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review 2. American Demography & Immigration. Nascent Immigration The Slave Trade South Southwest Old Immigration New Immigration Newest Immigration Current Immigration.
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American Demography & Immigration • Nascent Immigration • The Slave Trade South Southwest • Old Immigration • New Immigration • Newest Immigration • Current Immigration
Some Basic Concepts 4 Key Questions • What is the nature of inter-group relations in multiethnic societies? • How are the various ethnic groups ranked and what are consequences of that ranking system? • How does the dominant group maintain its place and how do subordinate groups attempt to change that? • What are the long-range outcomes of ethnic inter-relations?
Some Basic Concepts Ethnic Groups • Unique cultural Traits • Sense of Community • Ethnocentrism • Ascribed Membership • Territoriality
Some Basic Concepts • As a Biological Notion • As a Social Construct • In the Ideology of Racism Race
Ethnic Stratification Dominant Groups Political, Economic, and Cultural Dominance Middleman Minorities Minority Groups Differential Treatment Social Definition Differential Power Categorical Nature Sociological and Numerical Meanings
Ethnic Stratification • Conquest • Annexation • Voluntary Immigration • Involuntary Immigration Forms of Contact
Prejudice and Discrimination • Prejudice Stereotypes Social Distance • DiscriminationIndividual Institutional Structural
Assimilation and Pluralism • Manner of Entrance • Time of Entrance • Demographic Factors • Cultural Similarity • Visibility Factors Affecting Assimilation
Assimilation and Pluralism Assimilation • Cultural Assimilation • Structural Assimilation • Biological Assimilation • Psychological Assimilation
Assimilation and Pluralism Types of Pluralism • Equalitarian PluralismAmerican Case Non-American Cases • Inequalitarian PluralismCompetitive Race Relations Internal Colonialism Annihilation or Expulsion
Assimilation and Pluralism Typology of Multiethnic Societies Colonial Societies Corporate Pluralistic Societies Assimilationist Societies See Figure 4.1 and Table 4.2
Historical Context • Manner of Entry and Racial Status • Development • Mexican-Americans conquest/annexation voluntary immigration-economic push-pull • Puerto Ricans voluntary immigration- - economic push-pull and relative political ease • Cubans involuntary immigration-early political push voluntary immigration-economic push-pull
Demographics Today • Population-young, rapidly growing, continuing migration and high birth rate • Geography • Mexican-Americans-Southwest and dispersed • Puerto Ricans-New York + • Cubans-Miami, Florida + • Others-the same major metropolitan areas
Socioeconomic Status • Income and Wealth • Occupation • Education • Special Cuban Case-institutional completeness • Outlook
Political Power • Mexican-Americans increasingly influential • Puerto Ricans limited extent • Cubans dominant force • Outlook
Demography Today • Population-13% of America • Diversity-involuntary and voluntary immigrants • Geographical Patterns-urban • Economic Status Occupation-5.2 unemployment vs 10.8 Education-89 vs 80 and 30 vs 17 • Class or Race? • Societal Power Political Power-mixed and very local Economic Power-less than political
Prejudice and Discrimination • Formation of Ghettos-own preference or discrimination? • Residential Segregation-dominative vs aversive? • Changes in Racial Attitudes-surveys • Stereotypes and Social Distance-racial liberalism • Attitudes and Actions-ambivalence in action • Contrasting Views of Socioeconomic Gap-own shortcomings or discrimination? of Problems and Solutions-mopping up or deeply rooted?
Assimilation or Pluralism • Assimilation Cultural-reciprocal Structural-secondary only Assimilation Model-very slow, unstable family? Assimilation and Visibility • Inequalitarian Pluralistic Model -internal colonial model
Immigration and Settlement • First Wave Chinese Japanese • Second Wave Koreans Filipinos Vietnamese Asian Indians Others • Demographics Today
In the Class System • Socioeconomic Status Income Occupation Education • Ethnic and Class Factors in Upward Mobility • Political Power
Prejudice and Discrimination • The ‘Yellow Peril’ • Japanese Internment • In the Modern Era • vs other Minorities • As Model Minority
Historical Context • as immigrants • as a conquered indigenous population • displacement and depopulation • American policy: economic-land cultural-assimilation political-control • Indian policy: tribal survival (maintenance of relations and distinct cultural orders) political autonomy
Native American Demographics • Population Growth Reservation Indians Urban Indians • Socioeconomic Status Economic Education Health
Comparative Diversity Canada vs US
The Evolution of the English-French Schism • The English Conquest • Confederation • The New French-Canadian Nationalism • The Quiet Revolution • The Rise of Parti Quebecois • Sovereignty-Association • Language • French-Canadian Ethnic Identity
Canada’s Third Force Visible Minorities …and Aboriginal Peoples
Stability and Change • Melting Pot vs Mosaic • Canadian Pluralism • Multiculturalism • Looking Beyond
Shifting Patterns of Immigration • Uneven Development • Political Conflict • Changes in Western Europe
The Resurgence of Ethnic Nationalism • Civic vs Ethnic Nationalism • Breakup of Yugoslovia Corporate Pluralism under Tito Dissolution of Yugoslav Federation Contemporary Conflict Ethnic Cleansing in Bosnia The End of Ethnic Harmony Kosovo and the Expansion of the Yugoslav Conflict • Exploitation of Ethnicity
The Endurance of Ethnic Conflict • Stimulants of Ethnic Conflict Inequalities in Power and Wealth Cultural Differences Physical Distinctions Status Inequality • Containment of Ethnic Conflict