Learning Objectives

  • Describe how sociologists understand race and ethnicity
  • Describe different types of minority and dominant group relations in history and today
  • Discuss theoretical approaches to the concepts of ethnicity, racism, and minority status
  • Distinguish between prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination
  • Identify major racial and ethnic groups in the United States
  • Define genocide and its relationship to national, ethnic, racial, or religious group membership