Lesson 3 Discussion
What is the difference between race and ethnicity? How could these two sociological concepts factor into present-day issues for minorities? Do you think these present-day issues are indicative of systemic racism?
RESOURCES
Additional readings/videos regarding treatment and/or history of each group.
Native Americans https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wm-introductiontosociology/chapter/native-americans/
https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/native-american-timeline
Italian Americans: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/alamo-sociology/chapter/reading-white-ethnic-americans/
https://www.history.com/news/italian-american-internment-persecution-wwii
https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/italian/tenements-and-toil/
Jewish Americans :https://www.pbs.org/jewishamericans/jewish_life/
https://antisemitism.adl.org/antisemitism-in-american-history/
African Americans: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/alamo-sociology/chapter/reading-african-americans/
CrashCourse. (2013, November 21). Civil Rights and the 1950s: Crash Course US History #39 [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S64zRnnn4Po
Hispanic Americans: https://courses.lumenlearning.com/alamo-sociology/chapter/reading-hispanic-americans/
https://www.history.com/news/the-brutal-history-of-anti-latino-discrimination-in-america
Asian Americans
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wm-introductiontosociology/chapter/asian-americans/
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/japanese-american-relocation
https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/chinese-exclusion-act-1882