paper for article (300-350 words)
Crystal Yuan
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