Race, ethnicity, class and gender

Reflection paper, no quotes and avoid summary. Reflection is based on experience and analysis of the chapter. In the paper consider the 5 defining characteristics of minority groups, the 3 dimensions of stratification and the 4 crucial concepts for analyzing dominant-minority relations.

  1. Explain the increasing racial and ethnic diversity of the United States
  2. Understand the concept or a minority group
  3. Explain the main sociological perspectives that will guide this text especially as they relate to the relationships between inequality and minority group status
  4. Explain how race and gender contribute to minority group status
  5. Comprehend 4 of the key concepts of dominant minority relations: prejudice, discrimination, ideological racism and institutional discrimination
  6. Apply a global perspective to the relationship between globalization and immigration in the United States