Ethnicity
AIM: How does ethnicity shape our
lives?
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Do Now: Compare and contrast ethnicity
and race. Are they the same? Which is more
important?
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SWBAT
◦ Compare and contrast the concepts of race and
ethnicity
◦ Understand the complexities of race and
ethnicity in the US
◦ Analyze a primary source and have a discussion
on the AIM
RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.2 , RH.11-12.3, RH.11-12.8
AIM: How does ethnicity shape our
lives?
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Ethnicity: identity with a group of people
that share distinct physical and mental
traits as a product of common heredity
and cultural traditions
◦ Can be suppressed or diluted
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Race: Identity with a group of people
descended from a common ancestor
◦ Outsiders often determine based on looks
RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.2 , RH.11-12.3,
RH.11-12.8
AIM: How does ethnicity shape our
lives?
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Race or Ethnicity?
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Asian
Indian (from Asia, not Native American)
African-American
Black
Hispanic/Latino
RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.2 , RH.11-12.3, RH.11-12.8
AIM: How does ethnicity shape our
lives?
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Racial traits are those that can be
transmitted genetically
◦ BUT most human variation falls within, not
between populations. About 85% of all
genetic variation can, on average, be
found within any local population, be
they Swedes, Kikuyu, or Hmong.
RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.2 , RH.11-12.3, RH.11-12.8
AIM: How does ethnicity shape our
lives?
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Analysis and Class Disucssion: The
Sneetches
RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.2 , RH.11-12.3, RH.11-12.8
AIM: How are ethnicity and race
distributed in the US?
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Do Now: Come up and get 5 colored pencils (of
different colors), a map, and a data set. We are
holding off on the discussion questions.
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SWBAT
◦ Analyze The Sneetches to better understand ethnicity
◦ Map out demographic data in order to understand
the distribution of ethnicities in the US
◦ Analyze maps in order to evaluate why ethnicities are
in certain areas
RH.11-12.1
RH.11-12.3
WHST.11-12.1
AIM: How are ethnicity and race
distributed in the US?
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Mapping Activity
◦ LEAVE “WHITE” UNTIL THE END
◦ Be sure to make a key!
◦ Analyze your map. Why are ethnicities
located where they all? Why aren’t they
located in other places?
◦ Get another map (if time) and shade in the
states with the lowest percentage for each
ethnicity
AIM: Why have ethnicities been
transformed into nationalities?
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Do Now: take out your maps from yesterday.
Look at what you’ve mapped out. Where are
ethnicities clustered and why?
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SWBAT
◦ Analyze where ethnic groups are distributed and
why
◦ Differentiate between nation-states, multiethnic
states, and multinational states
◦ Evaluate the ethnic conflict in Burundi and why it
exists
Ethnic Distribution
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Consider History
◦ Ex: NAI forced migration to Oklahoma
◦ Ex: African American forced migration with
slavery
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Consider the role of distance decay
◦ Gateway States: on coasts/borders
 EX: Mexicans in the SW states of Arizona and Texas
 EX: Asians in California or Hawaii
African-American Migration
Still highly clustered in the South
 Great Migration in 1900-1950’s
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◦ Move N and W to find work in factories
◦ 95% of all A-A lived in the South in 1900->
50% currently live in the South
Native American Migration
Native Alaskans/Inuit/Eskimos
 Most live on reservations
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◦ Navajo=Arizona/New Mexico
◦ Sioux= Montana/Dakotas
◦ Cherokee=Oklahoma
Ethnicities in Cities
Highly clustered within cities
 Originally lots of European ethnic
enclaves
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◦ Move out through “White Flight”
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Cities are highly segregated!
◦ De jure segregation= official law
 Separate but equal: Plessy v Ferguson
◦ De facto segregation currently
 Real estate practices and white flight
Ethnicities and Nation States
Nationality: group of people sharing legal
attachment to a country
 Nationalism: loyalty/devotion to a nation
 Self-determination: right to govern themselves
 Nation-State: country whose territory
corresponds to that of a particular ethnicity and
has been turned into a nationality
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Multiethnic State
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Multiethnic state: contains more than 1 ethnicity
◦ Can come together as 1 nationality: U.S.
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Multinational states: contain two or more ethnic
groups with tradition of self-determination
◦ Ex: United Kingdom, Soviet Union
◦ Agree to coexist by recognizing each other as individual
nationalities
◦ Relationship can vary: sometimes groups
compete/conflict with each other
Centripetal force: attitude/action that
tends to unify people and enhance
support for a state
 Centrifugal force: attitude/action that
tends to spread people apart/create
differences
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Balkanization
Balkanization=breaking apart along ethnic
lines
 Named for Balkan peninsula
 Often involves ethnic cleansing
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AIM: Why do ethnic conflicts exist?
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Do Now: look at the official definition of
genocide. Do you think it would be easy or hard
to apply the definition to cases? Why do people
avoid labeling a conflict as genocide?
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SWBAT
◦ Differentiate between ethnic cleansing and genocide
◦ Describe several factors that lead to ethnic conflict
◦ Examine a case study of Burundi to understand the
underlying factors and potential for conflict
RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.2, RH 11-12.3, RH 11-12.6
Ethnic Cleansing v Genocide
Ethnic cleansing: getting rid of ethnicity
either by forced removal or violence
 Genocide: an organized intent to destroy
or eliminate an ethnic group
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RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.2, RH 11-12.3, RH 1112.6
Why do ethnic groups clash?
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Competition to dominate nationality
◦ Sub-Saharan Africa: post-colonial period
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Dividing ethnicities among more than 1 nation
◦ New country becomes independent-> some of the ethnic
group is left behind in other country
 EX: India-Pakistan border and conflict over Kashmir
RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.2, RH 11-12.3, RH 1112.6
Burundi Case Study
10 minutes silent reading
 May answer questions with a partner
 Answer on a separate sheet of paper
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RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.2, RH 11-12.3, RH 1112.6
Once Brothers Movie
Look for centripetal or centrifugal forces
 What caused the ethnic tensions?
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RH.11-12.1, RH.11-12.2, RH 11-12.3, RH 1112.6