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Racial and Ethnic Relations
California State University, Sacramento

 

 

Unit 1: Getting Started

Unit 2: Prejudice/Discrimination

Unit 3: European Immigrants

Unit 4: Asian Immigrants

Unit 5: Mexican Americans 

Unit 6: African Americans 

Unit 7: Native Americans 

Unit 8: Recent Immigrants/The Future 

Unit 8: Recent Immigrants/The Future

Unit Goals and Objectives

 

  • You should know the characteristics of new immigrants as compared to those of old immigrants.
  • Reflect upon your experience: Have you noticed life styles of new immigrants? How have you felt about them?
  • Observe public attitudes toward the new immigration.
  • Reexamine the theory of the three generation process and predict the future of ethnicity in America.

Lecture Notes

 

 

Assigned Readings

 Text: Chapters 14,15,16

 Weeks 11-12

Activities

Video: The Price You Pay (Media Center)
Vietnamese immigration
 

 

Exercises

 

Discussion Groups (COW)

 Topics for discussion:

  • Is immigration right or privilege ?
  • Should the U.S. control the size of immigration ?
  • Do immigrants have positive or negative effects on the U.S. economy?
  • Should refugee immigrants be protected while illegal immigrants are condemned?

 

Web Resources

 Demography and population studies
Migration,ethnicity,citizenship
Policy analysis
Vietnamese political action
National Immigration Forum
Immigrant and refugee rights

 

 

 

Library Resources

 APA's PscyNet

 

Assessment

 

 


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