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possible concepts for extra credit

— the following concepts are from

chapters 1 and 2 of the text book.

They are in no particular order. There

could still be some concepts in

chapters 1 and 2. There are most

definitely more concepts in the rest of

the book. This list is meant only as a

suggestion.

- socioeconomic status (SES)

- inequality

- definition of minority group

- definition of majority group

- characteristics of a minority group

- racial minority group

- ethnic minority group

- race

- ethnicity

- race as a social construction

- markers of group membership

- stratification

- theories of Karl Marx (proletariat,

bourgeoisie, means of production,

importance of the economy, conflict

as good

- living wage

- theoretical perspective proposed by

Weber

- theoretical perspective proposed by

Lenski

- subsistence technology (foraging,

agriculture, industrial, post-industrial)

- intersectionality (Patricia Hill Collins);

matrix of domination

- relationship between power,

competition, conflict

- evolution

- prejudice

- stereotypes

- gender

- discrimination

- ideological racism

- institutional discrimination

- miscegenation

- assimilation

- pluralism

- Anglo conformity

- social structure

- human capital theory

- multi-culturalism

- ethnic enclaves

- separatism, forced migration,

genocide, revolution

- industrial revolution

- any of the different immigrant groups

discussed in class

- chains of immigration

- anti-Catholicism

- anti-Semitism

- pogrom

- push factors; pull factors

- three generation model

- quota system

- ethnic succession

- labor unions

- structural mobility

- degree of similarity

- ethclass

- sojourners

- ethnic revival