Issues in Race and Ethnicity

Mr. Powers Sociology 10th Grade

Objectives

• Students should grasp an understanding of the different racial and ethnic groups in the United States

• As in their customs, beliefs, and traditions

Materials

• Pen/Pencil

• Notebook

• An open mind

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_ethnicity.htm

• www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/research/race.php

• eserver.org/race/

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

What is Race

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

What is Ethnicity

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

African Americans

• From the birthplace of human existence Africa

• The second most populated minority group in the United States

Asian Americans

• From Asia; in particular Japanese Americans

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

Caucasians

• The majority of the population in the U.S.

• Of European descent

Arab/Americans

• The fastest growing American minority

• From the Middle East

• Face tremendous persecution and bigotry since 9/11.

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

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

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”

Important Names in Race and Ethnicity

• Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

• Lewis Farrakaun

• Malcolm X

• Rev. Jesse Jackson

• John F. Kennedy

Important Organizations

• Naacp

• ACLU

Prominent Minorities Today

• Colin Powell

• Ali

• Rice

• Rev. Jesse Jackson

• Al Sharpton

• Alan Keyes

Hate Groups

• Ku Klux Klan (KKK)

• Neo Nazis

• Christian Identity

• Black Separatists

• Neo Confederates

Terms for discussion

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

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