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CONTEMPORARY RACIAL
AND ETHNIC RELATIONS
Charles Jaret
Georgia State University
HarperCoWinsCollegePublisbers
CONTENTS
Preface xiii
CHAPTER ONE: GETTING STARTED
Introduction 2
The Sociological Imagination 5
A Changing United States 6
Recent Immigration Trends 9
Implications 12
Sociological Perspectives on Racial-Ethnic Relations - 15
The Order and Conflict Perspectives 17
Historical Overview 22
Two Pioneers: Du Bois and Park 23
Minority Groups 31
Louis Wirth's Concept of Minority Groups 31
More Recent Thinking on Minority Groups 37
Conclusion 43
Student Journal Entry 43
Notes to Chapter I 44
VI CONTENTS
CHAPTER TWO: ETHNIC GROUPS AND ETHNICITY
Introduction and Chapter Overview 48
What Are Ethnic Groups? 48
Ethnic Groups and Ethnicity ' 49
Peoplehood 50
Culture 52
Ethnocentrism 55
What Kinds of Groups Are We Actually Talking About? 59
Student Journal Entry 65
Ethnic Groups: Why All the Confusion? 66
Ethnic Groups and the Cultural Mainstream 66
Ethnic Groups and Ethnicity: Broad and Narrow Meanings 71
Ethnic Group and Race: Confusion and Overlap 74
The Ambiguity of Objective and Subjective Concepts of Ethnicity 80
The Primordial and Political-Economic Nature of Ethnicity 84
Conclusion 89
Notes to Chapter 2 90
CHAPTER THREE: RACE AND RACISM
Introduction 96
Race: Conflicting Perspectives 97
Different Approaches to Defining Race 97
Myths and Facts About Racial Differences 109
CONTENTS VII
Student Journal Entry 127
Racism 127
Racism as an Ideology 130
Institutional Racism 144
Conclusion 153
Notes to Chapter 3 154
CHAPTER FOUR: PREJUDICE AND RELATED ATTITUDES
Introduction 158
The Nature and Extent of Ethnic Prejudice: The Classic View 158
The Distinction Between Prejudice and Discrimination 160
The Dimensions of Prejudice 162
Functional Interpretations of Prejudice 163
Measuring Trends in Prejudice (66
Other Attitudes on Selected Groups 172
Contemporary Work on Racial-Ethnic Attitudes 178
Symbolic Racism 179
Recent Ideas on Stereotypes 182
Are Racial Attitudes Polarizing? 186
Student Journal Entry 189
Explanations and Theories of Prejudice 190
Individual-Level Explanations 191
Normative or Social Learning Theory 202
Power-Conflict Theory 206
VIII CONTENTS
Theories of Prejudice: Concluding Remarks 211
Biographical Sketch: Thomas F Pettigrew 212
Racial-Ethnic Humor: To Laugh or Not to Laugh 216
Why Ethnic Jokes Are Told 216
The Basis of Ethnic Humor 218
Ethnic Humor and Social Context ' 220
Conclusion 223
Notes to Chapter 4 224
CHAPTER FIVE: DISCRIMINATION
Introduction 228
Examples and General Discussion of
Racial-Ethnic Discrimination 228
Individual and Small Group Discrimination 229
Institutional Discrimination 233
Documentation and Evidence of
Racial-Ethnic Discrimination 240
• Tests and Observations of Discrimination in Progress 242
Studying Discrimination Through Statistical Analysis 245
Explanations for Discrimination 252
Neoclassic Economic Explanations 252
Class Conflict Explanations 254
Student Journal Entry 258
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Areas of Controversy: The Legal-Judicial System
and Reverse Discrimination
Discrimination and the Legal-Judicial System
Reverse Discrimination
Conclusion
Notes to Chapter 5
CONTENTS
IX
CHAPTER SIX: SEGREGATION
Introduction 274
What Is Ethnic Segregation? 274
Some Notes on Terminology 277
Why Study Segregation? 280
Patterns and Trends in Segregation ' 281
The Current Level of Segregation 281
Changes in the Level of Segregation ' 287
Socioeconomic Change and Residential Segregation 292
Residential Location and Worksites 296
Interpretations of Segregation and Its Consequences 297
Early (Pre-World War II) Studies 297
More Recent (Post-World War II) Research 301
Explanations and Causes of Segregation 310
Three Basic Explanations - 310
Evaluation of the Three Explanations 312
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Student Journal Entries 324
Conclusion: A Final Note on the Causes arid
Consequences of Segregation 326
Notes to Chapter 6 328
Appendix: The Measurement and Illustration of Segregation 330
CHAPTER SEVEN: ASSIMILATION AND PLURALISM
Introduction 354
Assimilation arid Pluralism: An Overview 355
Assimilation: The Biological Metaphor 355
Milton Gordon's Dimensions of Assimilation 360
Pluralism 364
Illustrative Research on Assimilation and Pluralism ' 373
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Contemporary Perspectives on Assimilation and Pluralism 379
Adhesive Adaptation 379
Ethnogenesis 381
intermarriage 385
Student Journal Entry 397
Biographical Sketch: Andrew M Greeley 398
Three Models of American Racial-Ethnic Relations 399
Anglo-Conformity 400
The Melting Pot 405
Cultural Pluralism 412
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Conclusion 416
Notes to Chapter 7 418
CHAPTER EIGHT: STRATIFICATION AND INEQUALITY
Introduction 422
An Overview of Racial-Ethnic Inequality in the United States 423
Wealth and Income • 423
Positions of Power 433
Caste and Racial-Ethnic Stratification in the United States 440
The Classic Caste System 440
Caste in the United States: A Comparison 441
The Declining Significance of Race Debate 445
The Origins and Establishment of Racial-Ethnic Stratification 452
The Prevalence of Racial-Ethnic Stratification 452
Donald Noel's Theory of the Origin of Ethnic Stratification 454
Attaining Racial-Ethnic Dominance: Mechanisms and Processes 457
Maintenance and Modification of Racial-Ethnic Stratification 468 -
Cultural Orientations and Social Capital: The Right Stuff 469
Capitalist Class Relations and Racial-Ethnic Inequality 477
The Restructuring of Production and Labor Markets 482
Conclusion 490
Notes to Chapter 8 492
XII CONTENTS ^
CHAPTER NINE: THE STRUGGLE AGAINST RACISM
Introduction
Efforts at Attitudinal Change
Persuasion
Image Enhancement
Education
Intergroup Contact
Therapeutic Approaches
Behavioral Changes to Combat Discrimination
Changing the Minority Group
Changing the Way the Dominant Group Acts
Toward the Minority Group
Changing the Whole System
Residential Integration
Redistributing Power and Wealth: Radical Movements
Universal Entitlements
Separatism
Conclusion
Notes to Chapter 9
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