Issues in Race and Ethnicity

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Issues in Race and Ethnicity

• Mr. Powers Sociology 10th Grade

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Objectives

• Students should grasp an understanding of the
  different racial and ethnic groups in the United
  States
• As in their customs, beliefs, and traditions

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Materials

• Pen/Pencil
• Notebook
• An open mind

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Related Websites for Research

• www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/2003/ANS01193.html
  
• ethics.acusd.edu/Applied/race/
• www.manhattan-institute.org/html/race_and_ethnicit
  y.htm
• www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/research/race.p
  hp
• eserver.org/race/

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Student Activities

• Mock racial profiling
• Mock Civil rights cases
• Worksheet on race and ethnicity
• Mock segregated Election
• Write a paper on a selected ethnic/racial minority

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What is Race

• Race is the different colors of skin that people
  have throughout the world

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What is Ethnicity

• It is the heritage of people. Where they come
  from and their customs, beliefs, and traditions

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African Americans

• From the birthplace of human existence Africa
• The second most populated minority group in the
  United States

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Asian Americans

• From Asia in particular Japanese Americans

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Latinos

• The largest minority group in the United States
• Consists of Mexicans and any person from Central
  Latin America
• It is the largest because Latino covers such a
  large range of different people

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Caucasians

• The majority of the population in the U.S.
• Of European descent

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Arab/Americans

• The fastest growing American minority
• From the Middle East
• Face tremendous persecution and bigotry since
  9/11.

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Indian/Americans

• From the country of India
• Many come to the United States for education
• A generous percentage of Indian/Americans are in
  the medical field

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Framework of U.S. Society

• We are people from all over the world
• America is the land of freedom, which is why so
  many people have become Americans
• Everyone here has a right to the freedom our
  constitution requires

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Some Important past Issues

• Civil Rights Movement
• Brown v. Topeka Board of Education
• Bakke v. California University
• George Wallace and Alabama University
• MLK I have a Dream

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Important Names in Race and Ethnicity

• Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
• Lewis Farrakaun
• Malcolm X
• Rev. Jesse Jackson
• John F. Kennedy

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Important Organizations

• Naacp
• ACLU

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Prominent Minorities Today

• Colin Powell
• Ali
• Rice
• Rev. Jesse Jackson
• Al Sharpton
• Alan Keyes

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Hate Groups

• Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
• Neo Nazis
• Christian Identity
• Black Separatists
• Neo Confederates

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Terms for discussion

• Affirmative Action
• Quota System
• Racism
• Bigotry
• Harmony
• Melting pot
• Tolerance
• Civil Rights
• Racial Profiling

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Books of Interest

• The Politics of Diversity by John Horton
• Newcomers in the Workplace by Alex Stepick
• Orientals Asian Americans in Society by Robert
  G. Lee
• Homeboys by Joan W. Moore