Learning Objectives

  • Explain the increasing racial and ethnic diversity of the United States
  • Understand the concept of a minority group.
  • Explain the sociological perspectives that will guide this text, especially as they relate to the relationships between inequality and minority-group status.
  • Explain how race and gender contribute to minority-group status.
  • Comprehend four of the key concepts in dominant–minority relations: prejudice, discrimination, ideological racism, and institutional discrimination.
  • Apply a global perspective to the relationship between globalization and immigration to the United States.