![]() ![]() I also comment that despite all the discussion of "race relations," we may not all be communicating with the same basic understandings.Įvery line, every source, and every number of the first edition have been rechecked for their currency. ![]() In the concluding chapters, I seek to stress that intolerance knows no barriers and is experienced even by those minority-group members who have achieved some economic success. A discussion of race and ethnicity would not be complete without recognition of both White ethnic groups and the diversity of religious expression today. The significant role played by immigration-past, present, and future-receives a chapter-length treatment. The presentation of the all-important areas of prejudice and discrimination draws on not only sociology but also psychology and economics. I begin with an introduction on what minority groups are and how assimilation and pluralism function as racial processes. I equip the reader with the basic intellectual tools to unravel this continuing emotional area of national debate. They are changing phenomenon moving to an even more diverse society in terms of race and ethnicity. But as I point out throughout the book and especially in Chapter 6, race and ethnicity are not static. I offer the basic perspectives used in the discipline and an overview of the contemporary situation. This second edition of Race and Ethnicity in the United States introduces the reader to the sociological treatment of the topic. In addition, we as individuals observe the tension and sometimes violence that emerge in the multicultural nation that is the United States. Race and ethnicity, along with religion and gender, are topics that emerge in every area-politics, law, the economy, entertainment, and sports, to name a few. ![]()
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