilation and pluralism, in a consistent framework.
- Listen to Our Voices feature provide first hand commentaries on race and ethnicity in America. This helps students
to appreciate the expression and passion of racial and ethnic groups in response to prejudice and challenges.
- Research Focus feature take a closer look at timely and interesting research about particular groups and their
experiences within dominant White culture.
- How do you demonstrate to students both the historical and contemporary state of ethnic groups today?
- Detailed coverage on major racial/ethnic groups- two chapters covering each of the following groups- African
Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, and Asians.
- Full chapter coverage of Muslim and Arab-Americans shows the importance of understanding the diversity among
the Arab people and followers of Islam in today’s world.
- Chapter 17 addresses diversity beyond race and ethnicity, covers other groups, such as the elderly, people
with disabilities and gays/lesbians.
Chapter 1: Understanding Race and Ethnicity
Chapter 2: Prejudice
Chapter 3: Discrimination
Chapter 4: Immigration and the United States
Chapter 5: Ethnicity and Religion
Chapter 6: The Native Americans
Chapter 7:The Making of African Americans in a White America
Chapter 8: African Americans Today
Chapter 9: Hispanic Americans
Chapter 10: Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans
Chapter 11: Muslim and Arab Americans: Diverse Minorities
Chapter 12: Asian Americans: Growth and Diversity
Chapter 13: Chinese Americans and Japanese Americans
Chapter 14: Jewish Americans: Quest to Maintain Identity
Chapter 15: Women: The Oppressed Majority
Chapter 16: Beyond the United States: The Comparative Perspective
Chapter 17: Overcoming Exclusion
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