SOCL 2001 Chapter : Chapter 8
Document Summary
Race: very hard to define: not clear-cut, come up with race for convenience: classifying people based on looks, not a big deal with biological but sociological is very important. Racial/ethnic identity: sense of belongingness, our names because of religion: shows famous peoples names, ex. Martin sheen"s real name is ramon gerardo antonio estevez. Integration: parks race relations cycle theory: competition between ethnic jobs (italians work in butchers markets, hispanic work in labor, etc. ), races learn to accommodate to each others turfs (aware of differences, but accept it), eventually people get assimilated: his idea was the melting pot: a+b+c=d or anglo conformity: Native americans: genocide/expulsion, segregation land and have nothing to do with any of the other people. Inequality in europe depending on what countries came first: came from europe in 16th/17th century and started the dominant status, whites and hispanics assimilate after many generations.
