Issues in Race and Ethnicity
Mr. Powers Sociology 10th Grade
Objectives
• Students should grasp an understanding
of the different racial and ethnic groups in
the United States
• As in their customs, beliefs, and traditions
Materials
• Pen/Pencil
• Notebook
• An open mind
Related Websites for Research
• www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ANSWERS/2003/
ANS01193.html
• ethics.acusd.edu/Applied/race/
• www.manhattaninstitute.org/html/race_and_ethnicity.htm
• www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/researc
h/race.php
• eserver.org/race/
Student Activities
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Mock racial profiling
Mock Civil rights cases
Worksheet on race and ethnicity
Mock segregated Election
Write a paper on a selected ethnic/racial
minority
What is Race
• Race is the different colors of skin that
people have throughout the world
What is Ethnicity
• It is the heritage of people. Where they
come from and their customs, beliefs, and
traditions
African Americans
• From the birthplace of human existence
Africa
• The second most populated minority group
in the United States
Asian Americans
• From Asia; in particular Japanese
Americans
Latinos
• The largest minority group in the United
States
• Consists of Mexicans and any person from
Central Latin America
• It is the largest because Latino covers
such a large range of different people
Caucasians
• The majority of the population in the U.S.
• Of European descent
Arab/Americans
• The fastest growing American minority
• From the Middle East
• Face tremendous persecution and bigotry
since 9/11.
Indian/Americans
• From the country of India
• Many come to the United States for
education
• A generous percentage of
Indian/Americans are in the medical field
Framework of U.S. Society
• We are people from all over the world
• America is the land of freedom, which is
why so many people have become
Americans
• Everyone here has a right to the freedom
our constitution requires
Some Important past Issues
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Civil Rights Movement
Brown v. Topeka Board of Education
Bakke v. California University
George Wallace and Alabama University
MLK “I have a Dream”
Important Names in Race and
Ethnicity
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Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Lewis Farrakaun
Malcolm X
Rev. Jesse Jackson
John F. Kennedy
Important Organizations
• Naacp
• ACLU
Prominent Minorities Today
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Colin Powell
Ali
Rice
Rev. Jesse Jackson
Al Sharpton
Alan Keyes
Hate Groups
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Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Neo Nazis
Christian Identity
Black Separatists
Neo Confederates
Terms for discussion
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Affirmative Action
Quota System
Racism
Bigotry
Harmony
Melting pot
Tolerance
Civil Rights
Racial Profiling
Books of Interest
• The Politics of Diversity by: John Horton
• Newcomers in the Workplace by: Alex
Stepick
• Orientals: Asian Americans in Society by:
Robert G. Lee
• Homeboys by: Joan W. Moore