Sociology homework help
Course Description/Student Learning Outcomes: Recommended for every student interested in race and ethnic studies in the United States.
- Identify the cultural, political, historical, and institutional factors affecting the social construction of race and ethnic relations
- Differentiate concepts such as prejudice, discrimination, segregation, assimilation, and pluralism
- Analyze the cultural and institutional factors involved in race and ethnic relations, relating the macro-level to the micro-level
- Compare and contrast the experiences of groups that have been historically marginalized, particularly groups defined by ethnicity and race.
- Analyze intersections of race and ethnicity with gender, class and other locations of identity
- Identify and analyze patterns of racial and ethnic interaction
- Identify, compare and contrast the experiences of major racial and ethnic groups
- Examine majority-minority group relations including issues such as power and privilege
- Evaluate debates on current socio-political racial and ethnic issues such as affirmative action, immigration policies, criminal justice policies, and the future of race and ethnic relations