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STUDENTS NAME: Platon Oana Madalina DEADLINE for Test submission: JUNE 5 !"#$

TEST % INTE&ET'NI( &ELATIONS IN T'E U)S)A)

(Relaii interetnice n SUA An III)

#) Briefly comment the following statements: The eo ling of America is one of the great!ramas in all of h"man history# an! American l"ralism was not an i!eal with which

eo le starte! $"t an accommo!ation to which they were e%ent"ally !ri%en# (fromThomas Sowell& Ethnic America: A History & 'h )& an! in!icate some arg"ments an!conse*"ences of these same rocesses in the American ethnic history

The eo ling of the Unite! States in consi!ere! to $e +one of the great !ramasof all h"man history+ $"t also a glo$al story& $eca"se there was in%ol%e! thecon*"ering of the ,ati%e Americans& the anne-ation of the territory of .e-ico&along with se%eral of its citi/ens (who li%e! in nowa!ays cities s"ch as: Utah&,ew .e-ico& Ari/ona& ,e%a!a& Te-as an! 'alifornia) an! a r"sh of in%ol"ntaryan! %ol"ntary immigrants from all the worl! The circ"mstances $y which these

eo les esta$lishe! contact with the rinci al gro" fi-e! the tone of racerelationshi s far an! then into the f"t"re 0rom my oint of %iew& one of themost interesting as ects is the fact that the American go%ernment set an ethnican! racial classification system which was a lie! to all the immigrants comingto the U S

0rom my oint of %iew& this statement "n!erlines the "sh an! "lls factors of

immigration I $elie%e that& $eca"se of the con!itions from their originatingco"ntries& they were constraine! to emigrate 1hen they arri%e! to the U S &they ha! to get "se! with the American l"ralism& e%en tho"gh they !i! notagree with that

!) 2- lain an! e-em lify in a$o"t 3 sentences why race can $e consi!ere! a social-cultural construct

Race is a social constr"ction# attracts attention to the way in which the legal&olitical an! social categories tra!itionally !efine race# manifest im ortant

historical& within4society an! inter4society %aria$ility& so that these classes are

at greatest a cr"!e a ro-imation of e-isting eo le $iological %ariation 1hensomeone "ses the statement +race is a social4c"lt"ral constr"ct&+ I thin5 that itis not a softly hea!e! $loc5hea!& $"t he is telling the tr"th from the historical

oint of %iew 1e !o not ma5e tests to fin! o"t the So"thern race hot4!ea!ene!or the Irish race intelligence 0rom my oint of %iew& these reasons are mostlysocial

*) 2- lain the !ifferences $etween ethnic revival an! multiculturalism 6ro%i!e somee-am les that clarify this !istinction an! $riefly comment on some as ects re%eale! $yyo"r e-am les

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+."ltic"lt"ralism+ is the sim"ltaneo"s e-istence of !ifferent c"lt"res7 c"lt"re incl"!esc"lt"ral& religio"s or racial gro" s an! it is ro%e! in atterns of thin5ing& c"lt"ral %al"esan! ass"m tions& comm"nicati%e styles an! c"stomary $eha%iors 0or e-am le& ametro olis can $e consi!ere! m"ltic"lt"ral !"e to the fact that there is !i%ersity& manyimmigrants from all o%er the worl!& an! it has a scratchy c"lt"ral character 2thnic re%i%al:for e-am le& a neigh$orhoo! f"ll of 8e$anese immigrants& that trie! to integrate till 93 s&$egin to feel free an! ma5e from that neigh$orhoo! a s ecial one

$) 2- lain in which way s"ch historical interethnic relations as slavery an! racialsegregation affect the rogress of African Americans to!ay Ill"strate yo"r comment withat least two !omains in which these legacies still may ha%e negati%e im acts

If sla%ery still affects the American society an! economy& an! in whatmeas"res& remains an o en *"estion for me 1ithin the America& the sla%eryinstit"tion was historically lin5e! more with the So"th This geogra hic!istinction allows "s to !isting"ish the connection $etween c"rrent o"tcomesan! ast sla%ery Those states that "se! sla%e la$or massi%ely are oorer thanthe states that !i!n;t !o the same or not at all The infl"ence of sla%ery oncontem orary income !ifferences: I fin! that it is certainly connecte! with ahigher le%el of income im$alance In other wor!s& former sla%e states are more"n$alance! in the resent !ay They also e-hi$it a higher le%el of racialine*"ality an! higher o%erty !egree 0"rthermore& the !ata say that theinfl"ence of sla%ery on economic o%erty an! ine*"ality r"ns thro"gh itsinfl"ence on racial !is arity& an! not %ice %ersa

5) 6ro%i!e three e- lanations for the is anic Americans an! 2"ro ean immigrant gro" s

Recent immigrants "s"ally form ethnic encla%es in which they share a commonc"stoms& lang"age an! c"lt"re S"ch encla%es ha%e e%er $een a art ofn"mero"s American cities an! still remain nowa!ays 2thnic encla%es are artsof the state an! city that are re!ominately forme! of one ethnic gro" The

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inha$itants of these encla%es often a ear to li%e in!e en!ently from thes"rro"n!ing neigh$orhoo! ?et& they are still a mem$er of Americansociety Re resentati%es of ethic encla%es are: @ewish ghettos an! 'hinatownsAnother re resentati%e is ,ati%e American Reser%ation& where the inha$itantsnot only li%e a art& $"t e- erience tri$al so%ereignty

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